Philosophy Minor

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Requirements for the Minor:

Six courses in philosophy, of which two should be numbered 100-level or above, three should be numbered 200-level or above, one should be numbered 300-level or above. At least one course must be in the history of philosophy and two must be thematic (EVT, M&E). PHL 408/418 may be taken by permission only. The six courses should include:

One course in the History (H):

i.e., one of the following:

PHL 155 - Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century European Philosophy
PHL 160 - Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Philosophy
PHL 167 - Chinese Philosophy
PHL 216 - Introduction to Indian Philosophy
PHL 245 - Buddhist Ethics
PHL 251 - Introduction to Ancient Greek Philosophy
PHL 338 - Zen and Tibetan Buddhism
PHL 341 - The Contemporary Crisis of Truth
PHL 450 - Hume’s Challenge to Reason
PHL 456 - Seminar: Aristotle on the Soul

And one course in Logic (L):

PHL 125 - Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking
PHL 231 - Symbolic Logic
PHL 447 - Advanced Logic

At least one course in Metaphysics and Epistemology (M&E):

PHL 232 - Philosophy of Science
PHL 261 - Philosophy of Religion
PHL 265 - Minds and Machines
PHL 266 - Philosophy in Literature
PHL 341 - The Contemporary Crisis of Truth
PHL 343 - Metaphysics: On What There Is
PHL 359 - Postmodernism
PHL 365 - Philosophy of Mind
PHL 445 - Seminar in Metaphysics
PHL 446 - Seminar in Epistemology

Philosophy Minor

Requirements for the Minor:

One course in the History (H):

And one course in Logic (L):

At least one course in Metaphysics and Epistemology (M&E):

At least one course in Ethics & Value (EVT):