Philosophy

• GRS PH 801: Ancient Philosophy I
  
• GRS PH 802: Ancient Philosophy II
  
• GRS PH 810: Modern Phil
  This course description is currently under construction.
• GRS PH 811: Topics in the Philosophy of Kant I
  
• GRS PH 812: Kant II
  
• GRS PH 816: Ancient Philosophy
  A close reading of the Phenomenology of Spirit, with particular emphasis on its role as the justification of Hegel's standpoint in the Logic, the development of the overall argument, and the famous sections on sense-certainty, the master-slave dialectic, unhappy consciousness, the terror of the French revolution, the critique of Kant's moral philosophy, and the transition to religion. Students will be asked to provide short presentations on selections from the secondary literature.
• GRS PH 820: Contemporary Philosophy
  
• GRS PH 826: Advanced Phenomenology
  
• GRS PH 827: Heidegger
  
• GRS PH 840: Metaphysics
  
• GRS PH 850: Ethics
  
• GRS PH 854: Seminar in Political Philosophy
  
• GRS PH 858: Aesthetics
  
• GRS PH 860: Epistemology
  
• GRS PH 870: Seminar in the Philosophy of Science
  Topic for Fall 2007: Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Theory. An advanced seminar in the philosophy of physics, focusing on quantum theory. Examines the philosophical implications of recent developments in entanglement and quantum information science, such as quantum cryptography, quantum computing, and quantum teleportation.
• GRS PH 871: Philosophy of Science
  The aim of the course is to clarify the credentials and implications of each position (thus provide students a solid ground for participating in wider cultural debates on rationality and relativism), and to have a better understanding of the recent history and current status of philosophy of science (which is part of necessary training for professional philosophers), through a careful examination of the structure of the arguments adopted by each position in dealing with various issues.
• GRS PH 880: Topics in Philosophy I
  Topic for Spring 2005: Wittgenstein. A study of Wittgenstein's philosophy as a whole, with special attention to the distinction between logic and psychology in his early and later work. Topics and texts covered will include the Tractatus and its notions of sense.
• GRS PH 881: Topics in Philosophy of Hegel
  
• GRS PH 882: Topics in Philosophy of Imagination
  
• GRS PH 883: Topics in Philosophy
  

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