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\section*{Note to Students}

Philosophy is the critical study of ideas, experiences, and
institutions.  Whether your inclinations are those of the
mathematician, the poet, the scholar, or the activist, there is
certain to be an area of Philosophy that will pique your interest.
Unlike many other fields, in which the memorization of facts or the
inculcation of received theories figures prominently, Philosophy is
devoted to free inquiry, and originality and creativity as well as the
ability to express oneself clearly and to argue convincingly are
valued.  For this reason, the Philosophy major, and the study of
Philosophy generally, offer preparation for a variety of careers. In
any occupation in which it is important to speak and write
effectively, to analyze projects and proposals, to engage in moral
reflection and deliberation, to understand the underlying principles
at stake behind issues, and to solve problems in a reasoned manner, a
Philosophy background may prove invaluable.

Introductory courses in Philosophy address themselves to some
fundamental questions: Is there such a thing as truth? Does the
concept of survival after death make sense? Did time have a beginning?
Are ethical dilemmas decidable? What kind of political system best
embodies principles of justice and fairness? These questions and a
host of others are discussed in introductory courses in Philosophy
including Introduction to Philosophy 101 and 102.

Students who enjoy formal and symbolic reasoning and thinking about
abstract structures might enjoy some of the following courses:
Practical Logic, Symbolic Logic I, Symbolic Logic II, and Metalogic.
Risk, Choice and Rationality has broad applications to the sciences
and social sciences as well as in practical decision-making.
  
Students whose curiosity is piqued by questions about the nature,
scope, and limits of human knowledge and about the ultimate nature and
structure of reality should consider Epistemology, Metaphysics,
Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Cognitive
Science, Philosophy of Mind, and Philosophy of Religion. Philosophy of
Computing explores aspects of human-computer interactions.

Students who are interested in ethical and social problems may
consider taking such courses as: Ethics, Environmental Ethics, Humans
and Animals, Equality and Social Justice, Feminist Philosophy,
Political Philosophy, Science and Society, and Philosophy of Social
Science. We also teach Professional Ethics, Philosophy and Health
Care, and Cyberethics.

For those who are interested in the important ideas which have shaped
our culture and their origins, the History of Ancient, Medieval, and
Modern Philosophy are recommended, along with Existentialism,
Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of History, and Continental
Philosophy. On the other hand, for those who are interested in some of
the key ideas that have shaped non-Western cultures, we recommend our
new course World Philosophies.

And finally, we offer courses in Philosophy of Art and Philosophy of
Literature which explore ways of experiencing art and literature and
discuss the problems of interpretation and evaluation.

Honors Students take part in small seminars in their 3rd and 4th years
and write a supervised Honors Essay in their last term on a topic of
their own choice.

We hope you will take up some of the opportunities offered to you by
the University of Alberta's Philosophy Department.  For further
information, and information concerning the Honors Program, contact
Alexander Rueger at 492-3307.

Further information about the Department of Philosophy may be found on
the Department's website:
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\textbf{http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/philosophy/}


Further information about courses and registration may be found on the
University of Alberta's Bear Tracks website:
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\textbf{https://www.beartracks.ualberta.ca/}

\section*{PHILOSOPHY COURSE GUIDE 2004-2005}

\begin{small}
This guide is provided as an aid to registration only and is not an
official publication of the University of Alberta or its Faculties.
The only authoritative source of the rules and regulations that apply
to students and the official course descriptions is the University
Calendar.

This booklet lists the courses to be offered by the Depart�ment of
Philosophy during 2004-2005.  A small number of adjustments will
likely have to be made between the time of compilation (March 2004)
and the beginning of classes in September.  If in doubt about details
relating to specific courses, contact the Department Secretary
(492-3307).

\textsf{HONORS BA}: Students wishing to enroll or continue in the Honors
Program must have their programs of courses approved by the Department
before they register. They should contact the Undergraduate Advisor,
Alexander Rueger, before September.

\textsf{A NOTE ON PREREQUISITES}: Courses at the 100-300 level, although
progressive in their level of difficulty, have no formal
prerequisites.  The prerequisite for all 400-level courses of two
lower division courses will be strictly enforced.  Graduate students
from outside philosophy may however secure the consent of the
instructor to enroll in these courses.

\subsection*{EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS}

MWF:  Class meets on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
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TR:  Class meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays
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M:  Class meets on Mondays only
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T:  Class meets on Tuesdays only
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W:  Class meets on Wednesdays only
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R:  Class meets on Thursdays only
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TBA:  Class meeting time or instructor to be arranged later
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A1, B1, etc.: Course section number


\subsection*{TEACHING STAFF\\OFFICE AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS 2004-2005}


