Winter Quarter
| Dept | Course No and Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| PHILOS (W25) | 1 INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY | GARCIA TORRES, J. |
| A selection of philosophical problems, concepts, and methods, e.g., free will, cause and substance, personal identity, the nature of philosophy itself. (IV) | ||
| PHILOS (W25) | 2 PUZZLES & PARADOXES | KOSLOW, A. |
| Introduction to the formal tools needed to comprehend and evaluate philosophical arguments and theoretical reasoning in general. (IV and VB ). | ||
| PHILOS (W25) | 4 INTRO TO ETHICS | O'CONNELL, R. |
| Selected topics from the history of ethics, e.g., the nature of the good life and the moral justification of conduct. (IV) | ||
| PHILOS (W25) | 5 CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS | BERG, A. |
| Selected moral issues of current interest. In Winter 2024 we will focus on topics related to the value and future of human life. (IV) | ||
| PHILOS (W25) | 12 HIST MODERN PHILOS | LITWIN, C. |
| A study of major developments in western philosophy from Descartes to Kant with readings from Descartes, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. Prerequisite: Recommended: PHILOS 10 or PHILOS 11. (IV) | ||
| PHILOS (W25) | 29 CRITICAL REASONING | CRAWFORD, N. |
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| PHILOS (W25) | 30 INTR SYMBOLIC LOGIC | MEADOWS, T. |
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| PHILOS (W25) | 31 INTRO INDUCT LOGIC | EASWARAN, K. |
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| PHILOS (W25) | 101 INTR TO METAPHYSICS | KOSLOW, A. |
| A study of one or more of the problems of "first philosophy," e.g., substance, free will, causation, abstract entities, identity. | ||
| PHILOS (W25) | 105B METALOGIC | WEHMEIER, K. |
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| PHILOS (W25) | 108 ADVANCED LOGIC | HUTTEGGER, S. |
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| PHILOS (W25) | 144 TPS PHIL SOC WORLD | GILBERT, M. |
| Selected topics in the philosophy of the social sciences, e.g.: Is their goal to understand behavior or to predict and control it? Are they normative and the natural sciences not? Do they incorporate philosophical doctrines about language and mind?. Repeatability: Unlimited as topics vary. Same as LPS 144. | ||
| PHILOS (W25) | 164 WELL-BEING | PERIN, C. |
| Examines what it is that makes a life good (or bad) for the person who lives it. Topics include hedonism, desire-satisfaction theories of well-being (as well as other such theories), the notion of harm, the possibility of posthumous harm. | ||
| PHILOS (W25) | 190 LATIN AMER. PHILOS | GARCIA TORRES, J. |
| Lectures on selected topics to be given by regular faculty and visiting faculty. Repeatability: Unlimited as topics vary. | ||