PHIL 293C: Film & Philosophy (COMPLIT 154A, FRENCH 154, ITALIAN 154, PHIL 193C)
Issues of freedom, morality, faith, knowledge, personal identity, and the value of truth explored through film; philosophical investigation of the filmic medium itself. Screenings to include Twelve Monkeys (Gilliam), Ordet (Dreyer), The Dark Knight (Nolan), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Allen), and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Kaufman). Taught in English.
Last offered: Spring 2013
PHIL 300: Proseminar
Topically focused seminar. Required of all first year Philosophy PhD students
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Crimmins, M. (PI)
PHIL 301: Dissertation Development Proseminar
A required seminar for third year philosophy PhD students, designed to extend and consolidate work done in the dissertation development seminar the previous summer.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 2-4
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 8 units total)
Instructors:
Lawlor, K. (PI)
PHIL 305R: JUST AND UNJUST WARS (ETHICSOC 205R, ETHICSOC 305R, PHIL 205R)
War is violent, but also a means by which political communities pursue collective interests. When, in light of these features, is the recourse to armed force justified? Pacifists argue that because war is so violent it is never justified, and that there is no such thing as a just war. Realists, in contrast, argue that war is simply a fact of life and not a proper subject for moral judgment, any more than we would judge an attack by a pack of wolves in moral terms. In between is just war theory, which claims that some wars, but not all, are morally justified. We will explore these theories, and will consider how just war theory comports with international law rules governing recourse to force. We will also explore justice in war, that is, the moral and legal rules governing the conduct of war, such as the requirement to avoid targeting non-combatants. Finally, we will consider how war should be terminated; what should be the nature of justified peace? We will critically evaluate the application of just war theory in the context of contemporary security problems, including: (1) transnational conflicts between states and nonstate groups and the so-called "war on terrorism"; (2) civil wars; (3) demands for military intervention to halt humanitarian atrocities taking place in another state. Same as
LAW 751.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Margalit, A. (PI)
;
Weiner, A. (PI)
PHIL 306C: Plato on Eros and Beauty (CLASSICS 336)
We read Plato's Symposium and Phaedrus; topics: love, beauty, language (oral and written). Graduate seminar, but open to seniors.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Nightingale, A. (PI)
PHIL 309C: Aristotle's Metaphysics Zeta and its Medieval Reception: Definition
Grad seminar on the medieval reception of Book Zeta of Aristotle's Metaphysics.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Code, A. (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 330: Social and Political Philosophy of Hegel and Marx (ETHICSOC 330R, POLISCI 330)
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Ryan, A. (PI)
PHIL 332: Nietzsche
Preference to doctoral students. Nietzsche's later works emphasizing
The Gay Science, Beyond Good and Evil, and
On the Genealogy of Morals. The shape of Nietzsche's philosophical and literary projects, and his core doctrines such as eternal recurrence, will to power, and perspectivism. Problems such as the proper regulation of belief, and the roles of science, morality, art, and illusion in life.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2-4
Instructors:
Anderson, R. (PI)
PHIL 344: Narrative Knowing (HISTORY 344)
Philosophers and historians have been debating the status of narrative explanation for well over 50 years. Until quite recently, a supposed dichotomy between natural science and history has shaped the discussion. Beginning from the origins, history, and limitations of the dichotomy, this seminar will explore how claims for narrative understanding and explanation have come to occupy an increasingly important role in the natural sciences as well as the social sciences. Some classic contributors are Hempel, Danto, Mink, Kuhn, White, Ricouer, Geertz, and Ginzburg. Current authors include Roth, Rheinberger, Kitcher, Beatty, Morgan, and (yes) Wise.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1-2
Instructors:
Findlen, P. (PI)
;
Longino, H. (PI)
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