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A World without God

When man turns his back on God, his utopian dreams turn to dystopian realities. This multidisciplinary literature course will examine the very modern horrors and irrationalities of a world without God.

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Critical Thinking, Catholicism, and History

Modern sources of news and entertainment are cleverly designed to compel, persuade, sensationalize, and attract attention. The purpose of this class is twofold: to both teach students how to think critically about the information they encounter, as well as how to construct well-written arguments with appropriate, supporting source material. Few people in our society realize that the true benefit of studying history goes beyond the simple lessons of the past. Rather, by giving critical analysis to the interpretations of the past, students can themselves learn to identify and scrutinize sources of information and form their own opinions with greater wisdom.

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Philosophy 101: What do Philosophers do and how do they do it?

Aristotle famously said, “all men by nature desire to know.” For over 2600 years, philosophers have grappled with life’s profound questions. Seeking answers, they left their conclusions behind, along with the arguments supporting them. In this course, we will be studying some of the better-known philosophical arguments in light of the issues they have addressed.

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Early Greek Philosophy

Sign up for this course and learn how early Greek philosophy continues to influence modern thought in our society, politics, and religion. You will discover why Greek philosophy is key to in role of reason and inquiry. You will also uncover why the study of philosophy is important for all students to master.

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How to be an Excellent Student: Note Taking, Test Taking, and How to Get an A

How to take the best notes from a lecture and from a text, how to listen and read “actively” for greater connection and higher comprehension, the best ways to prepare for a test, how to take timed tests effectively, and more!

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Formal Logic II

This course continues the exploration of formal logic begun in the "Introduction to Formal Logic" course. It looks closely at a wide variety of syllogism. such as Enthymemes, conditional, disjunctive, conjunctive, polysyllogisms, sorites, and dilemmas. Examples are taken from famous philosophers, such as Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, and Hume.

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Introduction to the Theistic Apologetics

“How can we defend our faith? What are the proofs for the existence of God?” Take the next step into apologetics with formal logic, and become strong in the defense of your faith!

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Plato: An Introductory Reading

Learn Plato’s writings and how they have had an influence throughout history (and are still relevant today) -- and discover the Universal Truth of our Catholic faith.

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Philosophy of Mathematics

Sign up for this course to learn why anyone would ever think to couple philosophy—one of the most abstract and difficult areas of human inquiry—with the “high-school-terror” that is mathematics! Philosophers of mathematics engage such questions at a fundamental level. What is quantity? What are numbers? Is mathematics a human construct, or does it describe real features of the real world? These questions, and more importantly their answers, supply us with good reason to hope for clarity and certitude in an increasingly skeptical world.

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Philosophy: Ethics

This is an introduction to moral philosophy using Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics as the primary text.

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Philosophy: Introduction to Early Modern Philosophy

We will begin with a brief review of the history of philosophy immediately prior to the period, and end with the synthesis of Immanuel Kant and the beginnings of German Idealism.