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Course descriptions provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

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

  •  6027 PHIL 1100   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Shoemaker, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6028 PHIL 1100   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6029 PHIL 1100   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6030 PHIL 1100   DIS 203

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6031 PHIL 1100   DIS 204

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6032 PHIL 1100   DIS 205

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6033 PHIL 1100   DIS 206

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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: Ethics and Employment

  •  2538 PHIL 1110   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Milhim, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    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: The Ethics of Belief

  •  2539 PHIL 1110   SEM 102

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Taraz, F

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    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: Bioethics

  •  2540 PHIL 1110   SEM 103

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Paskell, M

  • 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

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

  •  2537 PHIL 1111   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Korzukhin, T

  • 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

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: Borders, Immigration, and Citizenship

  •  2541 PHIL 1112   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Yost, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    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: Death and Anxiety in Existentialist Thinking

  •  2542 PHIL 1112   SEM 102

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Shi, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    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: The Nature of Beauty-A Philosophical Inquiry

  •  2543 PHIL 1112   SEM 103

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Zhu, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    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: Mental Disorder-From Psych to Neurodiversity

  •  2544 PHIL 1112   SEM 104

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Aviles Meza, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

PHIL 1450

An introduction to some of the main contemporary moral issues. Topics may, for example, include animal rights, abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, sexual morality, genetic engineering, and questions ... view course details

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6034 PHIL 1450   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6035 PHIL 1450   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6036 PHIL 1450   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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
  • 10367 PHIL 1620   LEC 001

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Casasanto, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  • 10527 PHIL 1621   SEM 101

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Winship, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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
  •  5861 PHIL 1950   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5862 PHIL 1950   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5863 PHIL 1950   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5864 PHIL 1950   DIS 203

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5865 PHIL 1950   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5866 PHIL 1950   DIS 205

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5867 PHIL 1950   DIS 206

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5868 PHIL 1950   DIS 207

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  6037 PHIL 2200   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6038 PHIL 2200   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6039 PHIL 2200   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6040 PHIL 2200   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  6045 PHIL 2310   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6046 PHIL 2310   DIS 201

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  6049 PHIL 2410   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6050 PHIL 2410   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6051 PHIL 2410   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6052 PHIL 2410   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2420

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 2605

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6053 PHIL 2420   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Mitchell, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  6134 PHIL 2430   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6135 PHIL 2430   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6136 PHIL 2430   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2441

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3333

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5767 PHIL 2441   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2473

Computing is ubiquitous in modern life, and essential to professional work in engineering and many other disciplines. However, computing technologies, especially artificial intelligence, raise distinctive ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGRG 3605STS 3605

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11904 PHIL 2473   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Goetze, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2510

This course is an introduction to philosophy of the arts, with emphasis on contemporary visual art, and on recent theorizing about art. We will investigate questions such as: What is art? What is good ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6116 PHIL 2510   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2525

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2020

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5761 PHIL 2525   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Taiwo, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  6128 PHIL 2621   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6129 PHIL 2621   DIS 201

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6130 PHIL 2621   DIS 202

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2835

The course is an introduction to game theory for students from diverse disciplinary backgrounds and interests. Game theory is a discipline barely one hundred years old. Its rise to prominence, with implications ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 2801ECON 2801GOVT 2803

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3202 PHIL 2835   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Basu, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2949

Readings in French and Francophone philosophy and theory, from the 16th century to today. Themes may vary each offering, but can include questions of: death and finitude, gender, existence, affect, literature, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 3791FREN 3790

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9375 PHIL 2949   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Cordova, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  6151 PHIL 2990   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Kelley-Widmer, J

      Lieberwitz, R

      York Cornwell, E

      Yost, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 3203

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 3664PHIL 6203

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6117 PHIL 3203   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 3222

This course is a survey of European philosophy of the early modern period (17th – 18th Century). This period witnessed a burgeoning of diverse philosophical views on the major issues in metaphysics, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 6222

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6144 PHIL 3222   LEC 001

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Zhou, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 3475

This course addresses central debates in the philosophy of legal punishment. We will analyze the leading theories of punishment, including the familiar retributivist and deterrent alternatives, as well ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LAW 6030PHIL 6475SHUM 3475

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6146 PHIL 3475   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Yost, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 3610

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 6610

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6110 PHIL 3610   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Zhou, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  6155 PHIL 3830   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Korzukhin, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6156 PHIL 3830   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Korzukhin, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 4002

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  6067 PHIL 4002   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hicks, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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: Plato on Pleasure

  •  6070 PHIL 4200   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  • 14281 PHIL 4310   LEC 001

