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We shall investigate Plato's developing views on ethics, knowledge, metaphysics, and the nature of the soul, along with his perspectives on some of his predecessors (particularly Parmenides). We will read and discuss Plato's dialogues philosophically - for their philosophical content - and not as an exercise in "cultural studies." Only those interested in reading Plato in this way should enroll.
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We shall study Aristotle's contributions in logic, natural philosophy, metaphysics, and ethics, with emphasis on the ongoing philosophical interest of some of his central insights. We shall compare some of Aristotle's views with those of some of his successors, Hellenistic and beyond.
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An examination of Kant's ethical doctrines.
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An examination of Nietzsche's central views, including the role of tragedy, the place of science, the eternal recurrence, the will to power, and the primacy of the individual. We will also examine Nietzsche's ambiguous attitude toward philosophy and his influence on literature and criticism.
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This course is a survey of important epistemological questions, such as: How do you know (if at all) that you are surrounded by and interacting with an external material world, and that you're not, e.g., living in the Matrix? What is knowledge, anyway? And what does it take to have reasons for believing something? Bread has always nourished and never poisoned me in the past . Does that give me any reasons for thinking that my next sandwich won't kill me?
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This course will offer a comprehensive account of current work on the mind/body problem with reference where appropriate to the historical background. Topics will include: the place of the mind in a world apparently composed entirely of physical stuff and governed by physical laws; competing accounts of mental states; the language of thought hypothesis versus connectionism; theories of mental content; the nature of psychological explanation.
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We will discuss a variety of moral issues including patriotism, war, terrorism, capital punishment, abortion, euthanasia, justice, civil disobedience, liberty, freedom of speech, equality, affirmative action, love and friendship, marriage and the family.
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What is science? What do scientists know, if anything? Are scientific theories supposed to be true? If not, why are they so useful? Many of these questions come up most acutely in sciences other than physics, so we will also discuss examples taken from biology and economics. Is there one scientific method, or many? How do the 'soft' sciences differ from the 'hard' ones, if they do? Points of view that have been influential among scientists - Weber, Popper, Kuhn - will be dealt with alongside more purely philosophical material from authors such as Goodman, Lewis, and Albert.
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The course will consider selected issues in the intersection of philosophy and cognitive psychology.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
An introduction to category theory, including limits and colimits, functors, adjoints, natural transformations, monads and algebras. The material will be developed alongside applications to abstract algebra, topology, and mathematical logic.
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