printer friendly pagePHIL 309: Hume's Psychology and Political Theory
This seminar will concentrate on Humes' political ideas, which to a large extent have been neglected, both by philosophers and political scientists. We will read passages from three important works of Hume, as listed above, together with the lively support of a strong view concerning the importance of Hume's ideas about politics. The requirement for the course will be a paper on a subject relevant to the main topic, and mutually agreed to. The first six sessions of the seminar will be held jointly by live video with Professor Russell Hardin of NYU and his students. By the end of the sixth session, NYU¿s Spring Term will have ended. We will decide at that point how many more joint sessions to have, and how much time should be devoted to individual consultation about the paper to be written.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Suppes, P. (PI)
PHIL 322: Hume
Hume's theoretical philosophy emphasizing skepticism and naturalism, the theory of ideas and belief, space and time, causation and necessity, induction and laws of nature, miracles, a priori reasoning, the external world, and the identity of the self.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-4
Instructors:
De Pierris, G. (PI)
PHIL 339: Marx (POLISCI 333S)
This course examines the works of a thinker who radically transformed the ways that we think about modern society. Marx saw fundamental problems with capitalist societies, including: un-freedom, alienation, inequality, and bureaucratization. He developed a theory to account for these problems. Our task will be to read his works critically and to evaluate their contributions to our understanding the relationship between politics, social structure, knowledge and human agency. We will also be especially interested in comparing his view with alternative diagnoses of the problems of modern capitalist societies, especially those of Max Weber and John Rawls.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2-4
Instructors:
Satz, D. (PI)
PHIL 350B: Model Theory B (MATH 290B)
Decidable theories. Model-theoretic background. Dense linear orders, arithmetic of addition, real closed and algebraically closed fields, o-minimal theories.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Mints, G. (PI)
PHIL 351A: Recursion Theory
Theory of recursive functions and recursively enumerable sets. Register machines, Turing machines, and alternative approaches. Gödel's incompleteness theorems. Recursively unsolvable problems in mathematics and logic. Introduction to higher recursion theory. The theory of combinators and the lambda calculus. Prerequisites: 151, 152, and 161, or equivalents.
Last offered: Winter 2006
PHIL 354: Topics in Logic
Complexity of propositional calculi. P=NP problem. Exponential lower bounds for resolution and for intuitionistic derivations. Problem of saving proofs. Complexity of derivations in arithmetic. Inventor's paradox. Synthesis of inductive invariants. Prerequisites:
Phil 151,152 or equivalents.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Mints, G. (PI)
PHIL 359: Topics in Logic, Information and Interaction
Logical analysis of information, interaction and games, with topics connecting philosophy, computer science, game theory, and other fields. The focus is on current research at these interfaces. Prerequisite: 151, 154/254, or equivalent background.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-4
Instructors:
van Benthem, J. (PI)
PHIL 361: Social Dimensions of Science
Study of philosophical issues raised by the social character of scientific research and the relation of scientific inquiry to its broader social, economic, and cultural context.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Longino, H. (PI)
PHIL 369: Philosophy of Linguistics (LINGUIST 204, SYMSYS 204)
Philosophical issues raised by contemporary work in linguistics. Topics include: the subject matter of linguistics (especially internalism vs. externalism), methodology and data (especially the role of quantitative methods and the reliance on intuitions), the relationship between language and thought (varieties of Whorfianism and anti-Whorfianism), nativist arguments about language acquisition, and language evolution.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Wasow, T. (PI)
PHIL 370A: Grad Seminar in Ethics
Conceptions of the self in practical philosophy. Graduate seminar exploring topics at the intersection of personal identity, agency, and morality. Specific topics and authors to be determined.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Dannenberg, J. (PI)
;
Schapiro, T. (PI)
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