Here are my latest courses. Links, where available, will take you to past or current syllabi. In 2023-24 I will teach PHIL 148: Philosophy and the Environment (Fall) and PHIL 24: Science vs Pseudoscience (Winter).
Fall 2023. Explores contemporary environmental issues from the perspective of philosophy. I mix theoretical problems in philosophy with practical problems facing us today. Many of the assignments will be project-based.
Spring 2022 Edition. Explores contemporary environmental issues from the perspective of philosophy. I mix theoretical problems in philosophy with practical problems facing us today. Many of the assignments will be project-based.
This quarter we focus on the nature of space and time, moving from puzzles in ancient and classical spacetimes to those in relativity theory.
PHIL 24: Science vs Pseudoscience
Today more than ever before we are bombarded by information dressed in scientific garb. With news organizations, politicians, dark money, industry and fake academic journals all trying to fool us, how are we supposed to make rational judgements?
PHIL 148: Philosophy and the Environment
Explores contemporary environmental issues from the perspective of philosophy. I mix theoretical problems in philosophy with practical problems facing us today. Many of the assignments will be project-based.
PHIL 245: Philosophy of Science
This version of the courses focused on science, values and society.
Past Courses
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Science, Evidence & the Law,
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Philosophy of Physics
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Time!Time!Time!
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Heat, Time & Roulette Wheels
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Environmental Social Science,
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Environmental History,
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Philosophy of Environmental Science
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Philosophy & the Environment
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Topics in Metaphysics
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Introduction to Philosophy
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Modality
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The Direction of Time
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Scientific Realism and the Value of Knowledge
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Metaphysics of the Quantum World,
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Philosophy Through Science Fiction
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Humean Supervenience.