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In this course, we explore various philosophies and apply them along with knowledge from the social and/or natural sciences to issues in the world today. We will study and/or develop skills, abilities, theories, or methodologies from areas of philosophy such as ethics, epistemology, and metaphysics and then bring them into conversation with skills, abilities, theories, or methodologies of the social and/or natural sciences. Students will present original philosophical research as part of an in-class academic conference. This class is intended for senior Philosophy majors and for non-majors who have successfully completed at least one previous 300- or 400-level PHL course.

A project designed in consultation with a full-time professor in philosophy in which the student researches a philosophical topic or problem. May be repeated if content varies. Students will write at least one philosophical research paper that undergoes review and revision, and they will do other kinds of writing while engaging with philosophical issues.

Capstone course in which a student, in consultation with a full-time philosophy professor, writes a major research thesis on a philosophical topic.