Fall Quarter
Dept | Course No and Title | Instructor |
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PHILOS (F23) | 1 INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY | RITCHIE, K. |
A selection of philosophical problems, concepts, and methods, e.g., free will, cause and substance, personal identity, the nature of philosophy itself. Materials fee. (IV) | ||
PHILOS (F23) | 2 PUZZLES & PARADOXES | FIOCCO, M. |
Introduction to the formal tools needed to comprehend and evaluate philosophical arguments and theoretical reasoning in general. (IV and VB ). | ||
PHILOS (F23) | 3 TECH & SOCIETY | BERNECKER, S. |
A study of the nature of technology, its relation to human values, the philosophical assumptions in its development, and the philosophical implications of technology. (II) | ||
PHILOS (F23) | 4 INTRO TO ETHICS | HELMREICH, J. |
Selected topics from the history of ethics, e.g., the nature of the good life and the moral justification of conduct. (IV) | ||
PHILOS (F23) | 5 CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS | DEAN, M |
Selected moral issues of current interest, e.g., abortion, sexual morality, euthanasia, capital punishment, reverse discrimination, civil disobedience, or violence. (IV) | ||
PHILOS (F23) | 29 CRITICAL REASONING | HEIS, J. |
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PHILOS (F23) | 31 INTRO INDUCT LOGIC | STAFF |
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PHILOS (F23) | 91 PHILOSOPHY OF SEX | STAFF |
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PHILOS (F23) | 102W INTRO TO KNOWLEDGE | COLIVA, A. |
***This online course will introduce students to skepticism and to its connections with epistemic relativism. In particular, we will look at Descartes' and Hume's formulations of relativism and to some prominent anti-skeptical strategies, put forward by contemporary philosophers like Moore, Wittgenstein, Putnam, Strawson, McDowell, and DeRose. We will also look at varieties of epistemic relativism with special reference to Wittgenstein and Rorty. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement. **Highly recommended webinar per week of 1.5h, and/or participation in weekly discussion sessions Overlaps with PHILOS 102, LPS 102. (Ib) | ||
PHILOS (F23) | 104 INTRO TO LOGIC | STAFF |
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PHILOS (F23) | 105A ELEMENTARY SET THRY | MEADOWS, T. |
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PHILOS (F23) | 130 SELF LOVE&COM GOOD | LITWIN, C. |
Self-Love, Narcissism, and the Common Good, From Aristotle to Rousseau Instructor: Pr. Christophe LITWIN Email: christophe.litwin@uci.edu In the age of social media, we tend to associate human self-love with the myth of Narcissus, trapped in the love of his self-reflected image. Self-love, however, was conceived of much more positively in the Antiquity. Aristotle and the Stoics, for instance, used the argument that we love people to whom we do good more than we love those who do good to us to oppose generous self-love to both selfishness and altruism. To them, actual love of self was in fact the natural reward of virtue and, as such, the core principle of friendship and active participation in the common good. This interpretation of self-love was, however, largely opposed by Christian theology. Saint Augustine described original sin as the corruption of man’s love of God into self-love. Since pagan virtues derive from self-love, they are sinful and false. Outside of Christian charity all human virtues are but disguised vices. Paradoxically, in a context when this quarrel over the falsehood of human virtues outside of charity was revived at the Renaissance, an austere Augustinian interpretation of human self-love played a significant role in the invention of modern economic science: if only God’s grace can remedy the evil nature of self-love, skillful government should not foolishly attempt to make men virtuous but should instead channel their vices for the greater benefit of society. Such reflections directly influenced Bernard Mandeville, whose famous motto “Private vices. Public benefits” inspired Adam Smith’s metaphor of the “invisible hand”. Allegedly, the greed and selfishness of the rich may result in creating more wealth, and more distribution of this wealth to the poor through labor, than charity will ever have been able to. Indeed, from Rousseau to Smith, philosophers challenged Mandeville’s controversial argument pointing to its restrictive understanding of self-love and its negative moral and political consequences. This course will examine these philosophical debates on self-love and the common good in the Antiquity, their impact in Early Modern French and European thought, as well as their role in the genealogy of political economy in the early wake of capitalism. Repeatability: Unlimited as topics vary. Same as Classic 176, French 150 | ||
PHILOS (F23) | 115 ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY | HEIS, J. |
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PHILOS (F23) | 117 KARMA AND ETHICS | DONALDSON, B. |
Selected topics in the philosophies of Asia, e.g. Jainism, Buddhism, Yoga, Vedanta, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto. Repeatability: Unlimited as topics vary. | ||
PHILOS (F23) | 121A MED EPISTEMOLOGY | BERNECKER, S. |
Analysis of epistemological issues concerning medical research and health care. Topics may include medical evidence, transmission of medical knowledge, medical expertise, the epistemology of medical disagreement, classification of illnesses, well-being, philosophy of pain, and medical decision making. | ||
PHILOS (F23) | 130 ANIMAL ETHICS | DONALDSON |
Selected topics in ethics. Repeatability: Unlimited as topics vary. Please contact Professor Donaldson (b.donaldson@uci.edu). | ||
PHILOS (F23) | 135A SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTN | RAPHAEL, R. |
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PHILOS (F23) | 140 PHILOS OF MEDICINE | ROSS, L. |
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PHILOS (F23) | 141B GEOMETRY&SPACETIME | MANCHAK, J. |
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