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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

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

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

overview of some of the different strategies of reading, comprehending & engaging with literary texts developed in twentieth century, specific theoretical paradigms, working through selected reading to see how determines or defines task of literary interpretation, locate limits of each particular approach, trace emergence of subsequent theoretical paradigms as responses to the achievements and limitations of what came before: readings

important results and ideas of the last half century of research in syntax, related work in language acquisition and processing, ideas and arguments for these ideas in addition to the the details of particular analyses, mechanics of one particular approach (sometimes called Principles and Parameters syntax): readings, course download

modern standard Chinese, commonly called Mandarin, presupposes no prior background in the language, develops basic conversational abilities (pronunciation, fundamental grammatical patterns, common vocabulary, and standard usage), reading and writing skills (in both the traditional character set and the simplified), understanding of the language learning process, downloadable textbook in readings section, several different types of study materials