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| PHILOSOPHY |
| 150.111 (H) (W) |
PHILOSOPHIC CLASSICS (3)
Moyar Limit 20 per section |
Lec.
Sec. 01
02
03
04
05
06 |
MT 10
W 10
W 10
W 10
W 11
W
3
W 11
W
1 |
| 150.194 (H) |
THE SELF-EDUCATION OF
THE PHILOSOPHER: SPINOZA, FICHTE, AND SCHILLER (3) Forster According to some philosophers, being a philosopher
carries with it not only intellectual but moral and political
implications. Course looks at three such authors from the early-modern
and modern period: Spinoza: Treatise on the Emendation of the
Intellect, Fichte, The Vocation of the Scholar, and
Schiller, Letter on the Aesthetic Education of Man |
Sec. 01 |
Th
2-4 |
| 150.201 (H) |
INTRODUCTION TO GREEK
PHILOSOPHY (3) Bett |
Lec.
Sec. 01
02
03
04 |
MT 11
W 11
W 2
W 11
W
2 |
| 150.219 (H) |
INTRODUCTION TO BIOETHICS (3) Bok Cross-listed
with Public Health Studies |
Lec.
Sec. 01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08 |
ThF 12
M 12
T 1
M 12
T 1
M 1
W
12
M 12
W
12 |
| 150.245 (H) |
PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (3) Williams The focus of this course is the classic mind-body
problem. Minds and bodies (or brains) seem to have incompatible
features. Minds are conscious and capable of thought, both deliberative
and reflective while bodies are spatially located and caught up
in the causal nexus. So, just how are we to understand the relation
between minds and bodies (or brains)? This problem is the legacy
of the 17th Century philosopher R. Descartes. We will
begin with his defense of dualism, the view that mind and body
are distinct substances, and then turn to contemporary ways of
trying to overcome dualism while retaining the distinctive features
of mind. We will examine behaviorism, psychofunctionalism, the
computational theory of mind as well as special problems raised
by consciousness. |
Sec.
01 |
ThF
2-3:30 |
| 150.260 (H) (W) |
PHILOSOPHY AND FEMINISM:EPISTEMOLOGY (3) Tumulty An exploration of questions
at the intersection of feminist philosophy and the theory of knowledge,
with special attention to questions about what we can know about
gender and gender difference. What does it mean to say women and
men are socially different or naturally different? Does being
male or female have anything to do with capacity for knowledge?
How would we tell? Does feminism have anything to say about what
knowledge is? And what, if anything do questions like these have
to do with questions about gender and justice? Cross listed
with Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality |
Sec.
01 |
MTW
1
T
12 |
| 150.403 (H)
(W) |
HELLENISTIC PHILOSOPHY
(3) Bett |
Sec.
01 |
MTW
1 |
| 150.412 (H) |
KANT=S CRITIQUE OF PRACTICAL
REASON (3) Forster
An
introduction to Kant’s moral philosophy and philosophy of religion,
with special concentration on his Groundwork to the Metaphysics
of Morals and the Critique of Practical Reason. |
Sec.
01 |
ThF
9-10:30 |
| 150.420 (H,Q) |
INTRODUCTION TO SYMBOLIC
LOGIC (4)
Rynasiewicz |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 10
F 2
Th 3 |
| 150.431 (H) |
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
(3) Achinstein |
Sec.
01 |
ThF10:30-12 |
| 150.435 (H) |
EINSTEIN’S “ANNUS MIRABILIS”
(3) Rynasiewicz
Perm. Req’d Limit
10 Cross listed with Physics |
Sec.
01 |
T
2-4 |
| 150.451 (H) |
ETHICAL THEORIES
(3) Reisner
Course
added 4/28/04 |
Sec.
01 |
MTW
9 |
| 150.452 (H) (W) |
FREE WILL AND RESPONSIBILITY
(3) Greenberg Are we really in control of our actions? Is what
we do really up to us to decide? Such questions arise naturally
upon reflecting on the idea that every event in nature is casually
determined, and also upon reflection on, or experience of, neuroses,
emotion, and addiction. Course examines different views about
what is involved in answering ‘yes’ and the implications in answering
‘no’. |
Sec.
01 |
Th
1-4 |
| 150.461 (H) |
HIGHLIGHTS OF ANALYTIC
PHILOSOPHY (3) Tumulty
This survey course examines the key texts of
analytic philosophy from Frege to Quine, with a special focus
on philosophy of language and the notion of conceptual analysis. |
Sec.
