Study of a significant philosopher or philosophical movement.

Examination of principal works such as Plato's Sophist or Aristotle's Metaphysics, or of central themes such as weakness of will or knowledge and belief.

Study of a significant philosophical problem.

Predicate calculus with identity, its relationship to mathematics and to computer theory. Important results concerning independence, consistency, completeness, decidability and computability.

Systems of modal logic (logic of the terms "necessary" and "possible"). Formalization and evaluation of modal arguments and basic concepts of metatheory and semantics. Related logics.

Diverse ways in which philosophers from Plato to Wittgenstein have understood the concept of mathematics.

Concept and phenomenon of language. Logical, epistemological, and metaphysical ramifications of natural language and speech.

Impact of classical mechanics, relativity, and quantum theory on philosophical accounts of space, time, matter, and causality.

Philosophical and methodological issues in social and behavioral science. Role of laws in explanation of human action, methodological individualism and holism, functional explanation, value-neutrality, behaviorism, and com puter simulation.

Advanced study of topics in philosophy of mind.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Introduction to metaphysical inquiry.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

Ethical theories in professional, organizational, and political-economic fields in health care. Specific issues: assisted suicide, professional codes, ethics of "cost- cutting" and justice with respect to care.

Use of ethical theory in thinking about case problems in health care. Moral dilemmas: use of reproductive technologies, abortion, surrogate motherhood, research with humans, refusal and withdrawal of treatment, physician-assisted suicide.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Readings, papers, and discussions aimed at appraising value of the Critique, both as a historical document and as a continuing source of philosophical questions and answers.

Analysis of arguments and concepts in the history of philosophy. At least two major philosophical problems, as examined in the works of at least three major philosophers. Writing-intensive.

Interrelationships and contemporary debate over interpretations of their major works. Topics include: philosophy of history, human nature, dialectics, theory of knowledge, alienation, concepts of self and freedom. Additional work required of graduate students.

Twentieth-century French and German philosophical criticism of the legacy of the Enlightenment and its conceptions of subjectivity and epistemology. Critical theory, hermeneutics, poststructuralism, and psychoanalytically inspired theories. Additional work required of graduate students.

In-depth study of the main epistemological systems and theories of metaphysics developed in Islamic intellectual tradition. Explores the systems of interpretation of the Qur'an and Sunnah developed by legal scholars, mystics and philosophers.

Continental philosophers such as Husseri, Heidegger, Levinas, Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze, Irigaray, and Marion. Their influence on theology, religious theory. Topics include overcoming onto-theology; phenomenology, deconstruction and theology; return of religion.

Introduction to systems of formal logic and their relationships with natural language. Standard logic; its relationships with linguistics, philosophy, and mathematics. Translation and the limits of formalization.

Selected areas or problems in the philosophy of language, e.g., meaning and reference, speech-act theory, logical form, referential opacity, generative semantics, or semantics and ontology.

Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.

Such topics as relations among observations, laws, and theoretical construct: nature of scientific explanations, philosophical theories of probability, and character of inductive reference.

Selected major philosophical problems in philosophy of language, epistemology, philosophy of mind, and/or metaphysics, as examined in the works of at least three major philosophers. Writing intensive.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

Selected major philosophical problems in moral and political philosophy as examined in the works of at least three major philosophers. Writing intensive.

Cheif aesthetic theories from Plato to the present. Application to literature and the fine arts.

Philosophical issues that arise within the various arts and literature.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.