Proofs that a standard derivation system is sound and complete are central. 0216. Basic issues in the current philosophy of science, and particularly various accounts of such key notions of science as hypotheses, confirmation, laws, causation, explanation, and theories. 0217. Human knowledge is influenced by gender ideologies. This course examines the pervasiveness of these influences, and the resultant implications for the possibility of attaining objectivity and truth in inquiry. Scientific knowledge and philosophical theories of the nature of knowledge are special focuses of attention in this course.
Scientific knowledge is considered through detailed discussion of cases in empirical science.
The complex relations between gender, race, and class are also discussed in relation to these epistemological issues. Issues in ethical theory that have come to prominence in the 20th century. An examination of feminism's contribution to ethics, political philosophy, and legal theory. A study of the major works in the history of moral philosophy selected from among the writings of such philosophers as Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Hobbes, Spinoza, Hume, Kant, Mill, Nietzsche, Bradley. 0229. Selected philosophical themes as they appear in classical and modern literature.