The reasoning by which Galileo and his contemporaries defended the Copernican model of the solar system (the “heliocentric” model –…
In this discussion-focused First Year Seminar, we will closely read influential texts by African American philosophers that engage with issues…
Many features of human consciousness are puzzling. Why are people so ready to believe extraordinary claims on the basis of…
An introduction to the topic of personal identity, focused on epistemological, ethical, and metaphysical themes. The course examines what personal…
This seminar examines Plato’s philosophical and literary masterpiece, The Symposium, and its influence on later artists and writers: we explore…
This seminar examines Plato’s philosophical and literary masterpiece, The Symposium, and its influence on later artists and writers: we explore…
The first third of the course will be devoted to proofs of the existence or nonexistence of God. What are…
When we talk about consciousness, what phenomenon are we referring to? Can conscious phenomena fit in an otherwise materialistic world?…
What is the point of learning about ethics? An ethics course should teach you how to recognize a moral issue…
No one would deny that Socrates, a 5th century BC Greek philosopher, was quite strange. He is perhaps the foundational…