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Survey of philosophical investigations into the nature of mathematics, treating such questions as: What are numbers? Are mathematical truths discovered or invented? If discovered, how do we come to know about them? If invented, does just anything go? Do the various branches of mathematics share a common foundation? What do we mean by "foundation?" Are there limits to mathematics? Is the previous question mathematical? Readings will include selections from historical philosophers as well as contemporary philosophers and mathematicians. No prerequisites, although students might find it useful to have taken PHIL 140, or a course in computer science or mathematics. Offering: Alternate falls Instructor: Welty
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A good paradox can reveal otherwise hidden assumptions and potential problems in the way we think about the nature of space, time, change, truth, language, and even reason itself. This course will examine some of the great classic and contemporary philosophical puzzles and paradoxes, such as Zeno's paradoxes of motion, the sorites paradoxes, the paradox of the liar, Newcomb's paradox, and the prisoner's dilemma, and it will look at a variety of ways in which philosophers address these problems and assess their significance. Offering: Every third year Instructor: Staff
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Topics in the theory of knowledge: e.g., knowledge of the external world, skepticism, foundations of knowledge, perception, belief, justification, truth. Prerequisite: One course in philosophy Offering: Alternate years in fall Instructor: Coleman
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Survey of pragmatism from its roots in American transcendentalism to the classical works of Peirce, James, and Dewey. Other thinkers depending on student interest (e.g., G. H. Mead, C. I. Lewis, H. Putnam, R. Rorty, I. Levi, R. Bernstein). Topics to include philosophical psychology, the nature of truth, belief revision, scientific method, social philosophy, the nature of philosophy. Prerequisite: One previous course in philosophy. Offering: Spring Instructor: Welty
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This course will critically examine the notion of the self that underwrites Kierkegaard's conception of the problem of meaning in modern culture. Closed to freshmen. Prerequisite: One Philosophy course or instructor's permission Offering: Alternate years Instructor: Havas
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A study of the conceptions of justice argued for by contemporary political philosophers, including the liberalism of John Rawls, the libertarianism of Robert Nozick, and the communitariamism of Michael Sandel, followed by an examination of feminist and socialist critiques of these views. General Education Requirement Fulfillment: Writing centered Prerequisite: One Philosophy course or consent of instructor Offering: Spring Instructor: Markowitz
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Philosophical analysis of concepts of scientific inquiry, such as: the structure of theory, observation, explanation and prediction, natural law, causation, confirmation, the existence of theoretical entities, the truth of scientific theories. Prerequisite: One course in Philosophy; some science recommended Offering: Alternate years in spring Instructor: Coleman
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A study of some classical metaphysical concepts such as substance, essence, causation, time and freedom of will. Offering: Alternate years Instructor: Staff
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An examination of the foundations of Marxism, psychoanalysis, feminism, and gay and lesbian theory through a close reading of selected texts of Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Simone de Beauvoir, and Michel Foucault. Special emphasis on the claim that we systematically and inevitably misperceive various aspects of our psychic and social reality; on the way such misperceptions reflect and contribute to various aspects of social inequality; and on the tensions and complementarities between the discourses named above. Prerequisite: One Philosophy course or consent of instructor. Closed to first-year students. Offering: Alternate Springs Instructor: Markowitz
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[Crosslisted with WGS 336] Do traditional philosophical theories promote ways of thinking that perpetuate gender inequality? We will evaluate feminist criticisms of epistemology, ethics, social theory and aesthetics. We will also examine feminist alternatives to traditional philosophical perspectives. Offering: Alternate years in fall Instructor: Markowitz
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