Philosophy (PHIL) |
211 Susan Campbell, 541-346-5547
College of Arts & Sciences
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8 - No cost for class textbook materials.
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Course Data
| PHIL 345 Place in the Cosmos >1 |
4.00 cr. |
| Explores the relation between humans and the cosmos as a matter of place by comparing seminal texts in the history of philosophy. Offered alternate years. |
| Grading Options: |
Optional; see degree guide or catalog for degree requirements
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| Instructor: |
Vallega A  |
Office:
248 Susan Campbell Hall
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| Course Materials |
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CRN |
Avail |
Max |
Time |
Day |
Location |
Instructor |
Notes |
Lecture |
26212 |
0 |
50 |
1200-1320 |
mw |
140 TYKE |
Vallega A |
8 |
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Associated Sections |
+ Dis |
26213 |
0 |
25 |
1200-1250 |
f |
101 VOL |
Llamas E |
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+ Dis |
26214 |
0 |
25 |
1300-1350 |
f |
30 PAC |
Llamas E |
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Academic Deadlines
| Deadline |
Last day to: |
| January 5: |
Process a complete drop (100% refund, no W recorded) |
| January 11: |
Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| January 11: |
Process a complete drop (90% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| January 12: |
Process a complete withdrawal (90% refund, W recorded) |
| January 12: |
Withdraw from this course (100% refund, W recorded) |
| January 13: |
Add this course |
| January 13: |
Last day to change to or from audit |
| January 19: |
Process a complete withdrawal (75% refund, W recorded) |
| January 19: |
Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded) |
| January 26: |
Process a complete withdrawal (50% refund, W recorded) |
| January 26: |
Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded) |
| February 2: |
Process a complete withdrawal (25% refund, W recorded) |
| February 2: |
Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded) |
| February 23: |
Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded) |
| February 23: |
Change grading option for this course |
 | You can't drop your last class using the "Add/Drop" menu in DuckWeb. Go to the “Completely Withdraw from Term/University” link to begin the complete withdrawal process. If you need assistance with a complete drop or a complete withdrawal, please contact the Office of Academic Advising, 101 Oregon Hall, 541-346-3211 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday). If you are attempting to completely withdraw after business hours, and have difficulty, please contact the Office of Academic Advising the next business day. |
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Expanded Course Description
| The aim of this course is to deepen a philosophical understanding and questioning of the human place in the cosmos through close reading of seminal texts in the Western tradition. This requires that we question what defines humans and how we understand what we call "cosmos." It also requires that we
reflect on the notions of "place" and "space" more generally and how we understand ourselves in the context of space and place.
The course will highlight how throughout the Western philosophical and scientific tradition, the understanding of our place in the cosmos has undergone significant shifts, which occurs together with radical changes in how we understand ourselves and the physical world as well as ourselves in relation to the physical world.
In order to pursue the question of the place in the cosmos with focus and rigor, the course will concentrate on a few seminal philosophical texts of the Western tradition. These texts will be supplemented with introductory lectures on Ancient cosmology, medieval cosmology, as well as lectures that highlight the fundamental change in the Western understanding of our place in the cosmos through the mathematization of nature, which occurred in the 17th century along with the new astronomical theories of Kepler, Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton.
The course will require close reading and text analysis, and will lead to the critical comparison of different approaches to the question of the human place in the cosmos, as well as to questioning ourselves with respect to how we view our relation to the cosmos today.
PHIL 345 satisfies the criteria for Art & Letters under General Education. Insofar as this course integrates different views and ways of inquiring into the place of humans in the cosmos, it promotes open inquiry from a variety of perspectives. Different philosophical texts claim different principles of order for the cosmos, different ways of understanding space and place, different theories of causation, different articulations of our relations to the stars and to animal and plant life. The question of how we are situated as humans will be addressed and articulated from different creational, moral, physical, intellectual, and spiritual perspective. It thus addresses different main philosophical subject areas like ontology, ethics, and metaphysics. |
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