Schedule of Classes

Major value issues addressed by the world's most influential philosophers.

Introduction to the three great intellectual and spiritual traditions of China: Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism. Examination of values, ethical reflection, modes of moral and spiritual cultivation, and metaphysical reasoning presented in the foundational sources of these traditions.

Develop skills in analysis and evaluation of reasoning in everyday situations; improves insights into argument construction and exact methods of proof.

Development of ideas having a significant influence on Western thought during ancient and medieval times.

Systematic political thought in Western philosophy during ancient and medieval times. Cross listed as PLS 307.

Major ethical theories as they provide insights into our existence as moral beings; how we exhibit this in moral decision and behavior.

Detailed examination and explanation of various forms of visual, musical, literary, and dramatic arts; function of artistic creation in offering direct experience and appreciation of the essence of human feeling. Background in the arts recommended.