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Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.001.121 (01)
FYS: Socrates and his Intellectual Context
M 2:00PM - 4:00PM
Bett, Richard
PHIL-ANCIEN, PHIL-ETHICS
FYS: Socrates and his Intellectual Context AS.001.121 (01)
This First-Year Seminar will focus on the figure of Socrates. Socrates wrote nothing, so we depend on others for our knowledge of him. We will examine the ways he is portrayed by several different authors, including Plato. We will also examine some other ideas around in his time - some of which were pretty radical - and consider how he may have reacted to them. Finally, we will examine his influence on later thought.
Credits: 2.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 2:00PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Bett, Richard
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/12
PosTag(s): PHIL-ANCIEN, PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.118 (01)
Introduction to Formal Logic
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Achinstein, Peter (Peter)
Virtual Online
PHIL-LOGSCI, COGS-PHLMND
Introduction to Formal Logic AS.150.118 (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.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Instructor: Achinstein, Peter (Peter)
Room: Virtual Online
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-LOGSCI, COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.118 (02)
Introduction to Formal Logic
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Achinstein, Peter (Peter)
Virtual Online
PHIL-LOGSCI, COGS-PHLMND
Introduction to Formal Logic AS.150.118 (02)
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.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Instructor: Achinstein, Peter (Peter)
Room: Virtual Online
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-LOGSCI, COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.118 (03)
Introduction to Formal Logic
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Achinstein, Peter (Peter)
Virtual Online
PHIL-LOGSCI, COGS-PHLMND
Introduction to Formal Logic AS.150.118 (03)
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.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Instructor: Achinstein, Peter (Peter)
Room: Virtual Online
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-LOGSCI, COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.118 (04)
Introduction to Formal Logic
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Achinstein, Peter (Peter)
Virtual Online
PHIL-LOGSCI, COGS-PHLMND
Introduction to Formal Logic AS.150.118 (04)
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.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Instructor: Achinstein, Peter (Peter)
Room: Virtual Online
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-LOGSCI, COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.205 (01)
Introduction to the History of Modern Philosophy
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Williams, Michael
Virtual Online
PHIL-MODERN, MSCH-HUM, INST-GLOBAL, INST-PT
Introduction to the History of Modern Philosophy AS.150.205 (01)
An overview of philosophical thought in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. We shall focus on fundamental questions in epistemology (knowledge, how we acquire it, its scope and limits), metaphysics (the ultimate nature of reality, the relation of mind and body, free will), and theology (the existence and nature of God, God’s relation to the world, whether knowledge of such things is possible): all questions that arose in dramatic ways as a result of the rise of modern science. The principal philosophers to be discussed are Descartes, Locke, Hume and Kant, though we shall also make the acquaintance of Spinoza, Leibniz and Berkeley.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
An overview of philosophical thought in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. We shall focus on fundamental questions in epistemology (knowledge, how we acquire it, its scope and limits), metaphysics (the ultimate nature of reality, the relation of mind and body, free will), and theology (the existence and nature of God, God’s relation to the world, whether knowledge of such things is possible): all questions that arose in dramatic ways as a result of the rise of modern science. The principal philosophers to be discussed are Descartes, Locke, Hume and Kant, though we shall also make the acquaintance of Spinoza, Leibniz and Berkeley.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
An overview of philosophical thought in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. We shall focus on fundamental questions in epistemology (knowledge, how we acquire it, its scope and limits), metaphysics (the ultimate nature of reality, the relation of mind and body, free will), and theology (the existence and nature of God, God’s relation to the world, whether knowledge of such things is possible): all questions that arose in dramatic ways as a result of the rise of modern science. The principal philosophers to be discussed are Descartes, Locke, Hume and Kant, though we shall also make the acquaintance of Spinoza, Leibniz and Berkeley.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, W 3:00PM - 3:50PM
An overview of philosophical thought in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. We shall focus on fundamental questions in epistemology (knowledge, how we acquire it, its scope and limits), metaphysics (the ultimate nature of reality, the relation of mind and body, free will), and theology (the existence and nature of God, God’s relation to the world, whether knowledge of such things is possible): all questions that arose in dramatic ways as a result of the rise of modern science. The principal philosophers to be discussed are Descartes, Locke, Hume and Kant, though we shall also make the acquaintance of Spinoza, Leibniz and Berkeley.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, W 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Problems with Knowledge, Evidence, and Action AS.150.215 (01)
This course covers a selection of recent work in epistemology and serves as an introduction to these topics. Issues to be discussed include new approaches to the nature of knowledge and skepticism, normative aspects of the way we handle information in our decision-making, epistemic injustices, and epistemic requirements for democratic discourse.
