Teaching

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INTRODUCTION TO FORMAL REASONING AND DECISION MAKING

Introduction to the fundamentals of logical, probabilistic, and statistical thinking, as well as the basic principles of rational decision making.

PHILOSOPHY and the ARts

Introduction to the major issues in the philosophy of art, with emphasis on the implications of recent developments in film, music, and painting for art theory.

INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC

Introduction to Propositional and First Order Predicate logics, and natural deductions within those logics.

CONTEMPORARY ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY OF ART

M.A.-level review of work from the past fifty years in the Analytic tradition on aesthetics, the definition of “art”, and the meaning and ontological status of artworks.

SYMBOLIC LOGIC

Introduction to set theory and mathematical induction, and work-through of soundness and completeness proofs for Propositional and First Order Predicate logics.