PHIL 415-01
Zeynep Soysal
MW 2:00PM - 3:15PM
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This course is an introduction to metalogic. Topics covered include basic elements of set theory, and the model-theoretic treatment of sentential and first-order logic (completeness, compactness, and Lwenheim-Skolem theorems).
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- Morey Room 502 (MW 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
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PHIL 420-01
Earl Conee
TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM
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The course will be a study of the work of major twentieth century philosophers on fundamental questions in ethics, such as: What is really meant by value terms like 'good', 'evil', 'right', and 'wrong'? How could we ever know what has value and what we morally ought to do? Are there any universally applicable ethical norms, or is morality subjective or otherwise relativized? Readings from Moore, Ross, Ayer, Stevenson, etc. This course may be taken for upper-level writing credit.
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- Wilmot Room 116 (TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
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PHIL 421-01
Richard Dees
TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM
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Particularly in n an election year, we should think carefully about the meaning and justification of the American Republic. In this course, we will study the founding of the United States by examining the political theory which sparked the revolution itself and which lay behind the writing of the Constitution. We will look at some of the key works that were read by the Founders, particularly the works of John Locke, the Baron de Montesquieu, and David Hume. But we will also look at important works that from the period surrounding the revolution and the writing of the Constitution, like those by Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton, and we also look at writers that were sometimes ignored at the time, like those from Black authors and women. The eighteenth century was a time of remarkable intellectual activity in the West, and the Americans played a central role in it, both reflecting the thought in Europe and influencing the course of thoughts and events there. Although it was over 200 years ago, the eighteenth century was a modern period: their concerns are largely our concerns. But since they come from a different background, they approach these concerns in a different and (I hope) illuminating way. So we want to examine these ideas in their context, but we also want to see what these thinkers can tell us about the role and nature of government and of society.
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- Dewey Room 2110D (TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
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PHIL 423-01
Rosa Terlazzo
MW 3:25PM - 4:40PM
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An inquiry into the nature of human society, the role of the state, and relation of moral to legal obligations.
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- Gavett Hall Room 202 (MW 3:25PM - 4:40PM)
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PHIL 428-1
Richard Dees
TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM
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Most health care ethics focuses on the individual decisions about health care, but many ethical questions have implications for society at large. The demands that individual health decisions make on the system may create collective problems, and conversely, the needs of society may limit the freedoms that individuals think they should have. Public health ethics then, lie at the intersection of medicine, political philosophy, and public policy. This course will examine the values of health, social needs, and freedom through a systematic examination of situations in which these conflicts arise.
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- Goergen Hall Room 108 (TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM)
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PHIL 431-01
Rosa Terlazzo
MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM
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In this course, we will explore several main questions: What are race and gender? What do we want race and gender to be? How might our treatment of applied issues in race- and gender-related areas change if we reimagined the concepts? When we look at the world around us, it seems clear that race and gender are real categories – after all, some people are obviously disadvantaged by their race or gender, and other people are obviously advantaged. But just how should we think about these categories? Are they biological realities? Are they “mere” social realities? Or are we mistaken, and do they not meaningfully exist at all? In this course, we will explore the roles that these concepts play in the real world and how these concepts could be reimagined as effective tools for changing our world for the better.
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- Morey Room 501 (MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
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PHIL 438-01
Randall Curren
TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM
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Moral psychology is a subfield of philosophy that addresses ethically significant states, aspects, and attributes of human beings and their lives, such as conscious agency, motivation, meaning in life, moral perception and judgment, relationships between reasoning and emotion, responsibility, virtues, valuing, well-being, happiness, friendship, and love. It is a very active arena of research in which philosophers and psychologists influence each other’s work and sometimes collaborate. We will read both traditional philosophical works and cutting-edge research at the interface of philosophy and psychology.
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- Wilmot Room 116 (TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM)
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PHIL 442-01
Paul Audi
TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM
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Investigates topics in contemporary metaphysics, including questions about the existence and persistence conditions of abstract and material objects; the nature of space and time; the possibility of time travel; the status of quantum mechanics. No prior courses in science required.
