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• PHIL 341: GE: Political Philosophy

  3.00 Credits

  East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course offers a discussion, from various philosophical points of view, of such historical concepts as city-state, universal community, and of contemporary issues pertaining to national, state, and Third World political developments. Perspectives will be presented on these issues from the writings of both classical and contemporary philosophers. Prerequisite:    PHIL110
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• PHIL 355: Rationalism & Empiricism

  3.00 Credits

  East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will undertake a close reading of some of the major Rationalist & Empiricist philosophers of the early modern era ' including Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Locke, Berkeley, and Hume. The course will focus on their epistemology as the foundation for modern philosophy. Prerequisite:    PHIL110
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• PHIL 356: Rationalists of the 17th and 18th Centuries

  3.00 Credits

  East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course undertakes a close examination of four major Rationalist philosophers, Descartes, Malebranche, Spinoza, and Leibniz. Each of these thinkers made extravagant claims for reason and produced systems of metaphysics that claimed certainty on issues such as the existence of God, the concept of substance, the immortality of the soul, and the nature of the world. Prerequisite:    PHIL110
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• PHIL 357: Empiricists of the 17th and 18th Centuries

  3.00 Credits

  East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course studies the epistemological and metaphysical theories of the major British Empiricists and other related thinkers. Included will be Hobbes, Locke, Berkeley, and Hume. Prerequisite:    PHIL110
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• PHIL 371: Religion, Conflict and Peace

  3.00 Credits

  East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will explore the diverse and complex roles that religions play in both fostering conflict and promoting peace. It will discuss various theoretical perspectives from religious studies and from the world religions themselves to understand the dual role of religion as both source of conflict and a resource for peace and peacebuilding among peoples, nations and civilizations. Prerequisite:    PHIL172 AND PHIL270 OR PHIL271
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• PHIL 411: Philosophy and Hip-Hop

  3.00 Credits

  East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course explores philosophical perspectives on the hip-hop musical genre, with special attention to issues of race, gender, culture, and sexuality; ethics and politics; community, representation; and identity; aesthetic dimensions; and existential and phenomenological meaning. Prerequisite:    PHIL110 OR PHIL140 AND PHIL213
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• PHIL 417: 20th Century Analytic Philosophy

  3.00 Credits

  East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is a study of Anglo-American philosophy in the 20th Century, a tradition that has come to be known as Analytic Philosophy. The course begins with an examination of three central figures, Frege, Russell, and Wittgenstein. Together they promoted the study of logical forms, language and linguistic meaning as primary tools to effectively re-examine traditional philosophical problems. The course examines how these founding figures contributed to the development of Logical Positivism. Prerequisite:    PHIL110 AND PHIL221 OR PHIL357
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• PHIL 418: Phenomenology and Existentialism

  3.00 Credits

  East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is a study of German phenomenology and existentialism and will include philosophers such as Husserl, Heidegger, and Buber. Prerequisite:    PHIL110
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• PHIL 419: 20th Century French Philosophy

  3.00 Credits

  East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course studies major developments in twentieth century French philosophy. The course has two main units: Existentialism and Structuralism, and Postmodernism. Sartre, Foucault and Derrida will be covered. Prerequisite:    PHIL110
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• PHIL 457: Kant & German Idealism

  3.00 Credits

  East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is a study of Kants major work on metaphysics and epistemology: the Critique of Pure Reason. The basis for Kants justification of science and his rejection of speculative metaphysics will be examined. The course will also examine how the German Idealists attempted to surmount the limitations that Kant put on knowledge through their attempts to achieve absolute knowledge. This attempt to re-establish speculative metaphysics will be studied through a close reading of one of Hegels works. Prerequisite:    PHIL110 AND PHIL356 OR PHIL357
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