Philosophies of Lying - 10 Weeks

Mon+Th, 6-8pm ET

10 weeks, Feb 3-Apr 17

(break March 10+13)

This course offers a broad overview of philosophical thought on lying and deception, from the ancient world to the present. Our readings will include selections from Plato, Saint Augustine, Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Nietzsche, Oscar Wilde, and Hannah Arendt, among others. We will also discuss the topic within the current context of our digitally-saturated, “post-truth” moment.

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Instructor: Laurena Tsudama is a Rutgers University PhD Candidate in nineteenth-century literature with interests in philosophy and film. Most recently, she presented at the Modern Language Association and published with the JHI Blog and White Rose University Press. Her dissertation is titled "Deceivers and Dupes: Relational Deception in Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Fiction.”