Foreign Study Program

Edinburgh, Scotland

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.