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Doug Knapp has 20-plus years teaching experience in
philosophy, with the bulk of such experience at Inver Hills Community
College. He has a BS Degree in psychology, cum laude, from the
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and an MA Philosophy from Howard
University, Washington DC. Post-master’s study in philosophy (all but
dissertation) was at the University of Toronto, Canada, and subsequent
graduate work was at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs,
University of Minnesota. He served on his city’s environmental
commission for seven years. Areas of special interest include social
philosophy, environmental ethics and philosophy of religion. Over the
years he has been active in the Minnesota Philosophical Society (both as
presenter or responder), the American Philosophical Association, and the
North American Society for Social Philosophy. Topics of his published
articles include abortion, euthanasia, and more recently the motivation
of al-Qaeda. The latter article is entitled “An Evaluation of the ‘No
Purpose’ and Some Other Theories (Such as Oil) For Explaining Al-Qaeda’s
Motives,” and is available in the IHCC library.
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PHIL 1112 Ethics ( 3 credits)
Examines major classical and ethical theories, and in
light of these theories, address some
current contentious topics.
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PHIL 1120 Logic ( 3 credits)
Reviews the
principles that separate good from bad reasoning; distinguish arguments
and no arguments, deduction
and induction categorical and propositional systems
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PHIL 1130 Environmental Ethics (3 credits)
Examines some ecological issues (such as global warming,
fossil fuel dependency,
pollution, urban sprawl) in light of a
few influential ethical ideas. |
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PHIL 2201 Philosophy of Religion (3 credits)
Examine some of the central ideas common
to most religions within both Western and Non-Western
contexts.
Consider, for example, concepts of the nature of God,
arguments for and against God's existence, life after
death, faith and reason.
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