Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2006-2007
ANTH 418 - CAN HUMANS THINK?
Long Title: CAN HUMANS THINK? ANTHROPOS, HUMANISM AND TECHNOLOGY
Department: Anthropology
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Distribution Group: Distribution Group II
Credit Hours: 3
Description: An upper level reading and research seminar that combines readings in the history of humanism with empirical and theoretical issues from the present. Texts and topics from Kant to JCR Licklider on anthropos and humanism, and examples from current debates: genetic engineering, environmentalism, interfaces and networking technologies, testing technologies, and intellectual property regimes. Emphasis on the three R's. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 618.