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Sep 27, 2024
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WMST 280 - Philosophy of the Body (3 units)
Ideas of prominent philosophers on human embodiment, including feminist philosophies of the body related to sexual difference, gender identity and embodied subjectivity.
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to state a thesis about the mind-body relation, as presented in traditional or contemporary philosophical texts, and provide evidence and philosophical argument (including replies to counter-arguments) in its defense.
2. Students will be able to interpret at an introductory level the ideas associated with major writers on the body (or embodiment).
3. Students will be able to distinguish better and worse reasoning, and recognize relevant logical relationships and patterns of inference.
4. Students will be able to show what is at stake for feminist theory in philosophical reflection on the body (or embodiment), and indicate how philosophical ideas may have feminist applications.
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