Philosophy (PHIL)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.

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

  •  5452 PHIL 1100   LEC 001

  •  5453 PHIL 1100   DIS 201

  •  5454 PHIL 1100   DIS 202

  •  5455 PHIL 1100   DIS 203

  •  5456 PHIL 1100   DIS 204

  •  9482 PHIL 1100   DIS 205

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, Information, and Technology

  • 17805 PHIL 1110   SEM 101

  • 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:Moral &Social Philosophy thru Argument Mapping

  • 17806 PHIL 1110   SEM 102

  • 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 Science

  • 17807 PHIL 1110   SEM 103

  • 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, Gender, and Education

  • 17808 PHIL 1110   SEM 104

  • 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: Luck and Morality

  • 17830 PHIL 1111   SEM 101

  • 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: God and Evil

  • 17839 PHIL 1112   SEM 101

  • 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:Living in Material Wrld:Ancient Epicurean Phil

  • 17840 PHIL 1112   SEM 102

  • 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: True Crime and Philosophy

  • 17841 PHIL 1112   SEM 103

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

PHIL 1440

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

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17579 PHIL 1440   LEC 001

  • 17580 PHIL 1440   DIS 201

  • 17845 PHIL 1440   DIS 202

  • 17860 PHIL 1440   DIS 204

  • 17861 PHIL 1440   DIS 205

PHIL 1901

This course will address questions of justice posed by current political controversies, for example, controversies over immigration, economic inequality, American nationalism, the government's role in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 1901SOC 1900

  • 1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Democracy, Equality, and Justice, Now

  •  8038 PHIL 1901   SEM 101

  • Weekly discussions of urgent moral questions about politics and society in the United States and American conduct toward people abroad. Brief readings will be starting points for mutual learning from diverse perspectives about issues such as inequality of political power (“The system is rigged”); economic and racial inequality; inclusion, diversity and political action (including “identity politics”); fears of the erosion of democracy; patriotism and cosmopolitanism; immigration; and global uses of American power.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 1901SOC 1900

  • 1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Democracy, Equality, and Justice, Now

  •  8261 PHIL 1901   SEM 102

  • Weekly discussions of urgent moral and political questions about democratic values and social justice, such as controversies over inequality of political power (“The system is rigged”); inclusion, diversity and political action (including “identity politics”); patriotism and cosmopolitanism; immigration; economic and racial inequality; and the global prospects of democracy. Brief readings as well as lectures (available in video) in the Spring Ethics and Public Life series on democracy will be starting points for mutual learning.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 1901SOC 1900

  • 1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Democracy, Equality, and Justice, Now

  •  8262 PHIL 1901   SEM 103

  • Weekly discussions of urgent moral and political questions about democratic values and social justice, such as controversies over inequality of political power (“The system is rigged”); inclusion, diversity and political action (including “identity politics”); patriotism and cosmopolitanism; immigration; economic and racial inequality; and the global prospects of democracy. Brief readings as well as lectures (available in video) in the Spring Ethics and Public Life series on democracy will be starting points for mutual learning.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 1901SOC 1900

  • 1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Democracy, Equality, and Justice, Now

  •  9104 PHIL 1901   SEM 104

  • Weekly discussions of urgent moral and political questions about democratic values and social justice, such as controversies over inequality of political power (“The system is rigged”); inclusion, diversity and political action (including “identity politics”); patriotism and cosmopolitanism; immigration; economic and racial inequality; and the global prospects of democracy. Brief readings as well as lectures (available in video) in the Spring Ethics and Public Life series on democracy will be starting points for mutual learning.

PHIL 1910

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 ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7385 PHIL 1910   LEC 001

PHIL 1911

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

  •  7992 PHIL 1911   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Swallow, K

PHIL 1920

This course offers a survey of political theory in the West. We will examine some of the persistent dilemmas of politics and the attempts of several canonical political theorists to respond to them: Plato, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 1615

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16291 PHIL 1920   LEC 001

  • 17140 PHIL 1920   DIS 201

  • 17141 PHIL 1920   DIS 202

  • 17142 PHIL 1920   DIS 203

  • 17143 PHIL 1920   DIS 204

  • 17144 PHIL 1920   DIS 205

  • 17145 PHIL 1920   DIS 206

PHIL 2220

A survey of Western philosophy in the 17th and 18th centuries: Descartes, Locke, Spinoza, Leibniz, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. We focus largely on epistemology (ideas, skepticism, belief, knowledge, science) ... view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17531 PHIL 2220   LEC 001

  • 17532 PHIL 2220   DIS 201

  • 17533 PHIL 2220   DIS 202

  • 17534 PHIL 2220   DIS 203

PHIL 2300

The course provides an overview of a number of famous philosophical puzzles and paradoxes and important attempts to solve them. Among the paradoxes that may be discussed are Zeno's paradoxes of space, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture. Discussion optional.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17117 PHIL 2300   LEC 001

