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| Includes over 16,000 categorized links to philosophy resources on the internet and has several additional features. Begin browsing the site by using the Philosophers or Topics links, or by using one of the specific link category sections. |
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| Philosopher's Index | Search Centre Library's comprehensive index of articles and books in philosophy |
| An unrivalled collection of philosophical cartoon strips from the world's press. | |
| This site contains: the Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names, a survey of the History of Western Philosophy. A Timeline for the intellectual figures discussed here. Detailed discussion of several major Philosophers. Summary treatment of the elementary principles of Logic, and links to other philosophy sites on the Internet. | |
| The inclusion of graduate and undergraduate students in the American Philosophical Association is of prime importance for both the professional future of the discipline and the intellectual growth of its students. As such, the Society for Student Philosophers was formed in 2001 to provide an outlet for student participation at the division meetings of the American Philosophical Association. | |
| The American Philosophical Association is the main professional organization for philosophers in the United States. Founded in 1900, its mission is to promote the exchange of ideas among philosophers, to encourage creative and scholarly activity in philosophy, to facilitate the professional work and teaching of philosophers, and to represent philosophy as a discipline. | |
| A Ranking of Graduate Programs in Philosophy in the English-Speaking World | |
| Founded in 1994 and edited by Lawrence M. Hinman of the University of San Diego, Ethics Updates is designed primarily to be used by ethics instructors and their students. It is intended to provide updates on current literature, both popular and professional, that relates to ethics. | |
| Articles on terms, schools of thought, and philosophers. |
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| Brian P. Cooney
Telephone: 859-238-5268 |
Brian Cooney is professor of philosophy at Centre College, where he has taught since 1980.
Cooney has pursued research in the field of philosophical psychology and the mind/brain relationship. He is the author of A Hylomorphic Theory of Mind, published by Peter Lang Inc. in 1992. He has edited and provided commentary for an anthology of readings in the philosophy of mind entitled The Place of Mind from Wadsworth Publishing Company (2000). He is also the author of Posthumanity--Thinking Philosophically About the Future from Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Company (2004), which deals with the ways in which future technology will enable us to alter our minds and bodies Cooney holds a B.A. in classics and philosophy from Saint Louis University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in philosophy from McGill University. |
W. David Hall
Telephone: 859-238-5269 |
W. David Hall joined the Centre faculty in 2002 as assistant professor of religion, and in 2005 received the Kirk Award for excellence in teaching. Prior to coming to Centre College, he taught for two years as visiting assistant professor of religious studies at DePaul University in Chicago.
Dr. Hall's primary research interest is 19th and 20th century European thought. He is co-editor of and contributor to a recent volume of essays entitled Paul Ricoeur and Contemporary Moral Thought. His approach is broadly interdisciplinary, addressing currents within philosophy, literary theory, psychology, and sociology, and their impact on contemporary theology and ethics. One of his particular interests concerns the manner in which religious texts and discourse function poetically and rhetorically. Dr. Hall received a B.A. in rhetoric from California State University in Sacramento. He attended graduate school at the University of Chicago, where he received an M.Div. and a PH.D. |
Rosa Slegers
Telephone: 859-238-5232 |
Rosa Slegers joined the Centre faculty in 2007 as assistant professor of philosophy. Her research interests include ethics, 19th and 20th continental thought (existentialism and phenomenology), and philosophy and literature.
She received B.A. degrees in classics and philosophy from Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands, M.A. degrees in philosophy and literary theory from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and her Ph.D. in philosophy from Fordham University. |
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Milton Scarborough
Telephone: 859-238-8754 |
Milton Scarborough is author of Myth and Modernity:Postcritical Reflections (State University of New York Press, 1994). The book evaluates modern hostility to myth and shows its presence in the most sophisticated products of philosophy and science. In addition to his scholarly interests in myth and the human imagination, Scarborough has taught world religions, Buddhist thought, philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, and phenomenology. He has received study grants and fellowships from the Kentucky Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He also writes articles on myth and Buddhist-Christian dialogue. Scarborough has been active in a wide range of community ventures, volunteering his time for Scouting, Habitat for Humanity, social services agencies, and electoral politics. A graduate of the University of Mississippi (B.A. in English), Scarborough holds a bachelor of divinity degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Christianity and culture from Duke University. |
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Requirements for the Major
One of PHI 110, 130, 140, 160 or 170;
PHI 210 and 220 and six PHI courses numbered 300 or higher, including PHI 310 and 500.
Note: Students may substitute PHI 130 for 310 but must still have a total of six PHI courses numbered 300 or higher.
Requirements for the Minor
One of PHI 110, 130, 140, 160 or 170;
PHI 210 and 220 and three PHI courses numbered 300 or higher.
