In this tutorial we will read philosophical texts from a range of approaches in professional philosophy since the early 20th Century (Analytic, Pragmatist, Continental or European, and Public). Conceptions of person are equally important in science (especially in psychology), law, and the arts. In confronting these difficult questions, we do not proceed purely theoretically but consider the contributions of various observation-based traditions, from Buddhist psychology and meditative practices to phenomenology to neurosciences. Its central question--What is film?--has been approached and framed in many different ways; naturally, the answers to that question, and the theoretical assumptions that underlie the answers, differ as well. the cosmos. Finally, we will consider how the concept of freedom is applied in contemporary social contexts, such as speech, religion, voting, and sexuality and gender. In this way the goal of the course is significantly different from that of Logic and Language (PHIL 203). We'll attempt to answer this question by examining recent philosophical work on the nature of free will and responsibility. The course will use a case-based approach to examine these issues, and so in most weeks we will (1) read philosophical articles focused on a key concept or set of arguments central to the issue, and (2) consider in detail one morally complex case in which the concept or arguments have special application or relevance. Are there incompatible but equally true ways of describing the world? As we read through these plays, we will also examine a number of philosophical works about tragedy. We got it anyway . The AFL abandoned the Crows' game against Geelong on Sunday, the club called the tragedy an unprecedented crisis and a family has been torn apart. What does it mean to be "philosophical" or to think "theoretically" about politics? We will then turn to several of Plato's dialogues, examining Plato's portrayal of Socrates and his development of a new and profoundly powerful philosophical conception. "I can't tell you anything about the argument or the circumstances but as a result of that both Mr Walsh and his wife received the wounds," Superintendent Des Bray told reporters in Adelaide. [more], In this course we will explore the ways in which feminist approaches to moral thinking have influenced both the methodology and the content of contemporary bioethics. Supt Bray said the domestic incident was a tragedy. "Phil Walsh was a man of boundless energy and enthusiasm, and his death is a tragic loss. We will then examine writings in the Stoic and Epicurean traditions, as well as Cicero's On the Ends of Good and Evil. What is the nature of consciousness and how can it be unhappy, false or double? We will pay special attention to the first amendment and questions concerning free speech and hate speech. With few exceptions, thoroughgoing skepticism and relativism have not been the prevailing views of the greatest minds in the history of philosophy. more broadly, what it is like to have a first person, waking perspective at all--resists explanation in any terms other than the conscious experience itself in spite of centuries of intense effort by philosophers and, more recently, by scientists. In the first part of the course, we will read Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations, one of the greatest books ever written. And, Existentialists express their thought in philosophical treatises as often as in literary works. [more], Through lectures, discussions, close readings and assigned writings, we will consider a variety of philosophical questions about the nature of persons, and personal identity through time. We will then turn to contemporary controversies such as campus free speech. action, ethics and moral psychology. In pursuing the answers to these questions, we will discuss both classic and contemporary theories from philosophy and linguistics. We examine key concepts such as: capitalism, alienation, false consciousness, the death of God, nihilism, the unconscious, ego, id, superego, and the death drive. and Why do we value it? Is relativism a form of skepticism? What are emotions, and how should we think about them? Critical theorists regard philosophy as social and ideology critique. In this course, we will spend the first third of the semester attempting to understand the metaphysics and epistemology in Plato's middle dialogues. What do we mean when we talk about racial capitalism? I may also pair some Nietzsche texts with readings from representatives of both the Anglo-American and European critical reception of his work (Bataille, Heidegger, Habermas, Foucault, Irigaray, Deleuze, Derrida Williams, Rorty, Reginster, Hussain, and so forth). In this tutorial we will read from Ancient, modern and contemporary philosophical sources as well several relevant studies in the social sciences and positive psychology movement in order to engage questions concerning happiness. Does it matter who is offended? It is a paradox, because I started with seemingly true statements and used valid reasoning to arrive at contradictory conclusions. Is moral objectivity like scientific objectivity, assuming that we have a clear sense of what that involves? Safety measures are in place, and campus community members and guests are additionally advised to take personal precautions. We conclude by considering the relation between first and third person studies of the mind, focusing on the concept of the embodied mind as a fruitful bridge between these different traditions. In this tutorial, we will investigate the nature of skepticism and the varieties of relativism it encourages. Other questions are pressing and immediate: Artificial intelligence techniques are used today to help decide whether someone gets a bank loan, is eligible to be released on bail, or in need of particular medical treatment. After working through these arguments, we will reflect more generally on the proper roles of reason and faith in justifying religious belief. How is it different from science? [more], Why are you here? By repeated application of the same reasoning, it seems that even after