Introduction to Philosophy
ANDREAS TEUBER
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The McGurk Effect
Anamorphic Ilusions
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Chaplin Mask
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The Argument Clinic
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Philosophy Football
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The Chinese Room Argument
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Music and Neurons
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Ants That Count
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Imagine You Are a Brain-in-a-Vat in Some Distant Galaxy . . .
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Philosophy: Trinity College, Dublin
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Time-Lapse Harvard Annenberg Hall
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Hogwarts Great Hall
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J.K. Rowling Harvard Commencement
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Harvard University Life
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Short Course Description
This course focuses on the central questions and problems in philosophy: Why be good? What is consciousness? What is knowledge? Do we have any? Do persons have free will? What is justice? The course is more about thinking, about coming up with the next best idea, than it is about coverage or the memorization of a bunch of facts.
Readings are drawn from the writings of major philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Anselm (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Aquinas (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Descartes (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Locke (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Berkeley (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Hume (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Leibniz (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Kant (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., John Stuart Mill, (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and Bertrand Russell (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., as well as prominent contemporary philosophers such as Peter Singer (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., John Rawls (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Robert Nozick (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Daniel Dennett (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Martha Nussbaum (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., John Searle (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Bernard Williams (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Judith Jarvis Thomson (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Hilary Putnam (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., and Thomas Nagel (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Although the course is called an introduction, it is more an invitation to do philosophy than an introduction to it. Introductions seek to map out a territory or lay the ground for more detailed study. There is some of that here, but insofar as invitations beckon and introductions point, the course beckons students to the study of philosophy rather than points the way. For more information, please see the detailed course description.
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