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Kenneth C. Clatterbaugh
PHIL 267
Seattle Campus
Consideration of the sources of religious ideas and practices, the main kinds of religious views and the problems they raise, and the different forms that spirituality can take. Issues concerning the relations of religion to science and morality also treated.
Class description
There are a number of problems in philosophy of religion that have been discussed for centuries in western religion and philosophy, some such as the argument from design have taken on new versions in the twenty first century. Many of these issues have been a focus for discussion in western analytic philosophy. They include: the nature of God, the argument from design, the cosmological argument, the ontological argument, miracles, the nature and value of religious experience, and the argument from evil. This course will examine several of these topics in some detail from the standpoint of analytic philosophy. The course is not a study of comparative religion although it examines these issues in the context of the religions of Abraham, namely, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The course will introduce the student to philosophical thinking and writing. Students will be expected to write a midterm and final as well as some short one page papers on assigned topics.
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