May be repeated with change in topic.

May be repeated with change in topic.

May be repeated with change in topic.

May be repeated with change in topic.

A historical and thematic introduction to the Christian thought and practice. The survey begins with the Jesus movement and continues through the current growth of Christianity in the southern hemisphere, particularly sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. Literary genres, gender issues, political co...

A survey of the history, practices, and beliefs of Islam from Muhammad's era to the modern. It investigates special themes such as mysticism, gender and politics with attention to diverse cultural contexts. (H) (R)

A survey of the development of Judaism from its roots in ancient Israelite religion, its emergence in the Second Temple period, and in early rabbinic thought, and its contemporary practices. The course balances historical narrative with detailed examination of important topics such as rabbinic inter...

A historical and thematic introduction to the religious ideas and practices that developed primarily in the Indian subcontinent. The course surveys central religious concepts and myths in classical texts and popular traditions; the interaction with Buddhism, Jainism, Islam, and Sikhism; gender issue...

A historical and thematic introduction to the central ideas and practices of Buddhism. The course begins with the historical Buddha and early developments in India, Sri Lanka and Tibet, then surveys the spread of Buddhism to China and Japan and the interaction with Confucian, Daoist and Shinto tradi...

Lectures and readings on subjects of special interest. May be repeated with change in topic.

Lectures and readings on subjects of special interest. May be repeated with change in topic.

Lectures and readings on subjects of special interest. May be repeated with change in topic.

Lectures and readings on subjects of special interest. May be repeated with change in topic.

An exploration of some of the theories and methods used in contemporary secular studies of religion. Reviews various scholars who in the past century have sought to analyze the phenomenon of religion apart from theology through the use of history, literary studies, feminist studies, psychology, soci...

A cross-cultural study of the ways women's voices have been heard and silenced, of the ways that their lives have been influential (as well as violently ended) and of the vital roles women have played in various religious traditions. The course also investigates ways in which female divinity has bee...

An environmental/ecofeminist investigation of the construction of "nature" and the "non-human" in the world's religions, particularly addressing the problematic and destructive impact of religious-based anthropocentrism. The course examines whether religions encouraged human culture in its quest to ...

A feminist, cross-cultural examination of notions of the embodied human self in various religious traditions, focusing on sexuality and sexual desire. The course will explore how the body is conceptualized; moral proscriptions regarding the body and what they reveal about religion and culture; self-...

See Classics 07-203 and English 10-203. (H) (R) (IP)

See Philosophy 18-223. (H) (R)

See History 16-243. (H) (IP) (R)

See History 16-593. (H) (R)

Study of a selected aspect of or a topic related to the Christian tradition. Significant primary documents/materials are analyzed. The course includes an intensive writing component requiring analysis and in-depth research, as well as some original research on the part of students (primary document ...

Study of a selected aspect of or topic related to the Jewish tradition. Significant primary documents/materials are analyzed. The course includes an intensive writing component requiring analysis and in-depth research, as well as some original research on the part of students (primary document analy...

Study of a selected aspect of or a topic related to Buddhism. Significant primary documents/materials are analyzed. The course includes an intensive writing component requiring analysis and in-depth research, as well as some original research on the part of students (primary document analysis). Cour...

Study of a selected aspect of or a topic related to Hinduism. Significant primary documents/materials are analyzed. The course includes an intensive writing component requiring analysis and in-depth research, as well as some original research on the part of students (primary document analysis). Cour...

An in-depth exploration of the varieties of Muslim perspectives regarding themselves and the world through the study of a specific topic related to Islam. Significant primary documents/materials are analyzed. The course includes an intensive writing component requiring analysis and in-depth research...

A critical investigation of an important subject or issue in religion: religion and violence, religion and media, religious authority, religion and politics, etc. May be comparative, or may focus on one tradition. This course may be repeated when topic varies. (H) (R)

Intended primarily for majors in religion but open to other students with the permission of the instructor. (R)

Must be taken Pass/D/F.

Must be taken Pass/D/F.

Must be taken Pass/D/F.

Must be taken Pass/D/F.

Reading selected to round out the student's acquaintance with the field of religion or special areas of interest. May be repeated with changed content.

Reading selected to round out the student's acquaintance with the field of religion or special areas of interest. May be repeated with changed content.

Reading selected to round out the student's acquaintance with the field of religion or special areas of interest. May be repeated with changed content.

Reading selected to round out the student's acquaintance with the field of religion or special areas of interest. May be repeated with changed content.

By invitation only.

May be repeated with change in topic.

May be repeated with change in topic.

May be repeated with change in topic.

May be repeated with change in topic.

An introduction to issues surrounding moral deliberation, commitment and choice. Attention will be given to traditional ethical theories, to their implications for moral discussion and decision, and perhaps to related issues such as personal identity and human freedom. (H)

An historically informed investigation of key metaphysical, physical, epistemological, political, ethical and aesthetic issues in philosophy. Emphasis will be placed on the connections between different aspects or spheres of philosophical thinking, as well as the connections between philosophical co...

A survey of value questions arising in conjunction with and portrayed by communications media. Topics may include the discourse practices and influence of the various media upon cultural identity and self-understanding; value assumptions in news selection and programming, advertising, and entertainm...