BUIJS, J.A. (Associate Professor)
\newline\indent
	St. Joseph's College, \#138
	Phone: 492-7681, ext. 224
	E-MAIL: JBUIJS@UALBERTA.CA
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BURCH, R. (Associate Professor)	
\newline\indent
Rm. HC 4-101									Phone: 492-9029
	E-MAIL: ROBERT.BURCH@UALBERTA.CA
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CARLSON, A.A. (Professor)	
\newline\indent
Rm. HC 4-83
	Phone: 492-5707
	E-MAIL: ALLEN.CARLSON@UALBERTA.CA
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COOPER, W. (Professor)	
\newline\indent
Rm. HC 4-77
	Phone: 492-4069
	E-MAIL: WES.COOPER@UALBERTA.CA
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GRIENER, G.G. (Associate Professor)	
\newline\indent
Rm. HC 4-113
	Phone: 492-8023
	E-MAIL: GLENN.GRIENER@UALBERTA.CA
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HEYES, C. (Associate Professor)	
\newline\indent
Rm. HC 4-85
	Phone: 492-9031
	E-MAIL: CRESSIDA.HEYES@UALBERTA.CA
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HOULE, K. (Assistant Professor)	
\newline\indent
Rm. HC 4-81
	Phone: 492-0621
	E-MAIL: KAREN.HOULE@UALBERTA.CA
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HUNTER, B. (Associate Professor and Chair)	
\newline\indent
Rm. HC 4-107
	Phone: 492-0616
	E-MAIL: BRUCE.HUNTER@UALBERTA.CA
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KAHANE, D. (Associate Professor)	
\newline\indent
Rm. HC 4-97
	Phone: 492-8549
	E-MAIL: DAVID.KAHANE@UALBERTA.CA
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LINSKY, B. (Professor)	
\newline\indent
Rm. HC 4-75
	Phone: 492-8815
	E-MAIL: BERNARD.LINSKY@UALBERTA.CA
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MORTON, Adam (Professor and Canada Research Chair)
\newline\indent
Rm. HC 4-99
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RUEGER, A. (Associate Professor)	
\newline\indent
Rm. HC 4-103
	Phone: 492-9028
	E-MAIL: ALEX.RUEGER@UALBERTA.CA
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SCHMITTER, A.M. (Assistant Professor)	
\newline\indent
Rm. HC 4-87
	Phone: 492-9030
	E-MAIL: AMY.SCHMITTER@UALBERTA.CA
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*SHARP, W.D. (Associate Professor)	
\newline\indent
Rm. HC 4-71
	Phone: 492-7339
	E-MAIL: DAVID.SHARP@UALBERTA.CA
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TWEEDALE, M. (Professor Emeritus)	
\newline\indent
Rm. HC 4-104
	Phone: 492-9037
	E-MAIL: MARTIN.TWEEDALE@UALBERTA.CA
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WELCHMAN, J. (Associate Professor)	
\newline\indent
Rm. HC 4-95
	Phone: 492-8554
	E-MAIL: JENNIFER.WELCHMAN@UALBERTA.CA
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*WILSON, R.A. (Professor)	
\newline\indent
Rm. HC 4-73
	Phone: 492-8994
						E-MAIL: ROB.WILSON@UALBERTA.CA
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*On leave July 2004-June 2005

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\section*{LIST OF COURSES}

\subsection*{100 LEVEL (no prerequisites)}

\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 101\\INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY: VALUES AND SOCIETY}
An introduction to philosophy through study and critical discussion of
selected philosophical classics and contemporary works.  Topics may
include:  relativism, the nature of justice, individual rights, the
nature of obligation, utilitarianism, and social contract theory.
Contemporary issues such as the morality of euthanasia and abortion
may also be discussed.  This course is recommended, along with PHIL
102, both for students wishing a general introduction to philosophy
and for those contemplating a philosophy major.
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Note:  Not open to students with credit in PHIL 130 or 140.
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\textsf{PHIL 101: A1/E1 First Term MWF 10:00-10:50 Team Taught}
\newline
Instructors: C. Heyes, K. Houle
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A survey of historical and contemporary debates about ethics and justice, including questions of economic fairness, gender equality, animal rights and inclusivity. The course focuses on building skills in philosophical reading, analysis, and writing through interactive lectures by a team of two professors, web-based resources, step-wise assignments, and face-to-face discussion groups led by the graduate teaching assistant part of the 101 team. There are no prerequisites aside from intellectual curiosity and a willingness to work steadily through the term.
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This course uses a WebCT site.   See www.ualberta.ca/WEBCT/
\newline
	Text:		Custom course material available from the University
				Bookstore
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\textsf{PHIL 101: A2/E2 First Term TR 09:30-10:50 D. Kahane}
\newline
How can you know whether something you did was right or wrong? Can a society 
be just if some people are rich and others poor? Are answers to questions like these just a matter of opinion, or can we find stronger grounds for claims about value? This course introduces you to influential philosophical approaches to these and other issues in moral and political philosophy.  Through classroom discussions and frequent writing assignments, you'll figure out where you stand on tough moral and political questions while developing your critical reading and writing skills. There are no prerequisites aside from intellectual curiosity and a willingness to work steadily through the term.
\newline
	Text:		Custom course material available from the University
Bookstore
\vspace*{4mm}
\noindent
\textsf{PHIL 101: A3/E3 First Term MWF 13:00-13:50 J.A. Buijs}
\newline
For more details on readings and requirements, see the course website at
\newline 
 \textsf{www.ualberta.ca/~jbuijs/phil101.htm}
\newline
Texts: \emph{Values and Society}; custom course material available from the University Bookstore; Anthony Weston, \emph{A Rulebook for Arguments}, (3rd edition, Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Co., 2001)
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\noindent
\textsf{PHIL 101: Q1/R1	First Term M 18:00-21:00 Instructor TBA}
Texts:	TBA
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\textsf{PHIL 101: Q2/R2	First Term R 18:00-21:00 Instructor TBA}
Texts: TBA

\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 102\\INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY:\\  
                                 KNOWLEDGE AND REALITY}

