Examines probability in its various components and through its diverse applications. Topics include: combinatorial analysis, axioms of probability, discrete random variables and distributions & continuous random variables and probability density functions, joint distribution functions, law of large numbers. The statistical concepts of conditioning, independence and expectation will be highlighted, as well as the notion of moments. Selected applications will shed light on the use of probability in various fields.
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SD-5 | Monday | 12:10 | 13:30 |
SD-5 | Thursday | 12:10 | 13:30 |
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PV-1 | Tuesday | 13:45 | 15:05 |
PV-1 | Friday | 13:45 | 15:05 |
The Middle East is a region of great diversity with different histories, cultures, languages and populations. It constitutes nevertheless a systematic entity, with close interrelations, and many common political, cultural and socio-economical challenges. The course will explore the cultural, political, ethnic and geographical realities of the region (historically and in the present). It will present as well the ongoing debates and themes in major political and cultural circles.
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C-505 | Tuesday | 10:35 | 11:55 |
C-505 | Friday | 10:35 | 11:55 |
| Room | Day | Start Time | End Time |
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PL-1 | Tuesday | 09:00 | 10:20 |
PL-1 | Friday | 09:00 | 10:20 |
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A-2 | Wednesday | 09:00 | 11:55 |
How should I live? How can I determine whether an action is right or just? These are perennial questions that philosophers have long considered and attempted to answer. Explores the ethical writings of several philosophers, including Plato, Hobbes, and Mill, in order to help us clarify and articulate our own values as well as discover the nature of philosophy.
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A-1 | Tuesday | 12:10 | 13:30 |
A-1 | Friday | 12:10 | 13:30 |
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G-102 | Wednesday | 09:00 | 11:55 |
| Room | Day | Start Time | End Time |
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C-104 | Monday | 13:45 | 15:05 |
C-104 | Thursday | 13:45 | 15:05 |
Formerly PL2011. This course offers an overview of ancient and medieval philosophy. Beginning with the earliest Greek philosophers and ending with the late medieval founding fathers of modern scientific thought, we will read and discuss various answers these thinkers gave to questions such as: 'What is a good life?' or 'How can I reconcile my faith with what reason tells me?' Readings include Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Seneca, Plotinus, Anselm, Avicenna, Abelard, Maimonides, Thomas Aquinas and Nicolaus of Autrecourt.
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G-207 | Wednesday | 13:45 | 16:40 |
Political philosophy forms that branch of philosophy that reflects on the specificity of the political. Why are humans, as Aristotle argued, political animals? How are they political? What are the means and ends of the political, and how best does one organize the political with such questions in mind? The course offers a topic-oriented approach to the fundamental problems underlying political theory and practice.
| Room | Day | Start Time | End Time |
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C-104 | Monday | 10:35 | 11:55 |
C-104 | Thursday | 10:35 | 11:55 |