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Spring 2025 Courses

The following courses are offered during the Spring 2025 semester. Please view the ΢ÃÜÆƽâ Course Catalog for a complete listing of the Philosophy Department course offerings.

Spring 2025 Schedule

Course CodeTitleInstructorDaysStart TimeEnd TimeLinC
PHIL 222 AEthicsMoellerTue, Thu10:30 a.m. (Hybrid)11:40 a.m.M3
PHIL 224 AApplied EthicsNaraghiMon, Wed12:00 p.m.  1:10 p.m. U2
PHIL 226 ACR: Ethics BowlNaraghi by  arrangement 
PHIL 251 APhilosophy of PsychologyBakerTue, Thu1:30 p.m.2:40 p.m.U1
PHIL 252 APhilosophy of TechnologyBakerTue, Thu10:30 a.m. 11:40 a.m.U1
PHIL 261 AIslamic Philosophy and TheologyNaraghiMon, Wed3:00 p.m.4:10 p.m.M5
PHIL 281 ATopics in Ethics: Disability JusticeMoellerTue, Thu9:00 a.m.10:10 a.m.M3
PHIL 281 ATopics in Ethics: Disability JusticeMoellerTue, Thu3:00 p.m.4:10 p.m.M3
PHIL 353 AMetaphysicsNaraghiMon, Wed1:30 p.m.2:40 p.m.WI
       
       
       

200-Level Courses

PHIL 222 A: Ethics

Formulating principles defining the good human being and to applying these to relevant problems on vocation and social and political justice. (M3) Moeller

PHIL 224 A: Applied Ethics 

A study of the application of ethical theory to complex real and fictitious cases concerning contemporary moral issues such as euthanasia, abortion, capital punishment, animal rights, cloning, torture, same sex marriage, etc. (U2) Naraghi

PHIL 226.2 A: Ethics Bowl

This course examines, within teams, ethical cases with the purpose of developing ethical positions supported by arguments, debated at the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Competition. Prerequisite: PHIL 222 or PHIL 224 or permission of the instructor. Naraghi

PHIL 251 A: Philosophy of Psychology

An examination of philosophical and empirical theories of mind. Main questions will be: What is the mind? How does the mind relate to the brain and behavior? Can the mind be studied scientifically? What is the nature of conscious experience? Different accounts of the nature of mind will be discussed such as behaviorism, materialism, and functionalism. In addition, we will survey main approaches to the mind found in contemporary cognitive science, a multi-disciplinary field consisting of (among other things) artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and philosophy. (U1) Baker.

PHIL 252 A: Philosophy of Technology

An examination of how technology shapes our understanding of ourselves and our world as well as the moral dilemmas that it presents for us. (U1) Baker

PHIL 261 A: Islamic Philosophy and Theology

An exploration of key notions and figures in Islamic philosophy, theology, and mysticism. Some issues imbedded in the enormous body of scholarship in Muslim intellectual heritage are employed to examine current global issues such as the struggle for justice and peace and the fight against violence and absolutism. Special attention is given to the structure of Being, the notion of the truth, and the way to attain the truth in the three systems. (M5) Naraghi 

PHIL 281 A and B: Topics in Ethics: Disability Justice

This course address a variety of topics that change by semester in the areas of normative ethics, applied ethics and meta-ethics. (M3) Moeller

300-Level Courses

PHIL 353 A: Metaphysics

A study of contemporary analytic metaphysics, adopting a pre-Kantian or traditional metaphysical perspective. The course approaches metaphysics as the study of first causes and of being qua being, or as the most general discipline of all that studies the nature and structure of reality. Prerequisites: PHIL 120 or consent of instructor. (WI) Naraghi