    • Solecki, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 14282 PHIL 4310   PRJ 601

    • Solecki, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 4611

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 6611

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Blame, Praise, and Desert

  •  6148 PHIL 4611   SEM 101

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Shoemaker, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 4620

Advanced discussion of a topic in Philosophy of Mind. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 4625COGST 6620PHIL 6620

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Belief, Influence, and Evidence

  •  6114 PHIL 4620   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Doris, J

      Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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 and Social Conflict

  •  6072 PHIL 4710   SEM 101

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  2225 PHIL 4730   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Abusch, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  2226 PHIL 4730   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • 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

  •  6075 PHIL 4900   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6076 PHIL 4900   IND 603

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6077 PHIL 4900   IND 605

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6078 PHIL 4900   IND 607

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6079 PHIL 4900   IND 609

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6080 PHIL 4900   IND 610

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Steinberg, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6081 PHIL 4900   IND 611

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6082 PHIL 4900   IND 613

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6083 PHIL 4900   IND 615

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6084 PHIL 4900   IND 619

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6085 PHIL 4900   IND 620

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6086 PHIL 4900   IND 622

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Atiq, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6087 PHIL 4900   IND 623

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • 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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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  6126 PHIL 4901   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • 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

  •  6120 PHIL 6010   SEM 101

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6020

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  6122 PHIL 6020   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hicks, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6040

Reading, translation, and English-language discussion of important French philosophical texts. Readings are chosen in consultation with students. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6157 PHIL 6040   SEM 101

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6100

Seminar for first year Philosophy graduate students. Other philosophy PhD students may enroll with prior permission of instructor. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6127 PHIL 6100   SEM 101

    • TF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Brennan, T

      Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: first-year Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) students.

PHIL 6200

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

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 4662CLASS 7173PHIL 4200

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Plato on Pleasure

  •  6088 PHIL 6200   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6203

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 3664PHIL 3203

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6153 PHIL 6203   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6222

This course is a survey of European philosophy of the early modern period (17th – 18th Century). This period witnessed a burgeoning of diverse philosophical views on the major issues in metaphysics, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 3222

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6152 PHIL 6222   LEC 001

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Zhou, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6475

This course addresses central debates in the philosophy of legal punishment. We will analyze the leading theories of punishment, including the familiar retributivist and deterrent alternatives, as well ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LAW 6030PHIL 3475SHUM 3475

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6149 PHIL 6475   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Yost, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6494

In this seminar, we will draw connections between radical theories and movements from the nineteenth century to the present. Rather than identifying isolated trajectories of “Marxism” “anarchism” ... view course details

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  •  2086 PHIL 6494   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Jarris, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6610

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 3610

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6119 PHIL 6610   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Zhou, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6611

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 4611

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Blame, Praise, and Desert

  •  6145 PHIL 6611   SEM 101

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Shoemaker, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6620

Advanced discussion of a topic in Philosophy of Mind. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 4625COGST 6620PHIL 4620

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Belief, Influence, and Evidence

  •  6090 PHIL 6620   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Doris, J

      Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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 and Social Conflict

  •  6111 PHIL 6710   SEM 101

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: LING 4421LING 6421PHIL 4730

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2284 PHIL 6730   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Abusch, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  2285 PHIL 6730   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Abusch, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 6740

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: LING 7711

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Super-linguistics: empirical and theoretical

  •  2246 PHIL 6740   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Abusch, D

      Rooth, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  2247 PHIL 6740   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Abusch, D

      Rooth, M

  • 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

  •  6092 PHIL 7000   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6093 PHIL 7000   IND 602

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6094 PHIL 7000   IND 603

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6095 PHIL 7000   IND 604

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Shoemaker, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6096 PHIL 7000   IND 605

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6098 PHIL 7000   IND 607

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6099 PHIL 7000   IND 609

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6100 PHIL 7000   IND 610

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Murray, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6101 PHIL 7000   IND 611

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6102 PHIL 7000   IND 613

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6103 PHIL 7000   IND 614

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Doris, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6104 PHIL 7000   IND 615

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6105 PHIL 7000   IND 616

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6106 PHIL 7000   IND 617

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Moore, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6107 PHIL 7000   IND 619

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6108 PHIL 7000   IND 622

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Atiq, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6109 PHIL 7000   IND 623

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • 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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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6140 PHIL 7900   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 7910

Talks by philosophy graduate students sharing their current work and seeking feedback from fellow graduate students. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit S/U NoAud

  •  6158 PHIL 7910   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  6154 PHIL 7950   LEC 001

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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