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PQ: Third- or fourth-year standing. This lecture/discussion course focuses on theories of the evolution of mind and moral behavior. We begin with Spencer's and Darwin' s conception of mental and moral evolution, examine the psychological status of these ideas during the last part of the century in the work of William James, then jump to the last part of the twentieth century, examining the development of sociobiology. The second part of the course concentrates on the central features of evolutionary psychology, as that new discipline has come to be known, and on contemporary theories of the evolution of ethical behavior and rational cognition. R. Richards. Autumn. ( B)
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PQ: Prior philosophy course or consent of instructor. This course centers on a close reading of the first volume of Michel Foucault's The History of Sexuality, with some attention to his writings on the history of ancient conceptualizations of sex. How should a history of sexuality take into account scientific theories, social relations of power, and different experiences of the self We discuss the contrasting descriptions and conceptions of sexual behavior before and after the emergence of a science of sexuality. Other writers influenced by and critical of Foucault are also discussed. A. Davidson. Autumn. (A)
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This course focuses on the eighteenth-century philosophical challenge to rational religion and on the most important eighteenth- and nineteenth-century responses to that challenge. Writers include Hume, Kant, Schleiermacher, and Kierkegaard. D. Brudney. Autumn. ( A)
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PQ: Completion of the general education requirement in humanities. This course in ancient Greek philosophy studies major works by Plato and Aristotle that introduced the philosophical questions we struggle with to this day: What are the goals of a life well-lived Why should we have friends How do we explain weakness of will What makes living things different from nonliving things What is the difference between knowledge and belief What is definition and what is capable of being defined A. Callard. Autumn.
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J. Stern. Winter.
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PQ: Consent of instructor. Emotions figure in many areas of the law, and many legal doctrines (from reasonable provocation in homicide to mercy in criminal sentencing) invite us to think about emotions and their relationship to reason. In addition, some prominent theories of the limits of law make reference to emotions: thus Lord Devlin and, more recently, Leon Kass have argued that the disgust of the average member of society is a sufficient reason for rendering a practice illegal, even though it does no harm to others. Emotions, however, are all too rarely studied closely, with the result that both theory and doctrine are often confused. M. Nussbaum. Spring. ( A)
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PQ: Completion of the general education requirement in humanities required; PHIL 25000 recommended. This course is a survey of the thought of some of the most important figures of this period, including Anselm, Aquinas, Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, and Hume. B. Callard. Winter.
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The ideas that poetic creativity is inspired rather than grounded in technical knowledge, that it is mimetic, that the audience of poetry suspends ordinary rational evaluation, that poems should be evaluated in terms of their moral effect-the way Plato developed these thoughts proved to be enormously influential on the history of Western poetics. In this course we will examin e Plato ? fascinating discussions of poetry with an eye to understanding the nuances of his theory and in the hope of understanding why this great innovator in poetic theory was also one of poetry 's greatest critics. Dialogues to be read in whole or in part incl ude Ion, Republic, Gorgias, Protagor as, and Laws. G. Lear. Autum n. (
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PQ: Third- or fourth-year standing. Sex is a big problem. How do we think about sex in proximity to considering the ethics of risk, the ethics of harm, the potential for good Developing an account specifically of an ethics of sex requires thinking about the place of sex and sexual vulnerability in social life with an eye toward understanding what's good and what might count as abuses, violations, disruptions, or deprivations of specifically good things about sex. In this course, we read, write, and think about sex and ethics in relation to a variety of the rubrics (e.g., act, harm, fantasy, a good, technology, health, disability, love). Probable syllabus contents involve philosophy, cinema, literature, and social science. L. Berlant, C. Vogler. Winter.
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3.00 Credits
PQ: Completion of the general education requirement in humanities. This course studies a number of important philosophers of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Kant, Bentham, Hegel, Marx, Mill, Nietzsche, and others may be read. M. Forster. Spring.
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