Baylor PHI: Philosophy
PHI 1301: C.S. Lewis: Faith & Philosophy
3 credit hours · 6 sections · 110 open seats · Robert Garcia, Benjamin Augros, Libby Regnerus, Kevin Smith and 1 more
A writing-intensive introduction to the major philosophical topics, themes, and thinkers. The primary aims of this class are two-fold. First, to learn important skills involved in effective writing, and by extension, critical reading, and reflective thinking.…
PHI 1306: Logic
3 credit hours · 7 sections · 216 open seats · Todd Buras, Tyler Sharp, Yoaav Isaacs
A study of the basic principles and methods for distinguishing good and bad reasoning across a broad range of contexts, with an emphasis on deductive reasoning. Students develop formal tools to identify, reconstruct, and evaluate arguments, and to compose arg…
PHI 1308: Environmental Ethics (EHUM)
3 credit hours · 3 sections · 57 open seats · James Marcum, Alexander Pruss
An introduction to philosophical issues and theories associated with the normative assessment of human behavior through engagement with one or more contemporary social issues such as poverty, war, immigration, affirmative action, drug legalization, abortion, s…
PHI 1309: Introduction to Medical Ethics
3 credit hours · 3 sections · 53 open seats · Matthew Shea, James Marcum
Introduction to philosophical reasoning regarding medical ethics, including confidentiality, intervention in the beginning and ending of human life, and just distribution of medical resources.
PHI 1311: Ethics in Action
3 credit hours · 1 section · 19 open seats · Anne Jeffrey
Students are introduced to issues in ethics—the study of how to live well—through participating in local community work and study of philosophical theories. Coursework includes regular engagement with organizations working in areas that impact human thriving s…
PHI 1391: Intro to Moral Philosophy
3 credit hours · 1 section · 19 open seats · Kelsey Maglio
Introduces students to the question of moral philosophy: how ought we to live? Equips students with the philosophical vocabulary required to take a well-reasoned stand in ongoing debates about moral norms and their practical application.
PHI 2303: Philosophy in Literature
3 credit hours · 4 sections · 69 open seats · Stacey Hibbs, Anne-Marie Schultz
A critical engagement of the philosophical ideas represented in selected literary texts, such as science fiction, dystopian fiction, the inklings, or existentialist literature, indicated by course subtitle. Examines a wide variety of philosophical topics with…
PHI 2370: Business Ethics
3 credit hours · 1 section · 19 open seats · Darin Davis
An analysis of moral issues that arise within the economic sphere of society and specifically within profit and nonprofit organizations. The nature and justification of moral decision making will be examined. Topics may include moral issues involving the relat…
PHI 3180: Character and Computing
1 credit hours · 2 sections · 38 open seats
Prerequisite(s): C or better in CSI 1402 or CSI 1440. Equips students with the conceptual resources and moral vocabulary required to analyze and critically engage ethical issues encountered by professionals working with information technologies. Issues may inc…
PHI 3301: Moral Philosophy
3 credit hours · 3 sections · 48 open seats · Kelsey Maglio, Thomas Hibbs
A critical study of problems in moral judgment and evaluation, with analysis of presuppositions and justifications used in moral discourse. Problems such as freedom and determinism, relativism and absolutism, conflicts of duties and ends, grounds of moral obli…
PHI 3310: Hist of Philosophy-Classic
3 credit hours · 1 section · 19 open seats · Anne-Marie Schultz
Historical context in which philosophy developed and how the original issues of philosophy continue to inform historical and contemporary philosophical debate. Emphasizes the reading of primary sources: Homer, Hesiod, the pre-Socratics, the Sophists, Plato, an…
PHI 3312: His Mod European Phil
3 credit hours · 1 section · 19 open seats · Gerad Gentry
A study of the major developments in philosophy from the Renaissance through the first half of the nineteenth century. The demise of late Scholasticism, the rise of modern science, the philosophies of the Continental Rationalists and the British Empiricists, t…
PHI 3322: Philosophy of Art
3 credit hours · 1 section · 11 open seats · Lenore Wright
Cross Listings: Cross-listed as: ARTH 3390
PHI 3339: Law and Religion
3 credit hours · 2 sections · 20 open seats · Francis Beckwith
Cross Listings: Cross-listed as: PSC 3339; REL 3339
