printer friendly pagePHIL 10: God, Self, and World: An Introduction to Philosophy
Traditional philosophical problems including the existence of God, how and what one can know about the world, how to understand the nature of the mind and its relation to the body, and whether people have free will. Paradoxes. Readings include classical and contemporary texts.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
PHIL 11N: Skepticism
Preference to freshmen. Historical and contemporary philosophical perspectives on the limits of human knowledge of a mind-independent world and causal laws of nature. The nature and possibility of a priori knowledge.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
Instructors:
De Pierris, G. (PI)
PHIL 14N: Belief
Preference to freshmen. Is there anything wrong with believing something without evidence? Is it possible? The nature and ethics of belief, and belief's relation to evidence and truth. How much control do believers have over their belief?
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-ER
Instructors:
Lawlor, K. (PI)
PHIL 15N: Freedom, Community, and Morality
Preference to freshmen. Does the freedom of the individual conflict with the demands of human community and morality? Or, as some philosophers have maintained, does the freedom of the individual find its highest expression in a moral community of other human beings? Readings include Camus, Mill, Rousseau, and Kant.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-A-II, WAY-ER
Instructors:
Friedman, M. (PI)
PHIL 19N: Practical Reasoning
Preference to freshmen. Practical reasoning aims. Structure of practical reasoning. Practical reasoning as means to ends that are taken as given. Practical reasoning about ends. Practical reasoning concerned with some sort of maximization of some value. Relation between practical reasoning and desire. Relation between practical reasoning and planning. Relation between different views about practical reasoning and different views about morality. Structure of practical reasoning affected by perceptions of subtle features of different situations.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
Instructors:
Bratman, M. (PI)
PHIL 20: Introduction to Moral Philosophy (ETHICSOC 20)
What is the basis of moral judgment? What makes right actions right and wrong actions wrong? What makes a state of affairs good or worth promoting? What is it to have a good or virtuous character? Answers to classic questions in ethics through the works of traditional and contemporary authors.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas
Instructors:
Beals, W. (PI)
;
Schapiro, T. (PI)
;
Beals, W. (TA)
;
Burns, S. (TA)
;
Kreitmair, K. (TA)
PHIL 20S: Introduction to Moral Philosophy
What is the basis of moral judgment? What makes right actions right and wrong actions wrong? What makes a state of affairs good or worth promoting? What is it to have a good or virtuous character? Answers to classic questions in ethics through the works of traditional and contemporary authors.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
Instructors:
McElroy, P. (PI)
PHIL 25SI: The Animal-Human Relationship: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
The ethical, scientific, and spiritual problems that arise from the interaction between humans and other animals. Can animals have empathy? What does it mean for an animal to feel pain? How did humans come to dominate other animals? What moral obligations do humans have towards animals? Where do animals fit in religious thought? Is animal research ethical, and is it effective? What role does meat consumption play in modern society? How can the environmental impacts of livestock production be mitigated? Guest lecturers from philosophy, literature, biology, neurology, religious studies, psychology, anthropology, and environmental science.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Bobonich, C. (PI)
PHIL 30: Introduction to Political Philosophy (ETHICSOC 30, POLISCI 3, PUBLPOL 103A)
State authority, justice, liberty, and equality through major works in political philosophy. Topics include human nature and citizenship, the obligation to obey the law, democracy and economic inequality, equality of opportunity and affirmative action, religion, and politics.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas
PHIL 41Q: Truth
Preference to sophomores. Central issues animating current work in the philosophy of truth. What is truth? What is it about a statement or judgment that makes it true rather than false? Are there any propositions that are neither true nor false? Could truth be relative to individuals or communities? Do people have different notions of truth for different enterprises such as mathematics and ethics? Might truth be a matter of degree? Sources include the instructor's book manuscript and other contemporary writers.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
Instructors:
Burgess, A. (PI)
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