• PHIL 3140: Phil of Science

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Systematically examines philosophical problems about the nature of science, its methods of explanation, and the status of its laws and theories. Prerequisite: 6 hours of physical, biological or social science.
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• PHIL 3160: What Killed Socrates?

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  This course will reexamine Socrates' trial in 399 BCE, widely regarded as a miscarriage of justice, in its total historic context, seeking to understand the reasons for Socrates' conviction. In the process, it will impart a broad understanding of the cultural, philosophical, political, and legal life of classical Athens.
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• PHIL 3220: Exist & Phenom

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Examines fundamental perspectives of existentialist thought, beginning with its roots in Kierkegaard and Nietzsche. Looks at a large variety of existentialist perspectives presented by Sartre, Heidegger, Buber, Jaspers and Camus. Considers the relation of Husserl's phenomenological method to existentialism. Prerequisite: 3 hours of philosophy.
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• PHIL 3250: Global Justice

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  An examination of global justice, normative international relations, and international ethics, using the methodology and theories of analytical political philosophy. Possible topics include global economic justice and world poverty, human rights, humanitarian duties, intervention and sovereignty, cosmopolitanism, nationalism, patriotism, world hunger, and immigration. Prerequisite: 3 hours of philosophy or international studies.
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• PHIL 3260: Seeking Justice and Equality

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  A philosophical examination of justice and equality, as virtues of many different practical contexts in a society (individuals and relationships, laws, public policies), emphasizing both theory and practice. Topics include equality, distributive justice, retributive justice. Prerequisites: one course in philosophy or political science.
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• PHIL 3300: Ethical theory

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  A philosophical investigation of such concepts as morality, obligation, goodness, freedom and responsibility, and of recurring types of ethical theory. Prerequisite: 3 hours of philosophy.
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• PHIL 3320: Eastern Thought

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Surveys some of the major concepts in Zen, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. Prerequisite: 3 hours of philosophy.
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• PHIL 3340: Phil In Literature

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Examines central themes in literary works with philosophical significance; studies related general issues. Authors studied may include Aristotle, Dostoievski, Kafka, ee cummings, Grass, Mann, Pound, Rilke, Camus, and Sartre. Issues include questions of interpretation, criticism, and translation, as well as the possibility of direct philosophical influence on authors. Cross listed with ENGL 3340. Prerequisites: one course in philosophy and one course in literature or criticism in the English department.
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• PHIL 3350: Ethics With The Greats

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  A historical and philosophical overview of ethical theory ranging from ancient Greek ethics to the present. Prerequisite: 3 hours of philosophy.
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• PHIL 3420: Symbolic Logic

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Second course in the logic sequence. Studies both propositional and quantificational logic, concentrating on methods of proof. Takes up such topics as identity, singular terms, intuitive set theory, and translating English sentences into symbolic notation. Prerequisites: PHIL 2420 or equivalent.
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