The Miami Plan requires 3 credit hours of Humanities courses. This requirement can be fulfilled by taking any of the following:
The three credit hour Foundation Course requirement in Mathematics, Formal Reasoning, and Technology can be fulfilled by taking:
Additionally, the Philosophy Department offers three Thematic Sequences which may be taken in fulfillment of the Miami Plan Thematic Sequence requirement. Thematic Sequences are comprised of three courses. Available sequences are:
A study of the relationship between human beings and the societies in which they live, and of the implications different perspectives on this relationship have for a view of social justice. We investigate this relation in terms of its political, economic, social, ethical, and epistemological dimensions. Introduces fundamental questions of philosophy and basic reasoning skills, methodologies, and concepts used by philosophers. Students are prepared for further work in philosophy and develop skills in critical thinking, reading, and writing for any area of learning.
Is the present universe the result of purpose or chance? Positions and arguments on this question by scientists and philosophers at different points in Western history are studied. In this inquiry, special attention is paid to recent developments in scientific cosmology that throw important new light on the question. Whether the results of the inquiry support purpose or chance more strongly is considered. Introduces fundamental questions of philosophy and basic reasoning skills, methodologies, and concepts used by philosophers. Students are prepared for further work in philosophy and develop skills in critical thinking, reading, and writing.
There have been various ways in which human beings have understood themselves and their place in nature. Every conception of the self embodies a conception of what can be known, of how we ought to live, of what values we ought to hold, and to what extent we are free. We consider various conceptions of the person in light of these questions. Introduces fundamental questions of philosophy and basic reasoning skills, methodologies, and concepts used by philosophers. Students are prepared for further work in philosophy and develop skills in critical thinking, reading, and writing for any area of learning.
Examines India's history and civilization, philosophies and religions, arts and literature, science and technology as a culture's self-understanding and self-expression of its ideas, values, and ways of thinking. Comparisons made between Indian and other ways of thought and modes of living.
Introduction to ethical theory and its application to individual moral issues relating to human conduct and social institutions and political systems. Course is historical and thematic with major ethical theories analyzed in relation to concrete situations. Involves students in the creative process of developing skills and arguments necessary to engage in reflective moral reasoning.
Survey of elementary logical systems: Aristotelian, Boolean, sentential, quantified. Scientific method and issues in the philosophy of logic may be included.
Any philosophy course except PHL 273 (Formal Logic) and PHL 373 (Symbolic Logic) will count toward the College of Arts and Science CAS-B requirement in the Humanities (9 credit hours).
The CAS-E requirement in Formal Reasoning (3 credit hours) can be fulfilled by either PHL 273 (Formal Logic) or PHL 373 (Symbolic Logic).
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