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This course has two related goals: 1) to use philosophical frameworks to inquire into the nature of sport and related concepts; and 2) to use sport to introduce philosophical ideas and to show how those ideas can clarify our understanding of human institutions, values, and practices. Topics include...

The goal of this course is to introduce students to the philosophical, ethical, and societal issues that will challenge us in the coming age of intelligent systems. Topics may include robot rights and citizenship, artificial minds, AI existential threats, biases in AI algorithms and programming...

This course will introduce students to the moral issues associated with human interaction with our environment and provide them with the methodology for critically assessing these issues. Topics include: Are animals, plants, and trees entitled to moral consideration? If so, how much and why? How do...

A study of Ancient Philosophy mainly focusing on Plato and Aristotle, but with attention to the Presocratics, the Roman Stoics and later developments.

This course investigates proofs for the existence of God, the intellectual ground of faith, the problems of evil and suffering, the mystical path, the connection between ethics and religion, the psychologizing of religion, religious pluralism, and recent claims by atheists that religious beliefs are...