Intermediate, Arts, Humanities, Notes

Modern Physics: From The Atom to Big Science

establishment of the ideas and institutions of modern physics, tracking the evolution of the discipline over the last two centuries, dramatic developments, both intellectual and structural, social, cultural & political context: Reading assignments, Reader contents, useful references, Roadmaps

Justice

fundamental questions about the ideal of a just society and the place of values of liberty and equality in such a society, contemporary theories of justice (Utilitarianism, Libertarianism, and Egalitarian Liberalism), implications for some topics of ongoing moral-political controversy

CityScope: New Orleans

project-based introduction to the contemporary city, assess scenarios for the purpose of formulating social, economic and design strategies to provide humane and sustainable solutions: readings, course download

Computational Linguistics

overview of natural language processing in Japanese and English, processing of text, natural language processing based on linguistics, analysis of morpheme, larger linguistic units, statistical processing & applications such as information retrieval and extraction, summarization, machine translation, and search inquiry

Modern Poetry

covers the body of modern poetry, its characteristic techniques, concerns, and major practitioners (Yeats, Eliot, Pound, Stevens, Moore, Bishop, Frost), additional lectures on the poetry of World War One, Imagism, Harlem Renaissance, Diverse methods of literary criticism (historical, biographical, and gender criticism): download

Moral Problems and the Good Life

issues that arise in contemporary public debate concerning matters of social justice, Topics such as euthanasia, gay marriage, racism and racial profiling, free speech, hunger and global inequality, goal to provide basis for respectful and informed discussion of matters of common moral concern: Readings, Related Resources, Course Download

Philosophy of Religion

resources (medieval, modern, contemporary, popular), concept of God, biblical studies, Journals & magazines, book reviews, fides et ratio

Philosophy of Art and Beauty

art, philosophy & philosophy of art (Danto), psychical distance, definitions, comments on Serrano,
Plato, Aristotle, formalism, expressionism, contemporary approaches, moral value & aesthetic value, David Hume, Art & First Amendment, govt funding & arts: resources

Teaching Page

courses: Theory of Knowledge, Introduction to Logic, metalogic, Knowledge and its Limits, conditionals, probability & induction, scientific explanation & scientific realism, metaphysics, logic & reasoning, probability, central issues in philosophy of science: handouts

Philosophy Course Materials

courses: History of Philosophy (Early Modern), Theory of Knowledge, 19th & 20th Century European Philosophy, Kant

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