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extended examination of the nature and value of art and artistic activity: interpretation, definitions of art, value of art, postmodernism, taste, beauty, imagination, expression & emotion, art & ethics, fakes & forgeries, film, photography, music

"self-knowledge" (knowledge of one's own mental states), classic papers on self-knowledge, recent work: Readings, Related Resources, Course Download

issues that arise in contemporary public debate concerning matters of social justice, Topics such as euthanasia, gay marriage, racism and racial profiling, free speech, hunger and global inequality, goal to provide basis for respectful and informed discussion of matters of common moral concern: Readings, Related Resources, Course Download

Western philosophical tradition, through the study of major figures such as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, and Kant, questions that have been significant to philosophy from its beginnings (nature of the mind or soul, the existence of God, the foundations of knowledge, ethics and the good life): Readings, Study Materials, Related Resources, Course Download

courses: History of Philosophy (Early Modern), Theory of Knowledge, 19th & 20th Century European Philosophy, Kant

Leibniz & Arnauld, biography of Descartes, philosophical matrices, menu of lectures (Aristotelian Philosophy, Early Modern Scientists, Skeptical Crisis in Europe, Montaigne, Descartes, Cavendish, Hobbes, Malebranche, Spinoza, Leibniz, Newton)

courses (introduction to ethics - Limited Cultural Differences Argument, Arguments, Validity, Soundness, professional ethics - Lying to Patients - Kant - Meta-Ethics), writing a philosophy paper, Negative Account, Introduction to Peirce

survey of history of ancient Greek philosophy from the Milesians through Aristotle: Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Heraclitus, Ship of Theseus, Parmenides, Zeno, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, Atomism, Socratic Definitions, Meno's Paradox, Plato's Phaedo, forms, "one over many", allegory of the cave, criticism of forms, Plato's cosmology, Aristotle's categories, Aristotle on change, four causes, texts & essays, search engines, links, news, just for fun

theory of tragedy developed in Aristotle's Poetics, usefulness of Aristotle's analysis of tragedy when applied to Homer and the Greek tragedians: Supplementary texts, Seminar notes

works by African American writers from the Colonial period to the early twentieth century, presents historical, sociological, and political context of the literature created by African Americans during these time periods: literature of (slavery & freedom, reconstruction to new Negro renaissance, Harlem renaissance), sample essay