Overview
Description
Ideas of prominent philosophers on human embodiment, including feminist philosophies of the body related to sexual difference, gender identity and embodied subjectivity.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Related Courses
Cross Listed With PHIL 280
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- 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.
- interpret at an introductory level the ideas associated with major writers on the body (or embodiment).
- distinguish better and worse reasoning, and recognize relevant logical relationships and patterns of inference.
- 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.