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  • PHIL 2130: Medieval Philosophy

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): PHIL 1000 or PHIL 1000H or PHIL 2050 or PHIL 2050H or PHIL 2050G or permission of the instructor. Provides an overview of the development of philosophical thought from the Hellenistic period through Thomas Aquinas. Covers the influence of Ancient Greek philosophy and the impact of Christianity upon the evolution of Western philosophical thought. Carefully considers the conceptions of God, nature, the human being, and morality advanced during this period; along with the profound impact Medieval philosophy had on the European Enlightenment and modern philosophy.
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  • PHIL 2150: Early Modern Philosophy

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1010 or PHIL 1000 or PHIL 2050. Provides an overview of the history and evolution of ideas in Western culture during the modern period of philosophy from Descartes through Kant. Focuses on the dialogue between rationalism and empiricism, and examines Kant's attempt to bridge the gap between these two approaches. Requires writing-intensive assignments.
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  • PHIL 2400: Writing and Reading Philosophy

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Trains students in the writing of academic philosophy as a distinct discipline. Focuses on the craft of writing at the prose level (grammar, word choice, sentence clarity) and the larger argumentative-structure level. Encourages students to think deliberately about language and to develop their own voices and styles. Practices intense close reading of philosophical texts on the sentence and argument level. Builds in students the writing and reading habits (e.g., note taking) necessary for success in upper-division philosophy courses. Emphasizes philosophical skills.
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  • PHIL 2600G: Philosophy through Film

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Introduces methods, ideas, and debates in the philosophy of film. Reads engaging and important thinkers in the history of philosophy, and explores how artists have engaged these thinkers in the medium of film. Questions the separation of philosophical and cinematic texts. Analyzes films as an especially rich way to present traditional and emerging philosophical problems such as free will, love, reality and dreams, the self or soul, identity, religion, truth, war, ethical theory, language and representation, beauty, moral luck, and more. Pays particular attention to how films of various cultural background challenge and modify fundamental ideas from Western philosophy.
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  • PHIL 2810R: Internship

    1.00 - 6.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): Permission from departmental chair. Allows philosophy students to receive credit for service as an intern in a governmental, not for profit, or private agency apart from their regular employment. Provides practical and research development in selected areas of service related to students' academic and/or professional interests or goals. Internship must be supervised by agency representative. Must be approved by philosophy internship advisor and department chair and written contracts must be completed and signed. Repeatable for a maximum of six credit hours toward graduation. May be graded credit/no credit.
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  • PHIL 2900G: Marginalized Philosophies

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1010 or ENGL 1010H or ENGL 1005 or PHIL 1000 or PHIL 1000H or PHIL 2050 or PHIL 2050H or PHIL 2050G or permission of the instructor. Explores philosophical traditions and approaches outside or at the margins of the philosophical mainstream as it appears in contemporary North America, such as Asian philosophy, African philosophy, Indigenous philosophy, comparative philosophy, queer theory, philosophies of gender and disability, Black philosophy, liberation philosophy, and feminist philosophy. Introduces students to the complexity and diversity of philosophical practice in an increasingly globalized world.
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  • PHIL 2900R: Independent Study

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Provides independent study as directed in reading and individual projects. Request must be submitted for approval by the department. Students may do independent study for one, two or three credits with a limit of three credits applying toward graduation with an AA/AS degree.
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  • PHIL 2950R: Directed Readings

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Provides an opportunity for second year students to do in-depth research within the discipline of Philosophy. Study is limited to advanced work beyond that which can be completed in existing, available classes. A proposal must be submitted and approved by the department prior to enrollment.
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  • PHIL 3000: Formal Logic II

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): PHIL 2000 and University Advanced Standing. Continues the exploration of first-order quantificational logic. Includes discussion of multiple quantification, formal syntax and semantics, proofs, truth-tables, tableaux, algebra of classes, set theory, and the metalogical properties of formal systems.
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  • PHIL 3040: Media Ethics

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Covers ethical issues in media communication. Includes discussions of ethnicity, gender, nationalism, and conflict. Analyzes development of moral agency. Examines tensions between individual freedoms and social responsibilities. Addresses ethical questions in the context of current struggles within and over corporate and public media.
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