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Finkelstein. This course introduces students to the basic problems of the theory of action: What is an action What makes actions different from (mere) events How is the notion of action related to what people do intentionally To what they intend to do In addressing these questions, we will devote particular attention to the influential writings of Elizabeth Anscombe and Donald Davidson. In this connection we will consider the relation of these questions to the classic dabate about whether reasons can be causes. As we shall see, Davidson transformed the theory of action with his suggestion that an event is an action just in case there is a true description of it under which it was someone's doing something for a reason.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. A detailed discussion of selected topics in current moral theory. Some possible topics include: the aims and nature of moral theory, questions concerning the authority of morality, reasons for action and value realism, "internalism" and "externalism" in the theory of practical reasoning, epistemic moral skepticism, the contemporary debate between moral "realist" and "anti-realist" and its relationship to earlier debates between subjectivists and their critics. Readings will be draw from both contemporary and historical sources. The aim of the course is to provide students an opportunity to develop a reasonably sophisticated understanding of selected topics of contemporary interest. Some familiarity with moral philosophy and its history will be presupposed.
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Staff. In this course we will examine different contemporary positions in theoretical ethics, focussing on topics such as relativism, objectivity in ethics, practical reason, and rational motivation. Authors include B.Williams, G. Harman, T.Scanlon, C.Korsgaard, J.McDowell, C.Wright.
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Freeman. An examination of basic theoretical problems of political science divided into three parts. First, specific features of social sciences will be examined and three most important general orientations of social sciences (analytical, interpretative and critical) will be compared and analyzed. Second, basic concepts of social and political sciences will be studied: social determination, rationality, social change, politics, power, state, democracy. Third, the problem of value judgments will be considered: Is there a rational, objective method for the resolution of conflicts in value judgments Is morality compatible with politics
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Kahn. The history of ancient political theory from early Greece to late antiquity. Primary focus will be on the political philosophies of Plato and Aristotle, but attention will also be given to the fifth-century sophists and to Roman and Hellenistic theories.
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Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Freeman. Considers the treatment of such issues as sovereignty, legitimacy, obligation, property and the limits of state power in natural rights theory, social-contract theory and utilitarianism. Authors to be studied may include Grotius, Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, J.S. Mill, T.M. Green and F.H. Bradley.
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Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Guyer. A study of fundamental issues in aesthetics including the nature of taste, art,and interpretation. Readings may be historical or contemporary.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. Topics will vary.
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3.00 Credits
Steinberg. The course will explore--from a philosophical perspective--the nature of national and group identity, the alleged right of every group to national self-determination, and the contemporary moral and ethnopolitical conflicts that these ideas shape. We will examine the beliefs of a variety of nationalist movements, both contemporary and historical, such as American, German, Jewish, Palestinian, Irish, and a variety of Third World nationalisms, to get a clearer idea of what the idea of nationalism is and why it so often gives rise to seemingly irresolvable conflicts.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Prerequisite(s): Permission of course director. Meets two times per week. Neurochemistry and neuropharmacology of the central nervous system. Lectures cover the structure and properties of neurons, neurotransmitters and signal transduction. Students are expected to already have an understanding of the material in Cooper, Bloom and Roth, THE BIOCHEMICAL BASIS of NEUROPHARMACOLOGY, or its equivalent. Course readings will be both primary and review articles.
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