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Chairperson: Dr. Joseph Spoerl

Professors: Robert D. Anderson, Robert M. Augros, Montague Brown, Joseph S. Spoerl, Kevin M. Staley; Associate Professors: David M. Banach, Sarah Glenn, Thomas R. Larson, Max J. Latona; Assistant Professor: Joshua L. Tepley.

Great Books

Director: Dr. Robert D. Anderson and Dr. Thomas Larson

Great Books Seminars

The seminars provide a unique opportunity to participate in the study of the works of the major writers who have influenced the development of thought in the Western World.

Programs

• Great Books
• Philosophy

• Great Books Minor
• Medieval Studies Minor
• Philosophy Minor

Courses

• PH 104 - Philosophical Inquiry
• PH 105 - Human Nature Seminar
• PH 107 - Ethics Seminar
• PH 108-109 - The Philosophical Life Seminar I-II
• PH 170 - Introduction to Great Books
• PH 211 - Ancient Philosophy: Know Thyself
• PH 212 - Medieval Philosophy: Faith and Reason
• PH 213 - Modern Philosophy: Knowledge and the New Science
• PH 214 - Contemporary Philosophy: Meaning, Language and Existence
• PH 230 - The Catholic Intellectual Tradition
• PH 240 - Nineteenth Century Philosophy
• PH 271 - Great Books Seminar I: The Ancient World - Homer to Plutarch
• PH 272 - Great Books Seminar II: The Medieval World - Augustine to Chaucer.
• PH 273 - Great Books Seminar III: The Renaissance - Machiavelli to Pascal
• PH 274 - Great Books Seminar IV: The Enlightenment and Its Discontents - Locke to Dostoevsky
• PH 275 - Great Books Seminar V: The Contemporary World
• PH 276 - Great Books Seminar VI: Non-Western Classics
• PH 305 - Paris and New York in the Twenties and Thirties
• PH 308 - Ethics Tutorial
• PH 320 - Critical Thinking
• PH 321 - Formal Logic
• PH 322 - Epistemology: Theories of Knowledge
• PH 323 - Philosophy of Education
• PH 324 - Philosophy of Mind
• PH 325 - Metaphysics: Theories of Reality
• PH 326 - Philosophy of God
• PH 331 - Philosophy of Science
• PH 332 - Political Philosophy
• PH 333 - Business Ethics
• PH 334 - Philosophical Issues in Management
• PH 335 - Philosophy of Law
• PH 336 - Aesthetics: Theories of Beauty
• PH 338 - Contemporary Images of Human Life
• PH 339 - Science Fiction and Philosophy
• PH 341 - American Philosophy
• PH 342 - Existentialism
• PH 343 - Marxism
• PH 344 - Scientific World Views
• PH 345 - Modern Christian Philosophers
• PH 346 - Confucian Thinkers
• PH 400 - Independent Study
• PH 450-452 - Philosophy Seminar
• PH 453 - Special Topics in Philosophy
• PH 455-457 - Integrated Studies Seminars
• PH 455-457 - Integrated Studies Seminars
• PH 467-469 - Focused Study Seminar
• PH 480 - Philosophy Internship

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