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Introduction to logic emphasizing concepts and methods useful for practical analysis of arguments in everyday contexts; meaning, syllogisms, logical diagrams, inductive and statistical inference, informal fallacies, argument structure, perhaps some beginning symbolic logic. Offered: AWSpS.
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Introduces undergraduates to the field and to the interests of various faculty. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: one previous PHIL course.
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A study of philosophical topics at the introductory level. The content of the course is entirely at the discretion of the instructor.
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Introduction to the methods of "doing" philosophy with young people. Stresses the development of a community of inquiry in which budding philosophers are encouraged to ask their own relevant questions, develop views and articulate reasons for them, and to listen and learn from one another. Credit/no credit only.
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Moral problems that arise in connection with such topics as affluence, hunger, and overpopulation; global environmental degradation; war and weaponry; restructuring the international order.
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Introduction to ethics through in-depth study of one or more selected topics (e.g., limits of moral community, animal rights, moral education, and freedom). Topics vary.
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Philosophical topics at the intermediate level. Content varies each quarter, depending on instructor.
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Examination of post-Kantian thinkers through the end of the nineteenth century considering such major themes as idealism, romanticism, positivism, historicism, naturalism, existentialism, and pragmatism.
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Study of some of the major American philosophers such as Peirce, Royce, Dewey, William James, C. I. Lewis, Goodman, Quine.
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Study of major ethical writings in the twentieth century, with principal emphasis on the Anglo-American tradition.
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Study of philosophical ideas expressed in works of literature.
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Philosophical theories about the nature of language. Topics include meaning, reference, truth, propositions, relations between language and thought.
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Various theories of the nature of mind, the relationship between mind and body, the self, introspection, and knowledge of other minds.
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Upper division philosophy studies with no direct UW equivalents, taken through UW foreign study programs.
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Examination of the major philosophical positions of Thomas Aquinas in the theory of knowledge, metaphysics, and ethics.
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Detailed study of topics in the later philosophy of Wittgenstein, with particular attention to the Philosophical Investigations.
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Study of philosophical problems that arise in the attempt to understand current linguistic theories and of the implications of linguistics for philosophy. Offered: jointly with LING 443.
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Investigation of philosophical questions about literature: What is literature? Must literature be interpreted? What is interpretation? Literature and ideology.
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Current theories of meaning, reference, predication, and related concepts. Offered: jointly with LING 476.
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Investigation of the question, "What is human reality?" Philosophical significance of this question and its relation to the human sciences. Typical answers. Implications of those answers for culture, religion, morals, and politics.
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Philosophical problems connected with research in psychology, artificial intelligence, and other cognitive sciences. Topics vary. Readings from both philosophical and scientific literature. Accessible to nonphilosophers with suitable interests and backgrounds.
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Notions of necessity and possibility, using the classical systems T, S4, and S5, and the syntax and the semantics (Kripke models) of these systems.
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Introduction to current accounts of evidence and observation, the confirmation of scientific theories, the logic of inductive reasoning, and the metaphysics and epistemology of chance. High school-level math used. Specific topics vary from year to year. Prerequisite: PHIL 120.
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Individual study of selected philosophical works.
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Introduces incoming graduate students to topics representative of the field and the faculty's interest. Each class session is devoted to a separate topic taught by a different member of the faculty. In addition to reading and short written assignments. Students prepare a term paper on a topic presented. Offered: A.
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