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Summer Courses 2012

Philosophy 2012 Summer Timetable

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PHL202H5S LEC0101 Ancient Philosophy TR 2-5 pm

Instructor: Thomas Mathien

PHL247H5F LEC0101 Critical Reasoning MW 2 -5pm

Instructor: Thomas Mathien

PHL274H5S LEC0101 Contemporary Social Issues TR 11am -2 pm

Instructor: Luke Gelinas

PHL282H5S LEC0101 Death and Dying MW 11am-2pm

Instructor: Rachel Bryant

PHL342H5F LEC6001 Minds and Machines TR 6-9pm 

Instructor: Scott Howard

PHL370H5S LEC6001 Issues in Philosophy of Law TR 6-9 pm   

Instructor: tba

Summer Course Descriptions

PHL202H5F LEC0101 Ancient Philosophy
TR 2-5 pm                            
Instructor: Thomas Mathien
E-mail: thomas.mathien@utoronto.ca

Course description:

Some core texts of ancient philosophy, concentrating on the work of Plato and Aristotle. Topics include the good life, the soul, knowledge, virtue and the nature of reality.

PHL 247H5F Modern Symbolic Logic MW 10-1
Instructor: Thomas Mathien
Email: thomas.mathien@utoronto.ca

Course Description:

This course is aimed at examining how language can be used to change or support people’s beliefs.  It begins broadly by looking at the range of uses to which speech and writing can be put, and then focuses on ways of persuading and convincing.  When it does so it concentrates on determining first, basic argument structure when it is embedded in natural language use, second, conditions for accepting or rejecting claims made as part of an argument, and third conditions under which an argument can be called cogent.

Text: Trudy Govier, A Practical Study of Argument, 7th edition, (Wadsworth, 2009).

PHL274H5F LEC0101, Contemporary Social Issues TR 11am-2 pm
Instructor: Luke Gelinas

E-mail: luke.gelinas@utoronto.ca

Course Description:

Against the background of some major social and political theories, this course will explore such practical problems as nationalism, racism, sexism, inequality, revolution and political radicalism.

PHL282H5S LEC0101 Death and Dying MW 11am-2pm

Instructor: Rachel Bryant

E-mail:rachel.bryant@utoronto.ca

Course description:

In this course, we will examine some of the philosophical issues raised by death. We will do so first by examining debates about the meaning and value of life, about personal identity and about the nature of death. Then we will discuss whether, and under what conditions, death is a harm. Finally, we will address ethical questions raised by the removal or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, suicide, assisted death, and surrogate decision-making about end-of-life medical care. Evaluation will be based on writing assignments, participation in small group discussions, quizzes and a final exam.

PHL342H5F LEC6001 Minds and Machines TR 6-9 pm      
Instructor: Scott Howard

E:mail: scott.howard@utoronto.ca

Course description:
This course is concerned with the metaphysics of mind and the self. We will consider issues such as the relationship between the mental and the physical, the nature of consciousness, the status of folk psychology, and the implications of some of these ideas for the nature of personal identity.

Course readings will be made available via Blackboard.

PHL 370H5S Issues in Philosophy of Law TR 6-9 pm
Instructor: TBA

Email:

Course description: Major issues in philosophy of law, e.g., responsibility and punishment, the obligation to obey the law, legal positivism, law and morality.