she removes 99,997 grains of sand--I don't know what she wants with all this sand, but I'm starting to worry about that girl--there is still a heap of sand in my backyard. The remainder of the course will consider key concepts at the core of medical ethics and central issues for the field, such as privacy and confidentiality, the distinction between killing and "letting die," and therapy vs. research. They have three adult children: Shevaun, Jessica, and Cameron. And, it's not merely that their answer invokes our freedom to determine our own identities. [more], Very few people believe that everything is water, that we knew everything before birth, that philosophers ought to rule the state, or that the earth is at the center of the cosmos. We'll examine these and related questions through historical and contemporary readings. While he never wrote any philosophical works of his own, Socrates is one of the most influential thinkers in the western tradition. They help us ask: What is freedom? Are we justified in believing in God? [more], Bertrand Russell claimed that Ludwig Wittgenstein was "perhaps the most perfect example I have ever known of genius as traditionally conceived--passionate, profound, intense, and dominating." Cy Walsh was detained under mental health supervision after the Supreme Court found he was mentally incompetent when he stabbed his father to death in July 2015. PHIL 227 LEC Death and Dying. [more], Much like the construction of medical knowledge itself, it is from specific cases that general principles of biomedical ethics arise and are systematized into a theoretical framework, and it is to cases they must return, if they are to be both useful and comprehensible to those making decisions within the biomedical context. Frege, Russell, and the Early Wittgenstein. In this course we address key themes and figures from two of the most influential movements in twentieth century European philosophy, namely, existentialism and phenomenology, a philosophical approach to which existentialism is indebted. It puts an end to the Early Modern traditions of Rationalism and Empiricism, and it stands at the beginning of both the Analytic and Continental traditions in contemporary philosophy. [more], Epistemology is one of the core areas of philosophical reflection. Is there a room for the notion of collective intention in filmmaking? We will read Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau in seeking answers to these questions. between law and morality? In this course, we will survey the ethics of public health through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic, investigating concepts and arguments that are central to the ethics of public health research and practice. What form of government best serves the people? We will concentrate both on making precise the philosophical problem of consciousness and on understanding the role of the relevant neuroscientific and cognitive research. Type in your search terms and press enter or navigate down for suggested search results. We will read works by three of Socrates' contemporaries: Aristophanes, Xenophon, and especially Plato. We will analyze and discuss various accounts of scientific method, structure and justification of scientific theories, scientific choice, change, and the idea that scientific knowledge is progressive in a cumulative way. Dean's Office. Police believe Cy argued with his father around 2am on Friday at their beachside suburban Adelaide home. Science is only "true" for some people, agnosticism is the only alternative to foolish superstition, and moral relativism and, consequently, nihilism are obvious. this course, we will consider the relationship between freedom and social order. Among the authors we will read are: Aristotle, Frege, Russell, Quine, Kripke, Putnam, Field and Fine. Some critical theorists within the Frankfurt School tradition draw from upon ideas about the constitution of the subject developed in the early 19th century German philosophy of Hegel. What are other models for understanding moral objectivity? Political parties. Thus, the barber shaves himself if and only if he does not shave himself. Furthermore, many of the issues that Aristotle takes up in these books remain of central importance in contemporary philosophy. How are conscious and unconscious emotions related to a person's action, character, and her social world? Topics will include: What can we know through our senses? [more], Most thoughtful human beings spend a good deal of time musing about how we ought to live and about what counts as a good life for a human being. It is, in fact, quite difficult to get through any course of study in the liberal arts without some familiarity with Plato. What constitutes my knowledge of myself as a person, and does that knowledge differ in any significant respect from my knowledge of physical objects and of other people? It seems like there is still a heap of sand in my backyard. Why read the history of philosophy? philosophers deeply influenced by pragmatism do not recognize the fact, while, on the other hand, some self-proclaimed pragmatists of our days can hardly be seen as continuing the tradition to which they pledge allegiance. What if they are biased, unbeknownst to us? Does philosophy yield knowledge? Is rationality relative to cultural norms? and includes death notifications beginning January 1, 2020. . Some philosophers have wondered, however, whether the notion of an alternative logic is even coherent. In this way, we develop a rich array of analytical tools and observational practices to further our understanding of the mind. How could proponents of each be claiming to follow in the footsteps of Socrates? Death Date Jul 3, 2015: Birth Sign: Pisces: Phil Walsh Height, Body Info. [more], This course will explore the themes of alienation, fetishism, ideology, dialectic, sociality, and freedom in the philosophical writings of G.W.F. This discussion will lead us to the relativist and social-constructivist views developed within contemporary science studies. . Further, even where there is agreement as to the proper way of answering epistemological questions, there