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Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.150.201 (01)
Introduction To Greek Philosophy
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Bett, Richard
Ames 234
PHIL-ANCIEN
Introduction To Greek Philosophy AS.150.201 (01)
A survey of the earlier phase of Greek philosophy. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle will be discussed, as well as two groups of thinkers who preceded them, usually known as the pre-Socratics and the Sophists.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Bett, Richard
Room: Ames 234
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/25
PosTag(s): PHIL-ANCIEN
AS.150.219 (01)
Intro to Bioethics
MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Bok, Hilary
Shaffer 3
PHIL-BIOETH, PHIL-ETHICS, BEHB-SOCSCI, MSCH-HUM
Intro to Bioethics AS.150.219 (01)
Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
A survey of the earlier phase of Greek philosophy. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle will be discussed, as well as two groups of thinkers who preceded them, usually known as the pre-Socratics and the Sophists.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Bett, Richard
Room: Ames 234
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/15
PosTag(s): PHIL-ANCIEN
AS.001.182 (01)
FYS: Seeing Things
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Phillips, Ian B
Gilman 134
FYS: Seeing Things AS.001.182 (01)
This First-Year Seminar will explore diverse aspects of how we see and fail to see the world. We’ll discuss questions such as: What can we learn about vision from illusions and hallucinations? What explains why we sometimes miss things even though we’re looking right at them? Does what we believe and desire affect what we see? What happens to our visual experience when the brain is damaged, for example in conditions such as “blindsight,” “neglect” and “visual form agnosia”? And: Is there such a thing as subliminal or unconscious perception? Though primarily psychological, the course will draw on other disciplines, especially the philosophy of perception. We’ll also think about some of the ways visual artists and magicians exploit the workings of our visual systems to achieve their aims. This will likely involve at least one outing to a local art gallery to look for examples of what we’ve learned, an in-class screening, and hopefully a guest speaker or two.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Phillips, Ian B
Room: Gilman 134
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/12
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.001.211 (01)
FYS: Getting a Life
MW 10:00AM - 11:15AM
Velleman, David David
Gilman 413
FYS: Getting a Life AS.001.211 (01)
Every person has a life to live, but what is this thing, “a life”, that every person has? To begin with, it’s just the temporally extended existence of the person, the proverbial three score and ten. But a person’s life is more than that, because it follows a natural progression of life-stages, from childhood to adolescence to middle age to senescence. And it’s even more still, since it is partly the creation of the person living it, who can plan it, evaluate it, anticipate its future, and remember its past. In this First-Year Seminar, we will explore these and other aspects of a person’s life through works of literature and philosophy. What makes you the same person throughout the different stages of your life? How does the passage of time color your perception of life? What makes for a good life? A meaningful life? Should you be grateful for having been born or dismayed at having to die?
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 11:15AM
Instructor: Velleman, David David
Room: Gilman 413
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/12
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.001.202 (01)
FYS: The Human Face of Addiction
T 1:15PM - 3:45PM
Pickard, Hanna
Gilman 288
FYS: The Human Face of Addiction AS.001.202 (01)
The current paradigm for understanding addiction is a brain disease of compulsion, investigated in large part through animal models. Yet addiction in humans has dimensions of meaning and suffering alike that cannot be captured by neuroscience or modelled in animals. This First-Year Seminar explores addiction by combining what we know from addiction science with what we know from philosophy and the humanities, as well as therapy, journalism, film, and autobiographical narratives. We will work to understand the puzzle of why people use drugs in ways that can come to destroy their lives through these various lenses and without recourse to stigma, dogma, or dehumanization. This interdisciplinary course will develop students' skills in reading, analytic thinking, and writing; we will also visit an animal lab.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:15PM - 3:45PM
Instructor: Pickard, Hanna
Room: Gilman 288
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/12
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.219 (02)
Intro to Bioethics
MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Bok, Hilary
Shaffer 3
PHIL-BIOETH, PHIL-ETHICS, BEHB-SOCSCI, MSCH-HUM
Intro to Bioethics AS.150.219 (02)
Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
This First-year Seminar will study the direction of time, pointing from past to future. It will primarily be based on the physics of entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics, covering aspects of statistical mechanics, probability, and cosmology. But it will also touch on how time's arrow manifests itself in the macroscopic world, including questions of memory, prediction, aging, and causality.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Carroll, Sean Michael
Room: Bloomberg 259
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/12
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.183 (03)
The Scientific Method: Historical and Contemporary Approaches
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Achinstein, Peter; Ismael, Jenann T
Gilman 55
PHIL-LOGSCI, MSCH-HUM
The Scientific Method: Historical and Contemporary Approaches AS.150.183 (03)
Some scientists and philosophers believe that there is a universal scientific method for discovering and proving truths about the world. Other scientists and philosophers deny that such a method exists. Those in the first camp defend various viewpoints, including rationalism, inductivism, hypothetico-deductivism, and retroduction. Those in the second camp argue that these methods do not work universally and that what method a scientist should use is not general but is specific to the scientific problem and situation. In this introductory course we examine various universal methods proposed by scientists and philosophers including Rene Descartes and Isaac Newton in the 17th century, William Whewell and John Stuart Mill in the 19th, and various writers in the 20 and 21st. We also examine works of contemporary writers, including Thomas Kuhn and Paul Feyerabend, who reject all universal methods and claim that science is most innovative and successful when these methods are violated. Who is right, and why?
