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3.00 Credits
What is a literary work? Do certain interpretations of literary works (e.g., the author's) have more authority than others? What makes a literary work good? Is the answer to this question culturally relative? Why do we react emotionally to fiction even when we know that it isn't true? What do metaphors teach us about the nature of meaning and thinking? In this course we examine these and other questions. Most of the readings are drawn from philosophy, but we also have occasion to read some fiction, poetry, and literary criticism. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy at the 100 or 200 level, or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
The focus of this course is the classical pragmatist movement, a cluster of then-highly controversial ideas developed from the 1870s through the 1940s by Peirce, James, Dewey, Meade, and C.I. Lewis. Widely regarded as the distinctively American contribution to the history of philosophy, it has been profoundly influential in shaping much subsequent American philosophical theory, especially the work of recent and contemporary analytically oriented philosophers. We concentrate on classical pragmatism in the writings of its early proponents, but pay some attention also to the prominence of pragmatistic elements in the thought of Carnap, Quine, Davidson, Rorty, Putnam, and Goodman.
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3.00 Credits
The philosophy of the early 20th century represents a watershed in the history of Western philosophy, as the point when analytic and "Continental" approaches went their separate ways (despite common roots in Kantian philosophy) and also as the point when philosophy of language and philosophy of science emerged as central fields of philosophy. Against the background of the work of Frege, Husserl, and the neo-Kantians, this course examines the exchanges among the philosophers of this period (including Russell, Wittgenstein, Moore, and the Vienna Circle), which set much of the analytic agenda for the rest of the century on such topics as meaning, reference, the unity of science, and the fact-value distinction. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy at the 100 and 200 level, or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This seminar has a different topic of central philosophical importance each semester. Significant attention also is devoted to conceiving, researching, writing, revising, critiquing, and presenting philosophical essays. Limited to 15 students. Priority is given to philosophy majors and minors who have not yet completed their writing-intensive requirement.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses either on classic writings from the past century or on contemporary writings that address a major philosophical concern, such as "the meaning of life" or "the concept of self." In either case, the course draws together a variety of philosophical specializations. Must be taken by all philosophy majors who are not writing an honors project. Work for the course typically consists of one written project, one oral presentation, and one commentary on another student's oral presentation. Prerequisites: senior standing, major in philosophy, preference given to those majors not pursuing Honors.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory and the foundations of mathematics. A framework is constructed in which standard mathematics can be embedded. Topics include relations, functions, the systems of natural numbers, rationals and reals, finite and infinite sets, ordinals and cardinals, and the axiom of choice and its equivalents. Prerequisite: Phil 301G or equivalent, or background in pure mathematics.
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3.00 Credits
A first course in mathematical logic, an introduction to both proof theory and model theory. The structure and properties of first-order logic are studied in detail, with attention to such notions as axiomatic theory, proof, model, completeness, compactness, and decidability. Prerequisite: Phil 301G or equivalent, or a background in mathematics.
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3.00 Credits
Godel's Incompleteness Theorem: its proof, its consequences, its reverberations. Prerequisite: Phil 403 or a strong background in mathematics.
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3.00 Credits
What the philosophy student needs to know of logic, its techniques, and its use as a tool in philosophical analysis. Some attention to the history of the subject and to its metatheory. Prerequisite: previous exposure to formal logic, or permission of instructor.
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