PHIL 415-1
Paul Audi
MW 11:50AM - 1:05PM
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Whereas in a standard introductory logic course, students learn how to do proofs within a formal logical system, in this course, students learn how to do proofs about formal logical systems. The main goal is to learn how to prove the soundness and completeness of different sorts of logical systems. Along the way, other important results in Proof Theory and Model Theory are considered.
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- Harkness Room 210 (MW 11:50AM - 1:05PM)
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PHIL 420-1
Earl Conee
TR 4:50PM - 6:05PM
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In this course we investigate critically three approaches to morality: consequentialism, virtue theory, and Kantian ethics. We also look into philosophical work on the questions of whether there are insoluble moral dilemmas and whether moral evaluations are necessitated by some empirical facts.
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- Lattimore Room 210 (TR 4:50PM - 6:05PM)
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PHIL 426-1
James Otis
TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM
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In recent years, the U.S. legal system has been beset by claims of overcriminalization, racially discriminatory enforcement, and inadequate or unequal protection of individual civil rights. What should we make of these claims, and what, if anything, would be implied by their truth? In seeking to answer these questions, this course will examine the nature of the law and its enforcement. We will begin by discussing the issue of criminalization and whether the expansion of the criminal law is or is not problematic. From there, we will turn to the foundational questions of what, precisely, the law is, and what its connection to morality is or should be. Are we obligated to obey the law, and if so, why? Finally, we will ask whether it is possible for the law to remain neutral with regards to morality and politics, and whether the supposed “neutrality” of the law may itself be an instrument of oppression. If the legal system lacks the kind of neutrality that many legal theorists claim for it, what (if anything) does that license us (as citizens) to do? (Offered every spring)
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- Bausch & Lomb Room 106 (TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
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PHIL 435-1
Jonathan Herington
MW 11:50AM - 1:05PM
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This course focuses on a number of questions that arise in the design, development and deployment of machine learning algorithms. Topics include: Bias in algorithms (e.g., how should we measure unfairness in algorithms that determine who gets bail, parole, a job, or a loan? What about bias in health analytics?) Values disagreement and algorithms (e.g., how should self-driving cars or diagnostic algorithms make decisions, given that we disagree about the good?) Algorithms, social media, and public life (e.g., what is the impact of social media algorithms on public discourse and the future of democracy?) Algorithms and the future of work (e.g., how should we structure our society when many basic tasks will be performed by machines? How should we distribute the benefits of machine productivity?)
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- Hylan Building Room 202 (MW 11:50AM - 1:05PM)
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PHIL 450-1
Lawrence Philpot
MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM
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An avalanche barrels down a mountainside; a demolition expert lights the dynamite: In both cases a building is destroyed; but in one case, this destruction merely happens, and in the other, it is done—an action is performed. In this course we'll try to understand what's distinctive of action, especially human action or agency. We'll examine concepts such as intention, reason for action, desire, practical knowledge, and free will. Topics may include: What kind of aiming, directedness, or intention is required for action? How are actions motivated? What is the relationship between practical knowledge and moral action? How can we explain failures of agency, like weakness of will? What is it to act freely?
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- Lechase Room 163 (MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM)
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PHIL 452-1
Mark Povich
TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM
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A survey of philosophical issues concerning the nature, scope, and practice of the sciences. Some questions explored are about science very generally: 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? Other questions concern particular sciences like physics, biology, and neuroscience.
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- Gavett Hall Room 202 (TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
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PHIL 491-1
Paul Audi
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Independent study
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PHIL 491-2
Paul Audi
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PHIL 491-3
Alison Peterman
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PHIL 495-1
Paul Audi
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PHIL 516-1
Jens Kipper
W 2:00PM - 4:40PM
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This seminar is devoted to current issues in philosophy of language. Recent topics have included possible worlds, relativism, truth, propositions, deontic and epistemic modality.
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- Lattimore Room 531 (W 2:00PM - 4:40PM)
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PHIL 517-1
Randall Curren
T 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 (T 2:00PM - 4:40PM)
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PHIL 560-1
Paul Audi
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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 560-2
Earl Conee
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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 560-3
Alison Peterman
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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 560-4
Richard Feldman
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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 581-1
Randall Curren
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Continuation of PHL 580, with practice lecturing to the undergraduate classes.
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PHIL 581-2
Paul Audi
MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM
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Continuation of PHL 580, with practice lecturing to the undergraduate classes.
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- (MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM)
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PHIL 581-3
William FitzPatrick
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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 591-10
Rosa Terlazzo
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PHIL 591-11
Mark Povich
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PHIL 591-2
Earl Conee
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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
Richard Feldman
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PHIL 591-6
William FitzPatrick
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PHIL 591-7
Jens Kipper
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PHIL 591-8
Alison Peterman
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PHIL 591-9
Zeynep Soysal
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PHIL 595-1
Paul Audi
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PHIL 595-10
Rosa Terlazzo
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PHIL 595-11
Mark Povich
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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 Dees
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PHIL 595-5
Richard Feldman
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PHIL 595-6
William FitzPatrick
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PHIL 595-7
Jens Kipper
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PHIL 595-8
Alison Peterman
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PHIL 595-9
Zeynep Soysal
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PHIL 595A-1
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PHIL 897-1
Paul Audi
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PHIL 995-1
Paul Audi
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PHIL 995-2
Earl Conee
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PHIL 995-3
William FitzPatrick
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PHIL 997-1
Paul Audi
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PHIL 997-2
Alison Peterman
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PHIL 997A-1
Zeynep Soysal
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PHIL 997A-2
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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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PHIL 999A-1
Richard Feldman
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PHIL 999A-2
Zeynep Soysal
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PHIL 999A-3
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