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Course ListingsFall 2012PhilosophyPHIL0118PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGYConceptual foundations of evolutionary biology and ecology. Focus onspecific theoretical controversies including fitness, natural selectionexplanations, macroevolution, biological functions, genetics, inheritanceand levels of selection.Prerequisites: Two courses in Philosophy or Biology or consent.Sections02743PHIL011801 L+ Forber, Patrick 1.0 2 Courses InPhil, Or BiologyPHIL0121ETHICAL THEORYAn investigation of central problems in contemporary moral philosophy,such as: Are moral judgments objective or relative? True or false?Based on freely chosen moral ideals? Derived from matters of fact?What counts as evidence in moral arguments? How do scientific andmoral theories differ? These problems will be studied in light of thewritings of major classical and contemporary philosophers.Prerequisites: PHIL 1 or 24, or permission of instructor.Sections02744PHIL012101 F+TR Baz, Avner 1.0 One PhilCourse Or JrStanding OrConsentPHIL0125RACISM & SOC INEQUALExamination of issues in ethics, political philosophy, and philosophy ofsocial sciences raised by race and racism in the U.S. Topics includeaffirmative action, the justification and critique of inequality (e.g.,"blaming the victim"), rights, equality of opportunity, motives, andresponsibility.Prerequisites: One course in philosophy, or two courses in the socialsciences, or junior standing with permission of instructor.Sections03564 PHIL012501 D+ Mcpherson, Lion 1.0PHIL0130MORAL PSYCHOLOGYStudy of central problems in metaethics and moral psychology.Perspectives on the nature of values; how we come to know them, andhow they might motivate us; whether there are moral truths and whatrelation they bear to the natural world; the nature of practical reasoningand its connection with notions of agency and responsibility.Prerequisites: One course in Philosophy.Sections03565PHIL013001 G+ White, Stephen 1.0 2 Phil CoursesOr ConsentPHIL0131EPISTEMOLOGYAn investigation of fundamental issues and problems concerning thenature and scope of human knowledge: belief, truth, evidence;skepticism and certainty; perception; intuition; and the a priori.Prerequisites: PHIL 1 and 33, or permission of instructor.Sections02745PHIL013101 E+MW Azzouni, Jody 1.0 One PhilCoursePHIL0134PHIL OF SOC SCIENCEAn examination of conceptual problems encountered in the scientificstudy of human behavior and society: the debate between behavioristsand cognitivists; the relation of psychology to sociology, economics,and the physical sciences; and data and theory construction in thesocial sciences. Readings from contemporary philosophers and socialscientists.Prerequisites: PHIL 1 and either PHIL 33 or a major in the socialsciences.Sections03566PHIL013401 12 Epstein, Brian 1.0PHIL0151ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY(Cross-listed as CLS 151.) History of Western philosophy from itsGreek beginnings in the sixth century B.C. with major emphasis on theworks of Plato and Aristotle.Prerequisites: PHIL 1 or permission of instructor.Sections02746PHIL015101 J+ Olfert, Christi 1.0 Phil 0001 OrConsent; C-lstCls 151PHIL0186PHENOMEN&EXISTENTIALISMA survey of twentieth-century continental philosophy, including works byHusserl, Heidegger, Sartre, and Merleau-Ponty. Classicaltranscendental phenomenology and its critics, existentialism as anethical doctrine and its cultural influence.Prerequisites: PHIL 1, junior standing, or permission of instructor.Sections03567PHIL018601 10+ Baz, Avner 1.0 2 Phil CoursesOr ConsentPHIL0191SEMINARSSystematic investigation of selected problems in philosophy, the subjectto vary from term to term.Please see departmental website for specific details.Prerequisites: Two courses in philosophy.SectionsTRANSCENDENTAL ARGUMENTS02748 PHIL019101 K+ White, Stephen 1.0 2 Phil CoursesOr ConsentHIST OF ANALYTIC PHIL02749 PHIL019102 ARR Ninan, Dilip 1.0 33 Or 103 OrConsentOBJECTS03568 PHIL019103 11+ Azzouni, Jody 1.0 1 Phil CourseFOUND OF COGNITIVE SCIEN03569 PHIL019104 6 Dennett, Daniel 1.0 Grad-stu OrJr/sr With MajorIn Cog. & BrainSci.NATURE AND NORMS03570 PHIL019105 1 Decaro, Mario 1.0PHIL0193SPECIAL TOPICSIndividual tutorial study of an approved topic. Credit as arranged.Please see departmental website for specific details.Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.SectionsUNDERGRAD INDE. STUDY03896 PHIL019301 ARR Dennett, Daniel 1.0PHIL0197SEM:ETHICS,LAW&SOCIETYThe seminar addresses ethical questions of public importance, such asmorality across boundaries, criminal justice, terrorism and just war,multiculturalism and religious toleration. Special attention to challengesposed to ethical thought by ethnic, religious, and political diversity.Sections02754 PHIL019701 H+ Mcpherson, Lion 1.0 1 Phil CourseTufts University Course Listings, Fall 2012Page 141