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Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Guyer. Department Majors Only. We will examine the main theses of Kant's theoretical and practical philosophy and the role of Hegel's criticisms in them in the development of the latter's system of philosophy. Subjects will include Kant's theory of space, time, substance, and causation; his transcendental idealism; and his analysis of the fundamental principles of morality and his defense of freedom of the will. We will then examine Hegel's attempt to overcome the dichotomies of Kant's theoretical philosophy in his objective idealism and his criticism of the formalism of Kant's practical philosophy.
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Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Horstmann. Department Majors Only. The course will start with a brief review of some features of Kant's philosophy, will focus on Fichte and Schelling, and will end with a discussion of the reaction to Idealism by Schopenhauer and Nietzsche.
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Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Freeman. Prerequisite(s): PHIL 002 (or consent of the instructor). Department Majors Only. Fundamental issues in moral philosophy: for example, the objectivity of morality, the structure of moral theories, conflicts of values, personal and social ideals.
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Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Freeman. Department Majors Only. How are the claims of liberty to be reconciled with the claims of equality What basic rights do individuals have What are the requirements of economic justice What is the common good These are the basic questions of the democratic tradition in political philosophy. In this course we shall consider the differing responses given to these questions by several philosophical views, including Utilitarianism, Social Contract doctrines, Libertarianism, and Marxist conceptions of justice.
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Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Freeman. For Philosophy and Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Majors (PPE) Only. The aim of this course is to investigate the philosophical background of our constitutional democracy. What is the appropriate role and limits of majority legislative rule How are we to understand First Amendment protections of freedom of religion, speech, and assembly What is the conception of equality that underlies the l4th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause Is there a right of privacy implicit in the Constitution Do rights of property deserve the same degree of protection as other constitutional rights To investigate these and other constitutional issues, we will read from both Supreme Court opinions and relevant philosophical texts.
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Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Freeman, Kahn, Tan. Department Majors Only. Topics in Justice: This is a seminar course, and our discussions will draw on some of the basic questions of justice as these arise in both the domestic and global contexts. Questions such as: Does distributive equality matter Is distributive equality global in scope To what subjects or entities do principles of jsutice apply What are the limits of toleration Students will be required to do regular class presentations. Authors we will read include John Rawls, Charles Beitz, G.A. Cohen, Thomas Pogge and others.
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Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Guyer. Department Majors Only. This course will study particular periods in the history of aesthetics and the philosophy of art or particular current problems in the field. Examples of the former would be ancient, eighteenth-century, nineteenth-century, or twentieth- century aesthetics; examples of the latter would be the definition of art, the nature of representation and/or expression in the arts, and art and morality.
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3.00 Credits
Kahn. Close study of fragments and doxography for the earliest Greek philosophers in the original texts, including fragments of Heraclitus, Parmenides, Philolaus and Empedocles.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Prerequisite(s): PHIL 005/505 or permission of instructor. In this course, we will ask how language works. How do speakers use sounds and shapes to make claims, promises, and threats How do words and sentences connect to the world: what makes a word refer to an object or property, and what determines when a sentence is true or false And how to speakers exploit conventional linguistic meaning for alternative ends, as in metaphor and sarcasm We will apprach these questions by reading classic texts by Frege, Russell, Austin, Grice, Searle, Kripke, Quine, Davidson, and others; but we will also apply these readings to actual, everyday linguistic contexts. Some comfort with basic first-order predicate logic will be required, but no previous experience with formal logic is assumed: I will explain all the relevant symbolism in class.
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Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Kahn. A close reading in Greek of selected texts from Aristotle's POLITICS, especially from Books I-III and VII-VIII, together with general discussions of Aristotle's political theory. Students wil be expected to read the whole of the POLITICS in English, as well as the CONSTITUTION OF ATHENS and relevant sections of the ETHICS. Attention will be paid both to mastery of Aristotle's Greek and to understanding of his political philosophy.
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