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Philosophy and Religion

lopezjc March 19, 2018Philosophy and Religion

The Question of God

Edmund Newborn

Mon., Wed., 6:00P-7:15P

The past several decades have seen a statistical decline in the number of people who claim to believe in God or who choose to participate in a religion. This course will explore the underlying philosophical causes for this shift as well as looking at how people of faith can possibly answer the challenges of modern atheism.

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Death

Joaquin Pedroso

Tues., Thurs., 11:00A-12:15P

This course delves into the multidimensional concept of death, examining it from various perspectives, including philosophical, cultural, psychological, economic, and religious viewpoints. This course will not focus on understanding what death is, but rather how the idea of death (and death itself) is endured across cultures, philosophical approaches, social and individual practices. We will be diving deep into what it means to die and how to give meaning to our deaths, how to best endure death, and how to die well.

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Humans in the Age of Bots

Francis Hill

Wednesdays 2-3:15PM (Hybrid)

Humans in the Age of Bots is a digital humanities course intersecting literature, philosophy, and technology to explore questions of the human experience in context within the increasing ubiquity of Generative AI. Using Frankenstein and Co-Intelligence as anchor texts, students will explore the themes of ¿what does it mean to be human¿ and ¿what does human progress look like¿ as well as collaborate with AI to code an interactive system from scratch that explores and provides commentary on these questions.

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Why We Dance

Niurca Marquez

Mondays 2:00PM-3:15PM (HYBRID)

Why We Dance explores the historical, cultural, aesthetic, and neurological reasons why we dance. Relying heavily on the fields of dance ethnography and history, as well as the latest research in neuroscience, the course will expose students to the phenomena of organized movement. We will dive deep into the multiple theories of why humans dance and the histories of how we have done so, and the ways in which dance has been entertainment, repository of culture, and even an act of resistance. We will examine several case studies that position dance in relation to society. These will include but are certainly not limited to the Ghost Dance as resistance, Transnational Indian Dance as export commodity, Arará traditional dance in Cuba as repository of religious practice and philosophy, and Flamenco as cultural preservation and reclaiming of power.

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Song of Life

Adam Gorelick

Tues.,Thurs., 9:30AM - 10:45AM

This is a course about poetic forms, but mostly it’s about writing poetry. Students will read, research, and attempt several poetic forms including epic, sonnet, free verse, haiku, elegy, limerick, sestina, and others. The key feature of the course will involve workshopping together original poetry and providing constructive feedback.

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Myth and Ritual in Film, Part 1

Adam Gorelick

Online

This course applies theoretical discussions of myth and ritual to the contemporary medium of film.

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The Problem of Knowledge

Daniel Alvarez

Mon., Wed., Fri., 1:00P-1:50P

In this course, we seek to answer two fundamental questions: What is knowledge, and do we have it? We go through life learning from our parents, from books, and teachers “facts” or statements that are supposed to be true, that most of the time it does not occur to us to question or doubt.

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Player One

Maikel Right

Online

Inspired by courses taught by Emily Wood and neuroscience research conducted by Stuart Brown, this course challenges students to think differently about play and its relevance to human social and biological development.

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The Conservative Tradition

Ruben Garrote

Tues., Thurs., 12:30P-1:45P

This course will involve readings in Conservative political philosophy, but politics is not all that Conservatism encompasses.

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