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PHIL 1100

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3364 PHIL 1100   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Shoemaker, D

  •  3365 PHIL 1100   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  •  3366 PHIL 1100   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • 18146 PHIL 1100   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • 18147 PHIL 1100   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  •  5192 PHIL 1100   DIS 205

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  •  9538 PHIL 1100   DIS 206

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • 10109 PHIL 1100   DIS 207

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • 10110 PHIL 1100   DIS 208

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • 18148 PHIL 1100   DIS 209

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • 10111 PHIL 1100   DIS 210

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

PHIL 1110

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Feminism, Gender, and Education

  • 20170 PHIL 1110   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Manne, D

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Be the Ethicist—Sexual Ethics

  • 20171 PHIL 1110   SEM 102

    • MWF
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Winckler-Olick, H

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Agree on How to Disagree—Ethics, Politics,Art

  • 20172 PHIL 1110   SEM 103

    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Taraz, F

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Enjoy the Silence

  • 20173 PHIL 1110   SEM 104

    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Castro Maldonado, M

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Feminism for All Genders

  • 20408 PHIL 1110   SEM 105

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Takaoka, A

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Ethics-Sex& Relationships

  • 20409 PHIL 1110   SEM 106

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Takaoka, A

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

PHIL 1111

This First-Year Writing Seminar discusses problems in philosophy and gives the opportunity to write about them.  Topics vary by section. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Moral Relativism and Moral Skepticism

  • 20169 PHIL 1111   SEM 101

    • MWF
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Korzukhin, T

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Explaining Consciousness

  • 20379 PHIL 1111   SEM 102

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Dietl, E

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Explaining Consciousness

  • 20380 PHIL 1111   SEM 103

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Dietl, E

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Core Issues in Philosophy

  • 20528 PHIL 1111   SEM 104

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Zhou, L

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

PHIL 1112

This First-Year Writing Seminar offers the opportunity to discuss and write about philosophy.  Topics vary by section. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Excuses

  • 20252 PHIL 1112   SEM 102

    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Orttung, J

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Thought-Crimes and Thought-Police

  • 20253 PHIL 1112   SEM 103

    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Weiss, G

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Philosophical Feminism

  • 20254 PHIL 1112   SEM 104

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Kosch, M

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Ancient Greek Cosmology

  • 20255 PHIL 1112   SEM 105

    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • De Leonardis, S

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence

  • 20256 PHIL 1112   SEM 106

    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • McCellion, L

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Plato’s Republic

  • 20257 PHIL 1112   SEM 107

    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Wang, C

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

PHIL 1620

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 10694 PHIL 1620   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Nichols, S

PHIL 1621

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 1104LING 1104PSYCH 1104

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 11579 PHIL 1621   SEM 101

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • West, B

PHIL 1650

This course offers an introduction to the philosophy of race. It canvasses key debates in the field concerning the metaphysical status of race, the relationship between the concept of race and racism (and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 1650

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18391 PHIL 1650   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Yost, B

PHIL 1950

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

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Syllabi: none
  •  4774 PHIL 1950   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  •  5248 PHIL 1950   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  •  5249 PHIL 1950   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  •  5250 PHIL 1950   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  •  5251 PHIL 1950   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  •  5252 PHIL 1950   DIS 205

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  •  5253 PHIL 1950   DIS 206

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  •  5254 PHIL 1950   DIS 207

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  •  5255 PHIL 1950   DIS 208

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  •  5352 PHIL 1950   DIS 209

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  •  5353 PHIL 1950   DIS 210

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

PHIL 1960

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5819 PHIL 1960   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Yost, B

PHIL 2200

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CLASS 2661

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4610 PHIL 2200   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Brennan, T

  •  4612 PHIL 2200   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  •  5265 PHIL 2200   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  •  5716 PHIL 2200   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

PHIL 2260

This course examines slavery as a topic of philosophical analysis. Surveying a range of ancient and modern discourses, we will think together about the following questions: What is slavery? What is a slave? ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19192 PHIL 2260   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Alimi, O

  • 19193 PHIL 2260   DIS 201

    • T
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Alimi, O

PHIL 2310

Covers sentential languages, the truth-functional connectives, and their logic; first-order languages, the quantifiers "every" and "some," and their logic. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COGST 2310

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5853 PHIL 2310   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Hodes, H

  •  5954 PHIL 2310   DIS 201

    • W
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

PHIL 2410

This will be a lecture course on classic and contemporary work on central topics in ethics. The first third of the course will focus on metaethics: we will examine the meaning of moral claims and ask whether ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18435 PHIL 2410   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Kamtekar, R

  • 18436 PHIL 2410   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • 18438 PHIL 2410   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

PHIL 2430

The course concerns the principles and philosophical arguments underlying conflicts and moral dilemmas of central and ongoing concern to society as they arise within legal contexts. We consider questions ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 2432

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18593 PHIL 2430   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Marmor, A

  • 18594 PHIL 2430   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • 18595 PHIL 2430   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • 20361 PHIL 2430   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

PHIL 2621

Throughout history, metaphors drawn from technology of the time have been proposed to understand how the mind works. While Locke likened the newborn's mind to a blank slate, Freud compared the mind to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COGST 2621

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18471 PHIL 2621   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Starr, W

  • 18726 PHIL 2621   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • 18727 PHIL 2621   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • 19205 PHIL 2621   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

PHIL 2965

This course is an in-depth study of ecological justice from feminist, queer, and trans perspectives. Historically, people marginalized by race, gender, sexuality, disability, and poverty have borne the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 2024

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19957 PHIL 2965   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Zurn, P

PHIL 2990

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5877 PHIL 2990   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Lyon, B

      Shoemaker, D

      York Cornwell, E

PHIL 3180

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9165 PHIL 3180   LEC 001

    • T
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Hubner, K

PHIL 3300

This will be a course on standard set theory (first developed by Ernst Zermelo early in the 20th century): the basic concepts of sethood and membership, operations on sets, functions as sets, the set-theoretic ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MATH 3840PHIL 6311

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18475 PHIL 3300   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Hodes, H

  • 18477 PHIL 3300   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Hodes, H

PHIL 3480

This will be a class on various topics in the philosophy of law. Some questions we'll be considering: What is law? Do laws have moral content? What is the proper role of judges in interpreting the law? ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18479 PHIL 3480   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Markovits, J

PHIL 3830

This course delves into decision theory.  We shall be concerned with a fundamental normative question: what ought one to do, given what one believes and values.  Our focus, throughout, will be on philosophical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19202 PHIL 3830   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Korzukhin, T

  • 19203 PHIL 3830   DIS 201

    • W
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Korzukhin, T

PHIL 3900

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5786 PHIL 3900   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5787 PHIL 3900   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4264 PHIL 3900   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4265 PHIL 3900   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4266 PHIL 3900   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Kosch, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4267 PHIL 3900   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4269 PHIL 3900   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4270 PHIL 3900   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4271 PHIL 3900   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4841 PHIL 3900   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5569 PHIL 3900   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Atiq, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

PHIL 4200

Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. Topics vary by instructors. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 4662CLASS 7173PHIL 6200

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Ancient Philosophy and Cognitive Science

  • 18483 PHIL 4200   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Kamtekar, R

      Nichols, S

PHIL 4310

First course in mathematical logic providing precise definitions of the language of mathematics and the notion of proof (propositional and predicate logic). The completeness theorem says that we have all ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one project. Combined with: MATH 4810

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18300 PHIL 4310   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Moore, J

  • 18301 PHIL 4310   PRJ 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Moore, J

PHIL 4490

Feminist approaches to questions in metaphysics, epistemology, language, and value theory. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 4491PHIL 6490

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18481 PHIL 4490   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Manne, K

PHIL 4495

The question "What is gender?" is an increasingly thorny and political one. This course provides students with an advanced introduction to debates about the nature and function of gender in contemporary ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 4124

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19959 PHIL 4495   SEM 101

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Zurn, P

PHIL 4611

Advanced discussion of a topic in philosophical action theory. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Knowledge and Action

  • 18900 PHIL 4611   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Pavese, C

PHIL 4710

An investigation of varying topics in the philosophy of language including reference, meaning, the relationship between language and thought, communication, modality, logic and pragmatics. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Communication as Social Practice

  • 18883 PHIL 4710   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Starr, W

PHIL 4730

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: LING 4421LING 6421PHIL 6730

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5341 PHIL 4730   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Abusch, D

