Splash Biography

Should we want immortality? The morals of living an eternal life have been hot topics in literature, art, and pop culture. From Dorian Gray to Edward Cullen to the Olympians, the issue of the mortal vs. immortal life has typically taken a black and white contrast in our culture’s ethical framework. But what's your philosophical take on it? Join the class for a discussion on whether or not the immortal life meets our ethical standards, makes a nosedive, or finds an in between, and why the question of immortality has compelled humanity throughout the ages.

How do you know that anything actually exists? Does God exist? Do you exist? This course is a brief study of Descartes’ "Meditations on First Philosophy", rationalism and how to prove the existence of things through rigorous philosophical analysis. A discussion of the Meditations will take place after. Arguments against or for Descartes are all highly encouraged!