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Instructor: Achinstein, Peter; Ismael, Jenann T
Room: Gilman 55
Status: Open
Seats Available: 19/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-LOGSCI, MSCH-HUM
AS.150.183 (01)
The Scientific Method: Historical and Contemporary Approaches
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Achinstein, Peter; Ismael, Jenann T
Gilman 55
PHIL-LOGSCI, MSCH-HUM
The Scientific Method: Historical and Contemporary Approaches AS.150.183 (01)
Some scientists and philosophers believe that there is a universal scientific method for discovering and proving truths about the world. Other scientists and philosophers deny that such a method exists. Those in the first camp defend various viewpoints, including rationalism, inductivism, hypothetico-deductivism, and retroduction. Those in the second camp argue that these methods do not work universally and that what method a scientist should use is not general but is specific to the scientific problem and situation. In this introductory course we examine various universal methods proposed by scientists and philosophers including Rene Descartes and Isaac Newton in the 17th century, William Whewell and John Stuart Mill in the 19th, and various writers in the 20 and 21st. We also examine works of contemporary writers, including Thomas Kuhn and Paul Feyerabend, who reject all universal methods and claim that science is most innovative and successful when these methods are violated. Who is right, and why?
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Achinstein, Peter; Ismael, Jenann T
Room: Gilman 55
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-LOGSCI, MSCH-HUM
AS.150.219 (04)
Intro to Bioethics
MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Bok, Hilary
Shaffer 3
PHIL-BIOETH, PHIL-ETHICS, BEHB-SOCSCI, MSCH-HUM
Intro to Bioethics AS.150.219 (04)
Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 4:30PM - 5:20PM
If we know anything, it is natural to think it is our own minds. Despite this, philosophers have long disagreed about the natures of the states which make up our minds. And there is equally little agreement as to what makes such states count as mental in the first place. This course will investigate the nature of different aspects of mind and their interrelations. Time permitting, we will explore debates and puzzles about perception, memory, imagination, dreaming, pain and bodily sensation, emotion, action, volition and those states commonly classed as propositional attitudes: knowledge, belief, desire and intention. This will put us in a position to ask what if anything unifies such phenomena as mental
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Phillips, Ian B
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM, PHIL-MIND, COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.219 (09)
Intro to Bioethics
MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Bok, Hilary
Shaffer 3
PHIL-BIOETH, PHIL-ETHICS, BEHB-SOCSCI, MSCH-HUM
Intro to Bioethics AS.150.219 (09)
Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 4:30PM - 5:20PM
If we know anything, it is natural to think it is our own minds. Despite this, philosophers have long disagreed about the natures of the states which make up our minds. And there is equally little agreement as to what makes such states count as mental in the first place. This course will investigate the nature of different aspects of mind and their interrelations. Time permitting, we will explore debates and puzzles about perception, memory, imagination, dreaming, pain and bodily sensation, emotion, action, volition and those states commonly classed as propositional attitudes: knowledge, belief, desire and intention. This will put us in a position to ask what if anything unifies such phenomena as mental
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Instructor: Phillips, Ian B
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Open
Seats Available: 18/20
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM, PHIL-MIND, COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.338 (01)
The Philosophy of Conspiracy Theories
MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Ross, Ryan Daniel
Krieger 304
The Philosophy of Conspiracy Theories AS.150.338 (01)
The study of conspiracy theories is of increasing societal importance. The course will largely focus on two main questions: What are conspiracy theories? And when, if ever, is it rational to believe a conspiracy theory? Answering the first question will involve determining whether we should conceive of conspiracy theories as necessarily having a negative connotation. Answering the second question will involve assessing philosophical arguments that have been given for and against the potential rationality of conspiracy theories.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Ross, Ryan Daniel
Room: Krieger 304
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/18
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.223 (01)
Formal Methods of Philosophy
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Bledin, Justin
Gilman 75
COGS-PHLMND, PHIL-LOGSCI
Formal Methods of Philosophy AS.150.223 (01)
For better or for worse (and we think better), during the last century or so, philosophy has become infused with logic. Logic informs nearly every area of philosophy; it is part of our shared language and knowledge base. Vast segments of literature, especially in contemporary analytic philosophy, presuppose basic competence in logic and a familiarity with associated formal methods, particularly set theoretical. The standard philosophy curriculum should therefore guarantee a minimum level of logic literacy, thus enabling students to read the literature without it seeming like an impenetrable foreign tongue. This course is an introductory survey of the formal methods that a contemporary philosopher should be familiar with. It is not mathematically demanding in the way that more advanced courses in metalogic and specialized topics may be. The emphasis is on basic comprehension, not on mathematical virtuosity.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Bledin, Justin
