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• PHI 180: Introduction to Ethics

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Introduction to major theories and contemporary work in moral philosophy. Offers tools for ethical decision making in our daily lives with emphasis on the influence of culture, power, privilege.
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• PHI 190: Logic

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Introduction to deductive and inductive logic, with emphasis on classical syllogistic and symbolic logic. Topics include arguments, categorical propositions and classes, immediate inferences, Venn diagrams, rules of syllogism propositional functions, truth tables and predicate logic.
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• PHI 201: Contemporary Issues

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Discussion and analysis of contemporary philosophical issues. The topic varies from semester to semester.
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• PHI 204: Philosophies and Religions of India

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  The religious and philosophical heritage of India, from Vedic times to the present. Examination of major classics, such as Rig Veda, Upanishads, Bhagavad-Gita, and Yoga-sutras; recent writers such as Tagore, Gandhi, and Radhakrishnan.
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• PHI 205: Yin-Yang, Dao, and Zen

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course offers an overview of classical East Asian philosophies and religions. This course will aim to contextualize the three major religious traditions of northeast Asia (Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism) within a philosophical-cultural common sense view that seeks religious meaning and values within constantly changing webs of relationality. This course offers students an alternative to Western perspectives. The discussion topics include, but are not limited to, Yijing, Dao De Jing, Yin-Yang, Zen Buddhism, Donghak, Korean Shamanism, Shinto, East-Asian Arts and Medicine, etc.
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• PHI 206: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  An introduction to the three major monotheistic traditions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Exploring their earliest heritage including founders, scriptures, early institutions, and practices, it will then address how these traditions were preserved, re-invigorated, and sometimes transformed in response to social change and political upheaval.
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• PHI 207: Philosophies of Non-violence

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  An examination of the concepts of violence and nonviolence, especially as seen by recent thinkers. The course attempts to link theory with practice by considering the contributions of Tolstoy, Gandhi, Thoreau, and other philosophers, religious thinkers, and activists.
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• PHI 220: Introduction to Islam

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is an introduction to Islam as a prophetic religious tradition. Students will begin the course with an overview of Islam and how the Western discourses see it. They will then learn about the beliefs, tenants, and the teachings of Islam, as well as about the life of the Prophet Muhammad, hadith, and the Qur'an. Subsequently, students will delve into some of the most significant topics related to the classical and post-classical Islamic tradition: theology, Sufism, law, and gender. They will conclude the course by examining Islamophobia in the post-911 era.
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• PHI 270: History of Ancient Philosophy

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  A survey of the major figures of ancient philosophy, from the pre-Socratic period through Plato, Aristotle, the Epicureans, and Stoics, to the Skeptics and Neo-Platonists.
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• PHI 271: History of Medieval Philosophy

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  The history of philosophy from the early Church fathers to the late Middle Ages. St. Augustine, St. Thomas, mysticism, Jewish and Islamic influences, humanism, and the rise of science.
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