This course provides a focused study of the concept of universal human rights along with various issues in the human rights movement. Second semester, alternate years. 350 Topics in Philosophy A study of a single philosophical topic of special interest to students. When the course is offered, the topic will be listed in the registration booklet. A study of the philosophical aspects of the physical and biological sciences.
Topics covered include historical as well as contemporary scientific developments and perspectives.
First semester, alternate years. An historical survey of the main developments and leading figures in the Anglo-American analytic tradition. The primary focus is on the application of new methods of logic and linguistic analysis to the perennial problems of metaphysics and epistemology. Figures studied include Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, Ayer, Carnap, Ryle, Quine, Kripke. Second semester, alternate years.