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Current/Upcoming Courses
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Past Courses
Introduction to Metaphysics: Art and Ontology (W21). An introductory survey course taught in collaboration with UMMA, using objects from the collection to explore some of the core questions of analytic metaphysics. This course was selected for the UMMA Curriculum/Collection project.
Modal Logic (W21). A course on modal logics (logics that extend the languages of propositional and predicate logic with modal operators) and their applications to range of philosophical questions about metaphysical possibility, knowledge and belief, obligation and permission, provability, determinacy and indeterminacy, and more. Like my Introduction to Logic course this course has a special focus on developing familiarity with formal systems, and on exploring the strengths and limitations of using formal systems in philosophical inquiry.
Honors Introduction to Logic (F20). A fast-paced introduction to propositional and predicate logic, with emphasis on developing familiarity with formal systems.
Introduction to Philosophy (W20, F20, F22). A introductory philosophy course covering personal identity, moral responsibility, transformative experiences and hard decisions, moral and epistemic partiality, skepticism, and trust. In lieu of more traditional course papers, students responded to questions submitted to a (fictional) philosophical advice column. In advance of Fall 2020, I worked with Angela Sun to expand the online-only version of this course, supported by a Rackham Supplemental Block Grant for PhD Student Engagement. As a part of this project, Angela built a huge resource bank for introductory courses (available here) and developed the asynchronous MultiTrack Assignment (Angela's version here). I worked with Laura Soter to begin to develop a version of this course with an outreach component, in partnership with Michigan's Philosophy With Kids program. (COVID-pending)
Revisionary Ontology (W19). (Syllabus) Graduate seminar in metaphysics surveying contemporary debates in ontology by focusing on the weird, radical, and revisionary theories they sometimes give rise to. Students were given options to complete assignments from a number of different categories (writing referee reports, creating syllabi, writing for a public audience, etc). These assignments are described in more detail in the Short Assignment Guide.
Modal Logic (W21). A course on modal logics (logics that extend the languages of propositional and predicate logic with modal operators) and their applications to range of philosophical questions about metaphysical possibility, knowledge and belief, obligation and permission, provability, determinacy and indeterminacy, and more. Like my Introduction to Logic course this course has a special focus on developing familiarity with formal systems, and on exploring the strengths and limitations of using formal systems in philosophical inquiry.
Honors Introduction to Logic (F20). A fast-paced introduction to propositional and predicate logic, with emphasis on developing familiarity with formal systems.
Introduction to Philosophy (W20, F20, F22). A introductory philosophy course covering personal identity, moral responsibility, transformative experiences and hard decisions, moral and epistemic partiality, skepticism, and trust. In lieu of more traditional course papers, students responded to questions submitted to a (fictional) philosophical advice column. In advance of Fall 2020, I worked with Angela Sun to expand the online-only version of this course, supported by a Rackham Supplemental Block Grant for PhD Student Engagement. As a part of this project, Angela built a huge resource bank for introductory courses (available here) and developed the asynchronous MultiTrack Assignment (Angela's version here). I worked with Laura Soter to begin to develop a version of this course with an outreach component, in partnership with Michigan's Philosophy With Kids program. (COVID-pending)
Revisionary Ontology (W19). (Syllabus) Graduate seminar in metaphysics surveying contemporary debates in ontology by focusing on the weird, radical, and revisionary theories they sometimes give rise to. Students were given options to complete assignments from a number of different categories (writing referee reports, creating syllabi, writing for a public audience, etc). These assignments are described in more detail in the Short Assignment Guide.