We will try to determine what is the scope and nature of an adequate theory of emotions, what are the desiderata for such a theory, and what should count as evidence in its favor. 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God bless you! So, some relationships with other people--such as friendships, familial ties, love, patriotism--seem to be ethically desirable, central to the quality of our lives, and yet prima facie in tension with the widely held belief that morality requires impartiality and equal treatment of all human beings. The course will place special emphasis on developing students' intellectual skills in close, analytical reading; reconstructing and evaluating claims and reasons that support them; producing original ideas and arguments, orally and in writing; responding to the claims and arguments presented in texts and in class; and writing clear, polished, well-argued papers. the course will address the emergence of the "Ethics of Care," critically assessing its origins in feminist theory, its development within the context of the caring professions, and its potential as a general approach to bioethical reasoning. The objective is the presentation and writing of a senior essay (maximum 40 pages). Are happiness and pleasure the same thing? Some of the questions we will ask are: What is the nature of filmic representation? Why read the history of philosophy? But three grains isn't enough for a heap. In this course, we will investigate dynamic communicative phenomena and discuss competing theoretical explanations about how they're interpreted. demanded by institutions, religious, political and ethnic communities, as well as by the state. Finally, there are those who do not think philosophy can contribute much at all to answering such questions and others who question its claims to universality given its associations with colonialism, racism, sexism, etc. In this tutorial we will exploit this characteristic of biomedical ethics by using a case-based approach to examining core concepts of the field. No one can have an adequate understanding of western intellectual history without some familiarity with the Greeks, and we might think that an understanding of our intellectual history can deepen our understanding of our own situation. This introduction will be of use to students interested in language from a variety of perspectives, including philosophy, cognitive science, and computer science. Furthermore, they share the conviction that the most important components of a successful life are within the control of the individual human being. Who are the people, anyway? Phil is based out of Greater Seattle Area and works in the Real Estate industry. What should be the goals of Williams College? Each book was chosen by and will be introduced by a professor from a different department, and then Professor of Philosophy Steve Gerrard will continue the discussion. [more], Animals are and always have been part of human life. What are other models for understanding moral objectivity? Cy Walsh was detained under mental health supervision after the Supreme Court found he was mentally incompetent when he stabbed his father to death in July 2015. Some of the questions we will consider are: Are moral standards relative to cultural frameworks? In this course we'll examine several influential attempts to provide a rational foundation for morality, along with Nietzsche's wholesale rejection of these efforts. In this tutorial we will read from Ancient, modern and contemporary philosophical sources as well several relevant studies in the social sciences and positive psychology movement in order to engage questions concerning happiness. Is there a room for the notion of collective intention in filmmaking? Are there incompatible but equally true ways of describing the world? When I attended the Chairmans dinner at the West Coast Eagles- Adelaide Crows AFL game a few week ago there was a pall of sadness in the room. Critical theory aims not merely to understand the "struggles and wishes of the age" as Marx one described it, but with emancipation from domination. In contrast with this interpretive tendency, this tutorial will focus on Hume's" science of human nature"--his overall philosophical project in Treatise--and cultivate the discussion of different philosophical issues and arguments in light of this general aim of the work as a whole. But when does a choice qualify as free? It is not enough for it merely to be about a character who happens to be a philosopher; nor is it just that philosophical positions are reviewed in the narrative, as in Gaarder's Sophie's World. 'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan said Walsh's death was a tragic loss. "The Makropulos Case: Reflections on the Tedium of Immortality." In Language, Metaphysics, and Death. Phil Walsh. Who gets to decide the answer to these questions; indeed, who gets to decide what questions to ask? In order to be justified in holding a belief, must someone know (or believe) that she is justified in holding that belief? [more], Martinican psychiatrist, philosopher, and revolutionary Frantz Fanon was among the leading critical theorists and Africana thinkers of the twentieth century. We will examine a variety of philosophical and scientific theories of emotion, as well as some issues concerning normative aspects of emotions: the role of emotions in a good life, and the concept of emotional maturity. What is the nature of consciousness and how can it be unhappy, false or