Philosophy Degrees in the USA

...and a 15 page paper is due at the end. Occasional handouts will be distributed as we go along. For further detail, please see the Assignments section...

...(Actual topics to be selected from this list, based on class preference; other topics may be added) Austin, Ayer, and Wisdom. Aristotelian Society Symposium on Other Minds...

...And of course there is a lively controversy about the relevance of propositions to knowing-how and the knowledge argument. The seminar will examine issues...

...Chalmers: Perception and fall from Eden Don't show me this again This is one of over 2,200 courses on OCW. Find materials for this course in the pages linked along the...

...and the rest of the time will be devoted to discussion. Lectures: 1 session / week, 3 hours / session This is a seminar on "self-knowledge"...

...Is there anything that you ethically ought to do, e.g., give to charity or refrain from stealing? Lectures: 1 session / week, 3 hours / session This...

...A longer research paper (min. 2500 words) will be due during the last class. A 300 word project proposal must be submitted by Session 13, and a draft... Learn about: Social Theory...

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...The objective of the graduate-level course is to give people a sense of what "accounting for vagueness" is all about, why it's hard, and why it's important...

...Some questions that will be explored and discussed are: What is the distinctive philosophical interest of self-knowledge? Is self-knowledge really an epistemic achievement?...

...One 20-25 page term paper is also required. Graduate students in philosophy may receive distribution credit in the "history of philosophy" if their... Learn about: History of Philosophy...

...to class having prepared short answers to the questions. Students should plan to read at least one case study of an explanation of a social phenomenon... Learn about: Social Science...

...is our concept of race a natural kind concept? Is the term 'race' a natural kind term? If so, is Appiah right to conclude that there are no races?...

..."the environment" owes much to three ideas about the relation of mankind to nature. In the first of these, which harks back to ancient medical theories and notions about weather... Learn about: Medical training...