Winter 2025. Today more than ever before we are bombarded by information dressed in scientific garb. With news organizations, politicians, dark money, industry, and fake academic journals all trying to fool us, how are we supposed to make rational judgements? 

Winter 2024. Today more than ever before we are bombarded by information dressed in scientific garb. With news organizations, politicians, dark money, industry and fake academic journals all trying to fool us, how are we supposed to make rational judgements? 

Today more than ever before we are bombarded by information dressed in scientific garb. With news organizations, politicians, dark money, industry and fake academic journals all trying to fool us, how are we supposed to make rational judgements? 

Explores contemporary environmental issues from the perspective of philosophy. I mix theoretical problems in philosophy with practical problems facing us today. Many of the assignments will be project-based.

This version of the courses focused on science, values and society.

Fall 2024. This course explores the philosophical issues that arise in contemporary environmental issues, primarily those connected to the twin crises of our time, climate change and biodiversity loss. 

Fall 2023. Explores contemporary environmental issues from the perspective of philosophy. I mix theoretical problems in philosophy with practical problems facing us today. Many of the assignments will be project-based.

Spring 2022 Edition. Explores contemporary environmental issues from the perspective of philosophy. I mix theoretical problems in philosophy with practical problems facing us today. Many of the assignments will be project-based.

This quarter we focus on the nature of space and time, moving from puzzles in ancient and classical spacetimes to those in relativity theory.