An introduction to philosophy through study and critical discussion of selected philosophical classics and contemporary works.  Topics may include:  appearance and reality, minds and bodies, personal identity, death and immortality, free-will, the nature of God, perception, causation, space and time.  This course is recommended, along with PHIL 101, both for students wishing a general introduction to philosophy and for those contemplating a philosophy major.  Note:  Not open to students with credit in PHIL 130 or 140. 
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\textsf{PHIL 102: B1/J1	Second Term MWF	10:00-10:50 B. Hunter}
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	Text: J. Feinberg and R. Shafer-Landau (eds.), {\em Reason and
				Responsibility} (Wadsworth)
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\textsf{PHIL 102: B2/J2	Second Term	TR		09:30-10:50		R. Burch}
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	Texts:	R. Descartes, {\em Meditations on First Philosophy};
		Bertrand Russell, {\em The Problems of Philosophy}
		(Amherst, NY: Prometheus, 1988); D. Hume, {\em
		Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion} (Amherst, NY:
		Prometheus, 1989); M. Heidegger, {\em What is a Thing?}
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\textsf{PHIL 102: B3/J3	Second Term	MWF		13:00-13:50		J.A. Buijs}
\newline
For more details on readings and requirements, see the course website
at  
\newline
\textsf{www.ualberta.ca/~jbuijs/phil102.htm}
\newline
	Texts: {\em  Knowledge and Reality}; custom course material available from the University Bookstore;
			Del Kiernan-Lewis, {\em Learning to
			Philosophize, A Primer} (Belmont CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2000)
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\textsf{PHIL 102: S1/T1	Second Term	M
			18:00-21:00		Instructor TBA} Texts:	TBA
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\textsf{PHIL 102: S2/T2	Second Term	R			18:00-21:00		Instructor TBA}
	Texts:		TBA


\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 110: PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTS}
		B1	Second Term	TR		12:30-13:50		R. Burch
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This course will consist in a critical reading of selected texts and essays from the history of modern philosophy.
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Tentative Texts: R. Descartes, {\em Meditations on First Philosophy};
F. Bacon, {\em Novum Organon}; F. Nietzsche, {\em The Gay Science};
M. Heidegger, {\em The Question Concerning Technology and Other
  Essays}; M. Buber, {\em I and Thou}

\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 120:  SYMBOLIC LOGIC I}
Calendar Description:  A study of sentential logic, including translation, semantics, decision procedures and natural deduction followed by an introduction to predicate logic, concentrating on translation.  Note:  Not open to students with credit in PHIL 220.
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\textsf{PHIL 120: A1	First Term		MWF		09:00-09:50		Instructor TBA}
	Texts:		TBA
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\textsf{PHIL 120: A2	First Term		TR
	11:00-12:20	 Adam Morton}
\newline
 Texts: Robert M.Martin, {\em Introducing Symbolic Logic} (Broadview Press)
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\textsf{PHIL 120: B1	Second Term	MWF		09:00-09:50		B. Linsky}
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	Text:		Ernest Lepore, {\em Meaning and Argument: An Introduction to
				Logic Through Language} (Oxford: Blackwell
				Publishing, 2003, revised edition)
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\textsf{PHIL 120: B2	Second Term	TR		11:00-12:20
				Instructor TBA} Texts:		TBA
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\textsf{PHIL 120: S1	Second Term	T			18:00-21:00		Instructor TBA} Texts:		TBA

\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 125:  PRACTICAL LOGIC}

Calendar Description:  Elementary methods and principles for analyzing reasoning as it occurs in everyday contexts.  Topics may include informal fallacies, introduction to scientific method, elementary statistical reasoning, elementary sentential logic, as well as the study of argument in contemporary debates about issues of social concern. 
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\textsf{PHIL 125: Q1	First Term		T			18:00-21:00		Instructor TBA}
	Texts: 	TBA
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\textsf{PHIL 125: S1	Second Term	W			18:00-21:00		Instructor TBA}	Texts:		TBA



\subsection*{200 LEVEL}

\textsf{PHILOSOPHY 200: METAPHYSICS}
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\textsf{B1	Second Term	MWF		12:00-12:50		A.M. Schmitter}
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Immanuel Kant once called metaphysics "the queen of the sciences."  But nowadays few people know what "metaphysics" means -- or else they take it for something quite different from what is studied in philosophy.  What is this onetime "queen of the sciences" and how should we understand it today?  To answer these questions, we will read a number of the most important works in the history of western metaphysical inquiry.  We will start with Aristotle's characterization of metaphysics, or "first philosophy," as the study of first principles and of "being qua being" and then examine how the questions and concepts he formulated about substance, causation, universals \& particulars, possibility \& necessity, and so forth were taken up by later thinkers, including some "deflationary" views.  After that we will turn to various contemporary views: possible topics include realism and relativism (as theories of truth), or the place of persons within a naturalistic universe.
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	Texts:		Readings will include sections from works of Aristotle, Anselm,	Abelard, Aquinas, Descartes, Kant, and such 20th
			century philosophers as Russell and W. Sellars.
\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 205:  PHILOSOPHY OF MIND}

		\textsf{B1	Second Term	MWF		11:00-11:50		Instructor TBA}
\newline
Basic questions concerning the mind and our attempts to study it scientifically.
\newline
	Texts: 	TBA


\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 215:  EPISTEMOLOGY}

		\textsf{A1	First Term		MWF		10:00-10:50		B. Hunter}
\newline
This course addresses the central topics in the theory of knowledge: the definition of knowledge, scepticism and the limits of human knowledge, the role of perception, memory, and reason as sources of human knowledge, relativism, truth, and the objectivity of knowledge.  Students will be introduced in lectures and readings to the most recent work on these topics, including some work in feminist epistemology as well as to the classic views of Plato, Descartes, Berkeley, and Hume.  
\newline
	Texts:		Russell, \emph{The Problems of Philosophy};
			Some photocopied papers


\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 217: BIOLOGY, SOCIETY, AND VALUES}

