PHILOSOPHY
Course Level: Undergraduate
Topics vary by section, may be repeated for credit with different topic. Rotating topics including medical ethics, philosophy of language, advanced philosophical argumentation, philosophy of reason and passion, bio-ethics, and post-modernism. Usually meets with PHIL-685. Usually offered every term. Prerequisite: PHIL-105 or permission of instructor.
Course Level: Undergraduate
Selected Topics in Philosophy (3)
Nietzsche's Life Affirmation
This course explores how the affirmation of life, which Nietzsche also calls Yes-Saying and Amor Fati, functions within his larger philosophical project. It also explores its relationship to the related concepts of the will to power, the eternal return, and nihilism. Meets with PHIL-685 003.
Course Level: Undergraduate
Selected Topics in Philosophy (3)
Plato's Republic
In this course students are immersed in Plato's Republic by examining both the intricacies of the argument and the stunning literary devices evident throughout the text. The class focuses on the soul/city analogy and analyze to what extent human life is dependent on the polis. Meets with PHIL-685 C01.
Course Level: Undergraduate
Selected Topics in Philosophy (3)
Postcolonialism and Philosophy
Postcolonialism is a conceptually challenging and productive field. Unlike some schools of thought that were internal conceptual dialogues, postcolonialism is inherently tied to twentieth century historical events. This course considers both the contribution continental philosophy has made to postcolonialism as well as the latter's underappreciated challenges to philosophy's persisting Eurocentrism. Meets with PHIL-685 001.