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3.00 Credits
Kearns, Liberman, Weinstein, Hatfield. Formal Reasoning Course. All Classes. Scope and limits of computer representation of knowledge, belief and perception, and the nature of cognitive processes from a computational prespective.
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History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Staff. An introductory survey of the fundamentals of Hindu and Buddhist philosophy, the main patterns of Western response to it and some basic questions on "comparative philosophy".
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Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. An introduction to 20th century continental European philosophy, focusing on the origins and development of phenomenology and existentialism and their influence on contemporary thought. The course will include an introduction to the phenomenology of Edmund Husserl and examine the subsequent development of modern philosophic existentialism by critics of Husserl, such as Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre or Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Finally, the important influence of phenomenology and existentialism on contemporary trends in French, German, and American philosophy will be explored, including hermeneutics, deconstruction, post-modernism, and post-analytic philosophy. No previous study of philosophy is required.
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Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. A critical examination of existentialist views of the nature of the moral life. Readings from both classical (Kierkegaard and Nietzsche) and modern existentialism (Sartre). Readings also include related literary works. Attention will be given to the conceptions of the self; the visions of personal ideals; and the treatment of the relation among different kinds of practical ideals.
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Society Sector. All classes. Staff. A survey of moral problems in medicine and biomedical research. Problems discussed include: genetic manipulation, informed consent, infanticide, abortion, euthanasia, and the allocation of medical resources. Moral theory is presented with the aim of enabling students to think critically and analytically about moral issues. The need for setting biomedical issues in broader humanistic perspective is stressed.
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May be counted as a General Requirement Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Freeman. An introduction to some central issues in social and political philosophy: liberty, equality, property, authority, distributive justice. Readings from Hobbes, Locke, Mill, Marx, Rawls, Nozick.
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Society Sector. All classes. Freeman, Ross, Tan. This course is an introduction to some of the central philosophical problems in the law. We will look at questions such as: What is the relationship between law and morality Are we bound to obey laws that are immoral What are the limits to liberty, and how can we balance liberty and equality Are there limits to free speech and expression Is affirmative action justifiable Is capital punishment acceptable To properly address these and other questions, we begin the course by looking at this fundamental question, "What is law " We will read historical and contemporary philosophical writings about these issues, as well as some of the well-known court cases to motivate and to focus our discussion. Authors include Aquinas, Mill, Rawls, Hart, Dworkin and others.
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Staff. The course offers a survey of ethical and policy issues relating to the environment. Topics to be discussed include, the moral standing of the non-human environment and its habitants, environmentalist concerns about the adequacy of traditional philosophical and economic conceptions of value and specific environmental problems, such as population pressure and biodiversity.
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3.00 Credits
Arts & Letters Sector. All Classes. Guyer, Camp. A discussion of some major issues in the philosophy of art and beauty, paying special attention to ways our appreciation of specific works of art can encourage us (even force us) to ask philosophical questions.
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Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. In this course we read various texts in the Enlightment tradition and more recent ones critical of modern distortions of this tradition. We shall begin briefly with Kant and Marx, two exemplars of this tradition, and then we shall study in some detail the views of the Frankfurt School (especially the writing of Horkheimer and Adorno), Foucault, and Derrida. Background readings from Nietzsche and Saussure shall also be assigned to place the material from Foucault and Derrida in its proper context.
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