		\textsf{B1	Second Term	TR		11:00-12:20		K. Houle}
\newline
This course focuses on issues that arise in the philosophy of biology that concern the relationship between biology and human social life.  It is taught as a special area within the philosophy of science, rather than as applied ethics, but the relationship between science and values will be central.  Topics for discussion will include a subset of the following: applications of evolutionary theory to human social behavior, such as sociobiology, cultural evolution, and evolutionary psychology; the relationship between biology and social categories, such as gender or race; the Human Genome Project; the history of eugenics and current practices that may be considered as eugenic; and the role of social and non-social metaphors in describing biological phenomena.  Current topical issues, such as the ethics of cloning technology or the treatment of intersexed children, may also be discussed.  Course material will consist of a course packet of readings selected by the instructor.  Assessment will be distributed between a range of forms, and will include at least three of the following: a short paper, a mid-term examination, a term paper, a final examination, and class attendance and participation.  
\newline
	Text:		Custom course material available from the University
				Bookstore


\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 220:  SYMBOLIC LOGIC II}

		\textsf{A1	First Term		MWF		12:00-12:50		Instructor TBA}
\newline
A brief review of sentential logic followed by an intensive study of predicate logic with identity.  Topics include translation, semantics, decision procedures, natural deduction systems, mathematical induction.  Other topics include: theories of definite descriptions, elementary modal logic, formal axiomatic systems.
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Prerequisite: PHIL 120 or consent of Department.
\newline
	Texts: 	TBA


\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 230: GREEK PHILOSOPHY TO PLATO}

		\textsf{A1	First Term		MWF		10:00-10:50		Instructor TBA}
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A survey of ancient Greek philosophy from its beginnings around 600 BCE up to and including Plato in the 4th century BCE. About half the course will be devoted to thinkers prior to Plato, including Socrates, and half to Plato himself. The emphasis will be on metaphysics, cosmology and epistemology, but ethical and political doctrines will also be touched on.
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	Required Texts: 	P. Wheelwright, {\em The Presocratics} (Macmillan) Plato, {\em Protagoras and Meno} (Penguin) Plato, {\em Gorgias} (Prentice Hall) Plato, {\em Phaedrus} (Penguin) Plato, {\em Republic} (Norton)


\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 240:  DESCARTES TO HUME}
		{\em A1	First Term		TR		09:30-10:50		B. Linsky}
\newline
A survey of philosophy in the 17th and 18th centuries.  Philosophers studied will include Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Locke, Berkeley, and Hume.
\newline	
Text:		Roger Ariew and Eric Watkins (eds.), {\em Modern Philosophy:
				An Anthology of Primary Sources} (Indianapolis:
				 Hackett, 1998)


\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 242: ARISTOTLE AND HELLENISTIC PHILOSOPHY}
\textsf{B1	Second Term	MWF		10:00-10:50		Instructor TBA}
\newline
The first two thirds of the course is given over to a comprehensive survey of Aristotle's philosophy.  In the final third the various schools of Hellenistic philosophy, i.e. the Epicureans, Stoics, Sceptics and neo-Platonists are each treated briefly.  Issues in all the central areas of philosophy arise in the readings.
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Required Texts:	J.L. Ackrill, {\em A New Aristotle Reader} (Princeton University Press) J.L. Saunders, {\em Greek and Roman Philosophy after Aristotle} (The Free Press)


\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 245:   KANT TO NIETZSCHE}

\textsf{B1	Second Term	TR		09:30-10:50		A. Rueger}
\newline
A survey of philosophy from the late 18th to the late 19th century with emphasis on metaphysics, epistemology, and social philosophy.  Authors studied will include: Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Marx, Mill, and Nietzsche.
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	Likely texts:		F.E. Baird and W. Kaufmann (eds.), {\em Nineteenth- Century Philosophy} (3rd edition, Prentice-Hall, 2003) I. Kant, {\em Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics} (Hackett, 1977)
				
\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 250:   ETHICS}

An historical introduction to moral philosophy.  Topics include the nature of virtue, duty, and the good life--whether there are universally valid standards for them, how they are connected with the happiness of oneself and others, and with the cultivation of some intellectual and character traits as opposed to others, what sorts of relations to family, friends, and political community they require, and what role reason, experience, and feeling should have in moral decision.
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\textsf{PHIL 250: A1	First Term		MWF		11:00-11:50		Instructor TBA} Texts:		TBA
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\textsf{PHIL 250: B1	Second Term	TR		11:00-12:20		J. Welchman} Texts:		TBA

\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 265:  PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE}
		\textsf{B1	Second Term	TR		12:30-13:50		A. Rueger}
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An introduction to basic concepts and theories in the philosophy of the natural sciences.  We'll discuss different views about what 'explanation', 'confirmation', and 'scientific theories' are.  Other topics include: How should we interpret scientific theories?  How do scientific theories develop?
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	Likely texts:		K. Lambert and G. Brittan, {\em Introduction to the Philosophy of Science} (Ridgeview, 1997); Custom course material available from the University Bookstore

\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 270:  POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY}

\textsf{A1	First Term		TR		12:30-13:50		D. Kahane}
\newline
This course introduces you to key debates in contemporary political philosophy. We'll discuss theories like utilitarianism, liberalism, libertarianism, and communitarianism, tying these to issues such as global justice, indigenous rights, and multiculturalism. The course will push you to develop your critical reading and writing skills through regular quizzes and short assignments, and includes a lot of classroom discussion.  
For more details on readings and requirements, see the course website at 
\newline
\textsf{www.arts.ualberta.ca/phil270}
\newline
Texts: 	Custom course material available from the University
Bookstore Susan Moller Okin, {\em Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women}