An introduction to moral philosophy through in-depth and critical reading of selected texts from the history of philosophy. The philosophers whose texts will be discussed include Aristotle, Kant, Mill, and Hannah Arendt.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Instructor: Staff
Room: Virtual Online
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.220 (02)
Introduction to Moral Philosophy
MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Staff
Virtual Online
PHIL-ETHICS
Introduction to Moral Philosophy AS.150.220 (02)
An introduction to moral philosophy through in-depth and critical reading of selected texts from the history of philosophy. The philosophers whose texts will be discussed include Aristotle, Kant, Mill, and Hannah Arendt.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Instructor: Staff
Room: Virtual Online
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.220 (03)
Introduction to Moral Philosophy
MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Staff
Virtual Online
PHIL-ETHICS
Introduction to Moral Philosophy AS.150.220 (03)
An introduction to moral philosophy through in-depth and critical reading of selected texts from the history of philosophy. The philosophers whose texts will be discussed include Aristotle, Kant, Mill, and Hannah Arendt.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Staff
Room: Virtual Online
Status: Open
Seats Available: 15/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.220 (04)
Introduction to Moral Philosophy
MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Staff
Virtual Online
PHIL-ETHICS
Introduction to Moral Philosophy AS.150.220 (04)
An introduction to moral philosophy through in-depth and critical reading of selected texts from the history of philosophy. The philosophers whose texts will be discussed include Aristotle, Kant, Mill, and Hannah Arendt.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Staff
Room: Virtual Online
Status: Open
Seats Available: 17/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.220 (05)
Introduction to Moral Philosophy
MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, W 4:30PM - 5:20PM
Staff
Virtual Online
PHIL-ETHICS
Introduction to Moral Philosophy AS.150.220 (05)
An introduction to moral philosophy through in-depth and critical reading of selected texts from the history of philosophy. The philosophers whose texts will be discussed include Aristotle, Kant, Mill, and Hannah Arendt.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, W 4:30PM - 5:20PM
Instructor: Staff
Room: Virtual Online
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.220 (06)
Introduction to Moral Philosophy
MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, W 4:30PM - 5:20PM
Staff
Virtual Online
PHIL-ETHICS
Introduction to Moral Philosophy AS.150.220 (06)
An introduction to moral philosophy through in-depth and critical reading of selected texts from the history of philosophy. The philosophers whose texts will be discussed include Aristotle, Kant, Mill, and Hannah Arendt.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, W 4:30PM - 5:20PM
Instructor: Staff
Room: Virtual Online
Status: Open
Seats Available: 17/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.240 (01)
Intro-Political Philosop
MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Lebron, Christopher Joseph
PHIL-ETHICS, INST-PT
Intro-Political Philosop AS.150.240 (01)
This course begins by reviewing canonical texts in modern political philosophy beginning with Thomas Hobbes and John Locke and ends by exploring classic questions in contemporary debates in race, gender, and identity.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Lebron, Christopher Joseph
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-ETHICS, INST-PT
AS.150.240 (02)
Intro-Political Philosop
MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Lebron, Christopher Joseph
PHIL-ETHICS, INST-PT
Intro-Political Philosop AS.150.240 (02)
This course begins by reviewing canonical texts in modern political philosophy beginning with Thomas Hobbes and John Locke and ends by exploring classic questions in contemporary debates in race, gender, and identity.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Instructor: Lebron, Christopher Joseph
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 13/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-ETHICS, INST-PT
AS.150.300 (01)
Prometheus Editorial Workshop
T 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Cummings, Cara Rei
Gilman 288
Prometheus Editorial Workshop AS.150.300 (01)
Prometheus is an international undergraduate philosophy journal published by students at Johns Hopkins University. The purpose of the journal is to promote philosophic discourse of the highest standard by offering students an opportunity to engage in open discussion, participate in the production and publication of an academic journal, and establish a community of aspiring philosophers. Students enrolled in this workshop will act as the staff readers for the journal. For more information, please visit
https://prometheus.students.jh.edu/
Prerequisite: MUST have taken one philosophy course
Credits: 1.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Instructor: Cummings, Cara Rei
Room: Gilman 288
Status: Open
Seats Available: 17/28
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.301 (01)
Majors Seminar: Political Philosophy and Justice
