French poststructuralism, with particular attention to the main philosophical texts of Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault. Other representative theorists as well as critics of poststructuralism are studied as time permits. (Also offered as History of Consciousness 252. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. May be repeated for credit.
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Temporality is the way humans experience time. Examines how continental philosophers have described temporality and how they have explained the relation of temporality to objective clock-time. Phenomenologists such as Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, and Merleau-Ponty discussed in light of their differences with Kant, Hegel, and Bergson regarding the relation of temporality and subjectivity. Examine Hegel, Benjamin, and Derrida on the relation of temporality and historicity. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 22.
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Examination of contemporary theories of consciousness in both analytic and continental traditions. Among those who deflate modern philosophy's preoccupation with consciousness are not only Dennett, Davidson, and Rorty, but also Heidegger, Foucault, and Derrida. Among those who argue for irreducibility of subjectivity are not only Searle, Nagel, and Chalmers, but also Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, and Levinas. Discussion of parallel readings from both philosophical perspectives. (Also offered as History of Consciousness 224. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 25.
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This colloquia series sponsors speakers each quarter. Students must attend all colloquia and are encouraged to form discussion groups after each lecture. Enrollment restricted to philosophy graduate students.
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Examines one or more leading ethical theories, such as Kantianism, Virtue Theory, Consequentialism, and Humean ethical theory. Examines different foundational ethical principles and arguments for those principles, contrasting accounts of moral action and moral motivation, as well as epistemological and motivational role of emotions in ethical theory. Students cannot receive credit for this course and course 190C. Enrollment restricted to graduate philosophy majors. Enrollment limited to 22.
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Philosophy of biology is one of the fastest-growing areas of philosophy of science. Course is designed to give seniors and graduate students an overview of many of the diverse topics currently under discussion in modern philosophy of biology and provide a foundation for further research, regardless of previous experience with the biological sciences. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and course 190F. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 8. May be repeated for credit.
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Focuses on the writings of the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein's work is typically divided into three periods: early, middle, and late. Topics covered include writings from one or more periods. Students cannot receive credit for this course and course 190G. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
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What is our proper moral stance toward the natural environment? This question encompasses our ethical relations to individual non-human animals, to other species of living beings, and toward the biotic community as a whole. It leads us to consider the broader question: What makes anything at all worthy of our moral respect or even our moral consideration? How are we to understand the very idea of the environment, the distinction between the human world, and the natural world, and the relationships between them. Students cannot receive credit for this course and course 190H. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 10.
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Careful study of any one of the main moral theories in the history of philosophy, with some emphasis on the relation to contemporary moral philosophy. Students cannot receive credit for this course and course 190J. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 10.
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Considers the relevance of philosophical matters to the practice of science. Using quantum physics as a case study, explores historical and contemporary perspectives on issues such as those raised by the Schröat;dinger cat paradox, Bell's inequalities, and quantum erasers. Students cannot receive credit for this course and course 190K. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 22.
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Intensive study of James's philosophy, including his philosophical psychology and pragmatic method. Covers James's epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and philosophy of religion. Recent critical analyses of the issues raised in James's philosophy will also be highlighted. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 20.
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Focuses on philosophical writings and significance of a single figure in contemporary (20th- and 21st-century) philosophy. May include, but not be limited to, Russell, Whitehead, Wittgenstein, Husserl, Carnap, Murdoch, Quine, Irigaray, Derrida, and Davidson. Students cannot received credit for this course and course 190P. Enrollment restricted to graduate students majoring in philosophy. Enrollment limited to 22. May be repeated for credit.
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Introduction to the problems of contemporary analytic philosophy of mathematics. Do mathematical objects exist? Are mathematical statements true? How can we know? We will examine the historical background to contemporary debates and the positions which have been taken within them. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and course 190Q. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 8.
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Historical study of philosophical theories of consciousness and self-consciousness. Problems include the relation of self and other, consciousness and body, and self-consciousness and ethical agency. Readings are from Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, and Heidegger, followed by phenomenologists, poststructuralists, and analytic philosophy. Students cannot receive credit for this course and course 190W. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 10.
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Proposed elements of a good life, e.g., courage, loyalty, devotion to ideals, personal flourishing, integrity, compassion, and intellectual understanding. Also discusses fundamental questions such as the meaning of life, the relationship of "living right" to "living well." Students cannot receive credit for this course and course 190X. Enrollment restricted to graduate philosophy majors. Enrollment limited to 20.
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What is the role of insult in social and legal life (from play to jokes to ritual to war and from blasphemy to defamation to hate speech)? Emphasizes philosophical, anthropological, psychoanalytic, and legal approaches to the issues. Enrollment restricted to graduate students and by permission of instructor. Students cannot receive credit for this course and course 190Y. (Formerly course 236.) Enrollment limited to 20.
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Directed graduate research and writing coordinated with the teaching of undergraduates. May be repeated for credit.
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Directed reading which does not involve a term paper. May be repeated for credit.
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Focuses on selected philosophical areas and/or specific philosophers. Students meet with the instructor to discuss readings and deepen their knowledge on a particular subject. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. May be repeated for credit.
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A seminar for graduate students arranged between students and a faculty member. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit.
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Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit.
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Students submit petition to course sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. May be repeated for credit.
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Enrollment restricted to students who have advanced to candidacy. May be repeated for credit.
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Topics will vary each quarter and will focus on a major ancient Greek philosophical figure or work. Prerequisite(s): two from courses 91, 93, and 94; or consent of instructor. Enrollment restricted to junior and senior philosophy majors. Enrollment limited to 12. May be repeated for credit.
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Intensive reading of not only Nietzsche's own texts, but important contemporary interpretive works on Nietzsche. Mainly covers nihilism and the aestheticization of existence, will-to-power, genealogy and interpretation, and Nietzsche's use or misuse for feminism. Prerequisite(s): two from courses 91, 93, and 94. Enrollment restricted to junior and senior philosophy majors. Enrollment limited to 20.
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