Course List
Roanoke College - Courses Offered - Philosophy
PHIL 105 A
Title: Socrates, Jesus & the Buddha
Instructor: Dr. Ned WisnefskeBlock: 12
Time: T/TH 2:50PM-4:20PM
Room: WEST 131
Units: 1
Comments: RELG105A RELG105A
Catalog Description: A survey of the main figures in the philosophical and religious traditions of the Western world, as well as major figures in Eastern philosophy and religion. All members of the department of Religion and Philosophy will contribute lectures. Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
PHIL 205 E
Title: Moral Philosophy
Instructor: Dr. Monica L. VilhauerBlock: E3
Time: T/TH 4:30PM-6:00PM
Room: WEST 228
Units: 1
Catalog Description: An investigation of the sources of, and our responses to, human dignity. Readings include slave and internment narratives, research from the social sciences, philosophical analyses, as well as debates on specific moral issues. Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
PHIL 221 A
Title: Faith and Philosophy
Instructor: Dr. Hans M. ZornBlock: 3
Time: M/W/F 10:50AM-11:50AM
Room: WEST 115
Units: 1
Catalog Description: An examination of the fundamental questions,concerning rationality and religious belief. Thecourse addresses questions such as whether it is rational to believe in God and whether we canknow anything about God, along with different waysof answering these questions and the differentviews of reason and religious faith the answersimply. (1)
PHIL 251 A
Title: Early Western Philosophy
Instructor: Dr. Hans M. ZornBlock:
Time: TBA
Room:
Units: 1
Catalog Description: An analysis of the history of Western thought from the rise of classical philosophy with the pre-Socratic philosophers and the pivotal figures of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, through the evolution of classical thought in Hellenistic philosophies and medieval thinkers such as St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas. Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
PHIL 252 A
Title: Modern Western Philosophy
Instructor: Dr. Brent A. AdkinsBlock: 2
Time: M/W/F 9:40AM-10:40AM
Room: WEST 319
Units: 1
Catalog Description: A study of the attempts of thinkers such as Bacon, Hobbes, Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Locke, Hume, and Kant to come to terms with the scientific, political, and religious changes in the modern world. Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
PHIL 266 A
Title: Cont. French Philosophy
Instructor: Dr. Brent A. AdkinsBlock: 5
Time: M/W/F 1:10PM-2:10PM
Room: WEST 319
Units: 1
Catalog Description: An examination of contemporary French thinkers, such as Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, and Jacques Derrida. Each of these thinkers represents an important aspect in the development of what has been variously called post-structuralist and postmodernist discourse as it has developed in France since the May 1968 student riots. The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to some important trends in French thought since 1968. Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
PHIL 302 A
Title: Aristotle
Instructor: Dr. Hans M. ZornBlock: 11
Time: T/TH 1:10PM-2:40PM
Room: WEST 131
Units: 1
Comments: Previos course in Philosophy or permission
Catalog Description: A detailed examination of a topic or theme inAristotle's philosophy. Depending on the focus ofthe professor, topics might include logic, theoryof knowledge, natural philosophy, metaphysics,psychology, ethics, or political philosophy.
PHIL 410 A
Title: Senior Thesis
Instructor: Dr. Brent A. AdkinsBlock:
Time: TBA
Room:
Units: 1/2
Comments: Permission
Catalog Description: At the end of the junior year every major will register with a member of the department to study and write a major paper in the final year. Guidelines, requirements and dates are explained in The Senior Thesis.
PHIL 410 B
Title: Senior Thesis
Instructor: The Rev. Dr. Paul HinlickyBlock:
Time: TBA
Room:
Units: 1/2
Comments: Permission
Catalog Description: At the end of the junior year every major will register with a member of the department to study and write a major paper in the final year. Guidelines, requirements and dates are explained in The Senior Thesis.
PHIL 411 A
Title: Senior Thesis
Instructor: Dr. Monica L. VilhauerBlock:
Time: TBA
Room:
Units: 1
Comments: Permission
Catalog Description: At the end of the junior year every major will register with a member of the department to study and write a major paper in the final year. Guidelines, requirements and dates are explained in The Senior Thesis.
PHIL 411 B
Title: Senior Thesis
Instructor: Dr. Brent A. AdkinsBlock:
Time: TBA
Room:
Units: 1
Comments: Permission
Catalog Description: At the end of the junior year every major will register with a member of the department to study and write a major paper in the final year. Guidelines, requirements and dates are explained in The Senior Thesis.
PHIL 496 A
Title: Honors Project
Instructor: Dr. Marwood Larson-HarrisBlock:
Time: TBA
Room:
Units: 1
Comments: See Catalog
Catalog Description: A program of independent study culminating in a paper.
