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3.00 Credits
Full course for one semester. An examination of selected topics in metaphysics, such as: What kind of beings are we Do we have free will Does God exist Is time real Does anything exist independently of our minds Conference. Not offered 2009-10.
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Full course for one semester. An examination of selected historical and contemporary accounts of how we should live, of what makes life good, of what does harm, of what constrains our actions, and of what gives our lives meaning. Conference. Not offered 2009-10.
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Full course for one semester. An examination of the sources, structure, and scope of knowledge and justification. Conference.
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Full course for one semester. Science gives us an increasingly detailed picture of the world. According to this picture, the world is at bottom physical: all there is are bits of matter arranged in various ways. How do we fit into this picture Are we identical to our bodies, or are we essentially minds Is the mind the same as the brain, or is it a separate kind of entity Or is it not an entity at all, but a property of something physical, such as our brain Does having a mind require having a brain, or could a machine have a mind, too Is perhaps the relation of the mind to the brain the same as that of a computer program to a computer running the program Finally, do the answers to these questions matter to how we should live our lives Conference.
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Full course for one semester. What is it to be a person, and to live a life distinctive of persons This course will explore a variety of philosophical issues relevant to answering these questions, among them: What is it to be the same person across time Is a person essentially a mind Is there something distinctive about the way persons act Must their actions always be rational, and must agents always pursue some perceived good Do persons have free will What makes a life meaningful Is immortality required for a meaningful life, or can only mortals have meaningful lives Conference.
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Full course for one semester. An examination of commonly held but philosophically untenable views on the nature of colors, numbers, minds, morals, and meaning, as well as philosophically tenable but uncommonly held views on the same topics. Conference.
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Full course for one semester. This course is an introduction to ancient Greek philosophy focusing on the works of Plato and Aristotle. Prerequisites: Philosophy 201 and one other 200-level course in philosophy. Conference.
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Full course for one semester. This course is an introduction to the metaphysical and epistemological views of major Modern philosophers such as Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. Prerequisites: Philosophy 201 and one other 200-level course in philosophy. Conference. Not offered 2009-10.
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Full course for one semester. An examination of the prospects and problems of the view that our only source of information about the world is experience. Prerequisites: Philosophy 201 and one other 200-level course in philosophy. Conference.
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Full course for one semester. No one would dispute that Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, and Ludwig Wittgenstein are towering figures in the early history of analytic philosophy. With the possible exception of G.E. Moore, no philosopher working during the period of their overlapping careers has had as much influence on the content and methodology of the Western analytic tradition. In this course, we will focus on a selection of themes concerning the nature of logic, language, and judgment as they are played out in some of the central writings of these three figures. Conference.
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