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Bruce Umbaugh at Webster.edu |
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Philosophy on the Web |
I'm going to see about bringing this up to date for 2014 and beyond.
About Me in 2002 (I'll get to that soon, maybe … it's interesting to see what here feels current and what makes almost no sense … the blogs are no longer alive, for instance, and the advice for parents is all before social media and things like Snapchat … but the general advice is still sensible (even now that I parent teens) …)
Why study philosophy? (That's old, still, so you won't think the examples very fresh, but the logic holds up pretty well.)
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Here you may find contact info, and course descriptions and syllabi.
Look at advice and follow links for parents concerned about their children and the Net.
I'm thinking about cyberspace, its infrastructures, their educational, ethical, and cultural import, and related stuff that interests me. To get an idea what I'm thinking about, view my weblog, A blog doesn't need a clever name.
What can I do with a degree in philosophy?
What becomes of philosophy majors and why you should consider studying philosophy.
Links to course syllabi and other information.
Valuing privacy is ultimately grounded in care, and in simple technological choices we may stand in for all humankind.
Philosophy and Technology Syllabus
How do technologies embody values? Are peer-to-peer file sharing systems good, bad, or neither? What about "smart mobs?"
Spring 2004 version of a core course for the philosophy major, covering contemporary theory of knowledge, especially theories of justification, naturalized epistemology, socialized epistemology, and relativism.
Syllabus for the course . . . featuring films such as Brazil, The Conversation, and Home Page, with readings about privacy, Taylorism, technological alternatives to television, being "close to the machine," questioning technology, Black Oak Arkansas, and more.
Big Brother, hacktivismo, crypto-anarchy, Napster -- community, freedom, and privacy.
An advanced seminar in modern--but not contemporary--metaphysics, emphasizing conflicting views about ideas and mechanisms. Spring 2001.
Syllabus for Fall, 2002, "Mind, Freedom, and Identity" introduction to philosophy course.
Philosophy and Technology Syllabus
Philosophy and Technology course syllabus (Spring 2002)
Philosophy and Film: Visions of Technology (2002)
Syllabus for the course . . . featuring films such as Brazil, The Conversation, and Home Page, with readings about privacy, Taylorism, technological alternatives to television, being "close to the machine," questioning technology, Black Oak Arkansas, and more.
An overview of PHIL 3300 for Fall 2002
Some projects and activitites and publications and so on. Links.