Introductory Courses in Philosophy

PHILOS 101

Introduction to Philosophy -

Selected Topics & Issues
3 credits, HU
 

Lec 011
MTWR 9:00-11:31am 
BUS S191

5/31/05-6/25/05

Instructor: James Lewis
tel 414-229-5636

email Jim.Lewis@uwsp.edu

  We will look at a representative selection of topics from the history of philosophy and current philosophical debates:  ethics, social and political philosophy, the scope and nature of our knowledge of the world, the nature of the self and mind.

PHILOS 101

Introduction to Philosophy
3 credits, HU
 

Lec 012: God, Metaphysics & Value
MWR  6:30-9:48pm

CRT 309

5/31/05-6/25/05

Instructor: Sami Hawi

tel 414-229-4395

email hawi@uwm.edu

   This course is a general orientation in the basic issues of philosophy.  We discuss certain highlights in the philosophic tradition from Plato to John Stuart Mill.  Such topics as: the proofs for God's existence, His nature, His relationship to man, the origin and scope of knowledge, the mind-body problem, evaluation of the scientific procedure, and the various standards of right and wrong behavior are examined and studied in detail.

PHILOS 204

Introduction to Asian Religions
3 credits, HU
Lec 011
MTWR  9:30am - 12:01pm

CRT 309
5/31/05-6/25/05

Instructor: Walter Neevel
tel 414-229-5215
email wgneevel@uwm.edu

  This course will be a historical and comparative introduction to Hindu and Buddhist religious life and thought.  Special emphasis will be placed upon the development of the classical forms of these traditions within India.  The Buddhist tradition will also be stressed as a missionary movement linking the various cultures of Asia and interacting with the indigenous traditions of East Asia.

PHILOS 211

Elementary Logic
3 credits, HU
Lec 011
MWR 1:30-3:35pm
BOL B52

5/31/05-7/9/05

Lec 071
TR 6:30-9:48pm
BOL B52

7/11/05-8/20/05

Lec 011

Instructor: Richard Tierney
tel 414-229-5217/4719
email rtierney@uwm.edu

Lec 071

Instructor: Michael Liston

tel 414-229-5217

email mnliston@uwm.edu

  The Island of Knights and Knaves is a place where only Knights and Knaves live.  A Knight is a person who always tells the truth.  Knaves, on the other hand, never tell the truth.  Harry, who lives on the island, says: "If I am a Knight, then I'll eat my hat."  Did you know that you can prove from the above information that Harry will eat his hat?  Did you know: 1) Given that Sarah loves either Jim or Tom and that if she loves Jim then she loves Tom, you can prove that she loves Tom?  2) that if everyone loves a lover and there is even one lover in the world, then everyone loves everyone?  Learn how to solve these and other puzzles in Philosophy 211, where we will study formal deductive logic – the science of what follows from what.

Intermediate and Advanced Courses

PHILOS 245

Critical Thinking and the Law
Lec 151: Law of Contracts
3 credits, HU
MW 6:30-9:05 pm
Course held off-campus
6/27/05-8/20/05

Instructor: Paul Santilli
tel 414-229-4719
email santilli@execpc.com

    The goals of critical thinking are to instill in the student an understanding of the fundamental principles of analysis, problem solving, and construction of an argument. In order to convey these principles, students are taught how to use contract law using legal materials, including but not limited to, the language used by the legal profession and legal resources.  It is through the study of law that teachers hope to impart to their students a system for analytical thinking which they may use in their every-day lives.  Texts used will include Murphy, Speidel and Ayres’ Studies in Contract Law, 5th Edition, and Restatement of Contracts (Second) and case law.

This course is taught off-campus at the School of Continuing Education, 161 W. Wisconsin Ave., Room 7220