PHI 113: Philosophical Engineering This course, accessible to the non-engineering major, is an introduction to what makes engineering similar to and different from other kinds of problem-solving.
Scholarship in Practice (SIP) courses provide students with the opportunity to apply scholarship to produce an original analysis, project, or creative work that reflects a body of knowledge relevant to the course. Students must complete one Scholarship in Practice course. A grade of “C-” or higher must be earned.
E-Series/State-Mandated Writing courses help students become clear, creative, and convincing communicators. The course objectives, course materials, activities, and grading criteria should reflect how students will achieve this outcome.
Fifteen (three credit hours from each category) of the thirty-six General Education credits must be earned from the five Statewide General Education Core requirement categories (at FSU, these are: English Composition, Quantitative and Logical Thinking, Social Sciences/History, Humanities and Cultural Practice/Ethics, ...
Required Summer Attendance Policy All students entering a state university with fewer than sixty semester credit hours must earn at least nine semester hours prior to graduation by attending one or more Summer terms at one of the state universities.
E-Series/State-Mandated Writing courses help students become clear, creative, and convincing communicators. The course objectives, course materials, activities, and grading criteria should reflect how students will achieve this outcome.
PHI 4938r Seminar for Majors (3) Additional requirements: At least twenty-one semester hours in the major must be at the 3000 level or above; at least fifteen semester hours must be completed in the Philosophy Department at Florida State University; and completion of a minor.
All undergraduates at Florida State University must demonstrate basic computer skills competency prior to graduation. As necessary computer competency skills vary from discipline to discipline, each major determines the courses needed to satisfy this requirement. Undergraduate majors in philosophy satisfy this requirement by earning a grade of “C–” or higher in CGS 2060 or CGS 2100.
PHH 3061. Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy (3) . This course surveys Western philosophy from the third to the 16th century, beginning with the work of Christian, Jewish, and Arabic philosophers, and then turning to the rise of humanism, individualism, and science.
Philosophical topics may include issues in Ethics, Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Religion, and/or Political Philosophy. A variety of films are used to raise important philosophical questions and to help in understanding primary philosophical texts that seek to answer these questions.
The department offers regular colloquia in which local faculty, graduate students, and guests from other universities present papers and lead discussions on philosophical topics .
Such skills have proven to be of great value in almost any type of human endeavor. The program serves as a basis for professional training in other fields, such as law, education, politics, journalism, or theology, or as foundation for future professional training in philosophy.
Honors work in the major is offered to encourage talented juniors and seniors to undertake independent and original research. Successful completion of honors work results in honors credits and graduation with distinction. For requirements and other information, see the “University Honors Office and Honor Societies” chapter of this General Bulletin.
What often motivates the study of philosophy is not merely the answers or arguments themselves but whether or not the arguments are good and the answers are true. Moreover, many of the questions and issues in the various areas of philosophy overlap and in some cases even converge.
Epistemology is the study of knowledge. It is primarily concerned with what we can know about the world and how we can know it. Typical questions of concern in epistemology are: 1 What is knowledge? 2 Do we know anything at all? 3 How do we know what we know? 4 Can we be justified in claiming to know certain things?
Metaphysics. At its core the study of metaphysics is the study of the nature of reality, of what exists in the world, what it is like, and how it is ordered. In metaphysics philosophers wrestle with such questions as:
The study of ethics often concerns what we ought to do and what it would be best to do. In struggling with this issue, larger questions about what is good and right arise. So, the ethicist attempts to answer such questions as:
Epistemology . Epistemology is the study of knowledge. It is primarily concerned with what we can know about the world and how we can know it. Typical questions of concern in epistemology are: