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Classes
PHIL 1100
Course Description
A general introduction to some of the main topics, texts, and methods of philosophy. Topics may include the existence of God, the nature of mind and its relation to the body, causation, free will, knowledge ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Malott Hall 228-Bache Aud
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Shoemaker, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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- F Rockefeller Hall 231
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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- F Rockefeller Hall 103
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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- R Uris Hall 498
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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- R McGraw Hall 366
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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- F Rockefeller Hall 231
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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- F Rockefeller Hall 105
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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- F Uris Hall G20
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 1110
Course Description
This First-Year Writing Seminar is about using philosophy and everyday life and provides the opportunity to write extensively about these issues. Topics vary by section. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS:Ethics-Sex& Relationships
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Rockefeller Hall B15
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Takaoka, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Feminism for All Genders
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 164
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Takaoka, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PHIL 1111
Course Description
This First-Year Writing Seminar discusses problems in philosophy and gives the opportunity to write about them. Topics vary by section. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Moral Relativism and Moral Skepticism
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Sibley Hall 115
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Korzukhin, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Framing—The Ethics and Politics of Art
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Klarman Hall KG42
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Waked, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Nietzsche's Genealogy on Morality
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Morrill Hall 102
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Jovanovska, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Nietzsche's Genealogy on Morality
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF White Hall B02
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Jovanovska, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PHIL 1112
Course Description
This First-Year Writing Seminar offers the opportunity to discuss and write about philosophy. Topics vary by section. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Borders, Immigration, and Citizenship
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW White Hall B06
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Yost, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Philosophy of Fun
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Cohn, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Rockefeller Hall 187
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
McCellion, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Ancient Greek and Roman Skepticism
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Clark Hall 294E
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Kumar, V
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Methods of Buddhist Phil
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 236
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Kwiatek, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Ethics and Moral Psychology in Technology
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Kwiatek, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Ancient Greek & Asian Phil
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 331
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Zgurich, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Asian Philosophy
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 331
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Zgurich, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Liberalism and Neoliberalism
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 302
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Gerber, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PHIL 1440
Course Description
We all face difficult moral decisions on occasion. This course introduces students to the idea that we face such a decision several times a day in deciding what to eat. How should facts about animal life ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Baker Laboratory 335
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Starr, W
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 1620
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to the science of the mind. Everyone knows what it's like to think and perceive, but this subjective experience provides little insight into how minds emerge from physical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 1101, CS 1710, HD 1102, LING 1170, PSYCH 1102
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G01
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Nichols, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 1621
Course Description
This section is highly recommended for students who are interested in learning about the topics covered in the main course through writing and discussion. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 1104, LING 1104, PSYCH 1104
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Uris Hall 254
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
West, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 1950
Course Description
In recent years, poverty and inequality have become increasingly common topics of public debate, as academics, journalists, and politicians attempt to come to terms with growing income inequality, with ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2225, GDEV 2220, GOVT 2225, ILROB 2220, PUBPOL 2220, SOC 2220
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Klarman Hall KG70
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Young, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Statler Hall 165
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Young, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Statler Hall 341
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Young, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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- F Statler Hall 441
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Young, C
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Statler Hall 441
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Young, C
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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- F Uris Hall 202
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Young, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Uris Hall 202
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Young, C
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- F Statler Hall 165
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Young, C
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- F Statler Hall 441
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Young, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Statler Hall 165
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Young, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Ives Hall 109
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Young, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 1960
Course Description
An introduction to leading topics in legal theory and political philosophy such as: what the laws should be, how they shape and are shaped by society, how they are and should be interpreted, the proper ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 128
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Manne, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2200
Course Description
An introductory survey of ancient Greek philosophy from the so-called Presocratics (6th century BCE) through the Hellenistic period (1st century BCE) with special emphasis on the thought of Socrates, Plato, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CLASS 2661
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Baker Laboratory 135
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Rockefeller Hall 102
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall 122
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 128
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2240
Course Description
Survey of European social theory from Hegel to Foucault (via Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Weber, and the Frankfurt School). view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3475
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Rockefeller Hall 103
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Kosch, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Rockefeller Hall 128
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Kosch, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2300
Course Description
This course will survey a number of famous paradoxes about the nature of time, identity, logic, science, belief, decision, and value. Some of these paradoxes have widely accepted answers, but many do not. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COGST 2305
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 102
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Kocurek, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F White Hall 110
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2310
Course Description
Covers sentential languages, the truth-functional connectives, and their logic; first-order languages, the quantifiers "every" and "some," and their logic. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COGST 2310
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Morrill Hall 107
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Hodes, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Rockefeller Hall 105
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 2420
Course Description
This course will examine key issues in social and political philosophy. Topics may include the legitimacy of the state, political obligation, the nature and demands of justice, equality, liberty, and autonomy. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 2605
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Morrill Hall 111
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Yost, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2455
Course Description
Bioethics is the study of ethical questions raised by advances in the medical field. Questions we'll discuss will include: Is it morally permissible to advance a patient's death, at his or her request, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: SHUM 2455, STS 2451
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Markovits, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 112
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 105
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 103
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 2540
Course Description
This course will survey the rich and sophisticated tradition of Indian philosophical thought from its beginnings in the speculations of Upanishads, surveying debates between Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3344, CLASS 3674, RELST 3344
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Rockefeller Hall 128
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
McCrea, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2830
Course Description
This course is an introduction to decision theory. Decision theory aims to answer a fundamental normative question: what ought one to do, given what one believes and values. Modern decision theory is a ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G26
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Korzukhin, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Morrill Hall 107
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2990
Course Description
This course explores the meaning of Law and Society, which is an interdisciplinary study of the interactive nature of legal and social forces. A law and society perspective places law in its historical, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Rockefeller Hall 230
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Bateman, D
Lyon, B
Markovits, J
York Cornwell, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Class will be team-taught by four faculty members over the course of the semester.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 3180
Course Description
In this course, we will consider some philosophical writings from the last third of the 19th century through the early 20th century that are both of interest in themselves and helped shape philosophical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 6180
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 104
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Hodes, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 3203
Course Description
We will study several of Aristotle's major works, including the Categories, Physics, Posterior Analytics, Metaphysics, and Nicomachean Ethics. Topics include nature and change, form and matter, the nature ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 3664, PHIL 6203
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 236
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 3340
Course Description
Modal logic is a general logical framework for systematizing reasoning about qualified and relativized truth. It has been used to study the logic of possibility, time, knowledge, obligation, provability, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MATH 3850, PHIL 6311
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 111
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Kocurek, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 3610
Course Description
This course will be an advanced introduction to some contemporary debates in epistemology. We will start by considering skeptical arguments that we cannot really know whether the world is the way it appears ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 6610
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Hall 204
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Pavese, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 3700
Course Description
Concepts are properties of individuals that approximately correspond to word meanings. They play a role in Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Philosophy, and Artificial Intelligence. The course looks at ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 3330, COGST 6333, LING 3333, LING 6333, PHIL 6700
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Sibley Hall 208
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Rooth, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 3710
Course Description
An introduction to some of the main issues in the philosophy of language. Topics may include names, definite descriptions, belief ascriptions, truth-conditional theories of meaning, pragmatics, and metaphor. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 3332, PHIL 6713
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW White Hall 110
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Starr, W
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 3900
Course Description
To be taken only in exceptional circumstances. Must be arranged by the student with his or her advisor and the faculty member who has agreed to direct the study. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
PHIL 4003
Course Description
Reading, translation, and English-language discussion of important texts in the German philosophical tradition. Readings for a given term are chosen in consultation with students. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 6131, PHIL 6030
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA Goldwin Smith Hall 224
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Kosch, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 4410
Course Description
Advanced seminar covering a topic in ethics and value theory. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 6410
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Diverse Embodiments
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Manne, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 4430
Course Description
Advanced discussion of a topic in social and political philosophy. 2023 topic: Race, Gender, and Technology. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 6656, GOVT 6656, PHIL 6430
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: Race, Gender, and Technology
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Hall 202
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Thompson, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Course will be taught by visiting Mellon Humanities postdoc Morgan Thompson. From predictive-policing algorithms to workplace surveillance systems, technologies originally developed for policing, welfare systems, and prisons have rapidly expanded into other domains of society, including hospitals, schools, banking, social services, and digital life. While the sophistication and ease with which data can be collected and shared has advanced, social data has long been collected by governments. How does the social classification used by the state impact those who are classified? Who ought to be in control of maintaining this data or deciding its uses? Can technologies created for criminal justice systems be extracted from their biased roots? How do these technologies interact with our societal and ethical values of privacy, equality, and justice? How do considerations of gender and race shape technologies, technical design, and technology policies? This class culminates in a focus on justice- and ethics-oriented approaches to science and technology that envision how technology might contribute to liberatory ends.
PHIL 4730
Course Description
Introduces methods for theorizing about meaning within generative grammar. These techniques allow the creation of grammars that pair syntactic structures with meanings. Students look at several empirical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: LING 4421, LING 6421, PHIL 6730
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Sibley Hall 211
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Murray, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 4900
Course Description
Majors in philosophy may choose to pursue writing of an honors thesis in their senior year. Students undertake research leading to the writing of an honors essay by the end of the final semester. Prospective ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
PHIL 4901
Course Description
Majors in philosophy may choose to pursue writing of an honors thesis in their senior year. Students undertake research leading to the writing of an honors essay by the end of the final semester. Prospective ... view course details
PHIL 4995
Course Description
This richly interdisciplinary course examines trans issues in the transnational context of North and South America. Focusing on the tensions and cross-pollinations of (especially US and Canadian) trans ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4687, COML 6687, FGSS 4687, FGSS 6687, GOVT 6995, LGBT 4687, LGBT 6687, PHIL 6995, SHUM 4687, SHUM 6687
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R A D White House 110
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Zurn, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6010
Course Description
Reading and translation of Greek Philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GREEK 7161
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 327
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6020
Course Description
Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7262, MEDVL 6020, RELST 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Hans Bethe House 125
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Brittain, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6030
Course Description
Reading, translation, and English-language discussion of important texts in the German philosophical tradition. Readings for a given term are chosen in consultation with students. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 6131, PHIL 4003
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA Goldwin Smith Hall 224
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Kosch, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6100
Course Description
Seminar for first year Philosophy graduate students. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Olin Library 603
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Silins, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6180
Course Description
In this course, we will consider some philosophical writings from the last third of the 19th century through the early 20th century that are both of interest in themselves and helped shape philosophical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 3180
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 104
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Hodes, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6200
Course Description
Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 7173
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Plato on Political Expertise
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Olin Library 603
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Kamtekar, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6203
Course Description
We will study several of Aristotle's major works, including the Categories, Physics, Posterior Analytics, Metaphysics, and Nicomachean Ethics. Topics include nature and change, form and matter, the nature ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 3664, PHIL 3203
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 236
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6290
Course Description
An introduction to current research in the history of philosophy primarily through engagement with a variety of presentations of such research by Cornell faculty, visiting scholars, and advanced graduate ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Rockefeller Hall B16
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Hubner, K
Kamtekar, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6311
Course Description
Advanced discussion of a topic in logic or foundational mathematics. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MATH 3850, PHIL 3340
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Section Topic
Topic: Modal Logic
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 111
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Kocurek, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6410
Course Description
Graduate seminar covering a topic in ethics and value theory. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 4410
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Diverse Embodiments
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Manne, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6430
Course Description
Advanced discussion of a topic in social and political philosophy. Topic for Fall 2023: Race, Gender, and Technology. Topic for Spring 2024: Authority, Coercion, and the Rule of Law. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 6656, GOVT 6656, PHIL 4430
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Race, Gender, and Technology
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Hall 202
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Thompson, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Course will be taught by visiting Mellon Humanities postdoc Morgan Thompson.
From predictive-policing algorithms to workplace surveillance systems, technologies originally developed for policing, welfare systems, and prisons have rapidly expanded into other domains of society, including hospitals, schools, banking, social services, and digital life. While the sophistication and ease with which data can be collected and shared has advanced, social data has long been collected by governments. How does the social classification used by the state impact those who are classified? Who ought to be in control of maintaining this data or deciding its uses? Can technologies created for criminal justice systems be extracted from their biased roots? How do these technologies interact with our societal and ethical values of privacy, equality, and justice? How do considerations of gender and race shape technologies, technical design, and technology policies? This class culminates in a focus on justice- and ethics-oriented approaches to science and technology that envision how technology might contribute to liberatory ends.
PHIL 6610
Course Description
An intensive seminar on a special topic in epistemology to be determined by the instructor. Potential topics include: What are the limits of knowledge? What is the extent and nature of our knowledge of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 3610
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Hall 204
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Pavese, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6611
Course Description
Advanced discussion of a topic in philosophical action theory. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Section Topic
Topic: Skills, Knowledge, and Intelligence
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall 156
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Pavese, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6640
Course Description
Graduate seminar covering a topic in Metaphysics. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Personal Identity and the Self
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Morrill Hall 110
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Nichols, S
Shoemaker, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6700
Course Description
Concepts are properties of individuals that approximately correspond to word meanings. They play a role in Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Philosophy, and Artificial Intelligence. The course looks at ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 3330, COGST 6333, LING 3333, LING 6333, PHIL 3700
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Sibley Hall 208
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Rooth, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6713
Course Description
An introduction to some of the main issues in the philosophy of language. Topics may include names, definite descriptions, belief ascriptions, truth-conditional theories of meaning, pragmatics, and metaphor. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 3332, PHIL 3710
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW White Hall 110
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Starr, W
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6730
Course Description
Introduces methods for theorizing about meaning within generative grammar. These techniques allow the creation of grammars that pair syntactic structures with meanings. Students look at several empirical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: LING 4421, LING 6421, PHIL 4730
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Sibley Hall 211
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Murray, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6740
Course Description
Addresses current theoretical and empirical issues in semantics. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: LING 7711
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Super-linguistics: empirical and theoretical
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Morrill Hall 102
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Abusch, D
Rooth, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Topic Notes: Focus and Ellipsis The seminar will look at these phenomena, and interactions between them. Topics include alternative semantics for focus and contrastive topic; the prosodic phonology of focus; interactions among focus, ellipsis, and bound variables; focus and scalar implicature; syntactic and semantic formulations of ellipsis; focus licensing of ellipsis; arguments against alternative semantics for focus; arguments favoring syntactic or semantic accounts of ellipsis. A few classes will also be dedicated to cross-modal semantics.
PHIL 6995
Course Description
This richly interdisciplinary course examines trans issues in the transnational context of North and South America. Focusing on the tensions and cross-pollinations of (especially US and Canadian) trans ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4687, COML 6687, FGSS 4687, FGSS 6687, GOVT 6995, LGBT 4687, LGBT 6687, PHIL 4995, SHUM 4687, SHUM 6687
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R A D White House 110
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Zurn, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 7000
Course Description
Independent study for graduate students only. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
PHIL 7900
Course Description
This course is designed to help prepare Philosophy graduate students for the academic job market. Though students will study sample materials from successful job applicants, much of the seminar will function ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Silins, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person