double? To notify Williams of alumni deaths, please email, Experiential Learning & Community Engagement. : On Justice and Freedom in Western Political Philosophy. We will focus our study on Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit and Marx's early writings. Some of the questions that we will discuss are: What is psychopathology and what are its causes? Does it advance our thinking and increase our knowledge of the world? Throughout the course, our focus will be on three broad issues: Hume's conception of theoretical rationality, his conception of practical rationality, and his views about the role and relevance of non-rational (on some readings, irrational) elements in a good life of a wise person. Most of the authors will come from this list, however: Sartre, de Beauvoir, Kafka, Dostoyevsky, Thomas Mann, Camus, Ecco, Kundera, Borges, Charlie Kaufman, Bergman, Tarkovsky, Resnais, Kurosawa, Bunuel, Kubrick, Godard, Visconti and Guillermo del Toro. [more], We will consider a series of debates in 20th Century Analytic Philosophy concerning the relationship between the mind and the world. What form of government best serves the people? He hoped it would occasion a public debate between Locke and himself, and prompt the intellectual community to decide, once and for all, between Empiricism and Rationalism, Realism and Idealism, and on related issues concerning the mind, language, truth, God, natural kinds, causation, and freedom. nature and origins of the mother-child bond, and to replace--or to let us think we can replace--chance with choice." At home? We then consider a range of Buddhist critiques of these views, focusing more particularly on the Madhyamaka, which radicalizes the critique of the self into a global anti-realist and skeptical stance. We will see how a focus on language affects our understanding of many traditional philosophical questions, ranging from epistemology and metaphysics to aesthetics and ethics. In this tutorial we will read the contemporary literature on consciousness. We will then turn to some specific social forms in the second unit, and ask whether they promote or preclude our freedom. We will begin with an analysis of primary texts by Fanon and end by considering how Fanon has been interpreted by his contemporaries as well as activists and critical theorists writing today. in a different order--check the stove, say "I didn't leave the stove on", then say "I might've left the stove on"--and something's gone quite wrong. Hence, being with others, being dependent on others, is regarded as a key structuring feature of human existence. Finally, we will examine some of Aristotle's works on metaphysics, epistemology and ethics, considering some of the ways Aristotle's thought responds to that of predecessors. College: will be updated: University: will be updated: High Education: Not Available: Degree: Here are a few: He hoped it would occasion a public debate between Locke and himself, and prompt the intellectual community to decide, once and for all, between Empiricism and Rationalism, Realism and Idealism, and on related issues concerning the mind, language, truth, God, natural kinds, causation, and freedom. We turn first to two of Plato's most famous dialogues, Philosophical Approaches to Contemporary Moral Issues. And on what grounds can we justify confidence in our provisional answers to such questions? What distinguishes that kind of life from others? Logicians and mathematicians have done a good deal of work developing extensions of and alternatives to classical logic. Class will be primarily driven by discussion, often preceded by brief lectures. More particularly, it concerns itself with the difference between good and bad reasoning, between strong and weak arguments. The Wittgenstein of the Tractatus is known as the "earlier Wittgenstein," the Wittgenstein of the Investigations is known as the "later Wittgenstein." We will focus particularly on how subjects are positioned in relation to his writings on power and knowledge with particular attention to the later so-called ethical writings in the years before his untimely death in 1984. Supt Bray said the domestic incident was a tragedy. Initial tutorial meetings will focus on theoretical materials that will background later discussions and will include classic readings from the environmental ethics literature (e.g., Leopold, Taylor, Rolston). We shall first explore the salient features of the pragmatic approaches to language, paying special attention to Austin's notion of illocutionary force and Grice's notion of non-natural meaning. But perform those exact same steps in a different order--check the stove, say "I didn't leave the stove on", then say "I might've left the stove on"--and something's gone quite wrong. Do particular case histories offer good explanations of psychopathology? To this end, each week we will (1) read philosophical material focused on one principle or concept, and (2) consider in detail one bioethics case in which the principle or concept has special application or relevance. We will ask, for example, what these theories tell us about the nature of space, time, probability and causality. Williams relatives. We'll examine these criticisms in depth. We will begin the course by looking briefly at some of the Presocratic philosophers active in the Mediterranean world of the seventh through fifth centuries BCE, and some of the sophists active in the fifth century. To do this, we will need to become familiar with key ethical theories; think