Fall Quarter

Dept	Course No and Title	Instructor
PHILOS (F26)	1 INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY	PRITCHARD, D.
A selection of philosophical problems, concepts, and methods, e.g., free will, cause and substance, personal identity, the nature of philosophy itself. (IV)
PHILOS (F26)	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 (F26)	3 TECH & SOCIETY	BERNECKER, S.
Technologies are ubiquitous and play a pervasive role in our lives. The aim of the course is to help you develop a better and more articulate understanding of the metaphysical, epistemological, moral, and social-political implications of technologies. The course has two distinct parts. The first part discusses with general issues in the philosophy of technology and covers major positions in the philosophy of technology (especially Aristotle and Heidegger). In the second part of the course, we explore philosophical questions raised by specific emerging technologies. Among the questions discussed in the course are: Could robots ever be truly conscious? Is your smartphone part of your mind? What is privacy and why is it valuable? Is obfuscation a form of lying? Is technology itself good or bad or is it only our use of technology that is good or bad? How should we assess and deal with technological risk? What ethical commands should driverless cars be given? Is patenting an element of life (e.g., a gene) immoral because it allows owning or treating genetic material as property? Is reproductive genetic engineering morally permissible? What is the difference between impairment, disability, and handicap? What makes video games artworks with distinctive aesthetic values and distinct aesthetic experiences? Is it possible to sin in a video game or to sin with a robot? (II)
PHILOS (F26)	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 (F26)	5 CONTEMP MORAL PRBLM	O'CONNELL, R.
Selected moral issues of current interest, e.g., abortion, sexual morality, euthanasia, capital punishment, reverse discrimination, civil disobedience, or violence. (IV)
PHILOS (F26)	10 HIST ANCIENT PHILOS	PERIN, C.
Examination of the central philosophical themes developed by the pre-Socratics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, the Epicureans, and the Skeptics (IV)
PHILOS (F26)	13 HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY	BONCOMPAGNI, A.
A study of contemporary philosophy structured in three parts: American pragmatism, Continental philosophy, and analytic philosophy. Authors include Peirce, James, Addams, Sartre, de Beauvoir, Arendt, Wittgenstein, and others. Prerequisite: Recommended: PHILOS 12. (IV)
PHILOS (F26)	29 CRITICAL REASONING	HEIS, J.
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PHILOS (F26)	31 INTRO INDUCT LOGIC	EASWARAN, K.
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PHILOS (F26)	41 SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY	WEATHERALL, J.
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PHILOS (F26)	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, 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 (F26)	105A SET THY & MATH REAS	EASWARAN, K.
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PHILOS (F26)	113 ROUSSEAU:WILL&POWER	LITWIN, C.
In this course, we will read closely some of Rousseau's main philosophical works (The Discourse on Inequality, the Social Contract and sections from the Emile) in dialogue with earlier modern philosophers who directly influenced him (Descartes, Hobbes, Malebranche, Leibniz, Locke, Diderot) and with later thinkers (Kant and Hegel notably) he directly influenced. Same as: 24943 French 150, Lec A; 66060 LPS 113, Lec A; Euro St. 150.
PHILOS (F26)	114 NIETZSCHE MORALITY	PERIN, C.
Studies of some of the major figures after Kant (e.g., Hegel, Nietzsche, Marx, Kierkegaard), especially in German idealism and social thought. Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary
PHILOS (F26)	120 PHILOSOPHY OF RACE	HEIS, J.
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PHILOS (F26)	121A MED EPISTEMOLOGY	BERNECKER, S.
Medical knowledge has made great strides over the last 150 years. Yet the claims to specific medical knowledge far outstrip the available evidence. This course examines the rise of evidence-based medicine and its controversies, including debates about evidence hierarchies, the reliance on less than straightforward concepts such as placebo, informed consent, and masking, and the dismissal of mechanistic reasoning and medical expertise. The course also explores recent arguments from the ubiquity of small effect sizes in medicine, the extent of misleading evidence in medical research, the thin theoretical basis of many interventions, and the malleability of empirical methods to show that medical interventions are generally less effective than we are led to believe.
PHILOS (F26)	164 WELL-BEING	FIOCCO, M.
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.