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PHIL 194E: Beauty and Other Forms of Value

The nature and importance of beauty and of our capacity to discern it and respond to it, as discussed by philosophers and artists from various traditions and historical periods. Attempts to think out the relations between beauty and ethical values (such as goodness) on the one hand and cognitive values (such as truth) on the other. Fulfills capstone seminar requirement for the Philosophy and Literature tracks.
Terms: Aut | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II

PHIL 194P: Naming and Necessity

Saul Kripke's lectures on reference, modal metaphysics, and the mind/body problem.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, GER:DB-Hum
Instructors: Burgess, A. (PI)

PHIL 196: Tutorial, Senior Year

(Staff)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 5 | Repeatable 3 times (up to 15 units total)

PHIL 197: Individual Work, Undergraduate

May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 1-15 | Repeatable for credit

PHIL 198: The Dualist

Weekly meeting of the editorial board of The Dualist, a national journal of undergraduate work in philosophy. Open to all undergraduates. May be taken 1-3 quarters. (AU) (Potochnik, Yap)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 1 | Repeatable for credit

PHIL 199: Seminar for Prospective Honors Students

Open to juniors intending to do honors in philosophy. Methods of research in philosophy. Topics and strategies for completing honors project. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Spr | Units: 2 | Repeatable 1 times (up to 2 units total)
Instructors: Miyake, T. (PI)

PHIL 201: Introduction to Medieval Philosophy (PHIL 101)

Classics of Western philosophy by Augustine, Boethius, Anselm, Abelard, Aquinas, and Ockham. Explore the puzzles facing someone seeking to lead a good life and to understand herself and her world. A theory of will and human motivation, a theory of ethics based on the agent's intention, and a theory of divine omniscience and omnipotence consistent with divine goodness and human freedom. Works include On Free Choice, The Consolation of Philosophy, Ethics, Summa theologiae, and the Connection of the Virtues.
Terms: Win | Units: 4
Instructors: Wood, R. (PI)

PHIL 206: Ancient Skepticism (PHIL 106)

The ancient Pyrrhonian skeptics who think that for any claim there is no more reason to assert it than deny it and that a life without any beliefs is the best route to happiness. Some ancient opponents of the Pyrrhonian skeptics and some relations between ancient and modern skepticism.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4
Instructors: Bobonich, C. (PI)

PHIL 207: Plato's Early Dialogues (PHIL 107)

Some of the most important early or Socratic dialogues including the Charmides, the Gorgias and the Protagoras (as well as some others). Issues covered include weakness of will, the connection between knowledge and virtue and happiness and virtue and whether Socrates' method leads inevitably to ethical skepticism.
Terms: Aut, Spr | Units: 4 | Repeatable 2 times (up to 8 units total)
Instructors: Bobonich, C. (PI)

PHIL 215: Problems in Medieval Philosophy: Islamic Aristotelianism and Western Scholasticism (PHIL 115)

The western world adopted Aristotle's metaphysics and natural philosophy as the foundation of its educational system and scholarly life between 1210 and 1255. Christian Europe was thereby following the example set by Islam in Spain and the Near East. Today some people believe that this development was independent, and others think that the scholastics copied even their methods from Arabic philosophers. Historical evaluation of those claims.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5 | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Wood, R. (PI)
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