deeply about such concepts as privacy, paternalism and autonomy, exploitation, cost-benefit analysis and justice; and compare the function of these concepts in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic with the way they work in responses to other public health concerns. We will read some representative works from each of these schools of thought to see how each approaches Socrates. This first-year seminar will examine the philosophy of education through educational autobiographies: works that tell the story of a moral and intellectual education. Williams College Catalog Phone Number 413-597-4286 [email protected] Background readings include sources rooted in traditional modes of bioethical analysis as well as those incorporating feminist approaches. public health policies and activities. Do our beliefs have their meanings one-by-one? What are space and time? In this tutorial we will read the contemporary literature on consciousness. How could proponents of each be claiming to follow in the footsteps of Socrates? It is difficult, however, to get clear on the relation between the meaning of an expression and its reference. In fact, Socrates seems to have been thought of as a kind of intellectual saint in the Hellenistic world. We will then turn to contemporary controversies such as campus free speech. Who should rule? Whether this is hyperbole or wise prognostication, it cannot be denied that the rise of AI will be a tectonic shift for culture, technology, and our fundamental sense of ourselves. of subjectivity, the scope of reflexivity, the nature of perceptual presence, etc. Others maintain that these questions will only yield to methods that incorporate our broader insight into the nature of the world including, perhaps, feminist thought or science. Do our beliefs have their meanings one-by-one? Must the freedom or fulfillment of some people require the subordination of others? This theoretically oriented work will provide the background for subsequent examination of specific topics, which may include, among others: justice in health care financing and reform; justice in health care rationing and access to health care, with particular attention to the intersections of rationing criteria with gender, sexuality, race, disability, and age; justice in the procurement and allocation of organs for transplantation; obesity and personal responsibility for illness; and justice in medical research, including "double standards" for research conducted in low resource settings. [more], This course will explore the themes of alienation, fetishism, ideology, dialectic, sociality, and freedom in the philosophical writings of G.W.F. Is a world with AI's overall better or worse for us? We will prove soundness and completeness, compactness, the Lowenheim-Skolem theorems, undecidability and other important results about first-order logic. [more], Philosophy is often described as thinking about thinking: variously conceived inquiries into the nature, scope and limits of human reasoning have always been at its heart. How much inference goes into interpreting what's said? [more], There are three grains of sand on my desk. Our subjects will include hate speech, press censorship, pornography, controversial art, sacrilegious speech and campus controversies. Are there metaphysical and ideological assumptions in contemporary psychiatry, and if so, could and should they be avoided? [more], The last line of Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus famously reads: "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent." (iii) You exist. Death Date Jul 3, 2015: Birth Sign: Pisces: Phil Walsh Height, Body Info. But is the best conclusion we can come to with respect to our intellectual endeavors that skepticism always carries the day and that nothing at all is true? In addition to key concepts of death, dying, and terminal illness, we will develop and refine notions of medical futility, paternalism and autonomy, particularly within the context of advance directives and surrogate decision making. Whether this is hyperbole or wise prognostication, it cannot be denied that the rise of AI will be a tectonic shift for culture, technology, and our fundamental sense of ourselves. We use language to communicate meanings in order to accomplish a variety of goals: to convey information, make requests, establish rules, utilize power, issue protests, and much more. Is film today really distinct from a number of new, emerging visual media? Our texts will include Gottlob Frege, The Foundations of Arithmetic, Bertrand Russell, Principles of Mathematics, and Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. [more], In this course, we follow the Indian philosophical conversation concerning the self and the nature of consciousness, particularly as they are found in its various Yogic traditions. [more], This course begins with a brief introduction to some of Foucault's early writings but focuses on a close reading of a selection of middle and late texts that have become central to debates about the significance and value of his work such as: Discipline and Punish, The History of Sexuality (vols. Some of the questions we will ask are: What is the nature of filmic representation? Initial tutorial meetings will focus on theoretical materials that will background later discussions and will include classic readings from the environmental ethics literature (e.g., Leopold, Taylor, Rolston). The millennia old problem of whether human suffering is compatible with