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3.00 Credits
Ethics, Tech & Life Sci
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Kuklick. Stories told about the past have long been understood as moral lessons. An historical narratives have also inevitably been succeptible to partisan construction--to different readings by opposed parties. But the strength of appeals to the past is not a constant: historical experience has at some times and in some places been seen as irrelevant to selection of courses of pratical action. Today, in the United States as well as in many other parts of the world, appeals to historical precedent carry considerable weight and are made for all manner of purposes. This course will discuss the uses of history in contemporary and past situations, drawing exaples from the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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May be counted as a General Requirement Course in Science studies. Class of 2009 & prior only. Domotor. A discussion of some philosophical questions that naturally arise in scientific research. Issues to be covered include: The nature of scientific explanation, the relation of theories to evidence, and the development of science (e.g., does science progress Are earlier theories refuted or refined ).
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Arts & Letters Sector. All Classes. Adams. HSSC 110 will explore the emergence of modern science fiction, the ways it has reflected our evolving conceptions of the universe, and its role as the mythology of modern technological civilization. Topics include: "Science & Utopia," "The Discovery of the Future," "Imagining Mars,", "SF, Robots, & the Class Struggle," "Superman & the Ubermensch," "The American Hero," "The Golden Age," "Cold War SF" and "Gods, Aliens & Destiny."
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Natural Science & Mathematics Sector. Class of 2010 and beyond. Domotor, Weisberg. This course covers the basic philosophical problems of biology, including reductionism, status of teleological reasoning, the problem of species, units of selection, biologicla function, and levels of organization
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3.00 Credits
Natural Science & Mathematics Sector. Class of 2010 and beyond. Adams. This course will explore the emergence of evolutionary biology, the ways it has reflected our concepts of life and nature, and the human and social implications of biological theories and ideas. We will focus on some of the central historical figures that have shaped our understanding--Linnaeus, Lamarck, Darwin, Mendel, Galton--and the implications of their ideas for who we are, where we com from, and where we are going.
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Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Feierman. This course focuses on health and healing in the colonial and post-colonial world. We give special attention to local healing under condition of domination, to definitions of the body and the person in biomedicine and in non-European healing traditions, and to the political and cultural place of medicine in regions which have experienced colonial rule.
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Humanities & Social Science Sector. Class of 2010 & beyond. Ensmenger. Certain new technologies are greeted with claims that, for good or ill, they must transform our society. The two most recent: the computer and the Internet. But the series of social, economic, and technological developments that underlie what is often called the "Information Revolution" include much more than just the computer. In this course, we explore the history of informtion technology and its role in contemporary society. We will explore both the technologies themselves--from telephones to computers to video games--as well as their larger social, economic and political context. To understand the roots of these ideas we look at the pre-history of the comptuer, at the idea of the "post industrial" or "information society," at parallels with earlier technolgies and at broad currents in the development of American society.
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Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Greene. Environmental history studies the interactions between humans and the natural world. In this kind of study, mosquitoes and rain are actors in history as well as humans and their impact. This course explores these interactions through case studies and topics nationally and globally, such as energy, disease, human migration and settlement, animals, technological changes, urban and suburban development, conservation and politics. This course is geared toward students who want to think about how history happens, in different places and over time.
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