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An exploration of such concepts as freedom, rights, and consent and their interrelationship; and a consideration of their bearing on questions of justice, law, and human welfare. When Offered: Spring term annually . Credit Hours: 4
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A critical examination of traditional and contemporary works in ethical theory by considering what these theories have to say about how we should live, what rights and obligations we have, what things are intrinsically valuable. Typically this includes such topics as ethical and cultural relativism, egoism, freedom, and responsibility. Often the focus will be on contemporary issues such as war, abortion, equality, or punishment. When Offered: Fall or spring term annually . Credit Hours: 4
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This course may be roughly divided into two general areas: philosophical problems in AI and philosophical issues that arise because of AI. An example from the first area is the Knower Paradox, a paradox in which an apparently desirable formalism for handling an agent's knowledge leads to inconsistency; an example from the second area is John Searle's attack on so-called "Strong" AI by way of his Chinese Room argument, wherein he claims that because a computer at bottom just manipulates symbols it cannot genuinely understanPrerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PHIL 2140. When Offered: Fall term annually. Credit Hours: 4
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While concepts such as quality of life, environment, nature, global ecology, and the like figure heavily in contemporary discussions, they are seldom integrated into an environmental philosophy. The course tries to achieve this integration by understanding some of the religious, mythic-poetic, and scientific dimensions of the man-nature matrix. Some specific environmental problems are examined in order to illustrate the system of values implied by various solutions. Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: junior or senior standing or permission of instructor. When Offered: Term: offered upon availability of instructor. Cross Listed: Cross-listed as STSH 4340. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and STSH 4340. Credit Hours: 4
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What is progress in science How has our concept of progress been influenced by science Are there significant differences between scientific and technological revolutions These questions are explored in order to shed light on the complex dynamics of academic and industrial research. Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PHIL 1110 or PHIL 2130/STSH 2130. When Offered: Term: offered upon availability of instructor. Cross Listed: Cross-listed as STSH 4310. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and STSH 4310. Credit Hours: 4
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Relevant aspects of the work of Kant, Leibniz, and Newton; Gauss, Riemann, and Poincare; Faraday, Maxwell, and Einstein. Special attention is given to the historical development of non-Euclidean geometries and the distinction between mathematical and physical geometry. Ultimately, the aim is to clarify the conceptual structure of special and general relativity by showing the problem context in which they evolved. Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PHIL 2130 or permission of instructor. When Offered: Spring term annually . Credit Hours: 4
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Basic schools of thought about the nature of mathematical reality are described and critically analyzed. Special topics include artificial intelligence, randomness, and the work of George Cantor on transfinite numbers. Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PHIL 1110 or PHIL 2130. When Offered: Offered on availability of instructor. Credit Hours: 4
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A team-based, project-oriented, hands-on introduction to the great concepts and discoveries in logic and computability, including Turing Machines, first-order logic, the limitations of computing machines, Godel's incompleteness results, and so forth. A hands-on laboratory component is included. Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PHIL 2140. When Offered: Spring term annually . Credit Hours: 4
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An exploration of what it means to know something, of the difference between knowing and believing, and of the relation between a knowledge claim and the evidence on which the claim is based. Students attempt to find philosophical counters to skepticism in respect to memory, knowledge, truth, knowledge of the physical world, of the self, and of other minds. Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: one course in philosophy. When Offered: Spring term, alternate years. Credit Hours: 4
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Daydreams about some tropical paradise . The smell of freshly baked bread . The flash of anger when someone cuts you off .Your seeing of an albino squirrel on the campus green . We take all of these to involve activities or states of consciousness. But what is this consciousness with which we claim to be so intimately familiar What are its metaphysical implications and can we reconcile those implications with our current, scientific understanding of the world This is a communication-intensive coursPrerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: one course in philosophy. When Offered: Spring term, alternate years. Credit Hours: 4
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