PHI 4311: Epistemology
3 credit hours · 1 section · 19 open seats · Yoaav Isaacs
Prerequisite(s): Two PHI courses or consent of instructor. A critical examination of classical and current problems in theories of knowledge. Attention is given to such problems as meaning, truth, the knowing situation, univer…
PHI 4314: Patristic-Medieval Phil
3 credit hours · 1 section · 19 open seats · Thomas Hibbs
The history and development of philosophy from 250 to 1400 A.D. Some of the major philosophers studied include Augustine, Boethius, John Scotus Erigena, Anselm, Abelard, Avicenna, Averroes, Maimonides, Bonaventure, Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, and William…
PHI 4320: Philosophy of Religion
3 credit hours · 1 section · 19 open seats · Josh Rasmussen
Prerequisite(s): Two PHI courses or consent of instructor. A philosophical inquiry into such topics as the existence and nature of God, religious experience, immortality, the problem of evil, the relationship between reason and faith,…
PHI 4325: Lit/Phi Perspectives Medicine
3 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Kelly Chittenden
Prerequisite(s): Open to Philosophy and Medical Humanities majors and minors only; or consent of instructor. Examination of literature dealing with illness, disease, pain, and death in order to understand better how societal perceptions and values of the care-…
PHI 4345: Intermediate Logic
3 credit hours · 1 section · 19 open seats · Alexander Pruss
Cross Listings: Cross-listed as: MTH 3345
PHI 4360: The Women are Up to Something
3 credit hours · 1 section · 19 open seats · Scott Moore
Prerequisite(s): Two philosophy courses or consent of instructor. Major issues in contemporary ethical writings. Course may be repeated once for credit if topic varies.
PHI 4361: Liberal Education - HNR
3 credit hours · 1 section · 19 open seats · Elizabeth Corey
Cross Listings: Cross-listed as: PSC 4353
PHI 4363: Philosophy and Medicine
3 credit hours · 1 section · 19 open seats · James Marcum
Philosophical approaches to clinical medicine and contemporary health care, focusing on experience as a basis for knowledge.
PHI 4V99: Special Topics in Philosophy
1 credit hours · 15 sections · 28 open seats · Charity Anderson, Francis Beckwith, Matthew Shea, Todd Buras and 11 more
Prerequisite(s): Senior or graduate standing and consent of instructor. Faculty-directed individual, group, or class research project. Course may be taken up to three times with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
PHI 5311: Action, Agency, and Necessity
3 credit hours · 2 sections · 24 open seats · Gerad Gentry, Bryan Reece
Cross Listings: Cross-listed as: PSC 5311
PHI 5316: Contemp Phil Problems
3 credit hours · 1 section · 12 open seats · Charity Anderson
Prerequisite(s): For philosophy graduate students only or by departmental approval. Examination of historical, normative, and analytical problems which have arisen in the history of philosophy and an examination of the systems of philos…
PHI 5318: Logic for Philosophers
3 credit hours · 1 section · 12 open seats · Yoaav Isaacs
Prerequisite(s): For philosophy graduate students only or by departmental approval. In this course the student should gain formal tools that are useful in a wide-range of areas of philosophy, including: propositional logic, quantificational logic, basic set th…
PHI 5360: Metaphysical Animals
3 credit hours · 1 section · 12 open seats · Anne Jeffrey
Prerequisite(s): For philosophy graduate students only or by departmental approval. A critical study of issues in contemporary ethical theory; may be taken up to three times with different topics of study, not to exceed nine semester hours.
PHI 5V99: Thesis
1 credit hours · 14 sections · 0 open seats · Charity Anderson, Francis Beckwith, Todd Buras, Robert Garcia and 10 more
Research, writing, and oral defense of an approved master's thesis. A minimum of six semester credit hours of PHI 5V99 is required.
PHI 6V10: Prospectus Research
1 credit hours · 14 sections · 2 open seats · Charity Anderson, Francis Beckwith, Todd Buras, Robert Garcia and 10 more
Prerequisite(s): PHI 5330 and 5331; and completion of regular course work. Supervised research for developing and writing a Dissertation Prospectus Proposal that will be the subject of a preliminary exam that will admit students to candidacy. A student may rep…
PHI 6V99: Dissertation
1 credit hours · 15 sections · 12 open seats · Charity Anderson, Francis Beckwith, Todd Buras, Robert Garcia and 11 more
Supervised research for the doctoral dissertation.