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• PHIL 361: Asian Philosophy

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  A study of significant ideas in the philosophical thought of Asia. Offered periodically.
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• PHIL 373: Knowledge, Reality & Sci Fict

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  Examines philosophical theories of reality (metaphysics) and knowledge (epistemology). Uses science fiction as a vehicle for exploring these ideas.
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• PHIL 379: Experimental

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  Experimental
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• PHIL 381: Global Ethics & Social Justice

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  A philosophical examination of ethical issues emergent through globalization. Topics addressed may include wealth and resource distribution in a global economy; environmental crises, disaster, and government responses to them; social justice and social protest movements; philosophies of non-violence; peace studies and global conflict resolution.
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• PHIL 382: Philosophy of Religion

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  An examination of the justifiability of religion and of the nature of the religious experience, especially religious language. Offered infrequently.
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• PHIL 383: Philosophy of Art

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  The history of the philosophy of art; an analysis of the aesthetic experience, the aesthetic object and the creative act. Emphasis will be placed on an analysis of the concepts employed in the criticism of literature, painting and music. Prerequisite:    ENGL 110.
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• PHIL 391: Gender, Utopia, Human Nature

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  Utopian thought, from classical philosophy to contemporary science fiction. Shows how different cultures have portrayed gender and gender roles as fixed by human nature or as manifestations of alterable social institutions. Prereq: COMM 100, ENGL 110, junior status and two courses in one area of the social sciences or two courses in philosophy.
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• PHIL 400: Co-Op Ed Experience in Phil

  3.00 - 12.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  Co-Op Ed Experience in Phil
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• PHIL 401: Philosophy and Neuroscience

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  An examination of the inter-relation of philosophy and neuroscience. Our growing knowledge of the brain and nervous system has profound implications for a range of traditional philosophical issues including the nature of consciousness, personal identity, free will, action-theory and ethics/decision-making. Reciprocally, philosophy provides critical and interpretive tools for better understanding the methods and significance of findings in neuroscience. Topics covered in this course include: perception, the self and self-awareness, neuroscience of free will, neuroethics, and the cognitive neuroscience of language.
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• PHIL 407: Political and Social Philosphy

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  An examination of political and social philosophies with a view to discovering their relation to present political and social realities. Offered periodically.
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