General Information
I encourage all my students to use my Peer/Self Review before handing an essay in.
The following websites can be useful:
PhilPapers
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
359 Majors Seminar: Frege
Frege’s philosophy has been of enormous importance in both philosophy of language and philosophy of mathematics. In this course we cover several key topics in his philosophy: the linguistic turn, his conception of numbers as objects and two key distinctions he makes, sense/reference and object/concept. We will be reading both original material from Frege and important commentary.
There is a course blog at http://www.upennfrege.blogspot.com
441 Metaphysics: Fiction and Fictionalism
There are fictionalist accounts of morality, possible worlds, mathematical objects, and even truth. In this course we will examine these accounts and the metaphysical repercussions that the fictionalist strategy commits us to. We will be covering various cases studies of fictionalism, and assessing the validity of such accounts.
The course blog is on Canvas.
073 Topics In Ethics: Sex and Love
What is love? Are there different kinds of love? Why does society prize romantic love so much? What counts as a sexual act? Is all consensual sex permissible? What information do you need to consent to a sexual act? Is consent to sexual acts constrained by different considerations than consent of other kinds (eg to a medical procedure)? What is the difference between coercion and convincing someone into a sexual act? What is gender? Does gender affect consent? In this course we will be attempting to answer questions like these, looking at authors from Plato to Nussbaum to Archard.
There is a course blog at pennsexandlove.blogspot.com
244 Philosophy of Mind
What makes you the same person as you were yesterday? How do we know other people think and feel in the same ways we do? What can we learn from perception? Is the mind the brain? Is pain just a physical process? We will be addressing classical questions such as these in philosophy of mind, covering extracts of classic texts and also modern commentaries.
The tutorials for this course will be taken by a T.A.
I encourage all my students to use my Peer/Self Review before handing an essay in.
The following websites can be useful:
PhilPapers
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
359 Majors Seminar: Frege
Frege’s philosophy has been of enormous importance in both philosophy of language and philosophy of mathematics. In this course we cover several key topics in his philosophy: the linguistic turn, his conception of numbers as objects and two key distinctions he makes, sense/reference and object/concept. We will be reading both original material from Frege and important commentary.
There is a course blog at http://www.upennfrege.blogspot.com
441 Metaphysics: Fiction and Fictionalism
There are fictionalist accounts of morality, possible worlds, mathematical objects, and even truth. In this course we will examine these accounts and the metaphysical repercussions that the fictionalist strategy commits us to. We will be covering various cases studies of fictionalism, and assessing the validity of such accounts.
The course blog is on Canvas.
073 Topics In Ethics: Sex and Love
What is love? Are there different kinds of love? Why does society prize romantic love so much? What counts as a sexual act? Is all consensual sex permissible? What information do you need to consent to a sexual act? Is consent to sexual acts constrained by different considerations than consent of other kinds (eg to a medical procedure)? What is the difference between coercion and convincing someone into a sexual act? What is gender? Does gender affect consent? In this course we will be attempting to answer questions like these, looking at authors from Plato to Nussbaum to Archard.
There is a course blog at pennsexandlove.blogspot.com
244 Philosophy of Mind
What makes you the same person as you were yesterday? How do we know other people think and feel in the same ways we do? What can we learn from perception? Is the mind the brain? Is pain just a physical process? We will be addressing classical questions such as these in philosophy of mind, covering extracts of classic texts and also modern commentaries.
The tutorials for this course will be taken by a T.A.
