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- Muaz Ali is a senior studying philosophy with a minor in legal studies. In addition to being a Brand Ambassador for the College of LAS, Muaz serves as Head Coach for the Calisthenics Club and is head of the Muslim... Read full story
- This fall the Department of Philosophy welcomed Areins Pelayo to our faculty as a lecturer. Previously she was a visiting assistant professor at Grand Valley State University. Pelayo's research focuses on early modern philosophy, history and philosophy of science, and Latin American... Read full story
- Graduate student Kevin Crandall’s paper titled “Evidentiary Interpretation, Discursive Injustice, and Rap on Trial” was recently published in Philosophy & Public Affairs, marking Crandall’s first publication.The paper explores Rap on Trial cases, where lyrics to rap and hip-hop songs are... Read full story
Living Well in a Digital Age
How should one live in the digital age? What is the internet doing to attention, education, relationships, and politics? The course pursues answers through studying classic texts in the philosophy of technology.
Philosophy of Literature: The Meaning of Life
Examine key issues surrounding the meaning of life via close readings of literary works by Camus, Dostoevsky, Kafka, Tolstoy, among many others. Explore themes that encompass subjective versus objective meaning, God, suffering, death, freedom, identity and alienation, happiness and morality, the present, culture, intimate others, and, finally, the course of a life.
Intro to Political Philosophy
Engage with selections from core texts and questions in political philosophy, tracing the philosophical tradition from Ancient Greece and the works of Plato and Aristotle to modern thinkers such as Hannah Arendt and John Rawls.
Philosophy of Mind
What is the relation between the mind and the body? Do we have free will? What makes you "you"? These are some of the questions we will investigate together in this class. This course is a survey of topics in the philosophy of mind and consciousness, theories of personal identity, and theories of free will.
Philosophy of Statistics
Consider philosophical issues related to statistics and statistical machinery. Reflect on the nature of the discipline of statistics, the notion of evidential support, the relationship between statistics and the problem of induction, and more.
Earn a certificate in the ethics of artificial intelligence
Employers are actively seeking employees who have experience grappling with the risks and ethical questions of artificial intelligence. The Ethics of AI Certificate teaches students the core skills and knowledge they need to understand how to mitigate the risks of artificial intelligence while harnessing its benefits.
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