100-Level Courses
- PHL 100: Introduction to Philosophy (3)
- Survey of the main topics of philosophy, which may include God, souls, free will, the nature of right and wrong, just government, truth, and knowledge. Offered in the fall and spring semesters.
- PHL 101: Introduction to Deductive Logic (3)
- Prerequisite: MA 109 or equivalent.
- Introduction to modern symbolic logic, involving paraphrasing, truth-functional evaluation of arguments, and the construction of proofs in propositional and predicate logic. Offered in the fall and spring semesters.
- PHL 102: Introduction to Inductive Logic (3)
- Prerequisite: PHL 101.
- Elementary probability theory, reasoning from samples, reasoning about causes, decision theory, and related aspects of scientific inference. Offered in the spring semester.
- PHL 103: Honors Introduction to Deductive Logic (3)
- PHL 104: Critical Thinking (3)
- PHL 105: Honors Introduction to Philosophy (3)
- Prerequisite: Membership in the University Honors Program.
- Is it reasonable to believe God exists? Is your mind your brain? What makes you the same person, over time? What is the proper role of government? Are right and wrong just human ideas, or are they objective? If there is a right way to live, what reason is there to follow it? Answers, and arguments for them, at an introductory level. Offered in the fall semester.