God's perfection is called "the problem of evil." In this tutorial we will read philosophical texts from a range of approaches in professional philosophy since the early 20th Century (Analytic, Pragmatist, Continental or European, and Public). What are emotions, and how should we think about them? His later work, best known through posthumously published Philosophical Investigations, continues to influence contemporary thinking about language, mind, action, knowledge, ethics, religion, aesthetics, culture, and of course, philosophy itself. Mill, W.E.B Dubois, John Rawls, Charles Mills, Jurgen Habermas). [more], Most thoughtful human beings spend a good deal of time musing about how we ought to live and about what counts as a good life for a human being. legitimate? For example, many people would agree that 'Keith's favorite unicorn' is a meaningful expression. We will examine basic questions in the philosophy of law: What is the relationship between law and morality? If there are such things--we'll call them propositions--what are they like? We will then turn to a variety of more recent attempts to give a clear characterization of causation. This course serves as an introduction to formal methods in the scientific study of language. We also examine the Yogacara school, which offers a process view of reality focusing on the analysis of experience. Does morality require that we always subordinate our personal relationships to universal principles? Both stances face severe difficulties. Philosophy? claimed it offended Christians, and the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center was prosecuted for exhibiting allegedly obscene photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe. What distinguishes that kind of life from others? And, if the barber does shave himself, then by condition (b) he does not shave himself. [more], Philosophy of film is a relatively young, but very rich and rapidly growing field. Later Wittgenstein is a controversial, polarizing figure; but serious reading of his work is invariably intellectually enriching and fertile. What is the body? Our subjects will include hate speech, press censorship, pornography, controversial art, sacrilegious speech and campus controversies. [more], We speak as if moral judgments can be true or false, warranted or unwarranted. After working through these arguments, we will reflect more generally on the proper roles of reason and faith in justifying religious belief. [more], Why are you here? The second, longer part of the seminar will try to isolate and follow some of the pragmatist currents which run through epistemology and philosophy of science in the 20th and 21st centuries. We'll examine these and related questions through historical and contemporary readings. This tutorial will bring to life the debate between Locke and Leibniz, and enable students to reach their own conclusions about Empiricism vs. Rationalism, Realism vs. Idealism, and related issues. As Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh lay bleeding from 20 stab wounds, his wife begged him not to leave her. Updated July 4, 2015 1.41am first published July 3, 2015 3.55pm. This course argues that by reference to the historically specific modes of subjectivity and sociality that resulted from the Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Haitian Revolution, for instance, we can better understand and address long-standing questions in European Social Philosophy. [more], What is it for a novel, a story, a play or a film to be a philosophical narrative? [more], What ethical standards should guide our individual and societal choices when those choices affect current and future environmental conditions? Are there things that cannot be put into words? This tutorial aims to provide students with the skills necessary for careful, serious and thorough reading of Wittgenstein's later philosophy. [more], This tutorial, designed especially for first year students, is a philosophy course, not a prelaw course. While answers to such questions are implicit in historically important accounts of morality, these issues became the topic of explicit, sustained debate in the twentieth and twenty-first century. We will then examine writings in the Stoic and Epicurean traditions, as well as Cicero's On the Ends of Good and Evil. We will focus on particular topics, examples of which are the following: normative critique, capitalism, authoritarianism, mass culture, enlightenment and reason, progress, violence, the domination of nature, white supremacy, patriarchy and colonialism. The College Mission Statement says that "Williams seeks to provide the finest possible liberal arts education by nurturing in students the academic and civic virtues, and their related traits of character." In the second part of the course, we will turn to the fundamental questions concerning the status and structure of logic. Locke is the first great Empiricist Realist, and Leibniz the greatest Rationalist Idealist. Our study will definitely include Frege, Russell, Quine, Searle, and Kripke. More importantly, many of the thinkers that we will read in this class are simply excellent philosophers, and it is worthwhile for anyone interested in philosophical problems to read treatments of these problems by excellent philosophers. UPDATE: Footy world pays tribute to Crows coach as AFL cancels Crows clash, Walsh, a man consumed by football Phil Walsh tragedy: rolling coverageCrows-Cats clash called offStatement from Gillon McLachlan on round 