This course provides a survey of major figures and developments in continental philosophy. Topics to be addressed include human nature and the nature of morality; conceptions of human history; the character and basis of societal hierarchies; and human beings' relationship to technology. Readings from Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Marx, Heidegger, Sartre, Beauvoir and others. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy.

An examination of the works of some major moral theorists of the Western philosophical tradition and their implications for our understanding of the nature of the good life and the sources and scope of our moral responsibilities. Enrollment limited to 25 students.

Among the most important and philosophically intriguing results in 20th-century logic are the limitative theorems such as Godel's incompleteness theorem and Tarski's demonstration of the indefinability of truth in certain languages. A wide variety of approaches to resolving fundamental mathematical and semantical paradoxes have emerged in the wake of these results, as well as a variety of alternative logics including paraconsistent logics in which contradictions are tolerated.

A study of Western philosophy from Bacon through the 18th century, with emphasis on Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume and especially Kant. Maximum number of students per section 15.

Inquiry-based lab course in which students learn basic approaches to studying nervous system structure-function relationships at the systems level, including how to visualize neurons and neuronal circuits, analyze neuroanatomical features, and correlate neuroanatomical data with sensory and/or motor processes. Student designed research projects emphasize skills in experimental design and data analysis. Complements material in NSC 319.

Students enter this seminar with a topic of current public interest that they research. Students critically analyze public media, original research reports and historical background on this topic. They conduct interviews with experts and produce media meant for the general public interpreting the current scientific understanding. Open to juniors and seniors, by permission. Prerequisites: background adequate for reading original neuroscience research reports (NSC/PSY 110, NSC 230, a course in statistics), a suitable research topic, and background adequate for research on that selected topic.

Same as MUS 258. This course analyzes cultural performances as sites for the expression and formation of social identity. Students study various performance genres such as rituals, festivals, parades, cultural shows, music, dance and theater. Topics include expressive culture as resistance; debates around authenticity and heritage; the performance of race, class and ethnic identities; the construction of national identity; and the effects of globalization on indigenous performances. Enrollment limited to 30.

Same as ANT 258. This course analyzes cultural performances as sites for the expression and formation of social identity. Students study various performance genres such as rituals, festivals, parades, cultural shows, music, dance and theater. Topics include expressive culture as resistance; debates around authenticity and heritage; the performance of race, class and ethnic identities; the construction of national identity; and the effects of globalization on indigenous performances. Prerequisite: 130 or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 30.

For centuries, and across different cultures, music has both served war and illustrated its victories and terror. Music has also provided powerful commentary of war, articulating human pain and protest in equal measure. In this class we consider these functions in key works of art and popular music of the 19th and 20th centuries -- a period of nationalism, revolution and two world wars -- as well as our own contemporary experience with the war in Iraq. We discuss music of war; about war; and in the shadow of war. (E)

Prerequisite: voice or permission of the instructor. Prerequisite: voice or permission of the instructor.