• PHIL 3910: Individual Research

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Work with approved instructor on agreed research project.
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• PHIL 4010: Senior Seminar

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Capstone course for philosophy majors. Seminar treatment of some central philosophical problem(s). Prerequisites: Senior Standing AND Declared Philosophy Majors Only.
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• PHIL 4140: Classical Chinese Phil

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course surveys the main thinkers of the classical period of Chinese philosophy (approx. 550-221 B.C.): Kongzi (Confucius), Mozi, Mengzi (Mencius), Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, and Han Feizi. Over time, these thinkers developed a complex and rich debate about ethics, human nature, moral psychology, and self-cultivation. The positions that they established greatly influenced later Chinese history, including the development of Buddhism, and they influenced philosophical discourse in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam as well. Thus understanding these early debates is an important stepping stone for understanding East Asian thought generally. Readings consist of primary texts in translation, with some secondary literature. No previous knowledge of Chinese language or history is necessary. Course requirements include homework assignments, papers, and an exam. Students registering for 6140 will have an extra discussion section and more substantive reading and writing assignments that are appropriate for the graduate level.
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• PHIL 4380: Philosophy of Physics

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course introduces student to philosophical questions pertaining to the foundations of the physical sciences. It will prepare students for advanced work in the area of general philosophy of science as well as in the very specialized field of philosophy of physics, and it will increase the value, to science majors, of the requirements in their own major. Students will read contemporary as well as historical materials pertaining to: the nature of space, time and their interrelations; the nature of physical quantities, the dependence relations amongst them, and the relationship of these dependence relations to causation; the conceptual shifts from classical physical theory to relativity and quantum theory; quantum puzzles and what they challenge; the way history shapes the development of fundamental physical concepts, and the way physical concepts shape the course of history.
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• PHIL 4400: Metaphysics

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Survey of traditional problems and contemporary treatments of issues in metaphysics. Topics may include questions of identity and change, individuality, freedom and determinism, causation, time, necessity and possibility, ontology, natural kinds, essentialism, universals, and truth, among others.
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• PHIL 4450: Philosophy of Mind

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Survey of traditional and contemporary problems of the mind. Topics may include problems of consciousness, theories of personal identity, the problem of other minds, scientific explanations of consciousness, theories of cognitive architecture, the ontology of mind, and the nature of concepts, among others.
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• PHIL 4480: Philosophy of Language

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Survey of traditional and contemporary problems related to language. Topics may include the nature of linguistic meaning, the relationship between language and the world, the difference between what is said and what is communicated, demonstratives, indexicals, self-reference, and uses of language (both expressive and figurative), among others.
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• PHIL 4540: Engin, Ethics, Society

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course will focus on the ethical issues that arise in the practice of engineering. Issues to be covered include engineering's effect on public safety and the environment; engineers as professionals; engineering as large-scale human experimentation; conflicts between profit and the common good in business enterprises; the role of codes of conduct; and ethical issues raised by globalization.
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• PHIL 4999: Honors Thesis/Project

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Restricted to students in the Honors Program working on their Honors degree. Prerequisite: Senior Honors standing
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• PHIL 5040: 20th Cent Analytic Phil

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Representative writings of major philosophers in the analytic tradition from Frege and Russell to the present. Recommended Prerequisites: PHIL 3013 OR 3810 OR 4110 OR 4120 OR 4130 OR 4140.
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