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Michael P. Muth
220 Tate Hall
Wesleyan College
Macon, GA 31210
478-757-5230
mmuth@wesleyancollege.edu
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PHI 228: Gender and Philosophy
MWF 8:00-8:50
PHI /REL314: Medieval Thought
MWF 9:00-9:50
PHI 390: Soren Kierkegaard
MWF 10:00-10:50
Office Hours:
MWF 11:00-12:00
TR 10:00-11:00
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A student-led group for the discussion of
issues in philosophy and religious studies.
Semester Schedule of Meetings
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Discussion Wiki
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Philosophical Interests Page:
Bestiaries
Medieval Philosophy
Bonaventure
Medieval Architecture
Plato and
Neoplatonism
Augustine
Alasdair
MacIntyre
C. S. Lewis
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Dr. Muth's Courses
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Spring
2010:
PHI
228: Gender and Philosophy
MWF 8:00-8:50
Goal: To introduce students to philosophical
questions and problems regarding the role of gender in the formation of
intellectual positions, and to consider a variety of significant attempts to
answer those questions and resolve those problems. Content: Writings that
consider the relationships between gender and philosophical methods and
positions, including feminist philosophical texts. Taught: Alternate years.
Gen. Ed. Category: Critical thinking.
Credit: 3 hours; cross-listed as WST 228.
PHI/REL
314: Medieval Thought
MWF 9:00-9:50
Goal: To engage participants in the critical
reading and assessment of significant Western thought from Augustine to
William of Ockham, with attention to the broader cultural context in which
they developed. Content: Accounts of the nature of reality, knowledge, the
self, and appropriate human actions, beliefs, and institutions from the
medieval and early modern period. Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: One course in PHI or REL or permission of instructor.
Credit: 3 hours; S-course.
PHI
390: Soren Kierkegaard
MWF 10:00-10:50
In this advanced topics course, we will
examine the works of Soren Kierkegaard, including Either/Or, Fear
and Trembling, The Sickness Unto Death, Philosophical Fragments, Concluding
Unscientific Postscript, and other works.
Credit: 3
hours.
Other
Courses:
161: Self and Social Responsibility
Goal: To introduce students to a variety of philosophical reflections on
human nature and the relationship between individuals and society. To help students
understand the relationship between these philosophical reflections and other
perspectives of self and society.
Content: Writings from various periods of Western philosophy, ranging from
the traditional canon, to responses to the canon and contemporary issues
(e.g., writings of Plato, Immanuel Kant, and Hannah Arendt).
Taught: Annually.
Gen. Ed. Category: Critical thinking.
Credit: 3 hours.
210: Readings in Philosophy
Goal: To introduce students to the sorts of questions and issues discussed in
philosophical texts and the ways in which philosophers discuss these
questions and issues. To help students develop their own skills in the
reading and analysis of philosophical texts.
Content: Writings from one, two, or three different significant philosophers
in the Western tradition. If the course focuses on the work of one
philosopher, students and faculty will read together a significant part of
that philosopher’s work. If the course covers more than one
philosopher, students and faculty will consider the philosophers’
different approaches to a particular philosophical theme or set of
themes. Representative topics might include Chinese philosophy,
philosophy and the everyday, or Existentialism.
Taught: Annually.
Gen. Ed. Category: Critical thinking.
Credit: 3 hours.
215: African Philosophy
Goal: To introduce students to the many varieties of and different
methodological approaches to African philosophy.
Content: Writings by Africans, Europeans, and others that develop, describe,
or critique African philosophical systems, including ethnophilosophy,
sagacity philosophy, professional philosophy, and liberation theories. Issues
raised by the encounters between African and European modes of thought,
especially as shaped by the history of European colonialism in Africa, will
be important considerations.
Taught: Alternate years.
Gen. Ed. Category: Critical thinking; cross-cultural.
Credit: 3 hours.
223: Ethics
Goal: To introduce students to the various issues involved in making moral
decisions and to alternative theoretical constructs for making these
decisions.
Content: Theories and principles of value and moral decision-making, and the
application of these theories and principles to problematic situations in
personal and professional life.
Taught: Annually.
Gen. Ed. Category: Critical thinking.
Credit: 3 hours.
224: Logic
Goal: To introduce students to fundamentals of logical theory and its
application in the development and evaluation of arguments.
Content: Formal and informal reasoning and fallacies; basic symbolic logic.
Taught: Alternate years.
Gen. Ed. Category: Critical thinking.
Credit: 3 hours.
313: History of Western Philosophy, Ancient
Goal: To engage participants in the critical reading and assessment of significant
Western philosophers from pre-Socratic philosophers through Hellenistic
philosophy, with attention to the broader cultural context in which they
developed.
Content: Philosophical accounts of the nature of reality, knowledge, the
self, and appropriate human actions, beliefs, and institutions from the
ancient period.
Taught: Alternate years.
Credit: 3 hours; S-course.
315: History of Western Philosophy, Modern
Goal: To engage participants in the critical reading and assessment of
significant Western philosophers from Descartes to Kant with attention to the
broader cultural context in which they developed.
Content: Philosophical accounts of the nature of reality, knowledge, the
self, and appropriate human actions, beliefs, and institutions from the
modern period.
Taught: Alternate years.
Credit: 3 hours; S-course.
316: History of Western Philosophy, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century
Goal: To engage participants in the critical reading and assessment of
significant Western philosophers from the 19th and 20th centuries, with
attention to the broader cultural context in which they developed.
Content: Philosophical accounts of the nature of reality, knowledge, the
self, and appropriate human actions, beliefs, and institutions from the 19th
and 20th centuries.
Taught: Alternate years.
Credit: 3 hours; S-course.
371: Philosophy of Religion
Goal: To introduce students to the philosophical issues implied by the nature
of religious language, institutions, and symbols.
Content: Philosophical analyses of religious institutions and symbols.
Possible topics include the variety of theistic and non-theistic religious
positions, the problem of evil, and the relationship between reason and
faith.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: One course in PHI or REL or permission of instructor.
Credit: 3 hours; cross-listed as REL 371; S-course.
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