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PHL 100/117 - Mind, Body, Self, and Science (Core/First-Year Seminar)

Three or Four Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters

An examination of how philosophers have historically treated questions pertaining to the relationship between mind and body, the concept of the self, the human condition, and the limits of what we can know about such things. What makes these problems philosophical in nature? Could they be resolved by science instead?

Prerequisite(s): PHL 117 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
When offered as PHL 100, for 3-credits, fulfills the Philosophy Cornerstone Requirement.
When offered as PHL 117, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and Philosophy Cornerstone Requirements.