Dr. Dennis M. Weiss
Professor of Philosophy
York College of Pennsylvania
MY COURSES
FYS 100 Who am I? What am I?
Who am I? What am I? As I look over this photo collage (and granted
PHL 222 Critical Thinking
While there are many accounts of what constitutes critical thinking
PHL 389 Philosophy & TV
This course seeks to address the questions “what is TV?” and how ought we to think
about TV philosophically.
PHL 321 Philosophy & Knowledge
"The truth is out there." For some years, in the face of persistent set-backs
PHL 331 Metaphysics
Mind, Body, and Consciousness
How is it that anything so remarkable as a state of consciousness comes
Self and Identity
What is a self? What is a person? What is self-knowledge and how does it work?
The Brain and the Law
In our everyday lives (and oftentimes even in our philosophical lives) we human
PHL 341 Ethics
This course develops the study of the notions of right and wrong and the good,
PHL 347 Philosophy of Law
Timothy Shiell suggests in Legal Philosophy that the philosophy of law is
PHL 380 Feminist Philosophy
This course examines the role of gender and the nature of women from
HUM 300 Science Fiction
"Through the creation of extravagantly fictitious worlds in which everyday reality
Some months ago as I was watching the mid‐season finale
The task for a philosophy of technology is to analyze the phenomenon of technology,
I see this course as responding to a challenge set forth by Stephen
As an occasional practitioner of philosophy, there are several key problems
"We have given to thee Adam, no fixed seat, no form of thy very own, no gift peculiarly