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¡@¡@The
graduate program is designed to train
first-rate scholars and teachers in
analytic philosophy. For this reason,
students should be aware that courses
will be intensive and challenging. The
Department admits a small number of
students each year and emphasizes intensive
training in writing and research of
philosophy. Currently, the research
interests of the philosophy faculty
at CCU include: philosophy of mind,
epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, logic,
philosophy of language, philosophy of
logic and mathematics, legal and political
philosophy, and certain areas of history
of philosophy.
M.A.
OF PHILOSOPHY
¡@¡@The
Department of Philosophy offers a program
leading to the Masters degree of Philosophy.
The department's requirements are as
follows:
¡@1. A degree must be obtained in a
minimum of 1 year to a maximum of 4
years.
¡@2. The M.A. degree requires a minimum
of 31 semester hours, at least of which
25
¡@¡@credits must be received from the
CCU Philosophy Department. While courses
¡@¡@taken outside the department and
transfer credits may be admitted, they
must
¡@¡@receive departmental approval and
cannot exceed 6 semester hours.
¡@3. Required courses include: Logic
and Computability (I), Basic Issues
in Philosophy
¡@¡@ (I), Basic Issues in Philosophy
(II), Basic Issues in Philosophy (III)
and Basic Issues
¡@¡@ in Philosophy (IV). In addition,
students must take at least one course
from each
¡@¡@ area of the graduate curriculum:
(1) Basic Philosophy, (2) Philosophy
of Cognition,
¡@¡@(3) Philosophy of Law and Political
Philosophy, (4) Logic and Philosophy
of Science.
¡@4. In order to graduate, each student
has to write a thesis of appropriate
quality and
¡@¡@length under the supervision of
a departmental adviser. An oral test
will be held after
¡@¡@the student finishes his/her thesis,
and the student must receive an average
of 70
¡@¡@or better for graduation.
¡@5. Graduate Curriculum:
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Area
1: Basic Issues in Philosophy
|
s.h./course
type
|
| The
Philosophy of Kant
|
3
s.h./elective
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| Issues
in Metaphysics: Mind and Self
in Western Philosophy
|
3
s.h./elective |
| Theory
of Knowledge
|
3
s.h./elective |
| Metaphysics
|
3
s.h./elective |
| Philosophical
Argumentation (I)
|
3
s.h./elective |
| Philosophical
Argumentation (II)
|
3
s.h./elective |
| Moral
Philosophy
|
3
s.h./elective |
| Basic
Issues in Philosophy (I)
|
3
s.h./required
|
| Basic
Issues in Philosophy (II)
|
3
s.h./required
|
| Basic
Issues in Philosophy (III)
|
3
s.h./required
|
| Basic
Issues in Philosophy (IV)
|
3
s.h./required
|
| British
Empiricism
|
3
s.h./elective |
|
Area
2: Metaphysics and Theory of Knowledge
|
s.h./course
type
|
| Issues
in Metaphysics |
3
s.h./elective
|
| Philosophy
of Mind |
3
s.h./elective |
| Introduction
to Cognitive Science |
3
s.h./elective |
Neural
Networks as Models of Cognition
|
3
s.h./elective |
Philosophy
of Language
|
3
s.h./elective |
Philosophical
Problems of Artificial Intelligence
|
3
s.h./elective |
Cognition
and Learning
|
3
s.h./elective |
Reference
and Learning
|
3
s.h./elective
|
Metaphor
and Cognition
|
3
s.h./elective |
Seminar
in Philosophy of Mind: Mental Representation
|
3
s.h./elective |
Theories
of Reference
|
3
s.h./elective |
Language
of the Mind
|
3
s.h./elective |
| Indexicality
|
3
s.h./elective
|
| Naming
and Necessity |
3
s.h./elective |
Introduction
to Pragmatics
|
3
s.h./elective |
Consciousness
|
3
s.h./elective |
Foundation
Problem
|
3
s.h./elective |
Concepts
and Categories
|
3
s.h./elective |
Self
Reference and Self Consciousness
|
3
s.h./elective |
Connectionism
|
3
s.h./elective
|
Modularity
|
3
s.h./elective |
Imagery
and Representation
|
3
s.h./elective |
Mental
Representation
|
3
s.h./elective |
The
Nature of Mind
|
3
s.h./elective |
|
Area
3: Logic and Philosophy of Science
|
s.h./course
type
|
| Philosophy
of Science |
3
s.h./elective
|
Philosophy
of Nature
|
3
s.h./elective |
Philosophy
of Linguistics
|
3
s.h./elective |
Philosophy
of Biology
|
3
s.h./elective |
Philosophy
of Mathematics
|
3
s.h./elective |
Sociology
of Science
|
3
s.h./elective |
Philosophy
of Physics
|
3
s.h./elective |
History
of Science and Its Philosophical
Issues
|
3
s.h./elective
|
Philosophy
of Time
|
3
s.h./elective
|
Scientific
Reasoning
|
3
s.h./elective
|
Logic
and Computability (I)
|
3
s.h./required
|
Logic
and Computability (II)
|
3
s.h./elective |
Topics
in Philosophical Logics
|
3
s.h./elective
|
Modal
Logic
|
3
s.h./elective |
Set
Theory
|
3
s.h./elective |
The
Logic of Decision
|
3
s.h./elective |
Logic
and Computability
|
3
s.h./elective |
Seminar:
Philosophy of Science
|
3
s.h./elective |
Advanced
Logic
|
3
s.h./elective |
Applied
Logic
|
3
s.h./elective |
|
Area
4: Ethics and Political Philosophy
|
s.h./course
type
|
Philosophy
of Law
|
3
s.h./elective
|
Political
Philosophy
|
3
s.h./elective |
Topics
in Value Philosophy
|
3
s.h./elective |
Social
and Political Philosophy
|
3
s.h./elective |
Feminism
and Contemporary Political Philosophy
|
3
s.h./elective |
Reason
and Norm
|
3
s.h./elective |
Virtue
Ethics
|
3
s.h./elective |
Moral
Responsibility
|
3
s.h./elective
|
Theories
of Autonomy
|
3
s.h./elective |
Moral
Realism
|
3
s.h./elective |
Kant
|
3
s.h./elective |
Utilitarianism
|
3
s.h./elective |
Modern
British Moral Philosophy
|
3
s.h./elective
|
Theories
of Justice
|
3
s.h./elective |
Feminism
|
3
s.h./elective |
Political
Philosophy and International Relations
|
3
s.h./elective |
Society
and State
|
3
s.h./elective |
International
Justice
|
3
s.h./elective |
Theories
of Democracy
|
3
s.h./elective |
Contractarianism
|
3
s.h./elective
|
Liberalism
|
3
s.h./elective |
Multiculturalism
|
3
s.h./elective |
Theories
of Punishment
|
3
s.h./elective |
| Plato |
3
s.h./elective |
Aristotle
|
3
s.h./elective |
Locke
|
3
s.h./elective |
Hobbes
|
3
s.h./elective |
Rousseau
|
3
s.h./elective
|
Hegel
|
3
s.h./elective |
Marx
|
3
s.h./elective |
John
S. Mill
|
3
s.h./elective |
Rawls
|
3
s.h./elective |
PH.
D. OF PHILOSOPHY
¡@1.
The degree must be obtained in a minimum
of 3 years, and a maximum of 7.
¡@2. The Ph.D. degree requires a minimum
of 36 semester hours, at least of which
24
¡@¡@credits must be received from the
CCU Philosophy Department. While courses
¡@¡@taken outside the department and
transfer credits may be admitted, they
must
¡@¡@receive departmental approval and
cannot exceed 12 semester hours.
¡@3. Students must take at least two
courses from (1) Metaphysics and Epistemology,
¡@¡@and (2) Ethics and Philosophy of
Law and Political Philosophy as well
as at least one
¡@¡@course from Logic and Philosophy
of Science.
¡@4. Candidates for the Ph.D. program
must: (1) passing an English proficiency
test held
¡@¡@by the department or an equivalent
TOEFL score over 250 (CBT); and (2)
one
¡@¡@writing and one oral comprehensive
examinations covering the student's
area of
¡@¡@specialization and a prospectus
of his/her dissertation. The comprehensive
¡@¡@examinations may be taken only after
a student has completed 24 credits and
before
¡@¡@the end of his/her 4th year.
¡@5. In order to graduate, each student
has to write a dissertation of appropriate
quality
¡@¡@under the supervision of a departmental
adviser. An oral test will be held after
the
¡@¡@student finishes his/her thesis.
The student must receive an average
of 70 or better
¡@¡@for graduation.
Update:
2004/12/30
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