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Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.100.295 (01)
American Intellectual History since the Civil War
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Burgin, Angus
Gilman 50
HIST-US
American Intellectual History since the Civil War AS.100.295 (01)
Readings in American social thought since 1865, ranging across developments in philosophy, literature, law, economics, and political theory.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Burgin, Angus
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/15
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.150.193 (01)
Philosophy of Language Seminar: Proper Names and Definite Descriptions
F 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Bledin, Justin
Gilman 288
COGS-PHLMND
Philosophy of Language Seminar: Proper Names and Definite Descriptions AS.150.193 (01)
In talking with each other, we often use proper names like 'Juliet' and definite descriptions like 'The most beautiful fresco in Italy' to pick out persons and objects in our world. But what do these expressions mean exactly? In this seminar, we'll slowly and carefully work through some classic philosophical texts that address this issue. These texts will provide an introduction to the philosophy of language, and to analytic philosophy in general.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: F 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Instructor: Bledin, Justin
Room: Gilman 288
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 1/15
PosTag(s): COGS-PHLMND
AS.100.295 (02)
American Intellectual History since the Civil War
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Burgin, Angus
Gilman 50
HIST-US
American Intellectual History since the Civil War AS.100.295 (02)
Readings in American social thought since 1865, ranging across developments in philosophy, literature, law, economics, and political theory.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Burgin, Angus
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/15
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.295 (03)
American Intellectual History since the Civil War
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Burgin, Angus
Gilman 50
HIST-US
American Intellectual History since the Civil War AS.100.295 (03)
Readings in American social thought since 1865, ranging across developments in philosophy, literature, law, economics, and political theory.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Burgin, Angus
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/15
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.295 (04)
American Intellectual History since the Civil War
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Burgin, Angus
Gilman 50
HIST-US
American Intellectual History since the Civil War AS.100.295 (04)
Readings in American social thought since 1865, ranging across developments in philosophy, literature, law, economics, and political theory.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Burgin, Angus
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/15
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.150.118 (01)
Introduction to Formal Logic
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Achinstein, Peter
Gilman 50
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. Co-listed with AS.150.632 (for graduate students) (01-F 11:00-11:50am).
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Achinstein, Peter
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/17
PosTag(s): PHIL-LOGSCI, COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.118 (02)
Introduction to Formal Logic
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Achinstein, Peter
Gilman 50
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. Co-listed with AS.150.632 (for graduate students) (01-F 11:00-11:50am).
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Achinstein, Peter
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/17
PosTag(s): PHIL-LOGSCI, COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.118 (03)
Introduction to Formal Logic
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Achinstein, Peter
Gilman 50
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. Co-listed with AS.150.632 (for graduate students) (01-F 11:00-11:50am).
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Achinstein, Peter
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/17
PosTag(s): PHIL-LOGSCI, COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.205 (01)
Introduction to the History of Modern Philosophy
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Williams, Michael
Levering Arellano
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 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
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 11:00AM - 11:50AM, 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 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
The class will serve as a high level introduction to moral philosophy. No background in philosophy is required. We examine three classic theories in normative ethics (virtue ethics, Kantian moral philosophy, and consequentialism), and challenges to those theories. We also cover topics in meta-ethics (with a focus on reasons and values).
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Bok, Hilary
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.220 (05)
Introduction to Moral Philosophy
MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, W 4:00PM - 4:50PM
Bok, Hilary
Gilman 50
PHIL-ETHICS
Introduction to Moral Philosophy AS.150.220 (05)
The class will serve as a high level introduction to moral philosophy. No background in philosophy is required. We examine three classic theories in normative ethics (virtue ethics, Kantian moral philosophy, and consequentialism), and challenges to those theories. We also cover topics in meta-ethics (with a focus on reasons and values).
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, W 4:00PM - 4:50PM
Instructor: Bok, Hilary
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.220 (04)
Introduction to Moral Philosophy
MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, W 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Bok, Hilary
Gilman 50
PHIL-ETHICS
Introduction to Moral Philosophy AS.150.220 (04)
The class will serve as a high level introduction to moral philosophy. No background in philosophy is required. We examine three classic theories in normative ethics (virtue ethics, Kantian moral philosophy, and consequentialism), and challenges to those theories. We also cover topics in meta-ethics (with a focus on reasons and values).
