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PHIL 376C: Tragic Form and Political Theory (COMPLIT 376C)

Tragic form and political theory have in common a profound interest in the conflictual foundation of human society. This course explores how the two intellectual approaches define the actors of conflict, its causes, and its possible (or impossible) resolution.
Last offered: Spring 2015

PHIL 377: Social Agency (POLISCI 333)

Humans are agents who live in a social world. Philosophical reflection on human agency needs to include reflection both on the agency of individual human agents and on forms of social agency that involve multiple individuals. This seminar will focus on aspects of the latter.nnWhat is it for multiple individuals to think and to act together -- to engage in shared intentional/shared cooperative activity? to deliberate together? to engage in what some have called team reasoning? What kinds of social agency are characteristic of larger social organizations or groups? What would it be for larger groups themselves to be agents, ones who have their own distinctive intentions on the basis of which they act? What is the relation between these larger forms of social agency and small-scale shared cooperative activity? In all these cases how do we best understand what we are talking about when we speak of what we intend or believe and of what we are doing? Readings to be drawn from recent work of Michael Bratman, Margaret Gilbert, Christian List, Kirk Ludwig, Philip Pettit, John Searle, Scott Shapiro, and others, as well as classic work of H.L.A. Hart.nnPrerequisite: graduate standing in Philosophy or permission of instructor. 2 unit option for PhD students only; all others must enroll for 4 units.
Terms: Spr | Units: 2-4
Instructors: Bratman, M. (PI)

PHIL 377B: Normativity, Rationality, and Reasoning

This course will explore the nature and interconnections of normativity, rationality and reasoning. It particularly concentrates on practical rationality and practical reasoning. Broome's book "Rationality Through Reasoning" will be a guide to the course.
Last offered: Winter 2015

PHIL 378: Amartya Sen's capability theory (POLISCI 436R)

Amartya Sen's pioneering work attempts to open up economics to missing informational and evaluative dimensions. This seminar will explore Sen's "capability approach" and its implications for the study of economics, gender, and justice. It will look at different ways that the capability approach has been developed, in particular, by Martha Nussbaum, but also by other political philosophers.
Last offered: Spring 2011

PHIL 378A: Special Topics in Political Philosophy

Last offered: Winter 2015

PHIL 378W: Owning the Earth

(Why) do Americans have the right to control the land and resources of the United States? Or should we think that all humans have an equal right to the earth? Should we allocate responsibilities to act on climate change based on equal ownership of the atmosphere? Does a national people living on an island that will disappear because of climate change have a right to a new state elsewhere? Can an individual rightfully own a distant planet? Why are resource-rich states at higher risk for authoritarianism, civil conflict and corruption¿and can this `resource curse¿ be lifted? This course will draw on philosophy, political science and law to ask who has¿and should have¿control over the earth and its resources.
Last offered: Spring 2016

PHIL 379: Graduate Seminar in Metaethics: Normativity and Normative Disagreements

This course will focus on recent work on the nature of normativity and normative disagreements. Issues to be discussed include the following: a) naturalism vs. non-naturalism about normativity, b) the relationship between different kinds of normativity (for example: the rules of board games vs. moral norms), c) the nature of normative disagreements (and how thinking about this might help us make progress in normative inquiry), and d) the relationship between meta-normative theory and substantive normative inquiry. Our focus will be on discussing these issues as they arise in the context of ethics and metaethics, but we will also engage with connected work in the philosophy of law and epistemology. We will read work from Sharon Street, Allan Gibbard, Tristram McPherson, Stephanie Leary, Ralph Wedgwood, Selim Berker, Errol Lord, Christine Korsgaard, Scott Shapiro, Ronald Dworkin, and David Enoch, among others.The seminar will involve visits from some of the philosophers whose work we will be reading. Prerequisite: graduate student in philosophy, or permission of instructor.
Terms: Aut | Units: 2-4 | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Plunkett, D. (PI)

PHIL 380: Core Seminar in Metaphysics and Epistemology

Limited to first- and second-year students in the Philosophy Ph.D. program.
Last offered: Winter 2010

PHIL 381: Graduate Seminar in Metaphysics: Recent Work on Ground

Metaphysicians have done an enormous amount of work on grounding over the past ten years or so. In this seminar, we will survey this new literature, focusing on the 'pure logic of ground' and the 'impure logic of ground'. Kit Fine's "A Guide to Ground" (which is easy to find through Google) is a useful introduction to the topic.
Last offered: Autumn 2014

PHIL 382: Seminar on Reference

Philosophical issues concerning the relationship between linguistic expressions and the objects to which they refer. Is it possible to get one unified theory of reference for different kinds of referring expressions such as proper names, pronouns, demonstratives, and other kinds of indexicals? Unsolved problems and desiderata for a theory of reference?
Last offered: Winter 2008
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