Splash Biography

What are the world's deadliest diseases? What makes a disease deadly? Are the deadliest diseases necessarily the most dangerous? In this class we will discuss the most infamous diseases, from bacterial infections such as malaria to more widespread diseases such as the flu, and arrive at answers to the above questions. No bio background is necessary.

“What is Free Will?” “Do we have it?” “Is it even important?” these are all questions that have plagued philosophers for centuries and which continue to be asked even today. In this class we will try to tackle these questions, looking at the issue from a variety of different perspectives ranging from quantum physics and psychology, to more traditional philosophy and theology. At the end of the class the aim is for you to achieve an understanding of the philosophy behind the question of free will and to see how it relates to modern science, religion and even the US legal system.

“What is Free Will?” “Do we have it?” “Is it even important?” these are all questions that have plagued philosophers as early as the 5th Century and which continue to be asked even today. This class will aim to introduce some of the philosophical thought behind these questions, as we work to discover how free we really are.