Philosophy Courses
PHI 110 Introduction to Philosophy
A course designed to acquaint students with the kinds of questions dealt with in various areas of philosophy and with the methods of philosophical reasoning. Topics include several of the following: free will and determinism, arguments for the existence of God, the justification of moral judgments, social justice, the relationship between the mental and the physical, and the grounds of human knowledge.
PHI 130 Practical Logic
A study of the basic principles of deductive and inductive logic. Common fallacies are analyzed and illustrated with examples from classical and modern sources. This is not a course in formal, mathematical logic.
PHI 140 Happiness and Justice: An Introduction to Ethical Thinking
Discussion of a variety of problems central to the pursuit of individual happiness and social justice. Topics include the relation between pleasure and happiness, abortion, sexual equality, and fairness in the distribution of economic goods.
PHI 160 Philosophy of Art
An examination of philosophical problems arising in the description, interpretation, and evaluation of works of art. Topics include the nature of the art object and of aesthetic experience, the possibility of objective criticism in the arts, and the relation of aesthetic to moral values. Readings from classical and contemporary sources, with emphasis on case materials. Prerequisite: HUM 110 or 111.
PHI 170 Philosophy of Religion
A critical examination of traditional and recent theories concerning such issues in the philosophy of religion as the existence of God, the nature of ultimate reality, the nature and destiny of human beings, and the validity of claims to religious knowledge. (Also listed as REL 140.)
PHI 210 Ancient Philosophy
A survey of ancient Western philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the beginning of the Christian era. This course concentrates on the origin and development of basic concepts and problems which have become permanent ingredients of our philosophical tradition. Some of these are reality and appearance, permanence and change, form and matter, causality, knowledge and belief, and the good.
PHI 220 17th- and 18th-Century Philosophy
A survey and critical examination of philosophers from Descartes to Kant. Of special importance in this period is the impact of the scientific revolution on accounts of the origin and limits of human knowledge, the mind-body relation, and the role of God in the universe.
PHI 300 The Philosophy of Science
An examination of a variety of issues in the philosophy of science, such as the nature of scientific facts, the relation of theories to reality, the criteria for the evaluation of theories, the role of the imagination in theory formation, the logic of verification, and the importance of the scientific community. Some attention is also given to the history of science. Prerequisite: PHI 210 or 220 or 310, or a sophomore-level science course.
PHI 310 Symbolic Logic
An introduction to modern formal deductive logic. A system of first-order logic is presented and proved to be complete. Nonclassical logics and other subjects are studied as the interests of the instructor and students warrant.
PHI 320 Philosophical Psychology
A critical survey of various approaches to the mind-body or mind-brain problem, including dualism, epiphenomenalism, behaviorism, physicalism, and functionalism.
PHI 330 19th-Century Philosophy
An examination of leading figures and movements in the philosophy of this century, such as post-Kantian idealism, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Marx, Utilitarianism, and Pragmatism. Prerequisite: PHI 220.
PHI 340 Phenomenology
An examination of phenomenology, the most influential movement in 20th-century Continental philosophy, and of the phenomenological method on which it is based in the writings of Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and others. Prerequisite: PHI 220 or permission of the instructor.
PHI 350 Existentialism
Existentialism embraces a wide range of thinkers—from the desperately religious to the vehemently atheistic. This course reflects upon writers from both of these traditions, including Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre, and tries to examine the effects existentialism has had upon art and literature. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission of the instructor.
PHI 360 Buddhist Thought
A critical examination of the major schools of thought in the development of Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism. Some attention is given to meditation and to the application of Zen to the arts. (Also listed as REL 338.)
PHI 370 20th-Century Analytic Philosophy
A study of major philosophers and/or topics in the British and American analytic tradition of the 20th century. Prerequisite: PHI 220.
PHI 380 20th-Century Continental Philosophy
A study of major philosophers and/or topics of continental Europe in the 20th century.
Prerequisite: PHI 220.
Special Topics Offered 2003-2004:
PHI 451 Theory of Knowledge
A survey of historical and contemporary attempts to answer a question that is fundamental to any inquiry: what is knowledge? Rationalist and empiricist foundations of knowledge – knowledge grounded in reason and experience, respectively – are examined, and more holistic views of knowledge and their implications are considered. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission of the instructor.
PHI 500 Senior Seminar
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| PHI 335 | Readings in Philosophy of Religion | David Hall |
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| PHI 110a | Introduction to Philosophy | Eva Cadavid | ||
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PHI 140a |
Intro to Ethical Thinking |
Rosa Slegers |
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| PHI 220 | 17th- and 18th C. Philosophy |
Brian Cooney |
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| PHI 320 | Philosophical Psychology |
Brian Cooney |
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| PHI 380 | 20th-Century Continental Philosophy | Rosa Slegers | ||
PHI 500 |
Senior Seminar |
Brian Cooney |
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