ANTHR 1187

FWS: Ethics, Theory, Language

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2014-2015 Catalog.

"Nature Loves to Hide" (Heraclitus). This course begins from the position that knowledge about the world, and consequently the very nature of our theories, consistently proves itself to be a capricious animal—for that very reason, though, the search for knowledge requires a kind of ethics which is as rewarding as it is demanding. Accordingly, "Ethics, Theory, and Language" assesses the proposition that learning, knowing, and the production of theory, are efforts that emerge from a special kind of process, a multifaceted endeavor that may be considered a form of attentive dialogue. Readings will be selected from a broad range of authors, some classical, most modern. Throughout the semester, we hope to develop the discipline required for the discovery of arguments—both in our own thoughts and in the works of others—and thus develop a relationship to knowledge that moves from the capricious to capacious.

When Offered Fall.

Satisfies Requirement First-Year Writing Seminar.

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