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GER 185 - Science and Technology in European Philosophy

Germanic and Slavic Studies College of Letters and Science

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Science and Technology in European Philosophy

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Vagt

Course Description

Introduces various positions from the history and present of European philosophy that speak to questions of science and technology. Readings may include Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, Nietzsche, Freud, Heidegger, Arendt, Bachelard, Koyr, Caillois, Foucault, Canguilhem, Blumenberg, Serres, Malabou, Stiegler. Topics may include: machine theories, cybernetics, structuralism in science, techniques of simulation, artificial intelligence.

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Upper division standing

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