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, W 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Instructor: Bok, Hilary
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 1/10
PosTag(s): PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.220 (01)
Introduction to Moral Philosophy
MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Bok, Hilary
Gilman 50
PHIL-ETHICS
Introduction to Moral Philosophy AS.150.220 (01)
The class will serve as a high level introduction to moral philosophy. No background in philosophy is required. We examine three classic theories in normative ethics (virtue ethics, Kantian moral philosophy, and consequentialism), and challenges to those theories. We also cover topics in meta-ethics (with a focus on reasons and values).
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Bok, Hilary
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.220 (02)
Introduction to Moral Philosophy
MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Bok, Hilary
Gilman 50
PHIL-ETHICS
Introduction to Moral Philosophy AS.150.220 (02)
The class will serve as a high level introduction to moral philosophy. No background in philosophy is required. We examine three classic theories in normative ethics (virtue ethics, Kantian moral philosophy, and consequentialism), and challenges to those theories. We also cover topics in meta-ethics (with a focus on reasons and values).
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Bok, Hilary
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.118 (04)
Introduction to Formal Logic
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Achinstein, Peter
Gilman 50
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. Co-listed with AS.150.632 (for graduate students) (01-F 11:00-11:50am).
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Achinstein, Peter
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/17
PosTag(s): PHIL-LOGSCI, COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.300 (01)
Prometheus Editorial Workshop
T 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Heath, Austin E
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 www.prometheus-journal.com.
Prerequisite: MUST have taken one philosophy course.
Credits: 1.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Instructor: Heath, Austin E
Room: Gilman 288
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.458 (01)
The Biggest Hits in Philosophy of Science (20th and 21st Centuries)
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Achinstein, Peter
Gilman 132
PHIL-MODERN
The Biggest Hits in Philosophy of Science (20th and 21st Centuries) AS.150.458 (01)
Readings from Duhem, Carnap, Hempel, Popper, Quine, Kuhn, Feyerabend, van Fraassen, and others who got us where we are in the field today. Quine said: Philosophy of science is philosophy enough. Is it?
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Achinstein, Peter
Room: Gilman 132
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/12
PosTag(s): PHIL-MODERN
AS.150.404 (01)
The Idea of Power
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Lebron, Christopher Joseph
Maryland 202
INST-PT, PHIL-ETHICS
The Idea of Power AS.150.404 (01)
The Idea of Power surveys seminal texts in the history of political thought on the nature, promise, and dangers of political and social power; it also critically engages contemporary texts on race and gender power relations
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Lebron, Christopher Joseph
Room: Maryland 202
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 1/15
PosTag(s): INST-PT, PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.260 (01)
Introduction to Metaphysics
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Taylor, Elanor J.
Gilman 17
PHIL-MIND
Introduction to Metaphysics AS.150.260 (01)
Metaphysics addresses fundamental questions about the nature and structure of reality. This course will offer an introduction to metaphysics, and a survey of metaphysical debates about topics including time, causation, personal identity, God and free will.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Taylor, Elanor J.
Room: Gilman 17
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-MIND
AS.150.421 (01)
Mathematical Logic II
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Rynasiewicz, Robert
Shaffer 303
Mathematical Logic II AS.150.421 (01)
Gödel's two incompleteness theorems regarding, first the 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: Shaffer 303
Status: Open
Seats Available: 13/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.330 (01)
Decisions, Games & Social Choice
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Bledin, Justin
Shaffer 303
COGS-PHLMND
Decisions, Games & Social Choice AS.150.330 (01)
We investigate rational decision making at the individual and group level. In the first section of the course on decision theory, we consider how a single rational agent will act in a choice situation given her knowledge, or lack thereof, about the world and her particular risk profile. In the second section on game theory, we explore different kinds of competitive and cooperative strategic interactions between agents, and we define different kinds of solutions, or equilibria, of these games. We also apply game theory to the study of morality, convention, and the social contract. In the final section of the course on social choice theory, we turn to group decision making with a focus on the impossibility results of Arrow and Sen.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Bledin, Justin
Room: Shaffer 303
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 1/50
PosTag(s): COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.430 (01)
Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit
Th 9:00AM - 11:30AM
Forster, Eckart
Gilman 288
Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit AS.150.430 (01)
An in-depth study of Hegel's masterpiece, the Phenomenology of Spirit. We will be concentrating on the first half of the text.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 9:00AM - 11:30AM
Instructor: Forster, Eckart
Room: Gilman 288
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.436 (01)
Philosophy of Gender
MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Taylor, Elanor J.
