Debates concerning the nature of political rights and duties and the justification of political theories such as Utilitarianism, Marxism, and Democracy. Of special interest will be the classic documents influencing contemporary discussion, such as Jean-Ja
- Teacher: Qalandar Memon
This course will provide an introduction to the basic forms of reasoning and their linguistic expressions to enable students to think clearly and critically. By learning the methods and techniques used to evaluate arguments, the class will gain elementary
- Teacher: Taimoor Farouk
Selection of the problems historically identified as philosophical along with the methods philosophers have used to solve these problems including justice and moral order, evaluation and justification of belief and human value and dignity, identifying the
- Teacher: Ghazala Irfan
This course will provide an introduction to the basic forms of reasoning and their linguistic expressions to enable students to think clearly and critically. By learning the methods and techniques used to evaluate arguments, the class will gain elementary
- Teacher: Taimoor Farouk
Nihilism is commonly defined as a philosophy of negation or denial of some or all facets of thought and life. Since the concept is often associated with the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, this course will explore Nietzsche's theory of nihilism by
- Teacher: Taimoor Farouk
A study of political thought from early Greece through the 17th Century. Analysis and evaluation of the issues and positions will be conducted using some original sources from philosophers including Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Machiavelli, Locke and Roussea
- Teacher: Qalandar Memon
This course asks a fundamental question: What is the process of human understanding be it scientific or non-scientific knowledge? The answer we have come to believe is that no matter how much progress science makes there is a fundamental limit to human un
- Teacher: Tajwar Mazhar
Prerequisite: Any Philosophy course or permission from Instructor Ethical issues of objectivity vs subjectivity in moral judgement, relativity vs universalizability of moral principles, the logical foundation of moral perspectives, the scope and limits o
- Teacher: Ghazala Irfan