\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 280: PHILOSOPHY OF ART}
\textsf{A1	First Term		TR		11:00-12:20		A.A. Carlson}
\newline
An introduction to some of the traditional theories, such as the expressionist and the formalist theories, which investigate the nature and function of the arts.  The nature of aesthetic experience will also be considered.
\newline
	Required Texts:		Alex Neill and Aaron Ridley (eds.), {\em The Philosophy of Art} (McGraw); Nigel Warburton, {\em The Art Question} (Routledge); Tom Wolfe, {\em The Painted Word} (Bantam)
\newline									Recommended Text:	Noel Carroll, {\em Philosophy of Art} (Routledge)


\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 291:  EXISTENTIALISM}
\textsf{A1	First Term		TR		09:30-10:50		R. Burch}
\newline	
The purpose of this course will be to explore and evaluate the contributions of some leading existential philosophies to the perennial quest for meaning and truth in human existence.  Our central focus will be the question of selfhood and self-making as this bears upon such issues as "What can I know?"  "What should I do?"  "What may I hope?" and such existential themes as freedom, responsibility and death.  (Note: Although this course has no official pre-requisites, since existential philosophy is properly intelligible only as a response to its antecedents in the philosophical tradition, some background in the history of philosophy is highly recommended.)
\newline
	Texts:		J.P. Sartre, {\em Existentialism and Human Emotions}
				(Citadel/Philosophical Library);
			Srren Kierkegaard, {\em Fear and Trembling/Repetition}
				(Princeton University Press);
Friedrich Nietzsche (ed. Walter Kaufmann), {\em Beyond Good and Evil}  (Penguin)
			Martin Heidegger, "Letter on Humanism," from {\em Pathmarks or 	Basic Writings}
\newline
	Recommended Background Reading:
			E.L. Fackenheim, {\em Metaphysics and Historicity}



\subsection*{300 LEVEL}

\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 301: WORLD PHILOSOPHIES}

An introduction to one or more non-Western approaches to philosophy, such as Africana, Asian, or aboriginal traditions of thought.  Attention will be given to the internal structure of particular philosophical theories, as well as to connections with and interactions among broader cultural traditions, values, and practices.
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	\textsf{	A1	First Term		MWF		12:00-12:50		Instructor TBA} Texts:		TBA


\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 325:  RISK, CHOICE, AND RATIONALITY}

\textsf{A1	First Term		MWF		13:00-13:50		W. Cooper}
\newline
We will read William Poundstone's {\em Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge}, described by one reviewer as "A great way to spend Spring Break if you're looking for some fun for your mind." We will also work through Poundstone's {\em Prisoner's Dilemma: John Von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb}. This book will present one of the most important figures of the twentieth century and some of his contributions to decision theory, and it will require that you think about the prospect of the end of the world, when enemies square off who are armed to the teeth with weapons of mass destruction. Finally, we will read Brian Skyrms's little book {\em Choice and Chance} very slowly, in order to absorb its lessons on inductive and (to a lesser extent) deductive logic.

\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 332:  FEMINIST ISSUES IN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL  PHILOSOPHY [taught with W ST 332, A1]}
\textsf{A1	First Term		TR		09:30-10:50		C. Heyes}
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This course is an introduction to feminist theory for students of both Philosophy and Women's Studies. Starting from students' experiences, the course will aim to teach the theoretical languages of feminism in order to offer diverse answers to questions such as: How are experiences of gender transformed into feminist theory? What is oppression, and how are women oppressed in contemporary North America? What does it mean to say that gender is socially constructed? How does sexism interconnect with racism, class discrimination, homophobia, transphobia, and masculinity? How are sexuality and body image political issues? What are the possibilities for solidarity among women in different social locations, or for a global feminist movement?
	The course aims to debunk the myths and stereotypes surrounding feminist thinking, and offer students an accessible and topical introduction to (primarily anglophone) feminist political thought using methods and texts from within the discipline of philosophy. A willingness to do careful theoretical thinking, reading, and writing will be very important for success in the course, which will be conducted through a mixture of lecture, groupwork, and class discussion. 
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Prerequisites:  None.  (WST/PHIL 332 is a sufficient prerequisite for PHIL 433.) 
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	Text:		Custom course material available from the University 
				Bookstore


\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 355: PHILOSOPHY OF THE ENVIRONMENT}

\textsf{		B1	Second Term	TR		14:00-15:20		K. Houle}
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Environmental Philosophy is a recently developed area of philosophical inquiry. It can be understood as the effort to understand and critique the multiple causes of environmental degradation. That critique involves looking at the ideas we have inherited and now hold about nature and humankind. It endeavors to provide a more adequate conceptual and ethical foundation for right relations with the physical environment. This course begins by exploring the history of the ideas about nature found in the Western worldview:  from the beginnings of philosophy (The Ancient World), through medieval and modern ideas such as Newton, Bacon and Descartes held. We will focus in this first section on metaphysics and epistemology, especially on idealism and rationalism as these have shaped our particular understanding of what there is, and how to know what there is. Then, by way of contrast, we will explore a phenomenological perspective, using Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac as our guide text. Finally, in the last half of the course we will consider ethics: whether a new 'environmental ethics' is required, and what the arguments for extension of the moral sphere to non-human animals, to species, to the biosphere as a whole, involve.  Students will be tested in a variety of ways including short in-class exercises (which, along with attendance, comprise their participation mark), short papers, and a final major term paper.       
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	Texts:		Owen Goldin and Patricia Kilroe (eds.) , {\em Human Life and the Natural World: Readings in the History of Western Philosophy} (Broadview, 1997); Aldo Leopold,  {\em A Sand County Almanac} (Oxford); Robert  Elliot (ed.),  {\em Environmental Ethics} (Oxford, 2002) 


