Fall Quarter
| Dept | Course No and Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| PHILOS (F17) | 206 MODAL LOGIC | WALSH, S. |
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| PHILOS (F17) | 205A SET THEORY | WALSH, S. |
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| PHILOS (F17) | 244 SOCIAL DYNAMICS | SKYRMS, B. |
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| PHILOS (F17) | 201 FIRST YEAR SEMINAR | PRITCHARD, D. |
This is a research training course geared specifically for first-year graduate students, and taught by the Director of Graduate Studies. The specific content covered will be tailored to the research interests of the students enrolled on the course. The goal of the course is to provide a solid foundation for a successful Ph.D. | ||
| PHILOS (F17) | 210 PLATO | PERIN, C. |
| A closely reading, with a sample of relevant secondary literature, of Plato's Meno and Theaetetus. | ||
| PHILOS (F17) | 241 PROB & DETERMINISM | MANCHAK, J. |
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| PHILOS (F17) | 247 PHILOS OF MATH I | MADDY, P. |
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| PHILOS (F17) | 213 DESCARTES: METAPHYSICS, PHYSICS, AND ETHICS | GREENBERG, S. |
In the Preface of the *Principles of Philosophy*, Descartes says that "all of philosophy is like a tree: the roots are metaphysics, the trunk is physics, and the branches emerging from the tree are all the other sciences, which may be reduced to three principal ones, namely medicine, mechanics, and morals." In this course, we will examine aspects of each of the parts of this tree of philosophy. We will focus on the metaphysical roots, articulated in the *Meditations on First Philosophy*, which we will read in its entirety, in conjunction with the reworking of the *Meditations* in Part 1 of the *Principles of Philosophy*; we will also consider the implications for physics of Descartes's metaphysics, through consideration of selections from the *Discourse on Method*, Part 2 of the *Principles of Philosophy* and Part 1 of the *Passions of the Soul*; we will conclude by considering Descartes's ethics, as it emerges in letters and in Part 3 of the *Passions of the Soul*. Same as LPS 213. | ||
| PHILOS (F17) | 230 TOPICS IN ETHICS | GILBERT, M. |
This course will follow the thread of Professor Gilbert's forthcoming book Rights and Demands: A Foundational Inquiry (Oxford University Press). Starting with some basic distinctions from within rights theory, it focuses on the kind of right that accrues to those who make promises and agreements, among others. Someone who has such a right to a particular action of some person has the standing to demand that action from that person. How does one human being gain the standing to demand an action of another? That is the guiding question of the course. Rights theorists and others whose writings are discussed in relation to this question include:Wesley Hohfeld, Judith Thomson, Joseph Raz, H. L. A Hart, and Stephen Darwall. | ||