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Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.150.603 (01)
Seminar in Modern Philosophy
Th 1:00PM - 3:00PM
Kosch, Michelle, Moyar, Dean
PHIL-MODERN
Seminar in Modern Philosophy AS.150.603 (01)
German-style colloquium for graduate students working in the history of modern philosophy. We will read newly-published work, invite speakers, and have presentations by advanced graduate students. First- and second-year students may register for a grade. Advanced graduate students in history of modern should audit/present.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate
Days/Times: Th 1:00PM - 3:00PM
Instructor: Kosch, Michelle, Moyar, Dean
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/15
PosTag(s): PHIL-MODERN
AS.150.632 (01)
Formal Logic
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Achinstein, Peter
Formal Logic AS.150.632 (01)
"An introduction to symbolic logic and probability. In the first two parts of the course we study formal ways of determining whether a conclusion of an argument follows from its premises. Included are truth-functional logic and predicate logic. In the third part we study the basic rules of probability, and learn how to make probability calculations and decisions in life." Co-listed with AS.150.118 (for undergraduate students) (01-F 11:00-11:50am).
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Achinstein, Peter
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/3
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.642 (01)
Seminar on Ancient Greek Ethics
M 4:00PM - 6:00PM
Bett, Richard
Seminar on Ancient Greek Ethics AS.150.642 (01)
The seminar will focus on the ethical system of the Stoics. Stoic ethics is notorious for a number of apparently extreme assertions, such as “Virtue is the only good”, “Virtue is sufficient for happiness”, and “The wise man is happy on the rack”. Yet the system had a wide following, over several centuries, in both the Greek and Roman worlds; and its devotees (including at least one Roman emperor, and a close adviser to another) were certainly not all fanatics. We will attempt to make sense of this ethical outlook, with particular focus on the relations among virtue, wisdom and happiness.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate
Days/Times: M 4:00PM - 6:00PM
Instructor: Bett, Richard
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.675 (01)
Recent Works in Skepticism
W 4:00PM - 6:00PM
Williams, Michael
Recent Works in Skepticism AS.150.675 (01)
We all take it for granted that perceptual experience yields knowledge of the world around us. But in his Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes presents new and puzzling thought experiments. He asks whether there is any way to be sure that, when he tales himself to be experiencing things in the world around him, he is not dreaming. From there, he goes on to imagines an Evil Demon with the power to manipulate the total course of his (Descartes’s) experience, so that what he naturally takes to be experience of the world around him is really a kind of perpetual dream: a simulation or virtual reality, as we might say today. Descartes’s problem, which has made its way into popular culture through films like those in the "Matrix" series, remains a source of philosophical puzzlement. While no one believes that skeptical hypotheses like Demon or computer deception are true, it is not easy to say how we can exclude them. Given that the deception is systematic, it seems that any 'evidence' I cite could itself be part of the simulation. So how do I (or could I) know (for sure) that I’m not the victim of the Deceiver or the Matrix? We shall examine some of the latest attempts to respond to Descartes’s challenge. Does the “How could I know?” question admit of a theoretical answer. Is the question itself somehow ill-posed? Can we answer it without making significant concessions to skepticism? What can we learn about knowledge (or the concept of knowledge) by coming to understand how skepticism arises and how it goes wrong (if it does)? Readings from contemporary sources.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate
Days/Times: W 4:00PM - 6:00PM
Instructor: Williams, Michael
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 13/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.810 (01)
Independent Study
Pickard, Hanna
Independent Study AS.150.810 (01)
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Pickard, Hanna
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.810 (02)
Independent Study
Forster, Eckart
Independent Study AS.150.810 (02)
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Forster, Eckart
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.810 (03)
Independent Study
Gross, Steven
Independent Study AS.150.810 (03)
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Gross, Steven
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.810 (04)
Independent Study
Moyar, Dean
Independent Study AS.150.810 (04)
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Moyar, Dean
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.810 (05)
Independent Study
Rynasiewicz, Robert
Independent Study AS.150.810 (05)
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Rynasiewicz, Robert
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.810 (06)
Independent Study
Lebron, Christopher Joseph
Independent Study AS.150.810 (06)
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Lebron, Christopher Joseph
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.810 (07)
Independent Study
Bok, Hilary
Independent Study AS.150.810 (07)
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Bok, Hilary
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.810 (08)
Independent Study
Bett, Richard
Independent Study AS.150.810 (08)
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Bett, Richard
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.810 (09)
Independent Study
Williams, Michael
Independent Study AS.150.810 (09)
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Williams, Michael
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.810 (10)
Independent Study
Bledin, Justin
Independent Study AS.150.810 (10)
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Bledin, Justin
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.810 (11)
Independent Study
Achinstein, Peter
Independent Study AS.150.810 (11)
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Achinstein, Peter
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.810 (12)
Independent Study
Melamed, Yitzhak Yohanan
Independent Study AS.150.810 (12)
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Melamed, Yitzhak Yohanan
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.810 (13)
Independent Study
Taylor, Elanor J.
Independent Study AS.150.810 (13)
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Taylor, Elanor J.
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.810 (14)
Independent Study
Phillips, Ian B
Independent Study AS.150.810 (14)
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Phillips, Ian B
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.812 (01)
Directed Study
Pickard, Hanna
Directed Study AS.150.812 (01)
Please see AS.150.810 for section number to use when registering.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Pickard, Hanna
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.812 (02)
Directed Study
Forster, Eckart
Directed Study AS.150.812 (02)
Please see AS.150.810 for section number to use when registering.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Forster, Eckart
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.812 (03)
Directed Study
Gross, Steven
Directed Study AS.150.812 (03)
Please see AS.150.810 for section number to use when registering.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Gross, Steven
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.812 (04)
Directed Study
Moyar, Dean
Directed Study AS.150.812 (04)
Please see AS.150.810 for section number to use when registering.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Moyar, Dean
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.812 (05)
Directed Study
Rynasiewicz, Robert
Directed Study AS.150.812 (05)
Please see AS.150.810 for section number to use when registering.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Rynasiewicz, Robert
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.812 (06)
Directed Study
Lebron, Christopher Joseph
Directed Study AS.150.812 (06)
Please see AS.150.810 for section number to use when registering.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Lebron, Christopher Joseph
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.812 (07)
Directed Study
Bok, Hilary
Directed Study AS.150.812 (07)
Please see AS.150.810 for section number to use when registering.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Bok, Hilary
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.812 (08)
Directed Study
Bett, Richard
Directed Study AS.150.812 (08)
Please see AS.150.810 for section number to use when registering.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Bett, Richard
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.812 (09)
Directed Study
Williams, Michael
Directed Study AS.150.812 (09)
Please see AS.150.810 for section number to use when registering.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Williams, Michael
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.812 (10)
Directed Study
Bledin, Justin
Directed Study AS.150.812 (10)
Please see AS.150.810 for section number to use when registering.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Bledin, Justin
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.812 (11)
Directed Study
Achinstein, Peter
Directed Study AS.150.812 (11)
Please see AS.150.810 for section number to use when registering.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Achinstein, Peter
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.812 (12)
Directed Study
Melamed, Yitzhak Yohanan
Directed Study AS.150.812 (12)
Please see AS.150.810 for section number to use when registering.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Melamed, Yitzhak Yohanan
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.812 (13)
Directed Study
Taylor, Elanor J.
Directed Study AS.150.812 (13)
Please see AS.150.810 for section number to use when registering.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Taylor, Elanor J.
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.812 (14)
Directed Study
Phillips, Ian B
Directed Study AS.150.812 (14)
Please see AS.150.810 for section number to use when registering.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times:
Instructor: Phillips, Ian B
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.823 (01)
READINGS AND SKILLS IN CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY II
W 9:00AM - 11:00AM
Phillips, Ian B, Pickard, Hanna
READINGS AND SKILLS IN CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY II AS.150.823 (01)
This course provides skills training for a successful career in philosophy, through engagement with cutting-edge contemporary work across a wide-range of areas of philosophy. As a class, we will choose accessible articles of general interest recently published in top journals. Each student will be responsible for presenting one of these articles to the class and leading discussion, with guidance from the instructors. All students will be required to carefully and closely read each paper for each class, and come prepared to discuss it in depth. The aim of this part of the course is to learn how to read and analyze articles, present work, and engage in constructive philosophical discussion. After presenting the paper, each presenter will be required to write a short reply to it, in the style of the relevant journal. As a class, we will then engage in a mock review process, crafting anonymous referee reports, revising replies in the light of these, and discussing these as editors. The aim of this part of the course is to gain knowledge and skills relevant to writing philosophy and successful publication. The course is open to 1st and 2nd year graduate students. It will meet every other week in both the fall and the spring semesters; each semester is worth 2 credits and students are required to enroll in both. Grading will be based predominantly on participation and effort. Upper-year graduate students may audit the course by permission of the instructors, conditional on their commitment to attend and engage as full members of the class; if student numbers are high, priority with respect to presentations will be given to 1st and 2nd year students.