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Course ID	Course
PHIL 430	PHIL 430 Honours Thesis Course Credits: 3 A 40-60 page paper on a topic of the student's choosing (subject to departmental approval) on a important philosophic issue or thinker. An oral defence and a library-acceptable copy are required. This course is to be taken in the final year by all Honours students in Philosophy. Prerequisite(s): 4th year standing; acceptance into the Philosophy Honours program; completion of PHIL 420 in previous semester
PHIL 460	PHIL 460 Philosophy of Language Course Credits: 3 This course surveys central issues in philosophy of language, including: theories of truth and reference, the relationship between language, thought, and mind, constructivist and structuralist accounts of language. A sub-theme for the course is the relationship between the philosophy of language and other core areas of philosophy. Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of philosophy, or instructor's consent.
PHIL 470	PHIL 470 Philosophy of Knowledge &Rational Belief Course Credits: 3 A descriptive and critical inquiry into the theory of knowledge, including such topics as foundationalism, relativism, evidence, warrant, cognitive reliability, skepticism, and the relationship of cognitive science and psychology to philosophical accounts of knowledge and rational inquiry. Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of philosophy and third year standing NB: Not offered every year. See department chair
PHIL 481	PHIL 481 Business Ethics Course Credits: 3 This course studies the role of business in contemporary society where multiple demands are placed upon it, the responsibility of a corporation to its many constituencies, and responsiveness to changing cultural climate. The course studies a biblical basis for business ethics. Cross-listed: BUSI 481 Prerequisite(s): One PHIL course, and third-year standing
PHIL 490	PHIL 490 Philosophy of Mind Course Credits: 3 This course explores the philosophically perplexing tasks of finding a place for human consciousness in, and the mind’s causal relations to, the natural world. It also investigates the theories put forward to address these tasks, e.g., dualistic theories like substance dualism, dual-attribute theory, epiphenomenalism, and emergentism, and the monistic theories like physicalism (reductive, eliminative, and non-reductive), lived-body phenomenology, and neutral monism. Prerequisite(s): 3 sem. hrs. of philosophy. NB: Not offered every year. See department chair

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