Room: Gilman 75
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): COGS-PHLMND, PHIL-LOGSCI
AS.150.245 (02)
Philosophy of Mind
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Phillips, Ian B
Gilman 50
MSCH-HUM, PHIL-MIND, COGS-PHLMND
Philosophy of Mind AS.150.245 (02)
If we know anything, it is natural to think it is our own minds. Despite this, philosophers have long disagreed about the natures of the states which make up our minds. And there is equally little agreement as to what makes such states count as mental in the first place. This course will investigate the nature of different aspects of mind and their interrelations. Time permitting, we will explore debates and puzzles about perception, memory, imagination, dreaming, pain and bodily sensation, emotion, action, volition and those states commonly classed as propositional attitudes: knowledge, belief, desire and intention. This will put us in a position to ask what if anything unifies such phenomena as mental
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Instructor: Phillips, Ian B
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM, PHIL-MIND, COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.245 (03)
Philosophy of Mind
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Phillips, Ian B
Gilman 50
MSCH-HUM, PHIL-MIND, COGS-PHLMND
Philosophy of Mind AS.150.245 (03)
If we know anything, it is natural to think it is our own minds. Despite this, philosophers have long disagreed about the natures of the states which make up our minds. And there is equally little agreement as to what makes such states count as mental in the first place. This course will investigate the nature of different aspects of mind and their interrelations. Time permitting, we will explore debates and puzzles about perception, memory, imagination, dreaming, pain and bodily sensation, emotion, action, volition and those states commonly classed as propositional attitudes: knowledge, belief, desire and intention. This will put us in a position to ask what if anything unifies such phenomena as mental
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Phillips, Ian B
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/20
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM, PHIL-MIND, COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.300 (01)
Prometheus Editorial Workshop
T 7:00PM - 7:50PM
Staff
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 - 7:50PM
Instructor: Staff
Room: Gilman 288
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/25
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.333 (01)
An Iconoclast in Islamic Philosophy: Abu Bakr al-Razi
F 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Gungor, Huseyin
Gilman 288
An Iconoclast in Islamic Philosophy: Abu Bakr al-Razi AS.150.333 (01)
Abū Bakr al-Rāzī was a fascinating philosopher and physician in the golden age of Islam. He was credited with being the first to apply placebos in clinical trials and scientifically distinguishing measles from smallpox. He also applied his rigorous methodology in medicine to philosophy. He provided very original arguments for surprising conclusions on topics ranging from metaphysics to religion. In this course we will survey al-Razi’s philosophy in general. We will both learn and examine al-Razi’s philosophical ideas on metaphysics, ethics and religion as well as the relevant philosophical background for his philosophy. We will also compare his ideas in various fields of philosophy to contemporary approaches to these issues. Recommended Course Background: Introductory Philosophy Course.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: F 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Gungor, Huseyin
Room: Gilman 288
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.413 (01)
The Nature of Consciousness in Kant and Beyond
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Kraus, Katharina
Gilman 288
PHIL-MODERN
The Nature of Consciousness in Kant and Beyond AS.150.413 (01)
This course examines theories of consciousness in Kant and selected post-Kantian thinkers in the German tradition, including Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, and Edmund Husserl. Important topics includes the unity of consciousness, the perspectival nature of consciousness, subjectivity, reflexivity and self-consciousness, temporality and phenomenal qualities, intentionality, objectivity and intersubjectivity. Emphasis will be placed on close reading of the original texts, historically informed interpretation, and systematic argumentation.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Kraus, Katharina
Room: Gilman 288
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 6/15
PosTag(s): PHIL-MODERN
AS.150.345 (01)
Me, Myself, and I: Personal Identity and the Self
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Ringer, Sonya Maxine
Gilman 288
PHIL-MIND, COGS-PHLMND
Me, Myself, and I: Personal Identity and the Self AS.150.345 (01)
This course focuses on two questions: (1) What am I? And (2) who am I? The first question is the central problem in the personal identity literature—a core topic analytic philosophy. Philosophers have offered a wide variety of answers, including souls, persons, brains, human animals, and nothing at all, often through fantastical thought experiments. The second question concerns the self—the stable traits and characteristics that make you the sort of person you are and underwrite your choices and actions. In this course, we will examine the foundations of these topics, as well as their applications to issues like pregnancy, dementia, addiction, and attitudes towards death. Recommended Course Background: Introductory Philosophy Course.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Ringer, Sonya Maxine