is a stunning variety of possible answers to each question. Can we be mistaken about how well our lives are going, or about what has value? If they are conscious, will AI's have dignity and rights? We will read the Oresteia and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus, Sophocles' Theban Cycle, and the Hippolytus, Bacchae and Philoctetes by Euripides. We will begin by examining the general concepts of health and disease, and then apply them to human psychology. Some of the questions which we will discuss are: What is a person? Our subjects will include hate speech, press censorship, pornography, controversial art, sacrilegious speech and campus controversies. To do this we will explore topics that might traditionally be considered "women's issues" in healthcare, such as medicine and body image (e.g., cosmetic surgery, eating disorders), reproductive and genetic technologies, and research on women and their health care needs. Last modified on Wed 26 Oct 2016 19.14 EDT. Success in fulfilling desires? In framing and answering these questions, we will discuss subjective experience (or phenomenology) of mental illness; holism vs. reductionism; functional, historical and structural explanations of psychopathology; theory formation, evidence, and the role of values in psychology and psychiatry; the diversity and disunity of psychotherapeutic approaches; relationship between knowers and the known; and relationship between theoretical knowledge in psychiatry and the practices of healing. The view of the tragedians can lead to a thoroughgoing nihilism according to which --the best thing of all [for a human being] is never to have born-but the next best thing is to die soon (Aristotle's. On the other hand, if logic is about how we should reason, what makes it the case that we should reason one way rather than another? We will conclude by considering some critical appropriations of Marx by 20th Century philosophers, including Georg Lukacs, Max Horkheimer, and Theodor Adorno. It was the Crow's first game since the death of their coach Phil Walsh. has taken on an exciting urgency. While answers to such questions are implicit in historically important accounts of morality, these issues became the topic of explicit, sustained debate in the twentieth and twenty-first century. [more], Twenty-four centuries ago Plato argued for censorship of art. questions by studying the history of controversies in American higher education, concentrating especially on debates about the curriculum. [more], Martinican psychiatrist, philosopher, and revolutionary Frantz Fanon was among the leading critical theorists and Africana thinkers of the twentieth century. to the structure of arguments for and against relativism, as well as to the philosophical motivations and perceived consequences of its endorsement or rejection. A number of conceptual themes will emerge throughout the course of the term, including notions of exploitation and coercion, privacy and confidentiality, and the balance between public interests and individual rights. Some of them explicitly engage meta-philosophical debates; others exemplify particular philosophical styles and methods. Or are some of our beliefs true in virtue of their meanings alone? In this course we will investigate the the broad topics of consciousness and thought by surveying the many approaches to mind that yield the contemporary debates. In this tutorial you will read from a selection of Foucault's texts (books, lectures, interviews) in order to acquire a firm grasp of his method of "critique" and his way of looking at the interconnections between forms of power and the knowledge associated with particular disciplines. Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, J.S. [more], If we think of Michel Foucault as engaged in writing histories, or genealogies, of his own present designed to undercut the sense of the obviousness of certain practices and ways of thinking, categorizing, and knowing, we can easily imagine that he might now be questioning different aspects of our contemporary "present" than the ones standardly associated with his name, namely, panopticons and surveillance, discipline, criminalization, the biopolitics of health, the normal and the abnormal, etc. We will read, among others, selected papers by Carnap, Hempel, Quine, Goodman, Kuhn, Elgin, Hacking, Misak, Putnam, Rorty, and Haack. Which characteristics of persons give them moral status? The second, longer part of the seminar will try to isolate and follow some of the pragmatist currents which run through epistemology and philosophy of science in the 20th and 21st centuries. We will begin by reading some of Plato's early dialogues and his Republic. What are other models for understanding moral objectivity? No one can have an adequate understanding of western intellectual history without some familiarity with the Greeks, and we might think that an understanding of our intellectual history can deepen our understanding of our own situation. Is that principle of organization justifiable or not? To do this, we will need to become familiar with key ethical theories; think deeply about such concepts as privacy, paternalism and autonomy, exploitation, cost-benefit analysis and justice; and compare the function of these concepts in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic with the way they work in responses to other public health concerns. Hence, being with others, being dependent on others, is regarded as a key structuring feature of human existence. A person incapable of loyalty is often characterized as fickle, cold, self-serving and sometimes even pathological. In this way, we develop a rich array of analytical tools and observational practices to further our understanding of the mind. On the other hand, there is a heap of sand in my backyard. While he never wrote any philosophical works of his own, Socrates is one of the most influential thinkers in the western tradition. More particularly, it concerns itself with the difference between good and bad reasoning, between strong and weak arguments. How much inference goes into interpreting what's said? Each identified the