Id: 042273 Credits Min: 3 Credits Max: 3

Description

Philosophy of biology analyzes the knowledge produced across the biological sciences and considers how biologists arrive at their findings in addition to their societal contexts. Possible topics include the nature of evolution, intelligent design, determinism, contingency, adaptationism, sociobiology, as well as gender, sexuality, and race in biology, human genome editing and eugenics, and modelling, reductionism, explanation.

Prerequisites

ENGL.1020, and Students in humanities disc, PHIL 2080 or another upper div (e.g. 3000-level) PHIL course is highly rec. Students in STEM fields, PHIL 2080 and/or another 2000-level biology-related course is highly recommended.

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