Room: Gilman 288
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/18
PosTag(s): PHIL-MIND, COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.420 (01)
Mathematical Logic I
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Rynasiewicz, Robert
Gilman 288
PHIL-LOGSCI
Mathematical Logic I AS.150.420 (01)
Mathematical Logic I (H,Q) is the first semester of a year long course studying the logical methods used in mathematical reasoning. The first semester explores the construction of formal languages in which to cast mathematical discourse, introduces systems of proof for deriving propositions from assumptions, and develops a formal semantics that provides a precise criterion of logical consequence. We expect a system of proof to allow the derivation only of propositions that are logical consequences of the assumptions (soundness). A principle result establishes the converse: these systems of proof are such that any logical consequence is derivable (completeness). This provides us with a purely mathematical characterization of logic within which mathematical theories can be formulated and their properties studied (decidability, axiomatizability, consistency, completeness), a pursuit commonly known as metamathematics.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Rynasiewicz, Robert
Room: Gilman 288
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 4/10
PosTag(s): PHIL-LOGSCI
AS.150.482 (01)
Food Ethics
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Barnhill, Anne
Bloomberg 176
PHIL-BIOETH, 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
Room: Bloomberg 176
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 12/30
PosTag(s): PHIL-BIOETH, ENVS-MAJOR, ENVS-MINOR
AS.150.434 (01)
Formal Methods of Philosophy
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Bledin, Justin
Gilman 75
PHIL-LOGSCI, COGS-PHLMND
Formal Methods of Philosophy AS.150.434 (01)
For better or for worse (and we think better), during the last century or so, philosophy has become infused with logic. Logic informs nearly every area of philosophy; it is part of our shared language and knowledge base. Vast segments of literature, especially in contemporary analytic philosophy, presuppose basic competence in logic and a familiarity with associated formal methods, particularly set theoretical. The standard philosophy curriculum should therefore guarantee a minimum level of logic literacy, thus enabling students to read the literature without it seeming like an impenetrable foreign tongue. This course is an introductory survey of the formal methods that a contemporary philosopher should be familiar with. It is not mathematically demanding in the way that more advanced courses in metalogic and specialized topics may be. The emphasis is on basic comprehension, not on mathematical virtuosity. Co-taught with AS.150.223 Formal Methods of Philosophy.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Bledin, Justin
Room: Gilman 75
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 2/12
PosTag(s): PHIL-LOGSCI, COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.470 (01)
Philosophical Naturalism
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Carroll, Sean Michael
Gilman 288
PHIL-MIND, MSCH-HUM
Philosophical Naturalism AS.150.470 (01)
Naturalism, in the philosophical sense, is the claim that the natural world is the entire world -- there is no need for anything supernatural or non-natural in our best understanding of reality. This course will discuss varieties of philosophical naturalism as well as the related notions of materialism and physicalism. We will investigate challenges to naturalism from a variety of sources -- the origin of the universe, the origin of life, consciousness, morality, and meaning -- and how they might be overcome. We will also touch on the ontological status of mathematical objects, laws of physics, and other worlds.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Carroll, Sean Michael
Room: Gilman 288
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/12
PosTag(s): PHIL-MIND, MSCH-HUM
AS.150.488 (01)
Hume's Treatise of Human Nature
M 4:30PM - 7:00PM
Melamed, Yitzhak Yohanan; Williams, Michael
Gilman 288
PHIL-MODERN
Hume's Treatise of Human Nature AS.150.488 (01)
This is a close study of David Hume's major work, the Treatise of Human Nature.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 4:30PM - 7:00PM
Instructor: Melamed, Yitzhak Yohanan; Williams, Michael
Room: Gilman 288
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 4/15
PosTag(s): PHIL-MODERN
AS.150.490 (01)
Mutual Recognition
M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Moyar, Dean
Croft Hall G02
COGS-PHLMND
Mutual Recognition AS.150.490 (01)
This course will examine the historical origins of mutual recognition theory in J.G. Fichte and G.W.F. Hegel, and then turn to the recent appropriations of mutual recognition by Jürgen Habermas, Axel Honneth, Judith Butler, and others.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Moyar, Dean
Room: Croft Hall G02
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 2/15
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AS.211.265 (01)
Panorama of German Thought
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Jelavich, Peter
Hodson 316
INST-GLOBAL, INST-PT, HIST-EUROPE
Panorama of German Thought AS.211.265 (01)
This course will survey German ideas—in philosophy, social and political theory, and drama—since the Enlightenment. Authors include Kant, Schiller, Lessing, Goethe, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Weber, Horkheimer, and Adorno.