\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 357:  PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION}
\textsf{	A1	First Term		TR		12:30-13:50		J.A. Buijs}
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General topics in the Philosophy of Religion, which may include the concept of 'religion,' the existence of God, meaning and intelligibility in religious language, religion and morality, implications of the social scientific study of religion.
For more details on readings and requirements, see the course website at 
\newline
\textsf{www.ualberta.ca/~jbuijs/phil357.htm}
\newline
	Texts:		TBA

\subsubsection{PHILOSOPHY 365: PHILOSOPHY OF COMPUTING}
	\textsf{	A1	First Term		MWF		11:00-11:50		W. Cooper}
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This course will develop the idea that there are at least three kinds of computing: symbol-manipulating, connectionist, and quantum computing. Jack Copeland's {\em Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Introduction} offers an accessible but rigorous introduction to the first two kinds of computation, and John Searle's {\em The Rediscovery of the Mind} mounts an articulate attack on the prospects for artificial intelligence through symbol-manipulating computation (what Searle calls "Strong AI"). As for the third kind of computation, it will be introduced in the quantum physicist David Deutsch's {\em The Fabric of Reality}, which argues that the foundations 
for computation that Alan Turing laid down in the 1930's are an approximation to something more fundamental, a universal computer (not merely a "universal Turing machine") that renders virtual realities by drawing on the computational resources of parallel worlds.

\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 368: EQUALITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE}
\textsf{B1	Second Term	TR		09:30-10:50		D. Kahane}
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This course considers how different philosophical approaches to justice, including liberal and radical theories, deal with connections between identity, membership, and equality. We'll consider the general shape of these theories, as well as studying tensions between them when it comes to contemporary issues of gender, race, sexuality, and social justice. You should come to the course with a strong commitment to developing your skills in critical reading and writing, and willingness to participate in group discussions.
For more details on readings and requirements, see the course website at 
\newline
\textsf{www.arts.ualberta.ca/phil368}
\newline
	Text:		Custom course material available from the University
				Bookstore

\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 375:  SCIENCE AND SOCIETY}

Calendar Description: A broadly based introduction to the intellectual, cultural, and social dimensions of science and their implications.  Topics may include the impact of the Newtonian revolution, mechanism, materialism and Darwinism, and the nature of objectivity and rationality.
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\textsf{PHIL 375: A1	First Term		MWF		13:00-13:50		Instructor TBA}
[taught with W ST 350, A1]
	Texts:		TBA
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\textsf{PHIL 375: B1	Second Term	MWF		11:00-11:50		Instructor TBA}
	Texts:		TBA

\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 382: PHILOSOPHY OF LAW}
\textsf{B1	Second Term	MWF		12:00-12:50		W. Cooper}
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This course will be an introduction to philosophy of law through a close reading of two classic texts.
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	Texts:		H.L.A. Hart, {\em The Concept of Law};
			Ronald Dworkin, {\em Taking Rights Seriously}


\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 386: PHILOSOPHY AND HEALTH CARE}
\textsf{B1	Second Term	TR		14:00-15:20		J. Welchman}
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A philosophical examination of concepts and issues central to knowledge and practice of health care.  Topics may include: rights and responsibilities of patients and health care personnel, passive and active euthanasia, abortion, research and experimentation, disclosure of diagnosis and risks, death and suffering.
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	Texts:		TBA


\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 388: PHILOSOPHY AND NURSING I }
		
Restricted to Nursing students registered in the BScN-Collaborative Program.


\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 396: THIRD-YEAR HONORS SEMINAR  [See Honors Courses]}

\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 398: PHILOSOPHY AND NURSING II}

Restricted to Nursing students registered in the BScN-Collaborative Program.  Not available for credit to students who have completed PHIL 389.

\subsection*{400 LEVEL}

Note:	All 400-level courses have as prerequisite two previous courses in Philosophy, of which at least one is at the 200-level. 

\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 426: PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE}
\textsf{B1	Second Term	MWF		13:00-13:50		B. Linsky}
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Selected problems concerning the nature of language and meaning.  This section will focus on the topics of reference and meaning.
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	Text:		A.P. Martinich (ed.), {\em The Philosophy of Language} (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001, 4th edition) [latest edition]

			
\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 433: TOPICS IN FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY (FEMINISM AND FOOD)}

\textsf{B1	Second Term	R			12:30-15:20		C. Heyes}
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This course provides an opportunity for advanced students to explore a specific topic in feminist philosophy in greater depth. The topic for Winter 2005 will be "feminism and food." Women have a complex material relationship with food: through shopping, farming, gathering, cooking and serving food for themselves and others, and through dynamics of consumption that include (self-)deprivation, excess, and "orientalism." This course will examine these issues from diverse feminist philosophical perspectives; topics to be discussed will include: fatness and thinness, dieting, eating disorders, the pleasure of food, sexuality, eroticism, and food, the ontology and politics of cooking, and feminist analysis of ethical eating (vegetarianism, Slow Food, etc.).
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Prerequisites:  PHIL/WST 332 or WST 301. You may take PHIL 433 again if you have taken it before.
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	Texts:		Custom course material available from the University Bookstore To see whether the course would interest you, look at Susan Bordo's book {\em Unbearable Weight}, contrasted with Lisa Heldke's {\em Exotic Appetites} (both on reserve in Rutherford library).

