2008
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Conditionals and Counterfactuals
A reading course on conditionals and counterfactuals, focussing on the temporal asymmetry of counterfactual dependence.
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Inference to the Best Explanation and Scientific Realism
An examination of inference to the best explanation as it figures in recent debates over scientific realism.
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Philosophy of Biology
An introductory reading course on philosophy of biology, run in collaboration with Richard E. Glor from the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology division of the Department of Biology.
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Philosophy of Mind
An overview of the recent history of philosophy of mind, focusing on the relationship between the mind and the physical world.
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Philosophy of Science
A survey course in general philosophy of science.
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Science and Reason
Issues at the intersection of science and religion, and science and public policy. Including a special guest lecture from H. Allen Orr.