Janet Wesselius, PhD (Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam), MPhilF (Institute for Christian Studies), BAHons, First Class (University of Alberta)
Contact
Professor, Augustana - Fine Arts & Humanities
- jcw3@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 679-1517
Overview
Teaching
Winter 2018
Philosophy 392/COPLAC Hybrid Course Sharing in Native American Studies: Indigenous Thought and Knowledge
Fall 2017
First Year Seminar: Gods, Monsters, and Myths
Philosophy 210: Epistemology
Philosophy 365: Aesthetics
Winter 2017
Philosophy 496/COPLAC Digital Humanities: Making Strange: Constructing Identities and Making Sense of Our Surroundings
Philosophy 277 Women, Darkness and Crooked Things: Feminist Philosophy
Directed Study in Philosophy: Philosophy, the Law, and Justice
Fall 2016
Philosophy 351 Thinking About Sex: Philosophy, Science and the Construction of Sex
Directed Study in Philosophy: Feminist Philosophy--The Fourth Wave
Courses
AUENV 355 - Philosophy, Technology, and the Environment
Investigation of the philosophical and social issues related to technology and the environment. The natural/artificial distinction, different senses of environment and the ways we understand, package, and manage nature form the foundation of the course. Issues in environmental ethics are also addressed. Thinkers may include Marx, Heidegger, Marcel, Borgmann, Winner, Singer, Regan, and others. Prerequisite: None, but AUPHI 350 would be useful. Note: Credit may be obtained for only one of AUENV 355 and AUPHI 355.
AUIDS 101 - First Year Seminar
Selected topics that highlight the interdisciplinary nature of the Liberal Arts and Sciences. This seminar-style class is the first course in Augustana's Core. The focus and content of each course are determined by faculty interests, and vary from year to year.
AUPHI 102 - Introduction to Western Philosophy II: Modern Philosophy
Continuation of an introduction to the main problems and theories that have dominated philosophical thought, through study and critical discussions of selected classics of modern philosophy.
AUPHI 260 - Ethics
Examination of questions of right and wrong, good and evil, and reasons for action, through study of ethical theories of philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Mill.
AUPHI 277 - Women, Darkness and Crooked Things: Feminist Philosophy
An introduction to feminist issues in philosophy.
AUPHI 350 - Philosophy of Science
Philosophical approach to the presuppositions, attitudes, language, practices, and goals of the physical and social sciences. Topics may include theory evaluation, explanation, and the nature of scientific law.
AUPHI 355 - Philosophy and the Environment
Investigation of the philosophical and social issues related to technology and the environment. Topics may include the natural/artificial distinction, different meanings of environment, the ways we understand, package, and manage nature as well as issues in environmental ethics and aesthetics. May include texts by Western and Indigenous thinkers. Note: Credit may be obtained for only one of AUPHI 355 and AUENV 355.