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Lebron, Christopher Joseph
PHIL-SEM, PHIL-MIND
Majors Seminar: Political Philosophy and Justice AS.150.301 (01)
This course focuses on the idea of justice as understood within the framework of liberal theory beginning with John Locke and focusing on John Rawls, then explores contemporary challenges to that framework.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Lebron, Christopher Joseph
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/15
PosTag(s): PHIL-SEM, PHIL-MIND
AS.150.312 (01)
Applied Public Health Ethics and Decision-Making
M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Gur-Arie, Rachel E
PHIL-BIOETH, PHIL-ETHICS
Applied Public Health Ethics and Decision-Making AS.150.312 (01)
In this course, students receive an introduction to core theoretical foundations and case studies in public and global health ethics. this course adopts an applied framework for understanding how public health ethical values are navigated in different decision-making processes. This course is geared toward juniors and seniors.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Gur-Arie, Rachel E
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-BIOETH, PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.313 (01)
Technology, Democracy, and Social Justice
M 4:00PM - 6:30PM
Staff
PHIL-BIOETH, PHIL-ETHICS
Technology, Democracy, and Social Justice AS.150.313 (01)
This course will consider healthcare technologies through the lens of political values: democracy and social justice. At a broad level, we will ask of these technologies: Who should decide on their design and use when the experts don’t resemble the public and the public lacks expertise? How can we provide broad access to the benefits of these new technologies without exposing vulnerable people to further risk and unfairness?
More narrowly, the course will focus on four technologies that affect healthcare: anti-malarial “gene drive” mosquitoes, medical AI, genomic data collection, and social media. Gene drives hold the promise of modifying mosquitoes to prevent the spread of infectious disease, but they also expose people in lower-income countries to unanticipated risks. Artificial intelligence and genomic data can deliver scarce medical resources to those who need it most and tailor it to minorities based on their precise characteristics. But they can also exacerbate existing unfairness while exposing minorities to risks of further discrimination and surveillance. Social media has a similar potential to deliver crucial health data, especially in a pandemic. But it also promotes the spread of misinformation among the populations most in need of help. This course will consider how we can balance the benefits and risks of these novel technologies and who gets to decide that balance.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 4:00PM - 6:30PM
Instructor: Staff
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-BIOETH, PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.403 (01)
Hellenistic Philosophy
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Bett, Richard
Gilman 288
Hellenistic Philosophy AS.150.403 (01)
A study of later Greek philosophy, stretching roughly from the death of Aristotle to the Roman imperial period. Epicureans, Stoics, and Skeptics will be the main philosophical schools examined.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Bett, Richard
Room: Gilman 288
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 4/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.405 (01)
Evidence: An Introduction
M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Achinstein, Peter (Peter)
Gilman 288
PHIL-LOGSCI
Evidence: An Introduction AS.150.405 (01)
What is evidence? Can it ever be disregarded in science, the law, or religion, and if so, when? What are the paradoxes of evidence (grue, ravens) and how can they be solved?
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Achinstein, Peter (Peter)
Room: Gilman 288
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 4/10
PosTag(s): PHIL-LOGSCI
AS.150.421 (01)
Mathematical Logic II
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Rynasiewicz, Robert
Mathematical Logic II AS.150.421 (01)
Euclid set a precedent for the codification of mathematics by axiomatizing the set of geometric truths. An obvious question that arises is whether all branches of mathematics are axiomatizable, especially fundamental ones, such as arithmetic. In the late nineteenth century, what became known as Peano arithmetic was proposed as an axiomatization. The essential feature of an axiomatization is that, although one might have an infinite number of axioms, as does Peano arithmetic, one must have a decision procedure for determining whether a given proposition is or is not an axiom. In 1931, Gödel proved the astounding result that, not only is Peano arithmetic incomplete in the sense that it does not entail all arithmetic truths, but any attempted axiomatization of arithmetic is incomplete, and thus the set of arithmetic truths must be undecidable. Subsequently, Alfred Tarski showed the set of arithmetic truths is not even definable. Also, by finding a finitely axiomatizable undecidable subtheory of Peano arithmetic, Alonzo Church was able to show that there is not even an effective procedure for determining whether a given sentence is a logical truth.