An examination of topics at the intersection of philosophy and politics, including historical and contemporary philosophical defenses and critiques of social and political orders, and analysis of political and social theories and concepts. (H)

An examination of some of the principal philosophical problems involved in the nature of religion. Attention will center on the problem of religious knowledge and its relation to religious affirmation. Also Religion 19-413. (H) (R)

An introduction to the philosophical discourses of the 18th and 19th centuries that attempted to comprehend and grapple with the historical emergence of art-making and art-experience as an apparently unique and separate domain of human understanding, value and practice. Various 20th century efforts ...

This course will consider both the advent of the concept of class as a key to social analysis, as well as its apparent decline as a meaningful term. Our guiding consideration will be the extent to which class distinctions and structures remain central to the analysis and understanding of society, as...

An introduction and survey of contemporary race theory, with emphases on intersections with gender, class, nationalism and imperialism. Specific focus on the ways race has been constructed as a category of identity across various cultures, academic disciplines and historical periods. Also Feminist S...

A philosophical exploration of modern science-its history, aims, methods, conceptual underpinnings and implications. (H)

An introduction to the complex history of Latin American philosophy, including European and indigenous traditions of thought as well as their hybrids. Key issues will be the interpretation and criticism of notions of history and progress, race and ethnicity, colonialism and knowledge production, the...

Issues include conceptions and aesthetics of 'nature'; ecofeminism; the character of modern science; the role of religion; structures of capitalism; environmental racism; and logics of consumerism and utility. Also Environmental Studies 49-293. (H)

Lectures and readings on subjects of special interest. Subjects to be announced. May be repeated with change in topic.

Lectures and readings on subjects of special interest. Subjects to be announced. May be repeated with change in topic.

Lectures and readings on subjects of special interest. Subjects to be announced. May be repeated with change in topic.

Lectures and readings on subjects of special interest. Subjects to be announced. May be repeated with change in topic.

Metaphysics is the area of philosophy that traditionally addresses pivotal questions concerning both nature and what is beyond it: being and becoming, space and time, chaos and order, and the number and structures of realities. This course addresses some of the many metaphysical systems that have be...

An exploration of the emergence of this modern concept - the self - and its psychological, anthropological, political and epistemological contours. Readings may be drawn from a variety of disciplines. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy. Also Feminist Studies 04-363. (H)

Central topics may include: the nature and limits of language; the kinds and limits of knowledge; the "linguistic turn" in twentieth-century philosophy and its aftereffects; translation and interpretation; the geopolitics of knowledge. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy. (H)

An exploration of the variety of feminist positions within the larger discourse known as "feminism." Specific focus is given to the sex/gender distinction and the re-thinking of identity in ways that do not silence sexual, gender, racial, ethnic, national or economic differences. The course will als...

An examination of the ways that writers from the pre-Socratics through the 19th century have framed the field of human history as a philosophical object of analysis and the challenges that have been posed to those methods by 20th-century thinkers. Attention will focus on whether and how the discipli...

This course surveys the history of film and of film theory in order to explore the technological, epistemological, aesthetic and political characteristics and potentials of film as a medium and as a cultural institution. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy(H)

A guided effort to focus and improve advanced students' capacities for engaged, thoughtful, critical and independent reading of philosophical forms of argumentation and analysis. Writing assignments and discussions will be focused on the detailed articulation and understanding of one or two importan...

A survey of Greek philosophy from its inception through Neo-Platonism, emphasizing the unique expositional practices employed by the early Greek thinkers to express philosophical thought and questioning. Topics will range across early epistemology, metaphysics and ethics and their relation to later ...

A study of philosophy during the millennium when it was in closest relation to religion, be it Jewish, Muslim, Christian or pagan. Topics will range across the relation between faith and reason; the existence and nature of God and the soul; magic, prayer and divination as forms of acquiring knowledg...

An inquiry into some of the principal texts, issues and debates in European philosophy from the 16th to the 18th century, including thinkers such as Montaigne, Galileo, Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Hume and Kant. Topics will range across the emergence of modern science, the rise of ep...

An inquiry into the most influential philosophical movements of 19th century Europe, including such authors as Hegel, Marx and Nietzsche. Topics will range across idealism, historicism, materialism, the limits of reason and the emergence of language as a philosophical problem. Prerequisite: One cour...

Investigation of a specific figure, period, or movement in the history of philosophy-content will vary from year to year. May be repeated with change in topic. Prerequisite: one 400-level course in philosophy. (H)

A critical survey of some major area of contemporary philosophical concern-epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, etc. May be repeated with change in topic. Prerequisite: one 300- or 400-level course in philosophy. (H)

Intended primarily for majors in Philosophy but open to others with the permission of the instructor. Offered every fall. Prerequisite: Philosophy 18-402. (H)

Must be taken Pass/D/F.

Must be taken Pass/D/F.

Must be taken Pass/D/F.

Must be taken Pass/D/F.

Readings selected to broaden the student's acquaintance with areas of philosophy or topics of special interest. May be repeated with changed content.

Readings selected to broaden the student's acquaintance with areas of philosophy or topics of special interest. May be repeated with changed content.

Readings selected to broaden the student's acquaintance with areas of philosophy or topics of special interest. May be repeated with changed content.

Readings selected to broaden the student's acquaintance with areas of philosophy or topics of special interest. May be repeated with changed content.

By invitation only.