Gilman 288
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: Gilman 288
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 2/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-MIND
AS.300.402 (01)
What is a Person? Humans, Corporations, Robots, Trees
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Siraganian, Lisa Michele
Gilman 208
What is a Person? Humans, Corporations, Robots, Trees AS.300.402 (01)
Knowing who or what counts as a person seems straightforward, until we consider the many kinds of creatures, objects, and artificial beings that have been granted—or demanded or denied—that status. This course investigates recent debates about being a person in literature and law. Questions examined will include: Should trees have standing? Can corporations have religious beliefs? Could a robot sign a contract? Although our explorations will be focused on these questions, the genre of materials examined will be wide-ranging (including legal essays, philosophy, contemporary novels, and film). Texts will include novels by William Gibson and Lydia Millet, essays by John Dewey and Daniel Dennett, and films such as Ex Machinaand Her.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Siraganian, Lisa Michele
Room: Gilman 208
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.486 (01)
Moral Imagination
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Lebron, Christopher Joseph
Wolman MPR
PHIL-ETHICS
Moral Imagination AS.150.486 (01)
This course explores the relationship between moral principles and how we use imagination to put or fail to put principles to work. We will read widely and eclectically in exploring this relationship.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Lebron, Christopher Joseph
Room: Wolman MPR
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/15
PosTag(s): PHIL-ETHICS
AS.194.401 (01)
Themes in Medieval Islamic Thought
W 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Ferrario, Gabriele
Gilman 300
ISLM-ISLMST
Themes in Medieval Islamic Thought AS.194.401 (01)
This seminar examines medieval Muslim thinkers who addressed themes at the intersection of theology, philosophy, science, and ethics: the definition of the nature of God’s attributes, His uniqueness, transcendence and omnipotence; human freewill and the limits of human knowledge; the nature of the world; and the relationship among reason, religion, and science. The course will look at how these and other crucial themes were addressed by major medieval philosophers and philosophical schools not only in Islam, but also in Judaism and Christianity, and highlight similarities and differences among the three major monotheistic faiths.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Instructor: Ferrario, Gabriele
Room: Gilman 300
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/15
PosTag(s): ISLM-ISLMST
AS.150.492 (01)
Plato's Republic
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Moyar, Dean
Gilman 400
INST-PT
Plato's Republic AS.150.492 (01)
This course will be a close reading of Plato's Republic, with special attention to the parallel of city and soul, the relevance of metaphysics to politics, and the relation of aristocracy, democracy and tyranny.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Moyar, Dean
Room: Gilman 400
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/15
PosTag(s): INST-PT
AS.225.328 (01)
The Existential Drama: Philosophy and Theatre of the Absurd
M 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Martin, Joseph H
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.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Instructor: Martin, Joseph H
Room: Merrick 105
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.480 (01)
Death and Dying
F 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Bok, Hilary
Ames 218
Death and Dying AS.150.480 (01)
What is death? How should we think about death? How should we think about it? How should we treat those who are dying including ourselves? This course will examine these and other philosophical questions.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: F 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Bok, Hilary
Room: Ames 218
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/40
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.482 (01)
Food Ethics
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Barnhill, Anne Elizabeth
Gilman 288
ENVS-MAJOR, ENVS-MINOR
Food Ethics AS.150.482 (01)
Eating is an essential human activity: we need to eat to survive. But how should we eat? In this course, we consider such ethical questions as: Is it morally wrong to make animals suffer and to kill them in order to eat them? What is the extent of hunger and food insecurity, in this country and globally, and what should we as individuals do about it? Should the government try to influence our food choices, to make them healthier?
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Barnhill, Anne Elizabeth
Room: Gilman 288
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 2/20
PosTag(s): ENVS-MAJOR, ENVS-MINOR
AS.150.260 (02)
Introduction to Metaphysics
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Taylor, Elanor J.
Gilman 17
PHIL-MIND
Introduction to Metaphysics AS.150.260 (02)
Metaphysics addresses fundamental questions about the nature and structure of reality. This course will offer an introduction to metaphysics, and a survey of metaphysical debates about topics including time, causation, personal identity, God and free will.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Taylor, Elanor J.
Room: Gilman 17
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-MIND
AS.150.205 (04)
Intro Hist of Mod Philos
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Williams, Michael
Levering Arellano
PHIL-MODERN, MSCH-HUM, INST-GLOBAL, INST-PT
Intro Hist of Mod Philos AS.150.205 (04)
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 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
The class will serve as a high level introduction to moral philosophy. No background in philosophy is required. We examine three classic theories in normative ethics (virtue ethics, Kantian moral philosophy, and consequentialism), and challenges to those theories. We also cover topics in meta-ethics (with a focus on reasons and values).
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM
