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Edinburgh, Scotland
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FSP 2006 Fall, dinner with Prof Amy Allen
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More FSP
2001 Photos, (html link to Prof. James Moor's website)
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The Philosophy program offers the opportunity to spend a fall term at the
University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Students take a course in philosophy taught
by a Dartmouth faculty member (Philosophy 50). In addition, each student will
take two courses (Philosophy 60, 61) from faculty of the Philosophy Department at the
University of Edinburgh. Students participating in the program must have
completed at least two courses in philosophy prior to their participation but
not necessarily prior to their application for admission to the program.
However, preference will be given to those students who have completed more
philosophy courses. A member of the University of Edinburgh philosophy faculty
will offer a course at Dartmouth in the summer term. Students going to
Edinburgh should consider taking this course. There will be an opportunity to
participate in the junior year Honors program while in Edinburgh.
The program provides students with the opportunity to study at one of Great
Britain's oldest and finest universities, which has a large and diverse
philosophy staff. This staff represents a wide spectrum of approaches to
philosophy including both the analytic tradition and the continental tradition.
Dartmouth undergraduates should benefit from contact with students doing
graduate studies in philosophy. Great Britain has an excellent system of public
transportation, so trips to many fascinating sites can conveniently be
arranged.
Curriculum
- Philosophy 50, Special Topics in Philosophy*
- Philosophy 60, Foreign Study in Philosophy I
- Philosophy 61, Foreign Study in Philosophy II
Depending on the subject, these courses may satisfy distributive
requirements for the major (e.g., the history of philosophy requirement). Any
student who wants such credit should petition the chair of the Philosophy Department at
Dartmouth.
*FSP 07F Professor Bernard Gert
Philosophy 50: Special Topics in Philosophy: Emotion, Reason and
Hobbes
Human beings are both rational beings and emotional beings. How we act is
often determined by how our emotions and our reason interact. Some claim
that emotions and reason are in conflict, others claim that some emotions
support reason. We will try to develop an account of the emotions and of reason
in order to evaluate these claims. Hobbes has accounts of both the emotions and
reason and he is one of the philosophers that we will reading and
evaluating.
Prerequisites: At least two courses in Philosophy
Enrollment: Limited to 15 students; Applications available
on-line through the Off Campus
Programs office.
Faculty Contact: Bernard Gert
Living Accomodations: Students live in University of
Edinburgh owned flats.
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