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This course explores the three central philosophical issues of action theory: what is an action, what is an agent, and what is metaphysical freedom. The first part of the course examines the most significant theories of action and the different ways in which they characterize intentional behavior. The second part of this course explores the nature of agency. The third part of this course focuses on the classical problem of free will. Part of the philosophy concentration and minor. It may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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Introduces students to models of cultural critique that arose in pre-war Germany and that have burgeoned since. These models combine philosophical, aesthetic, economic and psychoanalytic methods of analysis. Among the topics considered are alienation and reification, hegemony or false consciousness, trauma, fetishism, the authoritarian personality and state, advertising and modern technology, and the relative autonomy of art. Part of the philosophy concentration and minor. It may also be taken as an elective. (One previous course in philosophy or consent of instructor is strongly encouraged.) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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Existentialism is distinguished by its emphasis on human existence and the way its meaning is created through actions and choices. Existentialism focuses on the concept of individual freedom in an effort to respond authentically to the possibilities which life presents, emphasizing the importance of certain psychological states (e.g., anxiety, anticipation of death, fear, care, responsibility and hope) and extreme situations in bringing us to an awareness of our radical freedom. This course will consider such philosophers and writers as Dostoevski, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Berdyaev, Heidegger, Jaspers, Camus, Sartre, Kafka, Beauvior, Marcel, Buber, Ortega, and Unamuno. Part of the philosophy concentration and minor; may be taken for the religious studies concentration with permission of coordinator, and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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This course is an introduction to the philosophical thought during the medieval period (approximately 300 C.E. to 1500 C.E.). It will consider the thought of various major figures from the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic traditions, and will take up this period's two principal areas of concern: the philosophy of religion and theology, on the one hand, and metaphysics and epistemology, on the other. Part of the religious studies concentration; the philosophy concentration and minor; and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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Metaphysics is the study of the general features of existence or reality. This course focuses on the fundamental concepts of being as developed in several major philosophers from the Greeks to the present. Discussion will focus on such topics as God, time, space, substance, essence, existence, process, causality, possibility, necessity, chance, and value. Part of the religious studies concentration; the philosophy concentration and minor; and may also be taken as an elective. (One prior course in philosophy or permission of the instructor) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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The 19th century marks a radical shift in the history of philosophy and culture and stands in its own right as a distinct period of thought between the modern era and the contemporary era. This course will consider such philosophical positions as idealism, empiricism, existentialistic romanticism, Marxism, evolution, nihilism, positivism, pragmatism, and the role of the arts and aesthetics. Philosophers considered include Schelling, Fichte, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Mill, Marx, Darwin, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Comte, Bradley, Green, Peirce and James. Part of the philosophy concentration and minor; may be taken for the religious studies concentration with permission of the coordinator. It may be taken as an elective. (One prior course in philosophy or consent of the instructor) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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Introduces students to models of literary theory from the mid-twentieth century to the present and familiarizes them with the key works of literature to be analyzed. Prepares students to practice questioning and critiquing texts using the philosophical, aesthetic, economic and psychoanalytic methods of analysis which have come to form the foundation of contemporary literary theory. Among the topics considered are culture and imperialism, performativity, the encounter of modern literature and modern technology, structuralism and semiotics, the role of psychoanalysis, the role of the academy, and the relative autonomy of art. Part of the philosophy concentration and minor. It may also be taken as an elective. (One course in philosophy or consent of instructor) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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Introduces students to models of film interpretation and critique that arose in pre-war Europe and that have burgeoned since; these models combine philosophical, aesthetic, economic and psychoanalytic methods of analysis. Among the topics considered are the nature of the image, ideology and alienation, trauma, fetishism, magical realism, realism and anti-realism in film. Part of the philosophy concentration and minor. It may also be taken as an elective. (One prior course in philosophy or consent of the instructor) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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Present and potential technological developments in artificial intelligence and artificial life pose a variety of challenges to traditional accounts of intelligence, life, and personhood. Is the mind a machine Can machines think Could artifacts deserve moral consideration What would happen if machines evolved into the most intelligent and capable beings on the planet Is it possible for "life" and "mind" to emerge out of a wholly material evolutionaprocess This course will address these issues drawing from resources in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of technology. Part of the philosophy concentration and minor. It may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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This course investigates how technological practices and inventions can suggest new ideas for conceptualizing how the body works, what the body is fundamentally, and what the body can (as well as should) become. By critically examining different conceptions of embodiment as well as different technologies that mediate our embodied relation to the world, we will enrich our understanding of the nature and scope of agency and identity. Part of the philosophy concentration and minor. It may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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