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This course acquaints students with the most recent philosophical theories on the workings of the mind.Although it emphasizes philosophical theories of the mind, it also pays close attention to the philosophical implications of recent research in sciences such as psychology and neuroscience.This is an exciting topic; join us on this quest to address the Delphic dictum: Know Thyself! (Prerequisites: PH 10 and one 100-level philosophy course) Three credits.
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Bosnia, Somalia, Guatemala, the Holocaust - the notion of human rights and accusations of human rights violations are a constant presence in our political environment and in the formulation of U.S.foreign policy.This course follows the emergence of this concept from the political and ethical thought of the Greeks, to the Enlightenment, to the explicit formulation of "human rights" in the 20th century as a guiding principle of international relations.Formerly PH 293.(Prerequisites: PH 10 and one 100-level philosophy course) Three credits
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This course explores the work of Henri Bergson (1859-1941).The course primarily takes the form of a close reading of Time and Free Will (1889), Matter and Memory (1911), and The Two Sources of Morality and Religion (1932).The course will also explore the influence of Bergson's work on contemporary philosophy, psychology, science, and religion.(Prerequisites: PH 10 and one 100-level philosophy course) Three credits.
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This course explores the work of Martin Heidegger (1889-1976), one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century.It primarily takes the form of a close reading of Being and Time (1927) and The Origin of the Work of Art (1936).The course hinges on Derrida's reading of Heidegger's existential analysis of death.(Prerequisites: PH 10 and one 100-level philosophy course) Three credits.
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This course examines the growth and development of ethical theory in America.America's first philosophers, Jonathan Edwards, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, et al, distinguished their philosophies in terms of religious, political, and social values.This ethical stance became a tradition in America.The course examines this tradition in the writings of representative American philosophers.(Prerequisites: PH 10 and one 100-level philosophy course) Three credits.
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Although race can be considered as one of several physical features of an individual, this course will investigate the recent research and literature in the field of Critical Race Theory that critiques this purely biological conception. For the purpose of understanding how race functions in our socio-political world, this body of work treats the concept as a social construction, drawing heavily on the phenomenological and existential traditions.Pertinent themes like lived experience, authenticity, and racial privilege will be explored using key texts (by Jean-Paul Sartre, Franz Fanon, Lewis Gordon, and Robert Bernasconi, to name a few).(Prerequisites: PH 10 and one 100-level philosophy course) Three credits.
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This course examines the philosophy "of" literature (the general nature of poetry and prose) and philosophy "in" literature (specific works that harbor philosophical ideas).(Prerequisites: PH 10 and one 100-level philosophy course) Three credit
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This course explores various works on tragedy by, for example, Plato, Aristotle, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Freud, Heidegger, Lacan, Derrida, and Irigaray, which are read alongside various tragedies such as Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Antigone, and Shakespeare's Hamlet.(Prerequisites: PH 10 and one 100-level philosophy course) Three credits.
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This course inquires into the nature of religion in general from the philosophical point of view.That is, it employs the tools of critical analysis and evaluation without a predisposition to defend or reject the claims of any particular religion.(Prerequisites: PH 10 and one 100-level philosophy course) Three credits.
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This course analyzes the writings of leading social and political thinkers, with special consideration of the movements of protest and dissent.(Prerequisites: PH 10 and one 100-level philosophy course) Three credits.
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