01 |
MTW
11 |
| 150.472 (H) |
REPRODUCTIVE
ETHICS (3) Kukla Limit
20 Prereq: Intro to Bioethics 150.219 or Intro to Moral
Philosophy 150.220 or Perm. Req'd. Topics include ethical
and legal issues raised by pregnancy, childbirth, assisted reproduction,
prenatal testing, abortion, routine prenatal care, reproduction
in developing countries, violence against pregnant women, HIV
among pregnant women and infants, and medical interventions during
pregnancy. Cross-listed with Women, Gender & Sexuality
Course added 4/16/04 |
Sec.
01 |
W
12-1:50 |
| 300.315 (H) |
MIND
& MATTER Marrati/
Leys Refer
to graduate course 300.657cross-listing in Humanities Center for
description. Course added 9/16/04. |
Sec.
01 |
Th
1-4 |
| 360.133 (H)
(W) |
GREAT BOOKS: WESTERN TRADITION (3) Roller/ Williams/ Campe/
Patton Limit 20 per section
Cross-listed with Classics, German, the Humanities Center,
and Interdepartmental |
Sec. 01
02
03
04 |
ThF 10:30-12
ThF 10:30-12
ThF 10:30-12
ThF 10:30-12 |
| 300.337
(H) |
THINKING FILMS (3) Marrati Limit 20 Cross-listed with Humanities Center, Film & Media Studies,
and Romance Languages and Literatures Additional
time meeting added for film screening 9/7/04 |
Sec.01 |
M 7-9:30pm
T 12:30-3 |
| 300.361
(H) |
LITERATURES
OF TIME (3) deVries Limit 20 Cross-listed with Anthropology, English, German,
Humanities Center and Romance Languages and Literatures |
Sec. 01 |
T 10:30-1 |
| 360.477 (H) |
THE LAB, THE
LAYPERSON, AND THE LEGISLATURE: THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN HUMAN
GENETICS AND SOCIETY Mathews
Limit
15 This course will take up the questions that arise at the intersection
of genetic science and the society at large. What role has and
does genetic research play in our society and our lives? What
happens once genetic research leaves the lab and becomes "product"
in the doctor's office and the marketplace? What role does and
should politics play in genetic science? Cross-listed with
Interdepartmental Course added 4/19/04 |
Sec.
01 |
TTh
9-10:30 |
| 150.511 |
DIRECTED STUDY |
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| 150.551 |
HONORS PROJECT |
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| 150.618 |
TOPICS IN THE HISTORY
OF PHILOSOPHY Greenberg
Human Freedom and the Will in Early Modern Philosophy.
The problem of free will is typically taken by contemporary philosophers
to arise from the tension between causal determinism and human
freedom. Problem may be traced to the Scientific Revolution and
is therefore to be found in early modern discussions of human
freedom. Examining certain representative early modern discussions
will assess this claim. |
Sec.
01 |
W
4-6 |
| 150.620 |
SEMINAR IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY:
KANT & FICHTE Moyar A close reading of Kant’s
“Doctrine of Right” and Fichte’s “Foundations of Natural Right,”
with specific attention to the freedom expressed in political
Right and to the theme of mutual recognition. |
Sec.
01 |
M
2-4 |
| 150.644 |
SEMINAR IN CONTEMPORARY
ETHICS: PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL REASON Reisner
Course
added 4/28/04 |
Sec.
01 |
T
2-4 |
| 150.646
150.656 |
SEMINAR IN RECENT PHILOSOPHICAL
PROBLEMS Achinstein |
Sec.
01 |
Th
2-4 |
| 300.657 |
MIND
& MATTER Marrati/
Leys Cross-listed with Anthropology,Humanities
Center and History of Science and Technology |
Sec. 01 |
Th 1-4 |
| 300.671 |
STANLEY
CAVELL’S “THE CLAIM OF REASON” deVries
Cross-listed with Anthropology, English, German, Humanities
Center & Romance Languages and Literatures |
Sec. 01 |
Th 10-1 |
| 150.810 |
INDEPENDENT STUDY
Sec. 01 Staff
Sec. 02 Forster
Sec. 03 Tumulty
Sec. 04 Moyar
Sec. 05 Rynasiewicz
Sec. 06 Williams (Meredith)
Sec. 07 Bok
Sec. 08 Bett
Sec. 09 Williams (Michael)
Sec. 10 Greenberg
Sec. 11 Achinstein |
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| 150.811 |
DIRECTED STUDYPlease see 150.810 for
section numbers to use when registering. |
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