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Kenneth C. Clatterbaugh
PHIL 467
Seattle Campus
Study of selected topics and problems in the philosophy of religion, such as: arguments for the existence of God; the problem of evil; atheism; faith; religious experience and revelation; the attributes of God; miracles; immortality; and the relation between religion and morality. Readings from historical and contemporary authors.
Class description
This class is designed as a capstone course for honors students in philosophy. Students will be expected to do presentations, write a term paper complete with a prospectus and rough draft. The course will be built around with David Hume's /Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. These dialogues focus on the nature of God, the argument from design, the problem of evil, and the value of religion. These topics will be the four main topics of conversation in the course. Students may write papers on these or other subjects that are not covered in the course such as the relationship between religion and morality, the different kinds of religious experience, or the issue of pluralism.
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