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establishment of the ideas and institutions of modern physics, tracking the evolution of the discipline over the last two centuries, dramatic developments, both intellectual and structural, social, cultural & political context: Reading assignments, Reader contents, useful references, Roadmaps

fundamental questions about the ideal of a just society and the place of values of liberty and equality in such a society, contemporary theories of justice (Utilitarianism, Libertarianism, and Egalitarian Liberalism), implications for some topics of ongoing moral-political controversy

project-based introduction to the contemporary city, assess scenarios for the purpose of formulating social, economic and design strategies to provide humane and sustainable solutions: readings, 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

art, philosophy & philosophy of art (Danto), psychical distance, definitions, comments on Serrano,
Plato, Aristotle, formalism, expressionism, contemporary approaches, moral value & aesthetic value, David Hume, Art & First Amendment, govt funding & arts: resources

examination in historical and social context of personal, cultural and political aspects of gay and lesbian life paying particular attention to conceptual, ontological, epistemological, and social justice issues: queer films, links, queer picture gallery, aids/safer sex, timeline, outlines of arguments for/against same-sex marriage

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

central topics in language processing, structure of language, sentence, discourse, morphological processing, storage & access of words in mental dictionary, speech processing, relationship between computational resources available in working memory & language processing mechanism, ambiguity resolution, computational & connectionist models, language & thought, issues in language acquisition, critical period phenomena, acquisition of speech & words, experimental methodologies: readings, course download

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

grammar of Japanese and its structure, emphasis on problems of interest in the study of linguistic universals, Data from a broad group of languages studied for comparison with Japanese, assumes familiarity with linguistic theory: related resources, course download, readings