The meaning and moral importance of death will be explored through a series of questions: What is death? Is death a bad thing? Do people survive...
Ethical analysis of issues arising in contemporary business life. Sample topics: ethical codes in business; fair and unfair competition, advertising...
An investigation of ways that contemporary philosophers deal with concepts of gender and sexuality, addressing such issues as the regulation and...
A study of some main problems in legal philosophy. Emphasis is given to actual law, e.g. criminal law and contracts, as a background to questions of...
A study of contemporary philosophical discussions of terrorism, including different perspectives on the question of whether terrorism is morally...
An examination of the role played by philosophical ideas in 19th and 20th century literature and of some of the philosophical ideas underlying modern...
A critical examination of key works of Greek philosophers with major emphasis on Plato and Aristotle. Antirequisite(s): Prerequisite(s): ...
A critical examination of key works of selected figures of the 17th and 18th centuries. Antirequisite(s): Prerequisite(s): Corequisite(s): Pre-or ...
A general historical survey of ideas in the physical and biological sciences from antiquity to the early 20th century. This course will also examine...
A study of sentential and predicate logic designed to train students to use procedures and systems (trees, natural deduction, axiomatic systems) for...
A survey of some important basic concepts of mathematics in an historical setting, and in relation to the broader history of ideas. Topics may...
A review of the techniques of logical analysis and evaluation coupled with a careful study of the formal syntax and semantics of sentential and...
Modern approaches to the resolution of decisions in situations of uncertainty. Topics include: philosophical evaluation of principles of rationality,...
A survey of contemporary and historical philosophical works on language. Topics may include: What is a language? How are language and thought related?...
A discussion of conceptual problems which fall between science and philosophy, as well as broader epistemological issues concerning theory change and...
An examination of philosophical problems to which modern physical theories of quantum mechanics and relativity have given rise. No previous formal...
An historical introduction to the Philosophy of Biology examining the development of evolutionary theory from Aristotle to Darwin and the ways in...
A study of the relationships between scientific practice, cultural institutions, and human values. Attention will be devoted to such topics as the...
An introduction to philosophy of mind, drawing on contemporary and historical sources. Topics may include: knowledge of other minds; free will;...
Do emotions interfere with reason and morality or are they required for both? Are emotions primarily biological or are they social constructions?...