Philosophy at Bryn Mawr College
PS#CRS#CRTITLE OF COURSEProfessor(s)/Instructor(s)DIV
1243B201 011.0Hist Intro Philosophy: ModernVallabha
MW 1:00 PM-2:30 PM
HU III
TH251
1244B201 021.0Hist Intro Philosophy: ModernWallhagen
TTH 10:00 AM-11:30 AM
HU III
TAYF
1245B212 011.0MetaphysicsWallhagen
TTH 1:00 PM-2:30 PM
HU III
DAL10
1246B221 011.0EthicsDostal
MW 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
HU III
CARP17
1458B228 011.0Intro Pol Phil:Anc & Early Mod
Cross-listed with POLS B228. Enrollment limited to 35 students.
Salkever
MW 1:00 PM-2:30 PM
HU III
TAYE
1247B243 011.020th-C Continental PhilosophyDostal
MW 10:00 AM-11:30 AM
HU III
TAYSEM
1643B257 011.0Philosophy of Action
New Course: What are actions? How are they related to metal states such as beliefs and desires and the physical environment? This course considers three important contemporary theories of action: Davidson’s causal theory; Anscombe’s neo-Arisotelian view; and Frankfurt’s hierarchical theory. Topics include: free will; the nature of intentions; an agent’s knowledge of her actions; and the weakness of the will. Prerequisite: at least one course in Philosophy.
Vallabha
TTH 10:00 AM-11:30 AM
HU III
TAYC
1459B300 011.0Nietzsche, Kant, Plato
Cross listed with POLS B300. Enrollment limited to 18 students. Prerequisite: One year's worth of text based Philosophy or Political Theory, or consent of the Instructor..
Salkever
TTH 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
HU III
DAL25
1248B326 011.0Relativism: Cognitive & Moral
Enrollment limited to 18 students, selected by lottery
Krausz
T 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
III
TAYSEM
1249B399 011.0Senior ConferenceKrausz
T 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
HU III
TH121
Philosophy at Haverford College
H107B011.0Happiness, Virtue, and the Good Life
Enrollment limited to 35 students.
J.Yurdin
TTh 11:30-1:00

HU III
 
 
 
H112B011.0Mind, Myth, and Memory
J.Miller
MW 2:30-4:00

HU III
 
 
 
H228B011.0The Logos and the Tao
Cross-listed in Comparative Literature and East Asian Studies
One 100 level course or its equivalent, or consent.
K.Wright
TTh 10:00-11:30

HU III
 
 
 
H233B011.0Philosophy and Race
Fulfills Social Justice
Enrollment limited to 35 students.
J.Miller
MW 12:30-2:00

HU III
 
 
 
H253B011.0Analytic Philosophy of Language
One 100 level course or equiv or consent.
D.Macbeth
MW 2:30-4:00

HU III
 
 
 
H254B011.0Metaphysics: Global Ontology
One 100 level course or its equivalent, or consent.
A.Gangadean
TTh 2:30-4:00

HU III
 
 
 
H255B011.0Truth and Knowledge
One 100 level course or its equivalent, or consent.
D.Macbeth
MW 11:00-12:30

HU III
 
 
 
H258B011.0Philosophy of the Body
What is a body, and what can embodiment tell us about our condition? Examining 20th century phenomenology and feminist theory's interest in the body, this course raises questions about the body and its relation to technology, sex, gender, class, race, and related issues.
E.Bianchi
MW 2:30-4:00

HU III
 
 
 
H310B011.0Aristotle's Philosophical Psychology

TOPIC: This course examines Aristotle’s theory of the soul. Our focus will be on his discussion of the cognitive capacities (perception, desire, imagination, and intellect) and their interrelations. Readings include On the Soul, On Sense and Sensible Objects, On Memory and Reminiscence, and On Dreams.
J.Yurdin
TTh 2:30-4:00

HU III
 
 
 
H336B011.0Hegel and the Problem of Modernity
One 200 level course plus junior standing, or consent.

TOPIC: A close reading of Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit in relation to the “unfinished project” of modernity (Habermas, Kolb, and Pippin) and the challenge of post-modernity (Butler, Lyotard, and Rorty)
K.Wright
TTh 1:00-2:30

HU III
 
 
 
H342B011.0Zen Thought in a Global Context
Cross-listed in East Asian Studies
One 200 level course plus junior standing, or consent.

TOPIC: This advanced seminar focuses on the development of Zen (Japanese) Buddhism culminating in the work of Nishida and his influential Kyoto School of Zen Philosophy. The background in the Indian origins of Madhyamika dialectic introduced by Nagarjuna is traced through the Zen Master Dogen and into flourishing of the modern Kyoto School founded by Nishida. The seminar focuses in the texts by Dogen and on selected writings in the Kyoto School: Nishida, Nishitani and Abe. The seminar involves intensive discussion of the issues on global context of philosophy. Nishida’s thought is developed in dialogue with thinkers such as Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Husserl, Sartre and Heidegger, Nagarjuna and others.
A.Gangadean
TTh 11:30-1:00

HU III
 
 
 
H399C011.0Senior Seminar
Open to senior majors only.
A.Gangadean
F 12:30-3:00

HU
 
 
 
H407I010.5Discussion Leaders
J.Yurdin
TTh 11:30-1:00

HU III
 
 
 
H412I010.5Discussion Leaders
J.Miller
MW 2:30-4:00

HU III