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| 150.118 (H,Q) |
INTRODUCTION
TO FORMAL LOGIC (3)
Achinstein The
fundamentals of symbolic logic, including truth-functions, quantification
theory, and identity; probability and decision theory.
Sec.
04 canceled 01/13/06 |
Lec.
Sec. 01
02
03
04
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ThF 12
M 1
T 2
T 12
M
1
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| 150.205 (H) |
INTRODUCTION
TO THE HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY (3) Greenberg Focuses on
the major metaphysical and epistemological writings of Descartes,
Locke, Hume, and Kant. Topics considered include the natures
of mind and body, the physical world, human knowledge, and human
freedom. |
Lec.
Sec. 01
02
03
04 |
MT 12
W 12
W 12
W 10
W 10 |
| 150.220
(H)
(W) |
INTRODUCTION TO MORAL
PHILOSOPHY (3) Jenkins
Limit 20 per section You
have questions: What is the good life and how do I live it? Philosophers
have answers. The attractions, presuppositions, justifications
and limitations of those answers will be the focus of this historically
oriented introduction to moral philosophy featuring close reading
of primary texts. |
Lec.
Sec. 01
02
03
04
05
06 |
MT 11
W 11
W 11
W 11
W 12
W 12
W 1 |
| 150.240 (H)
(W) |
INTRODUCTION
TO POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (3) Moyar Limit 20 per section This course is centered on
the topics of freedom and political authority in modern political
thought. Texts in the history of political philosophy are discussed,
including Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and Burke. |
Lec.
Sec. 01
02
03
04 |
ThF 12
M 1
M 2
T 1
T 2 |
| 150.245
(H) |
PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (3)
Williams An introduction to the main metaphysical theories about the nature
of the mind, thought, and consciousness. Related issues are also
discussed such as free will, personal identity, solipsism, and
artificial intelligence. |
Sec. 01 |
ThF 10:30-12 |
| 150.260
(H)
(W) |
PHILOSOPHY & FEMINISM:
EPISTEMOLOGY (3) Tumulty We will explore 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.
Cross-Listed with the Program for the Study of Women, Gender, and
Sexuality |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 11 |
| 150.306
(H) |
KILLING, DYING AND IMMORTALITY
(3) Moller Limit 30
Prereq: One course in Philosophy or Perm.
Req’d
Everyone knows that killing is wrong and dying bad, but
no one can agree on when and why. We will rigorously examine philosophical
arguments concerning these life and death matters. Topics may
include the killing of fetuses, infants and animals, disputes
about the principles behind the morality of killing, the brain-death
controversy, and different attempts to explain the misfortune
of painless death. We will also discuss what light is shed within
theories of personal identity on our prospects for immortality.
Readings may include
work by Singer, Nagel, Parfit and some
ancient philosophers.
Cross-listed with Public Health Studies |
Sec. 01 |
Th 3-6 |
| 150.402
(H)
(W) |
ARISTOTLE (3) Bett A study of
selected major texts of Aristotle. |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 1 |
| 150.421
(H,Q) |
MATHEMATICAL LOGIC (3) Rynasiewicz Prereq: 150.218 or 150.420 or equivalent An examination
of some of the principal theoretical results about logic, including
computability and Church's thesis; the Löwenheim-Skolem
theorem; and Gödel's incompleteness theorems. The philosophical
significance of these results will also be discussed. |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 10 |
| 150.439
(H) |
TOPICS
IN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE: SCIENCE VS. INTELLIGENT DESIGN - THE
CURRENT DEBATE (3) Achinstein
What is a scientific theory?
Is intelligent design such a theory? Is it compatible with Darwinian
evolution? |
Sec. 01 |
ThF 9-10:30 |
| 150.459
(H)
(W) |
THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE (3) Williams The course
will focus on the nature and possibility of human knowledge.
Topics will include the concept of knowledge, skepticism, perception,
memory, and the objectivity of knowledge. |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 12 |
| 150.475
(H) (W) |
ADDICTION, DEPRESSION,
AND SELF (3) Bok Prereq: 150.219
(Bioethics), 150.220 (Introduction to Moral Philosophy),
or Perm. Req’d An examination of the moral implications and effects of addiction,
depression, and Pharmacological treatments for depression on our
conception of our own agency.
