Introduction to contemporary methods in philosophical research and writing.

In this class, we will engage with the issues of population growth and resource use, biodiversity loss and sustainability, non-human animal welfare, environmental justice, and global climate change.

This course examines the varieties of, and arguments for and against, ethical consequentialism -- the theory according to which what one is morally required to do is whatever will bring about the best consequences.

Topics may include necessity and possibility, universals and particulars, causality, the mental and the physical.

Selected topic in the philosophy of mind, such as intentionality of the mental, relation between the mental and the physical, connection between thought and action, and ways of verifying the existence of various mental states.

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Critical analysis of structure of scientific method and language of science, respective roles of induction and deduction in science, and the status of theoretical terms.

A survey of selected topics in contemporary analytic philosophy of language, including meaning, reference, naming, truth, speech acts, propositional attitudes, translation, vagueness and the nature of linguistic representation.

A survey of some philosophical topics in medical ethics, focusing on questions about (if ever) when medicine should be used to end life, and when it should be used to improve quality of life. (Gen.Ed. AT)

A survey of some philosophical topics in medical ethics, focusing on questions about (if ever) when medicine should be used to end life, and when it should be used to improve quality of life. (Gen.Ed. AT)