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4.00 Credits
An introduction to a variety of feminist theories and approaches with emphasis on the arts, philosophy, politics, and media. Offered every Spring. Cross Listed With: MS - 335
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4.00 Credits
This course surveys a selection of key figures and texts in classic and contemporary African American and African Caribbean philosophy. It includes a selection of the central debates in African American philosophy, such as slavery, race, racism, civil disobedience, revolution, self-respect, affirmative action, and reparations.
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4.00 Credits
A study of selected classical philosophical readings on women, and an examination of several philosophical issues of contemporary feminism such as sex equality, sexual harassment, and feminine versus feminist ethics. Offered intermittently.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHIL - 319. This is an advanced survey of analytic accounts of mind and metaphysics, including both historical and contemporary analyses. Special topics will be explored as well, and they may include: artificial intelligence, consciousness, intentionality, emotion, and the role of philosophy in the science of the mind. Offered regularly.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHIL - 312. This seminar course examines universal, critical, and hermeneutic approaches to history in an attempt to discern if human existence has meaning, and if so, what that meaning is. Discussion will focus on the works of such philosophers as Nietzsche, Augustine, Hegel, Oakeshott, Collingwood, and Dilthey. Offered regularly.
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4.00 Credits
Investigates the nature of human agency in the world, as distinct from those parts of the world incapable of action and robust agency. Possible topics include: what it is to act for a reason, how agency fits with a causal picture of the world, the nature of free will and whether we have it, weakness of will, addiction, autonomy, and the nature of the psychological elements of human acts (such as motivation, deliberation, belief, and intention). The course may also focus on the significance of these distinctions for practical moral and legal decision-making.
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4.00 Credits
A study of classic and contemporary texts dealing with different theories of the nature of law and the meaning of related concepts such as justice, authority, and legal obligation. Offered intermittently.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHIL - 315. An in-depth study of a selection of contemporary normative and meta-ethical issues. Offered intermittently.
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4.00 Credits
This course is a philosophical exploration of three interrelated concepts: equality, justice, and rights. It will examine their various meanings and the reasons given to support the values they represent. It will also demonstrate the prominent roles they play in a number of contemporary ethical and political debates. Offered intermittently.
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6.00 Credits
Problems in Philosophy is a two-semester, six-unit course in which a group of up to six students works to resolve a philosophical problem. The first semester is devoted to work in classical texts, the second focuses on contemporary philosophy. At the end of each semester, the students give a public presentation to faculty and students on the results of their research. Open only to majors and minors in philosophy.
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