Fall Quarter
Dept | Course No and Title | Instructor |
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PHILOS (F17) | 150 PHENOMENOLOGY | SMITH, D. |
A study of the foundations of phenomenology in Husserl and its background in Bolzano, Frege, Brentano, Meinong, Kant, and Descartes. | ||
PHILOS (F17) | 141D PROB & DETERMINISM | MANCHAK, J. |
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PHILOS (F17) | 140 PHILOS OF MEDICINE | STAFF |
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PHILOS (F17) | 140 RISE OF SCIENCE | RAPHAEL, R. |
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PHILOS (F17) | 130 KANT'S ETHICS | KENT, B. |
A close study of Kant's "Metaphysics of Morals," with emphasis on Part II: "The Doctrine of Virtue." Topics include self-respect, sympathy, fanaticism, and latitude in moral decision-making. Required: two papers and a final exam. | ||
PHILOS (F17) | 121 TPCS IN THRY KNOWL | PRITCHARD, D. |
This course will offer a comprehensive overview of the core area of philosophy known as epistemology. The topics covered include: theories of knowledge; modal epistemology; virtue epistemology; epistemic externalism/internalism; radical scepticism; epistemic value; understanding. There will also be some discussion of applied epistemology, which is the application of theoretical work in epistemology to particular domains, such as law or education. Same as LPS 121. | ||
PHILOS (F17) | 113 THE PROBLEM OF EVIL | GREENBERG, S. |
The problem of evil is standardly conceived to arise from an apparent tension between the existence of an all-perfect God and the obvious fact that bad things--such as earthquakes, the death of innocent children, and sins--occur. The early modern period witnessed a spectacular flourishing of work on this topic; this course will examine the approaches to this issue developed by Pierre Bayle, Nicholas Malebranche, and, especially, G. W. Leibniz, whose *Theodicy* [the word enclosed within asterisks should be italicized here and in the second course description] will be the focus of the course, in order to determine whether any of these approaches can be seen as viable solutions to the problem of evil. Same as LPS 113. | ||
PHILOS (F17) | 110 HOMER,PLATO,NIETZSC | PERIN, C. |
In this seminar we'll examine a number of philosophically significant points of contact between Homer, Plato, and Nietzsche. Topics included: differences between the Homeric and the Socratic conceptions of virtue and the good person; whether the aristocratic society Homer depicts is, in Nietzsche's sense, a pre-moral society; the extent to which Nietzsche's criticisms of morality resemble or depart from those made by Callicles' in Plato's Gorgias; Nietzsche's genealogy of morality and whether the accounts of the origin of justice given by Thrasymachus and Glaucon in the Republic are genealogies in Nietzsche's sense; and what Nietzsche found so objectionable, but also so admirable, about Plato's Socrates. Readings include Homer's Iliad, Plato's Laches, Apology, and Gorgias, and Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil, the first essay from The Genealogy of Morality, and selections from Twilight of the Idols and The Will to Power. | ||
PHILOS (F17) | 106 PROOF THEORY | WALSH, S. |
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PHILOS (F17) | 105A ELEMENTARY SET THRY | WALSH, S. |
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PHILOS (F17) | 104 INTRO TO LOGIC | STAFF |
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PHILOS (F17) | 102W ITNRO TO KNOWLEDGE | SMITH, D. |
A study of one or more of the basic issues in epistemology, e.g., the role of perception in the acquisition of knowledge, the nature of evidence, the distinction between belief and knowledge, and the nature of truth and certainty. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement. Overlaps with PHILOS 102, LPS 102. (Ib) | ||
PHILOS (F17) | 29 CRITICAL REASONING | STAFF |
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PHILOS (F17) | 11 HIST MEDIEVAL PHILO | KENT, B. |
An introduction to medieval philosophy based on works by Augustine, Anselm, and Thomas Aquinas. The issues to be discussed cover a wide range, including: What is the purpose of philosophy? How can we attain happiness when so much of our life seems to be beyond our control? What makes a person morally good? (Do our emotional reactions have any moral significance?) Can we know that God exists by conceptual analysis, by reasoning from effects to their cause, or only by faith? Is it possible to describe a being so utterly different from us, or is all talk about God inevitably anthropomorphizing? | ||
PHILOS (F17) | 5 CONTEMP MORAL PRBLM | STAFF |
Selected moral issues of current interest, e.g., abortion, sexual morality, euthanasia, capital punishment, reverse discrimination, civil disobedience, or violence. (IV) | ||
PHILOS (F17) | 2 PUZZLES & PARADOXES | SCHAFER, K. |
Is the statement "This statement is false" true or false? Can God create a stone too heavy for Him to lift? Could a single hair make the difference between a bald an a non-bald person? Is it possible to know every truth? Could you go back in time and kill your grandfather before he met your grandmother? Can you know that you will be given a surprise exam sometime next week? Philosophical puzzles like these threaten our basic understanding of central concepts such as space, time, motion, infinity, truth, knowledge, and belief. This course focuses on philosophical puzzles and paradoxes as a way to introduce the formal tools needed to comprehend and evaluate philosophical arguments and theories, as well as theoretical reasoning more generally. The puzzles and paradoxes discussed in the course serve as an introduction to (among other things) the philosophy of space and time, the nature of the infinite, explanation, vagueness, knowledge and the rationality of action and belief. (IV, Vb) | ||
PHILOS (F17) | 1 INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY | PRITCHARD, D. |
This course provides a general introduction to the main topics in philosophy. The topics covered include: Ethics, Political Philosophy, Aesthetics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Religion, and The Meaning of Life. (IV) |