limits, whether historical or innate, of our human capacity to know ourselves and our world, and to live harmoniously with others. If time permits, we'll also look briefly at some recent post-Rawlsian debates about the nature of distributive justice (e.g., luck vs. relational egalitarianism, or global justice). See the college's. [more], Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Amelie Rorty, and Cora Diamond all challenged the prevailing philosophical tenets of their times. Is relativism a form of skepticism? Williams, Bernard. Unsurprisingly, philosophers have proffered a variety of answers to these questions, prompting one philosopher to remark, half-jokingly, that "there are as many definitions of philosophy as there are philosophers." The course will present the essential ideas of relativity theory and quantum theory and explore their implications for philosophy. What are some of the necessary conditions for democracy? No one can have an adequate understanding of western intellectual history without some familiarity with the Greeks, and we might think that an understanding of our intellectual history can deepen our understanding of our own situation. One must grasp the meanings of the various parts of the sentence. Are we ever justified in having more concern, and doing more, for our friends, family, community or nation? This tutorial will bring to life the debate between Locke and Leibniz, and enable students to reach their own conclusions about Empiricism vs. Rationalism, Realism vs. Idealism, and related issues. To what extent do these myriad force relations limit, enable, or deform our participation as political citizens, and our capacity to transform and improve them? What do we mean when we talk about racial capitalism? [more], This will be a course in the philosophy of language at it has developed over the past century and a half in the analytic tradition. Some of the questions we will ask are: What is the nature of filmic representation? A person incapable of loyalty is often characterized as fickle, cold, self-serving and sometimes even pathological. Those positions remain extreme, but the challenge that consciousness poses is dramatic. I don't know how exactly how many grains of sand are in this heap, but let's say 100,000. I just wanted to put on here a tribute video that my Assistant Jessica has put together for Murdered Adelaide Football coach Phil Walsh, who was a true leader of young men in sport and life (it is . The reason for this is that there are two underlying structures that the original sentence can realize. Schick, Theodore and Lewis Vaughn. Tutorial partners will have an opportunity to spend the end of the semester working on a special topic of their choosing including, for instance, consciousness and free will, pain and anesthesia, consciousness and artificial intelligence, or disorders of consciousness. Our study will definitely include Frege, Russell, Quine, Searle, and Kripke. His thought influenced the thought of subsequent generations of philosophers. How important are honor, money, love, work, friendship and our connections to others to our happiness? We will begin the course by looking at Hume's and Kant's discussion of causation. What are space and time? In this tutorial we'll closely examine a series of contemporary and historical cases of human experimentation (roughly, one case per week) with an eye toward elucidating the moral norms that ought to govern human subjects research. Phil works at Keller Williams Realty, Inc. as Real Estate Broker. How can it be known and pursued? Our starting and central question will be: and evidence in forming our best beliefs. The picture that we find in the works of the tragedians, Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides is markedly different. Our tools in this course will be logic and reason, even when we are trying to determine what the limits of reason might be. The millennia old problem of whether human suffering is compatible with God's perfection is called "the problem of evil." "For any family, regardless of who it is, is one of the worst things that you could imagine that could happen to you," he said. We will then turn to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. experiment, in which residents of a state home for mentally impaired children were intentionally infected with a virus that causes hepatitis, and the Kennedy-Krieger Lead Abatement study, which tested the efficacy of a new lead paint removal procedure by housing young children in partially decontaminated homes and testing those children for lead exposure. He hoped it would occasion a public debate between Locke and himself, and prompt the intellectual community to decide, once and for all, between Empiricism and Rationalism, Realism and Idealism, and on related issues concerning the mind, language, truth, God, natural kinds, causation, and freedom. Possible additional topics would include: modal logic, the theory of counterfactuals, alternative representations of conditionals, the use of logic in the foundations of arithmetic and Godel's Incompleteness theorems. Where have you been taught them? Williams relatives. Our seminar will have two aims: (1) to reconstruct the single most compelling moral theory from Kant's various ethical writings, and (2) to trace the influence of Kant's ethics in contemporary philosophy. that future is nothing short of an existential threat to human beings. We conclude by considering the relation between first and third person studies of the mind, focusing on the concept of the embodied mind as a fruitful bridge between these different traditions. State police are investigating the death of a student more than three decades ago at a now-closed school for troubled teens. Without challenging the centrality of such projects for philosophy, this tutorial will focus on a less emphasized, but equally essential aspect of our lives: emotions. Always asking what practical difference would it make, our authors investigate the central questions and disputes of philosophy, from epistemology and metaphysics to ethics and religion. 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