\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 442: 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY (PASSIONS, AFFECTS AND SENTIMENTS: THE EMOTIONS IN EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHY) [taught with PHIL 546, B1]}
\textsf{B1	Second Term	M			14:00-16:50		A.M. Schmitter}
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Seventeenth and eighteenth century philosophy witnessed widespread and vigorous discussion of the emotions. They figured importantly in philosophical treatments of sense-perception, practical reasoning, political philosophy, medicine and aesthetic theory, as well as raising metaphysical and epistemic questions of their own. Alas, their importance, both philosophically and as an episode in the history of philosophy, is less widely appreciated today. We will look at a wide variety of these discussions, trying both to trace the changing fortunes of the treatment of the emotions and to figure out why they were taken to be as central as they were.
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	Texts:		Readings TBA, but certainly including Descartes's {\em Passions 
of the Soul}, parts of Spinoza's {\em Ethics}, parts of Hobbes's {\em Leviathan}, Books II and III of Hume's {\em Treatise}, and works from less well-known continental and British figures. [Note: despite the Philosophy 442 designation, this course will treat both continental and British philosophy.]

\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 445: TOPICS IN 19TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHY} 

\textsf{A1	First Term		R			12:30-15:20		R. Burch [taught with PHIL 546, A1]}
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"Some day institutions will be needed in which people live and teach as I conceive of living and teaching; it might even happen that a few Chairs will then be set aside for the interpretation of Zarathustra" (Nietzsche, {\em Ecce Homo}).  In this course, we shall undertake a close critical reading of Nietzsche's {\em Thus Spoke Zarathustra}, with a view specifically to understanding how the willing of eternal return is to effect the overcoming of metaphysics as such and to herald a new humanity and a new and higher history.
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	Texts:		F. Nietzsche (trans. W. Kaufmann), {\em Thus Spoke Zarathustra}; (Penguin) F. Nietzsche, {\em Ecce Homo}

\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 447: WITTGENSTEIN}
\textsf{		B1	Second Term	MWF		09:00-09:50		Instructor TBA}
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Description will be posted on Philosophy Notice Board when available.
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	Texts:		TBA

\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 448: TOPICS IN 20TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHY (ECONOMY)}
\textsf{X1	First Term		W			18:00-21:00		K. Houle}
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By way of an introduction to recent continental thought, we will examine the treatment of "economy" by thinkers such as Freud, Bataille, Mauss, Irigaray, Deleuze and Guattari, Derrida, Kristeva Cixous, L�vinas, Bourdieu, Zizek, Foucault, Blanchot and Cornell.  These philosophers of "the limit" are all, in some way, resisting the ontology and practices of economy exemplified by the Hegelian logic of identity: the unity of Meaning and Being within the circle of the Absolute. Further, these projects of philosophizing the limit are, to quote Drucilla Cornell, "driven by an ethical desire to enact the ethical relation. By the ethical relation I mean to indicate the aspiration to a nonviolent relationship to the Other, and to otherness more generally, that assumes responsibility to guard the Other against the appropriation that would deny her difference and singularity." The charge is that the restricted economy of idealism, despite even its best efforts (eg. Habermasian communicative rationality and Rawlsian fairness) cannot secure responsibility to otherness, and hence, cannot enact justice. In investigating this general claim, we will study these key terms: the supplement, alterity, diff�rance, the limit, jouissance, absence, excess, the Outside, trace, the gift. By organizing our reading of recent continental thinking ("French Feminism", "Post-Structuralism", "Deconstruction") around the question of reconceiving economy, we will discover how, despite charges to the contrary, all such efforts are grounded in and driven by the ethical and the political.  
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	Texts:		TBA

\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 450: TOPICS IN ETHICS [taught with PHIL 550, A1]}
\textsf{		A1	First Term		M			14:00-16:50		J. Welchman}
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Although Aristotle's ethics remains the predominant historical source upon which contemporary character-based ethics draws, Hume's ethics are increasingly being seen as providing an important alternative. We will examine Hume's ethical theory, in particular his account of virtue, and the roles sympathy, self-interest, and convention play in his account of moral character.
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	Texts:		David Hume, {\em A Treatise of Human Nature} (Oxford); 
			David Hume, {An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of
				Morals} (Hackett)


\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 480: TOPICS IN AESTHETICS [taught with PHIL 580, A1]}\textsf{		A1	First Term		T			14:00-16:50		A.A. Carlson}
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The seminar will focus on environmental aesthetics, and especially on the problems involved in the aesthetic appreciation of nature. In the initial part of the course, we will briefly cover some background material on the history of aesthetics. We will follow that up by working through the essays on the aesthetics of nature in the Carlson/Berleant anthology listed below.
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	Required Text:	Allen Carlson and Arnold Berleant (eds.), {\em The Aesthetics of Natural Environments}	(Broadview) 
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Recommended Text:	Allen Carlson, {\em Aesthetics and the Environment} (Routledge)

\subsection*{HONORS COURSES}

Note:	Honors courses are open only to Honors students.  All honors courses are closed to web registration.  Consent of Department is required.

\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 396: THIRD-YEAR HONORS SEMINAR}

\textsf{		B1	Second Term	TBA		TBA				W. Cooper}
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The topic for the seminar will be War and Terrorism.  Restricted to third year Honors students. 
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	Texts:		TBA

\subsection*{PHILOSOPHY 493: FOURTH-YEAR HONORS SEMINAR}

	\textsf{	A1	First Term		W			14:00-16:50		B. Linsky}
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This seminar will discuss texts chosen after consultation with the students in fourth year honors.  The selection will be announced through the Department office before classes begin in September.  Restricted to final year Honors students. 


