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Jonathan Gilmore. f 1.30-3.20 Hu (0) The nature and significance of works of art. Topics include aesthetic judgment, art and morality, depiction and cognition, fictions and emotions, imagination, originality and forgery, intention and interpretation, artistic style, and freedom of expression.
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Matthew Smith. th 1.30-3.20 Hu (0) Exploration of the early modern foundations of social contract theory. Close readings of works by Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
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Shelly Kagan. For description see under Ethics, Politics, & Economics.
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Thomas Pogge. t 3.30-5.20 Hu (0) Critical examination of Rawls's conception of social justice through close reading of his Theory of Justice and related works. His views on what role this concept should play in a democratic society. phil 480a or b, Tutorial. Consult the director of undergraduate studies. htba (0) A reading course supervised by a member of the department and satisfying the following conditions: (1) the work of the course must not be possible to do in an already existing course; (2) the course must involve a substantial amount of writing, i.e., a term essay or a series of short essays; (3) the student must meet with the instructor regularly, normally for at least an hour a week; (4) the proposed course of study must be approved by both the director of undergraduate studies and the instructor.
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Consult the director of undergraduate studies. htba (0) The essay, written under the supervision of a member of the department, should be a substantial paper; a suggested length is between 8,000 and 12,000 words for one-term projects, and between 12,500 and 15,000 words for two-term projects. Students completing a one-term project should enroll in either 490a in the fall or 491b in the spring. Students completing a two-term project should enroll in both 490a and 491b. The deadline for senior essays completed in the fall is December 1; the deadline for both one- and two-term senior essays completed in the spring is April 20.
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PaulFleury. For description see under Engineering & Applied Science.
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Peter Parker. tth 2. 30-3.45 Sc (0) Fr sem An exploration of nuclear physics in the cosmos and on Earth, without intense mathematics. Nuclei as the heart of matter and the cores of stars; nuclear reactions as they power the stars and are responsible for the existence of every element; the role of radioactivity in our lives, including nuclear medicine, X rays, nuclear power, nuclear weapons, and terrorism. Enrollment limited to freshmen. Preregistration required; see under Freshman Seminar Program.
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Frank Robinson. mw 2.30-3.45 QR,Sc (37) A critical evaluation of Hollywood action movies using the laws of physics and Fermi-type estimation techniques to distinguish between fictional and real movie physics. Enrollment limited to freshmen and sophomores.
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Stephen Irons. mw1-2.15 QR,Sc (36) An introduction to modern physics and quantitative reasoning. Topics include subatomic particles, electromagnetic waves, black holes, galaxies, and the fate of the universe. Study of the stages of descriptive modeling, with examples ranging from Newtonian physics to Einstein's theory of relativity. See comparison of introductory sequences and laboratories in the text above.
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John Harris. m 3.30-5.30 Sc (37) Current topics in modern physics, beginning with quantum physics and continuing through subatomic physics, special and general relativity, cosmology, astrophysics, and string theory. See comparison of introductory sequences and laboratories in the text above.
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