printer friendly pagePHIL 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: Rational and Social Agency (POLISCI 333)
Contemporary discussions of practical reason, individual rational agency, planning agency, diachronic agency, intention, belief, intentional action, shared agency, identification and self-governance. Tentative list of authors whose work will be studied includes: Michael Bratman, Margaret Gilbert, Richard Holton, Christine Korsgaard, Alfred Mele, Kieran Setiya, Scott Shapiro, Michael Smith, David Velleman, Jay Wallace, and Gary Watson.
Last offered: Winter 2012
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.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Wenar, L. (PI)
PHIL 379: Graduate Seminar in Metaethics
Theories about the meaning of ethical terms and the content of ethical judgements. Do these theories fit with best accounts of human agency and practical deliberation? Readings from recent literature. Prerequisites: 173B/273B, 181, 187/287 or equivalent.
Last offered: Spring 2013
| Repeatable
for credit
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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