PHIL 120Science, Technology, and Society
- Faculty
- Arts
- Offered
- Winter
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1981–82
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1979–80 to 1981–82; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Alternative philosophical perspectives on problems raised by scientific and technological developments including moral issues (e.g. privacy and datagathering, ‘clean’ vs. ‘dirty’ energy.) Also an examination of the nature and scope of scientific and technical knowledge as it bears on the responsibilities of scientists and engineers.
As printed in the 1979–80 to 1981–82 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
6 posts and comments in 5 threads mention PHIL 120, February 2016 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Fall 2022
AMA - your academic advisor is here 35 points, 21 comments
“Title.”
u/blatherskite37: “how do i”
u/Careless-Cow-5683: “phil 120 - the meaning of life”
Fall 2018
Course breakdown of PHIL 120 J 1 point, 0 comments
u/zaikaa: “Hey guys, I'm considering taking PHIL 120 J (The Meaning of Life) next term and I was wondering if anyone who is currently in it or has taken in the past can tell me what it was like? What was the mark breakdown? …”
Winter 2018
Useful electives for 2a? 1 point, 2 comments
u/coruscatingpotlid: “… phil 120j has an honourable mention. it's up to what you're interested in, i guess. …”
Spring 2016
PHIL 110B vs PHIL120 2 points, 3 comments
u/achaud1: “Can anyone speak on how these two courses were or how they are different from each other? Conflicted on which one to take.. what's the workload like for either one? Thanks!”
u/higuy5121: “Cant speak for phil120, but phil110b is very easy. There's 2 tests and 2 essays, and all you have to do for those is a bunch of readings, most of which have 1-2 paragraph summaries if you look hard enough. …”
Winter 2016
Philosophy minor? 1 point, 9 comments
“Currently in Math/BBA 1B, thinking of switching to CS/STATS double major. I'm considering in minoring in either economics or philosophy to fulfill the breadth and depth requirement. …”
[deleted]: “Academic philosophy ruins philosophy. Source: Phil 250A & Phil 256 They claim that they are "teaching you how to express your thoughts and opinions" or something - but really they are just brutally …”
u/ObscureMeaning: “Thanks, Do you find this with the case with all Phil courses or just 250A and 256? It's quite concerning to how this is the case. I'm looking into taking the logic / god and religion. I'm really interested in Phil 120j (life and death).”
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In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1979–80 to 1981–82, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1979–80 to 1981–82 3 calendars
Alternative philosophical perspectives on problems raised by scientific and technological developments including moral issues (e.g. privacy and datagathering, ‘clean’ vs. ‘dirty’ energy.) Also an examination of the nature and scope of scientific and technical knowledge as it bears on the responsibilities of scientists and engineers.
Offered Winter · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit