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3.00 Credits
This course explores a branch of philosophy concerned with questions of art and beauty, art theory and art criticism, aesthetic judgment and the sublime. Selected readings are from the writings of Plato, Plotinus, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Adorno.
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How can we carry out a philosophical analysis of the body? In other words, how can different embodies experiences, including those based on gender, enter into philosophy? How does the meaning ascribed to the body affect the subjectivity of those who are embodied in different ways? Readings will include at least some of the following: Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Foucault, Irigarary, Butler, Bordo, and Iris Young.
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No course description available.
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Rationalism, empiricism, phenomenology, and genealogy/psychoanalysis are four important approaches to understanding the psyche. We will examine each of these approaches, considering their philosophical roots first and then their psychological incarnations. Once we grasp the philosophical roots of these approaches, we will be in a better position to understand and evaluate their psychological counterparts.
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A survey of Aristotle's major writings, from his logical and epistemological works through his physics and metaphysics, psychology and ethics, then finally his politics and poetics. Students will acquire not just an understanding of Aristotle's particular philosophical concepts and arguments, but also an appreciation of his whole philosophical system.
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No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of beauty and how art works are assessed.
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An introduction to the philosophical thought of St. Thomas Aquinas through his own writings, especially those on the relation between faith and reason, the existence and attributes of God, knowledge, and language. Students will learn how to interpret his works in light of their sources, historical context, and literary forms.
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A survey of the major writings of Nietzsche and Freud, showing their remarkable similarity, and thus demonstrating the porous border between philosophy and psychology. Topics discussed include: human nature and motivation, consciousness and unconsciousness, reason and emotion, narcissism and love, guilt and morality, artistic creation and religious belief, freedom and the best life.
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3.00 Credits
This course investigates Comtemporary Social and Political Philosophy in light of what we can call the age of diversity and its attempt to reconcile unity and difference.
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