PHIL 412-1
Zeynep Soysal
MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM
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This course will investigate the logic and metaphysics of probability and its applications to various philosophical and scientific problems. This course will not require math beyond simple algebra.
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- Morey Room 205 (MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM)
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PHIL 423-1
Rosa Terlazzo
MW 3:25PM - 4:40PM
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An exploration of basic issues in social & political philosophy, including the nature and justification of government, the nature and value of rights, freedom, and democracy, justice and equality,and the morality of war and peace (not necessarily all of these).
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- Gavett Hall Room 202 (MW 3:25PM - 4:40PM)
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PHIL 428-1
Richard Dees
TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM
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[Prerequisite: One previous course in Philosophy] Most health care ethics focuses on the individual decisions about health care, but many ethical questions have implications for society at large. The demands that individual health decisions make on the system may create collective problems, and conversely, the needs of society may limit the freedoms that individuals think they should have. Public health ethics then, lie at the intersection of medicine, political philosophy, and public policy. This course will examine the values of health, social needs, and freedom through a systematic examination of situations in which these conflicts arise.
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- Goergen Hall Room 108 (TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM)
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PHIL 443-1
Earl Conee
TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM
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The course examines some classic and contemporary themes in epistemology. The topics typically include the nature of knowledge and justification, the merits of skeptical arguments about the external world and induction, and recent work about disagreement and rationality. The graded work typically includes essay question tests and short to medium length papers on issues discussed in the course.
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- Morey Room 502 (TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
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PHIL 447-1
Jens Kipper
MW 2:00PM - 3:15PM
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[Prerequisite: One previous course in Philosophy. PHIL 110 is recommended] General nature of language and specific puzzles about language: the nature of truth and meaning, speech acts, reference, propositional attitudes, metaphor, understanding, interpretation, indeterminacy, etc.
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- Dewey Room 2110D (MW 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
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PHIL 452-1
Mark Povich
MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM
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Survey of primarily metaphysical questions about science: Must the entities posited by a scientific theory exist for it to be successful? Do laws of nature govern the world or simply articulate patterns? How are lower and higher level scientific theories related to one another? Is scientific explanation primarily concerned with laws, with causes, or with something else? Fulfills upper level writing requirement for the major.
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- Morey Room 525 (MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
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PHIL 457-1
Jens Kipper
MW 4:50PM - 6:05PM
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Many people believe that very soon, artificial intelligence is going to be everywhere. Artificial systems will steer cars, ships, and planes, care for the sick, fight fires and fight wars for us, organize our schedules, order our food, etc. But what exactly is an artificial intelligence? And can there be artificial systems that truly think, or feel? In this course, we will address questions like these from a philosophical perspective. In doing so, we will encounter some of the most fundamental issues in the philosophy of mind‹for example, what are thoughts and feelings, and how might they relate to physical states of our brains, or to computational states? We will then examine how artificial systems, such as artificial neural networks, function, and discuss what they might teach us about the mind in general and about human minds in particular. Finally, we will consider the consequences that the development and application of artificial intelligence might have for humanity.
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- Lattimore Room 201 (MW 4:50PM - 6:05PM)
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PHIL 465-1
Natalie Hannan
TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM
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The course addresses central topics in ethics, metaphysics and epistemology and philosophy of mind in PreSocratic, Platonic, Aristotelian and Hellenistic philosophy.
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- Lattimore Room 531 (TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM)
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PHIL 470-1
Alison Peterman
R 2:00PM - 4:40PM
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In this course, we will focus on selected figures, topics and positions from the modern period of philosophy - about 1500 to 1800. This semester's topic will be Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.
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- Lattimore Room 531 (R 2:00PM - 4:40PM)
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PHIL 517-1
William FitzPatrick
W 2:00PM - 4:40PM
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Critical exploration of work in contemporary metaethics and normative ethical theory and its applications.
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- Lattimore Room 531 (W 2:00PM - 4:40PM)
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PHIL 542-1
Paul Audi
T 2:00PM - 4:40PM
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An intensive discussion of the nature of time and change, with the particular aim of reconciling eternalist endurantism with a certain realist view of properties.
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- Lattimore Room 531 (T 2:00PM - 4:40PM)
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PHIL 560-1
Randall Curren
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Study of recent articles; writing short commentaries, replies, criticisms. Covers various topics under guidance of several faculty members.
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PHIL 580-1
Randall Curren
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Supervised teaching of undergraduates, including leading discussion sections, grading tests and papers, and meeting with students.
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PHIL 581-1
Randall Curren
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Continuation of PHL 580, with practice lecturing to the undergraduate classes.
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PHIL 591-1
Paul Audi
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PHIL 591-2
Alison Peterman
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PHIL 591-3
Randall Curren
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PHIL 591-4
Richard Dees
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PHIL 591-5
William FitzPatrick
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PHIL 591-6
Earl Conee
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PHIL 595-1
Paul Audi
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PHIL 595-2
Earl Conee
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PHIL 595-3
Randall Curren
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PHIL 595-4
Richard Feldman
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PHIL 595-5
Jens Kipper
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PHIL 595-6
Alison Peterman
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PHIL 595-7
Zeynep Soysal
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PHIL 595-8
Rosa Terlazzo
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PHIL 895-1
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PHIL 897-1
Paul Audi
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PHIL 899-1
Paul Audi
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PHIL 995-1
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PHIL 997-1
Paul Audi
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PHIL 999-1
Paul Audi
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PHIL 999-2
Alison Peterman
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PHIL 999-3
Earl Conee
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PHIL 999-4
William FitzPatrick
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PHIL 999-5
Randall Curren
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