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3.00 Credits
Advanced study of a selected topic in applied ethics. Abstract ethical theories and methods are brought to bear on the moral problems that arise in an area of social and professional practice such as medicine, business, law, journalism, engineering, or scientific and humanistic research. Possible topics include: reproductive health care and policy, the just distribution of medical resources, the social responsibilities of corporations, accountability in the media and public office, and the ethics of research on or affecting human subjects. Prerequisites: one course at the 100 or 200 level in applied ethics; or permission of the instructor.
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This course first focuses on the philosophical foundations of law, examining both the relationship between law and rules, as well as the types of legal reasoning. Second, the course focuses on philosophical issues that arise in the key substantive areas of law: contracts, torts, property, criminal law, and constitutional law, as well in specialized areas such as family and employment law. The course ends with a brief discussion of several problems in legal ethics. Prerequisite: one previous philosophy course, or permission of the instructor.
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An examination of the high-water marks of philosophy in ancient Greece and Rome, focusing primarily on Plato and Aristotle. A wide range of philosophical problems is discussed, including the nature of the good life, the justification of knowledge, and the ultimate nature of mind and world. Attention is paid to how these problems unfolded in their historical context and to how the ancient treatments of them compare to contemporary efforts. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy at the 100 or 200 level, or permission of the instructor.
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This course is an introduction to central debates of contemporary analytic metaphysics. Metaphysics is concerned with the nature of the most general kinds of things and the relationship between these things. We discuss the nature of and relationship between properties, material objects, persons, time, space, and modality. Prerequisite: one 100- or 200-level course in Philosophy.
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An examination of major philosophical systems and problems in Modern Philosophy as presented in the original writings of the 17th and 18th centuries. Topics may include rationalism and empiricism, idealism, materialism, and skepticism, with readings selected from the continental rationalists Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz, and from the British empiricists Locke, Berkeley, and Hume. Central problems include the mind-body problem, representationalism, and transcendentalism. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy at the 100 or 200 level, or permission of the instructor.
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Examination of Kant and 19th-century philosophy. We discuss Kant's "Copernican Turn" in metaphysics and epistemology, as well as his moral philosophy, and we study works of selected 19th-century philosophers such as Hegel, Marx, Mill, and Nietzsche. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy at the 100 or 200 level, or the permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
The aim of this course is to present some of the basic concepts underlying modern science. Insofar as many of those concepts first appeared or became predominant in the 17th and early 18th centuries, the course concentrates on primary works from that period. Among the concepts studied are: (1) nature and natures: the ontology of matter and force; causal closure; (2) methods: observing and intervening, systematic and organized; (3) explanations: appeal to laws and mechanisms; teleology. Prerequisite: One 100- or 200-level course in Philosophy.
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3.00 Credits
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the bearing of cognitive science on the perception and understanding of art. This interest has roots in tradition: historically art, aesthetics, and vision science often have been linked. But the growth of knowledge in cognitive science has opened up new opportunities for understanding art and addressing philosophical questions. The converse is also true. The production, perception, and understanding of art are human capacities that can shed light on the workings of the mind and brain. This course considers questions such as: What is art? How do pictures represent? Does art express emotion? Why does art have a history?
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3.00 Credits
An examination of central texts of 20th-century philosophical thought in France and Germany. The work of Hegel and Heidegger is considered, as well as that of thinkers they have influenced such as Adorno, Gadamer, and Habermas (in Germany), and Sartre, Foucault, Derrida, and Irigaray (in France). These philosophers reject any idea of "pure" knowledge and experience, and have reconceptualized human existence and understanding as fundamentally historicized, embodied, and linguistic. A focal question that this raises is, what does this reconceptualization mean for ideals of humanism? Prerequisite: one course in philosophy at the 100 or 200 level, or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
The philosophical systems of selected philosophers such as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Sartre are examined to determine their historical origins, their ontological and epistemological ramifications, and their relationships to contemporary philosophy. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy at the 100 or 200 level, or permission of the instructor.
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