Investigate the nature of learning and its philosophical implications. Discuss theories of education, including progressivism, essentialism, and constructivism, and analyze philosophical questions concerning the purpose of education, the role of the teacher, and the nature of knowledge.
Investigate the assumptions and principles underlying economic theories. Discuss schools of economic thought, including classical economics, Keynesianism, and behavioral economics, and analyze philosophical questions concerning economic justice, distribution of wealth, and the role of markets in society.
Explore the philosophical dimensions of gender identity and sexuality. Discuss feminist theories, queer theory, and intersectionality, and analyze philosophical questions concerning the nature of gender oppression, the social construction of gender roles, and the ethics of gender equality.
Investigate the concept of race and racial identity from a philosophical perspective. Discuss theories of race, including social constructionism, biological essentialism, and critical race theory, and analyze philosophical questions concerning racial inequality, identity politics, and the ethics of affirmative action.
Explore the nature of consciousness and mental states. Discuss theories of mind, such as dualism, physicalism, and functionalism, and analyze philosophical questions concerning the relationship between mind and body, the problem of other minds, and the nature of subjective experience.
Investigate the nature of language and linguistic meaning. Discuss theories of language, including the correspondence theory of truth, speech act theory, and linguistic relativity, and analyze philosophical questions concerning language acquisition, communication, and interpretation.
Explore the nature of aesthetic experience and artistic expression. Discuss theories of art, such as formalism, expressionism, and institutional theory, and analyze philosophical questions concerning the nature of beauty, artistic creativity, and the relationship between art and morality.
Explore the nature of historical knowledge and interpretation. Discuss theories of history, including positivism, historicism, and postmodernism, and analyze philosophical questions concerning historical causation, the role of the historian, and the relationship between past, present, and future.
Investigate the processes through which individuals manage and regulate their emotions. Discuss theories of emotion regulation, including the process model of emotion regulation and the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions, and analyze psychological research on emotion regulation strategies, such as cognitive reappraisal, expressive suppression, and emotion-focused coping.
Explore the psychological and physiological responses to stress and the mechanisms of coping with stressors. Discuss theories of stress, including the transactional model of stress and coping and the biopsychosocial model of health, and analyze psychological research on the impact of stress on physical and mental health outcomes, as well as effective coping strategies for […]
