Free Will and Human Nature

Catalog description

This course focuses upon some recent answers to the question 'What is a human being?' noting questions about such concepts as 'person,' 'body,' 'freedom,' 'determinism,' 'causation' and matters such as the relation of mind and body, as these issues are raised in the thinking of prominent natural and social scientists.' Students taking this course as PHI 325 will be required to complete a process-oriented major writing project in addition to other required writings. Students may elect to take this course at one level, but not both.