Doctor of Philosophy
Spokane Community College
1810 North Greene Street
Spokane, Washington 99217
Mail Stop 2011
Office: 1-209B
Phone: (509) 533-7363
Email: Geoffrey.Bagwell@scc.spokane.edu
Ph.D. Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2010
M.A. Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2008
M.A.L.A. St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, 2006
B.A. University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 2003
This course introduces students to some of the most fundamental problems in philosophy through the reading and discussion of several of the most important philosophers in history such as Plato, Rene Descartes, and David Hume. Topics include reasoning, knowledge, skepticism, perception, induction, mind and body, personal identity, and free will. Five credits. No prerequisites. Satisfies Philosophy and the Humanities Distribution Requirement for the Associate of Arts Degree. Transfers to any public four-year university in Washington. Offered every quarter.
This course introduces students to the methods and principles of deductive reasoning. Topics include informal argumentation, fallacies, propositional and predicate logic, truth-tables, and natural deduction. Five credits. No prerequisites. Satisfies Philosophy and the Humanities and Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning Distribution Requirements for the Associate of Arts Degree. Transfers to any public four-year university in Washington. Offered every quarter.
This course introduces students to the three central ethical theories in philosophy. Topics includes moral relativism, moral absolutism, eudaemonism, deontology, and consequentialism. Five credits. No prerequisites. Satisfies Philosophy and the Humanities Distribution Requirement for the Associate of Arts Degree. Transfers to any public four-year university in Washington. Usually offered fall quarter.
In this course, students explore the philosophical relationship between human beings and the non-human world. The moral status of animals and ecosystems, anthropocentrism versus biocentrism, environmental economics and public policy, deep ecology, ecofeminism, and the idea of a "land ethic" are emphasized. Five credits. No prerequisites. Satisfies Philosophy and the Humanities Distribution Requirement for the Associate of Arts Degree. Transfers to any public four-year university in Washington. Usually offered annually.
The course introduces students to problems in classical and contemporary philosophy of religion concentrating on the nature of religion, religious disagreements, the existence of God, the problem of evil, the relation between faith and reason, and religious language. Five credits. No prerequisites. Satisfies Philosophy and the Humanities Distribution Requirement for the Associate of Arts Degree. Transfers to any public four-year university in Washington. Usually offered winter quarter.
The course introduces students to problems in the philosophy of mind. Topics include consciousness, perception, the relationship between the mind and the body. Five credits. No prerequisites. Satisfies Philosophy and the Humanities Distribution Requirement for the Associate of Arts Degree. Transfers to any public four-year university in Washington. Usually offered spring quarter.