Cross-listed with Public Health Studies |
Sec. 01 |
M 2-5 |
| 191.352
(S)
(W) |
POLITICS
& PERSUASION (3) Scherer Limit 25 Perm
Req’d. This course explores the role of persuasion in
political life by tracing the relations of truth and rhetoric
through Ancient, Modern and High-Modern periods. Philosophical,
literary, and political and cinematic texts. Dean’s Teaching
Fellowship Course Cross-listed
with Humanities and Political Science Course added
02/01/06 |
Sec.01 |
T 2-5
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| 200.206
(S) |
FOUNDATIONS
OF MIND (4) Feigenson/Halberda Limit 20 per section
Cross-listed
with Behavioral Biology, Cognitive Science, and Psychology and
Brain Sciences |
Lec.
Sec. 01
02
03 |
MTW 2
F 1
Th 1
W 1 |
| 300.388
(H)
(W) |
INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF TIME (3) Schott Limit 15
Cross-listed with Humanities Center
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Sec. 01 |
T 1:30-4:30 |
| 300.398
(H)
(W) |
TRAGEDY AND PHILOSOPHY DRAMA BY STAGES
(3) Macksey/Shuster Sec.01=3
credits-lengthier paper / Sec.02-1 credit Limit 15
Course title change and Sec. 02 added 02/07/06
Cross-listed with
Humanities Center
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Sec.
01&02 |
WF
W 2-3:30
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| 650.430
(E) |
MORAL
AND LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF PRIVACY (3) Siegel Limit
25 Perm. Req’d
Cross-listed
with Information Security Institute |
Sec. 01 |
W 10-12:30 |
| 150.512 |
DIRECTED STUDY Staff |
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| 150.552 |
HONORS PROJECT Staff |
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| 150.619 |
TOPICS IN HEGEL’S PHILOSOPHY:
THE PHILOSOPHY OF RIGHT Moyar Among the
many systematic issues we will discuss, the most important are
Hegel’s rejection of social contract theory, his relation to methodological
individualism, his criticism of the moral point of view, his theory
of institutions and his attempted “reconciliation” of morality
and abstract right. |
Sec. 01 |
Th 2-4 |
| 150.640 |
WITTGENSTEIN
Williams
This seminar will examine Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations. |
Sec. 01 |
F
W 2-4
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| 150.644 |
SEMINAR IN CONTEMPORARY ETHICS: THREE TOIPICS
FROM BERNARD WILLIAMS – MOTIVATION, LUCK, OBJECTIVITY Jenkins This seminar
will examine three important areas of contemporary research in
ethics, all to some extent revitalized
by Bernard Williams: (1) the role of desire in practical reasoning;
(2) the role of luck in ethical assessment; and (3) the possibility
of ethical knowledge. Other featured philosophers include McDowell,
Korsgaard, Scanlon, Nagel and Putnam. |
Sec. 01 |
W
F 2-4
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| 150.653 |
SEMINAR:
PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS Rynasiewicz Hot Topics in the Foundations of
Physics. A selected survey of some of the more significant recent
work being done by philosophers, physicists, and mathematicians.
A sense for the variety of topics can be gleaned from the talks
listed at: http://carnap.umd.edu/philphysics/conference.html Readings and discussions will begin at
a tutorial level. The goal is to get a sense for what's at stake
and the range of current approaches. Topics include quantum
information, ontological issues in quantum gravity, quantum measurement,
gauge metaphysics.
Open to Physics undergraduates as well as graduate students |
Sec. 01 |
T 2-4 |
| 150.657 |
SEMINAR
IN PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE: CONCEPTUAL SCHEMES Tumulty This seminar will explore the question
of whether there are 'conceptual schemes' and, if so, whether
diversity of schemes--especially diversity to the point of incommensurability--is
possible. We will read papers by S. Cavell, D. Davidson, J. Lear, J. McDowell, B. Stroud, and B. Williams, as well as M. Forster's book, Wittgenstein
on the Arbitrariness of Grammar. |
Sec. 01 |
M 2-4 |
| 040.602 |
COMPARATIVE HISTORICITIES: NATION, HISTORIOGRAPHY,
MYTHIDEOLOGY Detienne Limit 8 Cross-listed
with Anthropology, Classics, History, Humanities
Center and Romance Languages and Literatures
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Sec. 01 |
W 3-5 |
| 090.670 |
HERMENEUTICS – LITERARY
AND PHILOSOPHICAL (SCHLEIERMACHER, SZONDI, HEIDEGGER, GADAMER)
Gold Limit 15
Cross-listed
with German and Humanities Center |
Sec. 01 |
Th 3-5 |
| 212.683 |
PHILOLOGY
BECOMES PHILOSOPHY: THE LAMIA OF ANGELA POLIZIANO (1454-94) Celenza (see Romance Languages for course description) Course added
01/17/06 |
Sec. 01 |
T 3-5 |
| 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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| 150.812 |
DIRECTED
STUDY
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