  • 18284 PHIL 2300   DIS 201

  • 18285 PHIL 2300   DIS 202

PHIL 2410

This course is intended to introduce and explore some of the big questions about the content, scope, and nature of morality. The first half of the course will focus on various first-order ethical theories, ... view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8179 PHIL 2410   LEC 001

  •  8180 PHIL 2410   DIS 201

  •  9083 PHIL 2410   DIS 202

  •  9430 PHIL 2410   DIS 203

PHIL 2455

Bioethics is the study of ethical problems brought about by advances in the medical field.  Questions we'll discuss may include:  Is it morally permissible to advance a patient's death, at his or her request, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: STS 2451

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17116 PHIL 2455   LEC 001

  • 18031 PHIL 2455   DIS 201

  • 18037 PHIL 2455   DIS 202

PHIL 2540

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 16518 PHIL 2540   LEC 001

PHIL 2611

This course will introduce students to some central questions in epistemology (often defined as the philosophical study of knowledge), using both contemporary and historical readings. For example, we will ... view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18048 PHIL 2611   LEC 001

  • 18049 PHIL 2611   DIS 201

PHIL 2941

The course looks at the connection between ethics and society.  It does so by focusing on the issues raised by the phenomenon of aid, giving or receiving it, and how we understand and react to it.  We ... view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16972 PHIL 2941   SEM 101

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 3664

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8607 PHIL 3203   SEM 101

PHIL 3210

A selective survey of Western philosophical thought from the fourth to the 14th century. Topics include the problem of universals, the theory of knowledge and truth, the nature of free choice and practical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MEDVL 3210RELST 3150

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17147 PHIL 3210   LEC 001

PHIL 3300

This will be a course on the set theory of Zermelo and Fraenkel: the basic concepts, set-theoretic construction of the Natural, Integral, Rational and Real Numbers, cardinality, and, time permitting, the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture. Discussion optional. Combined with: MATH 3840

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17125 PHIL 3300   LEC 001

  • 18101 PHIL 3300   DIS 201

PHIL 3310

A mathematical study of the formal languages of standard first-order propositional and predicate logic, including their syntax, semantics, and deductive systems. The basic apparatus of model theory will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MATH 2810

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17123 PHIL 3310   LEC 001

  • 18095 PHIL 3310   DIS 201

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
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6811 PHIL 3900   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Brennan, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6812 PHIL 3900   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Marmor, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6814 PHIL 3900   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Hodes, H

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6815 PHIL 3900   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Kosch, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6816 PHIL 3900   IND 609

    • TBA
    • MacDonald, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6817 PHIL 3900   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Miller, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6818 PHIL 3900   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Pereboom, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6842 PHIL 3900   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Silins, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7047 PHIL 3900   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Starr, W

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7048 PHIL 3900   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Kamtekar, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7049 PHIL 3900   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Markovits, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7404 PHIL 3900   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Manne, K

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7405 PHIL 3900   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Manne, D

PHIL 3972

This cutting-edge and constantly evolving field of law will explore the statutory and case law in which the legal, social, or biological nature of nonhuman animals is an important factor. The course encompasses ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LAW 7072

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17879 PHIL 3972   SEM 101

PHIL 4002

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7050 PHIL 4002   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • MacDonald, S

PHIL 4110

Reading and translation of Greek philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GREEK 7161PHIL 6010

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7083 PHIL 4110   SEM 101

    • T
    • Brennan, T

PHIL 4200

Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Platonism after Plato

  •  8203 PHIL 4200   SEM 101

PHIL 4433

Since Stanley Milgram's famous experiments on obedience to authority conducted in the early 1960s, and arguably long before that, it's been clear that the majority of people are unreliable judges of who ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 6433SHUM 4633SHUM 6633

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16505 PHIL 4433   SEM 101

PHIL 4435

This seminar considers new directions in thinking about political authority that focus on the claims of non-state groups. It considers leading 20th century political theorists who have recognized authority ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17917 PHIL 4435   SEM 101

PHIL 4470

Advanced discussion of topics in social and political philosophy. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Equality, Democracy, and Solidarity

  • 17458 PHIL 4470   SEM 101

  • Discussion of leading current debates over the moral foundations of political justice including such questions as, “What forms, if any, of economic equality are fundamentally important?”, “Is equality of political influence important as such?”, “Is capitalism exploitive?”, “What is the nature and basis of the political duty to promote the general welfare?”, “What role, if any, should patriotism play in political choice?”, “What are the political demands of respect and inclusion?” Readings will be mostly from recent political philosophy, with attention to classic arguments (e.g., by Rawls, Nozick, Mill), current political controversies and social scientific findings, as well.