  • 11284 PHIL 4730   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Abusch, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 4900

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  5795 PHIL 4900   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  4363 PHIL 4900   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  5172 PHIL 4900   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6086 PHIL 4900   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Hubner, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  4364 PHIL 4900   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  4365 PHIL 4900   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Kosch, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  4366 PHIL 4900   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  4368 PHIL 4900   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  4369 PHIL 4900   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  4370 PHIL 4900   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  4835 PHIL 4900   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  4836 PHIL 4900   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  5571 PHIL 4900   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Atiq, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6033 PHIL 4900   IND 623

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Yost, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 4901

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

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4844 PHIL 4901   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 6010

Reading and translation of Greek Philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GREEK 7161

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5952 PHIL 6010   SEM 101

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Brennan, T

PHIL 6100

Seminar for first year Philosophy graduate students. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  3701 PHIL 6100   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Silins, N

PHIL 6200

Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. Topics vary by instructors.  view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 4662CLASS 7173PHIL 4200

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Ancient Philosophy and Cognitive Science

  • 10148 PHIL 6200   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Kamtekar, R

      Nichols, S

PHIL 6290

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10139 PHIL 6290   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Alimi, O

      Brennan, T

PHIL 6311

Advanced discussion of a topic in logic or foundational mathematics. Topics vary by instructor. For descriptions of each topic, please visit the university class roster. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MATH 3840PHIL 3300

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • Topic: Set Theory

  • 11695 PHIL 6311   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Hodes, H

  • Topic: Set Theory

  • 18617 PHIL 6311   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Hodes, H

PHIL 6417

What makes discrimination wrongful, when it is? Does its wrongness depend on social context and historical background? Does it depend on harmful consequences? What makes a certain ground of discrimination ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LAW 7178

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19598 PHIL 6417   SEM 101

    • Aug 26 - Dec 5, 2024
    • Marmor, A

PHIL 6490

Feminist approaches to questions in metaphysics, epistemology, language, and value theory. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 4491PHIL 4490

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 18895 PHIL 6490   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Manne, K

PHIL 6611

Advanced discussion of a topic in philosophical action theory. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • Topic: Knowledge and Action

  •  9196 PHIL 6611   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Pavese, C

PHIL 6710

An investigation of varying topics in the philosophy of language including reference, meaning, the relationship between language and thought, communication, modality, logic and pragmatics. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Communication as Social Practice

  • 18886 PHIL 6710   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Starr, W

PHIL 6730

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: LING 4421LING 6421PHIL 4730

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5342 PHIL 6730   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Abusch, D

  • 11298 PHIL 6730   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Abusch, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 6740

Addresses current theoretical and empirical issues in semantics. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: LING 7711

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Super-linguistics: empirical and theoretical

  •  5343 PHIL 6740   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Abusch, D

      Rooth, M

  • 11914 PHIL 6740   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Abusch, D

      Rooth, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 6922

Social science research almost always combines empirical observation (data), the construction of concepts (language), and the logical analysis of the relations between observations and concepts (statistics).  ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ECON 6910GOVT 6122

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 20087 PHIL 6922   SEM 101

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Bensel, R

  • 20084 PHIL 6922   IND 601

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 7000

Independent study for graduate students only. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9879 PHIL 7000   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4344 PHIL 7000   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4345 PHIL 7000   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9917 PHIL 7000   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Shoemaker, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5173 PHIL 7000   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4346 PHIL 7000   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Fine, G

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4347 PHIL 7000   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4348 PHIL 7000   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Kosch, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4349 PHIL 7000   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4350 PHIL 7000   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4351 PHIL 7000   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6087 PHIL 7000   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Hubner, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4352 PHIL 7000   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4353 PHIL 7000   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Doris, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4354 PHIL 7000   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4816 PHIL 7000   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4817 PHIL 7000   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5573 PHIL 7000   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Atiq, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12581 PHIL 7000   IND 623

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Basu, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 7900

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

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  5159 PHIL 7900   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Markovits, J

PHIL 7950

Invited talks in philosophy given by both outside speakers and members of the Cornell community. Enrollment for credit is required for first- and second-year philosophy graduate students. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit S/U NoAud

  • 17983 PHIL 7950   LEC 001

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Enrollment limited to: graduate students members in the field of Philosophy.