\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 498:  HONORS ESSAY }

Restricted to final year Honors students. 
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\textsf{PHIL 498: A1	First Term      Instructor TBA}

\textsf{PHIL 498: B1	Second Term Instructor TBA}

\subsection*{GRADUATE COURSES}
	
Note:	Open only to Graduate Students.
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\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 500: METAPHYSICS}
\textsf{	A1	First Term		W			14:00-16:50		A. Rueger}
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This seminar will discuss theories of causation, starting with Lewis' counterfactual analysis of determininistic and probablistic causation and then proceed to post-Lewisian proposals, including process and universals theories.  Authors to be read: D. Lewis, D.M. Armstrong, E. Eells, W. Salmon, P. Dowe.
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	Texts:		Custom course material available from the University
				Bookstore

\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 501: EPISTEMOLOGY} 
\textsf{A2	First Term TR 09:30-10:50 Adam Morton}
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The course will discuss several approaches to the question: how should rational agents take account of limits in their thinking power and rationality? (How to be intelligent about the fact that you have only so much intelligence.) There will be no single textbook, but weekly assigned readings from a number of authors. 
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	Text: 		None (see course description). There will however be
				a list of books to be reserved in the library.
		
\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 546: TOPICS IN MODERN PHILOSOPHY}

\textsf{PHIL 546: A1	First Term		R			12:30-15:20		R. Burch [taught with PHIL 445, A1]}
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"Some day institutions will be needed in which people live and teach as I conceive of living and teaching; it might even happen that a few Chairs will then be set aside for the interpretation of Zarathustra" (Nietzsche, {\em Ecce Homo}).  In this course, we shall undertake a close critical reading of Nietzsche's {\em Thus Spoke Zarathustra}, with a view specifically to understanding how the willing of eternal return is to effect the overcoming of metaphysics as such and to herald a new humanity and a new and higher history.
\newline
	Texts:		F. Nietzsche (trans. W. Kaufmann), {\em Thus Spoke Zarathustra} (Penguin); F. Nietzsche, {\em Ecce Homo}


\subsubsection*{PHIL 546: B1	Second Term	M			14:00-16:50		A.M. Schmitter}
(PASSIONS, AFFECTS AND SENTIMENTS: THE EMOTIONS IN EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHY) [taught with PHIL 442, B1]
\newline
Seventeenth and eighteenth century philosophy witnessed widespread and vigorous discussion of the emotions. They figured importantly in philosophical treatments of sense-perception, practical reasoning, political philosophy, medicine and aesthetic theory, as well as raising metaphysical and epistemic questions of their own. Alas, their importance, both philosophically and as an episode in the history of philosophy, is less widely appreciated today. We will look at a wide variety of these discussions, trying both to trace the changing fortunes of the treatment of the emotions and to figure out why they were taken to be as central as they were.
\newline
	Texts:		Readings TBA, but certainly including Descartes's {\em Passions of the Soul}, parts of Spinoza's {\em Ethics}, parts of Hobbes's {\em Leviathan}, Books II and III of Hume's {\em Treatise}, and works from less well-known continental and British figures. [Note: despite the Philosophy 442 designation, this course will treat both continental and British philosophy.]
	
\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 550: MORAL PHILOSOPHY [taught with PHIL 450, A1]}

\textsf{		A1	First Term		M			14:00-16:50		J. Welchman}
\newline
Although Aristotle's ethics remains the predominant historical source upon which contemporary character-based ethics draws, Hume's ethics are increasingly being seen as providing an important alternative. We will examine Hume's ethical theory, in particular his account of virtue, and the roles sympathy, self-interest, and convention play in his account of moral character.
\newline
	Texts:		David Hume, {\em A Treatise of Human Nature} (Oxford);
			David Hume, {\em An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals} (Hackett)

\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 570: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (SOLIDARITY AND THE BOUNDARIES OF JUSTICE)}
\textsf{	B1	Second Term	R			12:30-15:20		D. Kahane}
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This seminar will take up contemporary debates around nationalism, cosmopolitanism, and global justice, especially as these cast light on what might motivate people to act justly toward proximate and distant others. Readings will include work by the likes of Seyla Benhabib, Norman Geras, Jurgen Habermas, David Miller, Martha Nussbaum, Thomas Pogge, Richard Rorty, Peter Singer, Elizabeth Spelman, and Joan Tronto.
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Texts:		Custom course material available from the University
				Bookstore

\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 580: AESTHETICS [taught with PHIL 480, A1]}

	\textsf{	A1	First Term		T			14:00-16:50		A.A. Carlson	}
\newline
The seminar will focus on environmental aesthetics, and especially on the problems involved in the aesthetic appreciation of nature. In the initial part of the course, we will briefly cover some background material on the history of aesthetics. We will follow that up by working through the essays on the aesthetics of nature in the Carlson/Berleant anthology listed below.
\newline
	Required Text:	Allen Carlson and Arnold Berleant (eds.), {\em The
						Aesthetics of Natural Environments}
						(Broadview)
\newline
	Recommended Text:	Allen Carlson, {\em Aesthetics and the Environment}
						(Routledge)


\subsubsection*{PHILOSOPHY 594: SELECTED PROBLEMS IN PHILOSOPHY (PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS, AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY)}
\textsf{	B1	Second Term	T			14:00-16:50		C. Heyes}
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This graduate seminar will examine philosophical issues surrounding the definition, diagnosis, treatment, and experience of mental illness. The primary, but not exclusive, focus will be on historical, cultural, and phenomenological (rather than on psychological or cognitive scientific) approaches to psychopathology. Among the examples of "mental disorders" we will consider are: depression, anorexia nervosa, multiple personality disorder, and gender identity disorder.
	If it remains graduate-only, the seminar will also be oriented around developing some skills for survival and success in graduate school and academic world, including revising writing, reviewing and responding constructively to reviewers, and publishing.
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	Texts:		Custom course material available from the University
Bookstore
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To see whether the course would interest you, look at
	George Graham and J. Lynn Stephens (eds.),
	{\em Philosophical Psychopathology}, contrasted with Ian
	Hacking, {\em Rewriting the Soul}

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