Issues and theories in recent philosophy of language. Topics may include: what meaning is; the contrast between "meaning as use" and formalist...
Philosophical perspectives on linguistic issues and the science of linguistics. Sample topics: the evidence base for linguistics; what linguistics...
Most observed processes are asymmetric. Cream stirs into coffee but doesn't stir out. This relates to the direction of time: ordered states evolve...
Though quantum mechanics is a well-tested and accepted part of physics, debate continues about what the success of this theory tells us about the...
Philosophical issues raised by the physics of space and time: are space and time objectively real or merely abstractions from spatial and temporal...
In-depth examination of contemporary philosophical debates arising from modern biology. Topics explored may include the structure of evolutionary...
An introduction to philosophical methods including reading and writing philosophical arguments, followed by five topical modules. Four modules focus...
Advanced topics in the philosophy of mind. Topics may include: the metaphysics of mind -- from Cartesian Dualism, through Behaviorism and Identity...
Conceptual issues arising in psychology. Topics may include: modularity, nativism, theory of mind, the theory theory, simulation theory, concept...
An investigation of how neuroscience, artificial intelligence research, linguistics, psychology, and philosophy of mind contribute to our...
A study of topics in perception such as the status of qualia, sense-datum theories, adverbial theory, phenomenalism, functionalism, representionalism,...
Problems in contemporary theory of knowledge. Topics may include epistemic justification, modern skepticism, foundationalism and coherentism,...
An examination of 20th century and contemporary continental philosophy. Readings will be drawn from phenomenological, deconstructive,...
An introduction to current debate on metaphysical questions. Topics may include the nature of space and time, the status of phenomenal sensible...
Metaethics is the area of moral philosophy in which we inquire about, among other things, the status of moral claims, the meaning of moral terms, the...
Moral philosophers engaged in normative ethics seek to articulate and justify systems of normative standards
A seminar in political and legal philosophy. Sample topics: the distinction between corrective and distributive justice, the use of class actions as a...
An investigation of issues in the philosophy of art and aesthetics. Topics include: characteristics of the various arts; the fine arts, arts and...
A study of selected philosophical problems. The problems vary from year to year. More detailed information concerning content and prerequisites may be...