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
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 4712LING 6634PHIL 6710

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Speech Acts and Social Norms

  • 17279 PHIL 4710   SEM 101

PHIL 4720

What is the relationship between what words mean and how they are used? What is part of the grammar and what is a result of general reasoning? Pragmatics is often thought of as the study of how meaning ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 4425LING 6425PHIL 6720

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7822 PHIL 4720   LEC 001

PHIL 4901

Majors in philosophy may choose to pursue honors in their senior year. Students undertake research leading to the writing of an honors essay by the end of the final semester. Prospective candidates should ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6803 PHIL 4901   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Boyd, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6804 PHIL 4901   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Brennan, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6805 PHIL 4901   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Fine, G

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6806 PHIL 4901   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Hodes, H

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6807 PHIL 4901   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Kosch, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6808 PHIL 4901   IND 609

    • TBA
    • MacDonald, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6809 PHIL 4901   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Miller, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6810 PHIL 4901   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Pereboom, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6845 PHIL 4901   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Sethi, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6846 PHIL 4901   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Silins, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6847 PHIL 4901   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Sturgeon, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6848 PHIL 4901   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Marmor, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7348 PHIL 4901   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Manne, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7409 PHIL 4901   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Kamtekar, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7410 PHIL 4901   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Manne, K

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7411 PHIL 4901   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Starr, W

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16151 PHIL 4901   IND 621

    • TBA
    • Kocurek, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16165 PHIL 4901   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Atiq, E

PHIL 4941

This course looks at the philosopher John Locke as a philosopher of dispossession. There is a uniquely Lockean mode of missionization, conception of mind and re-formulations of the 'soul' applied to dispossess ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8395 PHIL 4941   SEM 101

PHIL 6010

Reading and translation of Greek Philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GREEK 7161PHIL 4110

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7084 PHIL 6010   SEM 101

    • T
    • Brennan, T

PHIL 6020

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7044 PHIL 6020   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • MacDonald, S

PHIL 6200

Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Platonism after Plato

  •  8204 PHIL 6200   SEM 101

PHIL 6430

Advanced discussion of a topic in social and political philosophy. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Equality, Democracy, and Solidarity

  • 17463 PHIL 6430   SEM 101

  • Discussion of leading current debates over the moral foundations of political justice including such questions as, “What forms, if any, of economic equality are fundamentally important?”, “Is equality of political influence important as such?”, “Is capitalism exploitive?”, “What is the nature and basis of the political duty to promote the general welfare?”, “What role, if any, should patriotism play in political choice?”, “What are the political demands of respect and inclusion?” Readings will be mostly from recent political philosophy, with attention to classic arguments (e.g., by Rawls, Nozick, Mill), current political controversies and social scientific findings, as well.

PHIL 6433

Since Stanley Milgram's famous experiments on obedience to authority conducted in the early 1960s, and arguably long before that, it's been clear that the majority of people are unreliable judges of who ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 4433SHUM 4633SHUM 6633

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16508 PHIL 6433   SEM 101

PHIL 6435

This seminar considers new directions in thinking about political authority that focus on the claims of non-state groups. It considers leading 20th century political theorists who have recognized authority ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17159 PHIL 6435   SEM 101

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
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 4712LING 6634PHIL 4710

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Speech Acts and Social Norms

  • 17281 PHIL 6710   SEM 101

PHIL 6720

What is the relationship between what words mean and how they are used?  What is part of the grammar and what is a result of general reasoning?  Pragmatics is often thought of as the study of how meaning ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 4425LING 6425PHIL 4720

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7824 PHIL 6720   LEC 001

PHIL 6731

Uses the techniques introduced in Semantics I to analyze linguistic phenomena, including quantifier scope, ellipsis, and referential pronouns. Temporal and possible worlds semantics are introduced and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 6422

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8485 PHIL 6731   LEC 001

PHIL 6941

This course looks at the philosopher John Locke as a philosopher of dispossession. There is a uniquely Lockean mode of missionization, conception of mind and re-formulations of the 'soul' applied to dispossess ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8397 PHIL 6941   SEM 101

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

  •  6850 PHIL 7000   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Boyd, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6851 PHIL 7000   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Brennan, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6852 PHIL 7000   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Fine, G

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6853 PHIL 7000   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Hodes, H

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6854 PHIL 7000   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Kosch, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6855 PHIL 7000   IND 609

    • TBA
    • MacDonald, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6856 PHIL 7000   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Miller, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6961 PHIL 7000   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Pereboom, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6962 PHIL 7000   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Sethi, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6963 PHIL 7000   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Silins, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6964 PHIL 7000   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Sturgeon, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6965 PHIL 7000   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Marmor, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18389 PHIL 7000   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Kocurek, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7423 PHIL 7000   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Manne, K

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7424 PHIL 7000   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Starr, W

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7425 PHIL 7000   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Manne, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7426 PHIL 7000   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Kamtekar, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7949 PHIL 7000   IND 621

    • TBA
    • Markovits, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18390 PHIL 7000   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Atiq, E