Department of History & Philosophy
Philosophy Course Offerings
Marion P. Carnell Learning Center, view from Moran
Plaza
PHIL 102. INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRYIntroduction to the main problems of philosophy and its methods of inquiry, analysis, and
criticism. Works of important philosophers are read.
Three semester hours.
PHIL 103. INTRODUCTION TO LOGICA survey of traditional logic. Classical and contemporary logic are considered with
special emphasis upon reasoning and argumentation. Attention is given to the nature of
language and its relation to philosophical problems.
Three semester hours.
PHIL 203. SCIENTIFIC REASONINGA survey of the methods of induction and experimental inquiry. Classical and
contemporary inductive logic are considered with special emphasis on justification, conditional
arguments, testing theoretical hypotheses, decision analysis, Mill's Methods of Induction,
epistemic probability, and the "logic" of discovery.
Three semester hours.
PHIL 302. ETHICSThe moral principles of conduct and the basic concepts underlying these principles, such as
good, evil, right, wrong, justice, value, duty, and obligation. The ethical works of influential
philosophers are analyzed in terms of these concepts.
Three semester hours.
PHIL 312. ORIENTAL PHILOSOPHYProvides an understanding and appreciation of Oriental life and thought. Certain
fundamental and characteristic problems are examined as they are considered in Oriental
traditions. Junior/senior status recommended. (Global Issues/Non-western
Studies).
Three semester hours.
PHIL 315. EXISTENTIALISMThe philosophy of existence as studied through the works of such thinkers as Nietzsche,
Sartre, Jaspers, Berdyaev, Ortega, Buber, and Camus. Also considered is the influence of
existentialism in political theory, literature, and the fine arts.
Three semester hours.
PHIL 341. SEMINARSpecial interest topics taught on an occasional basis.
Three semester hours.
Related Information
Current Lander University Academic Catalog
College of Arts and Humanities
Undergraduate Programs
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Lawn in Front of Chipley Hall--originally built
in 1925 as a women's dormitory
in 1925 as a women's dormitory
College of Arts and Humanities
Department of History and Philosophy
320 Stanley Avenue, Greenwood, SC 29646-2099
Phone: +1 864 388 8265 Fax: +1 864 388 8020
email:
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