14. While engaging these texts, we will continually reflect on their relevance for thinking about the problems facing liberal democracies today, particularly in the U.S. [more], In this tutorial we will examine a number of prominent and controversial social issues, using our study of them both as an opportunity to better understand the moral dimensions of those issues in and of themselves, and to consider the ways in which selected classical and contemporary moral theories characterize and address those moral dimensions. Persons are subjects of experiences, have thoughts and feelings, motivation and agency; a person is thought of as continuous over time, and as related to, recognized and respected by other persons. this fact? [more], If we think of Michel Foucault as engaged in writing histories, or genealogies, of his own present designed to undercut the sense of the obviousness of certain practices and ways of thinking, categorizing, and knowing, we can easily imagine that he might now be questioning different aspects of our contemporary "present" than the ones standardly associated with his name, namely, panopticons and surveillance, discipline, criminalization, the biopolitics of health, the normal and the abnormal, etc. Both stances face severe difficulties. seek answers to the following kinds of questions: When is it rational to have a particular belief? Authors will include: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. We will discuss major works (philosophical, literary, visual) by such figures as Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Richard Wright, Ingmar Bergman and Jean-Luc Godard. How should we think about the boundaries and methods of theorizing about film? Save. [more], Through lectures, discussions, close readings and assigned writings, we will consider a variety of philosophical questions about the nature of persons, and personal identity through time. Our aim will be to identify and evaluate the strongest version of each argument. In this way, we develop a rich array of analytical tools and observational practices to further our understanding of the mind. Although it has influenced both analytic and continental philosophy, pragmatism is a powerful third philosophical movement. A hub of student life at Williams, Paresky houses Baxter Great Hall (seen here), four dining options, meeting rooms and study spaces, pool and foosball tables, an auditorium, and the student mailroom. In addition, we will devote several class meetings interspersed throughout the semester to reading foundational sources in ethical theory. As a result, some prominent researchers propose that the existence of consciousness requires a revision of basic physics, while others (seemingly desperately) deny that consciousness exists at all. Topics include sentience, animal cognition, language in non-human animals, empathy and evolution, the history of domestication, animal rights, cross-cultural views on animals, arguments against and for vegetarianism and veganism, the morality of zoos, hunting and fishing, and pets and happiness. Our readings will come primarily from philosophy, but will be supplemented with material from anthropology, physics, psychology, and linguistics. Tutorial partners will have an opportunity to spend the end of the semester working on a special topic of their choosing including, for instance, consciousness and free will, pain and anesthesia, consciousness and artificial intelligence, or disorders of consciousness. They help us ask: What is freedom? In this tutorial, will read works in critical theory from the 18th century to the present, some from the Frankfurt tradition, and some not. While he never wrote any philosophical works of his own, Socrates is one of the most influential thinkers in the western tradition. Morality and Partiality: Loyalty, Friendship, Patriotism. We will move on to examine ethical issues of truth-telling with terminally ill patients and their families, decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatments, the care of seriously ill newborns, physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia, and posthumous interests. Rather than seeing philosophy as an esoteric discipline, the pragmatic philosophers (with the possible exception of Peirce) see philosophy as integral to our culture and see themselves as public intellectuals. What is knowledge (as opposed to mere opinion)? Near the end of the semester, we'll also examine some evolutionary explanations of religious belief. What sorts of things can be true or false? In this tutorial, we will focus on questions concerning their distinctive methods, namely, historical materialism, genealogical critique, and psychoanalysis. What makes an individual's life go well? Key ideas and concepts such as the death of god, the use and abuse of history, the eternal recurrence, will to power, and master and slave morality will be addressed. Right? With few exceptions, thoroughgoing skepticism and relativism have not been the prevailing views of the greatest minds in the history of philosophy. In this tutorial you will read from a selection of Foucault's texts (books, lectures, interviews) in order to acquire a firm grasp of his method of "critique" and his way of looking at the interconnections between forms of power and the knowledge associated with particular disciplines. [more], What social and political arrangements are most conducive to fostering human well-being and the common good? 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