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Dec 26, 2024
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Goucher College 2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.
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PHL 257 - Philosophy and the Machine (3 Cr.) (LER-TXT)
An analysis of the cultural impact and philosophical implications of modern technology as well as an historical consideration of the relation between humans and machines. Perspectives on technology will be drawn from traditional philosophical sources as well as from more recent writings and will be examined in an effort to highlight a range of ontological and epistemological questions concerning our assumptions about what differentiates humans from machines. Prerequisite: either sophomore standing, one course in philosophy, or permission of the instructor. Fall semester. Offered 2014-15 and alternate years. DeCaroli.
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