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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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PHIL 311 - Medieval Philosophy: Islamic, Jewish, Christian
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
In this course we will read one or two major medieval Christian philosophers (e.g., Augustine and Aquinas), one or two major medieval Muslim philosophers (e.g. al-Ghazali and ibn Rushd [Averroes]) and one or two major medieval Jewish philosophers (e.g., Saadia and Maimonides). We will focus on some or all of the following themes: God’s existence, God’s nature, God’s justice, the creation of the universe, the priority of reason versus faith, the literal versus metaphorical nature of religious language, and the soul’s immortality.
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