Finally, in his 1931 paper, Gödel argued a second incompleteness theorem, viz., that any theory strong enough to express its own consistency, as he showed Peano arithmetic to be, cannot prove its own consistency unless it is inconsistent. We will cover these and other results that have had a profound effect on the foundations of mathematics. It remains an open question whether so basic a theory as Peano arithmetic is consistent.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Rynasiewicz, Robert
Room:
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 6/12
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.430 (01)
Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Moyar, Dean
Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit AS.150.430 (01)
From the opening chapter on "Sense-certainty" to the concluding "Absolute Knowledge," we will follow Hegel's account of the experience of consciousness through the transitions to self-consciousness, reason, spirit, and religion.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Moyar, Dean
Room:
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 5/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.436 (01)
Philosophy of Gender
MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Taylor, Elanor J.
PHIL-MIND
Philosophy of Gender AS.150.436 (01)
In this class we will examine philosophical questions about gender, and about the intersections between gender and other social categories including race, class and sexuality. We will focus specifically on questions about the metaphysics of gender and other social categories.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Instructor: Taylor, Elanor J.
Room:
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 5/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-MIND
AS.150.445 (01)
Berkeley’s Idealism
W 4:00PM - 6:30PM
Melamed, Yitzhak Yohanan
MSCH-HUM
Berkeley’s Idealism AS.150.445 (01)
Idealism is the view that, at bottom, whatever is - is an idea. For the idealist, to be is to be perceived. George Berkeley is probably the most famous idealist among European philosophers, and on this seminar we will read closely two of his major texts: Principles of Human Knowledge and Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonus. Topics to be discussed include: the nature of bodies, the nature of the mind, the possible sources of our ides, and Berkeley’s understanding of God.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 4:00PM - 6:30PM
Instructor: Melamed, Yitzhak Yohanan
Room:
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 14/20
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.150.450 (01)
Topics in Biomedical Ethics: Depression
W 4:00PM - 6:30PM
Tully, Ian M
Gilman 288
PHIL-ETHICS, PHIL-BIOETH
Topics in Biomedical Ethics: Depression AS.150.450 (01)
There is a mental health crisis in the United States. One very significant aspect of this crisis is that – according to a recent survey conducted by the CDC -- the prevalence of depression is skyrocketing, particularly among young adults. Unfortunately, we are still woefully inadequate both in identifying cases of depression and, especially, in treating them. It is therefore morally imperative that we gain a better understanding of what depression is and how to treat it. In this course, we will use the tools of philosophical analysis to make headway on these questions. We will explore the nature of depression, address ethical issues in its treatment, and investigate depression’s “significance” – that is, what depression can help teach us about perennial philosophical questions like what makes for a life worth living.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 4:00PM - 6:30PM
Instructor: Tully, Ian M
Room: Gilman 288
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): PHIL-ETHICS, PHIL-BIOETH
AS.150.452 (01)
Freedom of Will & Moral Responsibility
F 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Bok, Hilary
Gilman 288
Freedom of Will & Moral Responsibility AS.150.452 (01)
What are freedom of the will and moral responsibility? Are they compatible with determinism or naturalism? This course will examine various philosophers' answers to these questions.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: F 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Bok, Hilary
Room: Gilman 288
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.476 (01)
Philosophy and Cognitive Science
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Gross, Steven
COGS-PHLMND
Philosophy and Cognitive Science AS.150.476 (01)
This year's topic is perception. Questions will include: In what ways might perceptual states be like and unlike pictures? Does what we believe affect what we perceive? Is linguistic comprehension a kind of perception? This course is geared toward advanced undergraduates and graduate students in philosophy and in the mind brain sciences and related fields. Others may be successful in the course depending on their prior course of study.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Gross, Steven
Room:
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 3/15
PosTag(s): COGS-PHLMND
AS.225.328 (01)
The Existential Drama: Philosophy and Theatre of the Absurd
M 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Martin, Joseph H (Joe)
Merrick 105
The Existential Drama: Philosophy and Theatre of the Absurd AS.225.328 (01)
Existentialism, a powerful movement in modern drama and theatre, has had a profound influence on contemporary political thought, ethics, and psychology, and has transformed our very notion of how to stage a play. Selected readings and lectures on the philosophy of Kierkegaard, Nietszche, Camus and Sartre -- and discussion of works for the stage by Sartre, Ionesco, Genet, Beckett, Albee, Pinter, Athol Fugard (with Nkani & Nshone), Heiner Müller and the late plays of Caryl Churchill. Opportunities for projects on Dürrenmatt, Frisch, Havel, Witkiewicz, and Mrozek.