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- Morey Room 525 (TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM)
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PHIL 443-1
Yanssel Garcia
MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM
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The course addresses major questions in epistemology using a textbook, Richard Feldman's Epistemology, and recent philosophical readings. The questions include: What is knowledge? Do context or practical concerns affect what we know? Do we really know anything about the world around us? What makes a belief justified? When is disagreement rational?
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- Lechase Room 104 (MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM)
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PHIL 447-1
Jens Kipper
TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM
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General nature of language and specific puzzles about language: the nature of truth and meaning, speech acts, reference, propositional attitudes, metaphor, understanding, interpretation, indeterminacy, etc. (PHIL 110 is recommended prior to taking this course.)
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- Dewey Room 2110E (TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM)
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PHIL 457-1
Jens Kipper
TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM
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Many people believe that very soon, artificial intelligence is going to be everywhere. Artificial systems will steer cars, ships, and planes, care for the sick, fight fires and fight wars for us, organize our schedules, order our food, etc. But what exactly is an artificial intelligence? And can there be artificial systems that truly think, or feel? In this course, we will address questions like these from a philosophical perspective. In doing so, we will encounter some of the most fundamental issues in the philosophy of mind‹for example, what are thoughts and feelings, and how might they relate to physical states of our brains, or to computational states? We will then examine how artificial systems, such as artificial neural networks, function, and discuss what they might teach us about the mind in general and about human minds in particular. Finally, we will consider the consequences that the development and application of artificial intelligence might have for humanity.
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- Meliora Room 221 (TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
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PHIL 491-1
Mark Povich
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 491-2
Zeynep Soysal
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 502-1
Zeynep Soysal
T 1:00PM - 3:40PM
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Selected topics in social epistemology, including journalism, misinformation, and fake news.
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- Lattimore Room 531 (T 1:00PM - 3:40PM)
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PHIL 517-2
Robert Fischer
M 2:00PM - 4:40PM
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Critical exploration of work in contemporary metaethics and normative ethical theory and its applications.
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- Lattimore Room 531 (M 2:00PM - 4:40PM)
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PHIL 560-04
William FitzPatrick
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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Study of recent articles; writing short commentaries, replies, criticisms. Covers various topics under guidance of several faculty members.
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PHIL 560-1
Randall Curren
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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Study of recent articles; writing short commentaries, replies, criticisms. Covers various topics under guidance of several faculty members.
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PHIL 560-2
Paul Audi
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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Study of recent articles; writing short commentaries, replies, criticisms. Covers various topics under guidance of several faculty members.
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PHIL 560-3
Earl Conee
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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Study of recent articles; writing short commentaries, replies, criticisms. Covers various topics under guidance of several faculty members.
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PHIL 581-1
Randall Curren
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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Continuation of PHL 580, with practice lecturing to the undergraduate classes.
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PHIL 581-2
Jens Kipper
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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8/29/23 - CK created section for instructor Jens Kipper Continuation of PHL 580, with practice lecturing to the undergraduate classes.
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PHIL 581-3
Zeynep Soysal
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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Continuation of PHL 580, with practice lecturing to the undergraduate classes.
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PHIL 581-4
William FitzPatrick
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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Continuation of PHL 580, with practice lecturing to the undergraduate classes.
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PHIL 591-1
Paul Audi
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 591-11
Jens Kipper
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 591-12
Mark Povich
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 591-2
Earl Conee
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 591-3
Randall Curren
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 591-4
Richard Dees
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 591-5
William FitzPatrick
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 591-6
Alison Peterman
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 591-7
Zeynep Soysal
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 591-8
Rosa Terlazzo
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 591-9
Richard Feldman
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 595-09
Jens Kipper
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 595-1
Paul Audi
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 595-2
Earl Conee
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 595-3
Randall Curren
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 595-4
Richard Feldman
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 595-5
William FitzPatrick
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 595-6
Alison Peterman
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 595-7
Zeynep Soysal
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 595-8
Rosa Terlazzo
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 595A-1
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 895-1
Jens Kipper
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 897-1
Jens Kipper
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 986V-1
Richard Feldman
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 995-1
Jens Kipper
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 997-1
Jens Kipper
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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PHIL 999-1
Jens Kipper
7:00PM - 7:00PM
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