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PHIL 606 - American Philosophy

(3 units)
Detailed study of one or more figures in the American philosophical tradition with an emphasis on classical pragmatists (Peirce, James, Dewey) and their neopragmatist successors. May be repeated when course content differs.

Maximum units a student may earn: 6

Prerequisite(s): 6 credits in philosophy.

Units of Lecture: 3
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to state a thesis about a key text in the tradition of American philosophy, explain the thesis, and provide evidence, textual and philosophical, in its defense.
2. Students will be able to explain and interpret some central ideas associated with one or more philosophers in the American tradition.
3. Students will be able to distinguish better and worse reasoning,and recognize conceptual relationships, in a philosophical text in the American tradition and/or a secondary source that comments critically on it.
4. Students will be able to show what is at stake, for current philosophical debates, in a philosophical text in the American tradition.


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