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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

  •  3638 PHIL 1100   LEC 001

  •  6440 PHIL 1100   DIS 201

    • R Uris Hall 498
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Staff

  •  6441 PHIL 1100   DIS 202

  •  3639 PHIL 1100   DIS 203

    • R Uris Hall G26
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Staff

  •  7110 PHIL 1100   DIS 204

  •  5756 PHIL 1100   DIS 205

  • 17060 PHIL 1100   DIS 206

  • 17061 PHIL 1100   DIS 207

  • 17062 PHIL 1100   DIS 208

    • F Uris Hall 498
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Staff

  • 17063 PHIL 1100   DIS 209

  • 17069 PHIL 1100   DIS 210

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

  • 19141 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: Business Ethics—Writing “On the Job”

  • 19142 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:Ethics-Sex& Relationships

  • 19143 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 for All Genders

  • 19144 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: Framing—The Ethics and Politics of Art

  • 19145 PHIL 1111   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 Relativism and Moral Skepticism

  • 19146 PHIL 1111   SEM 102

    • TR Uris Hall 204
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 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:Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

  • 19147 PHIL 1111   SEM 103

    • MWF Uris Hall 254
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Jovanovska, 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: Nietzsche's Genealogy on Morality

  • 20074 PHIL 1111   SEM 104

    • MWF Uris Hall 398
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Jovanovska, S

  • 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: Classical Indian Theories of Knowledge

  • 19193 PHIL 1112   SEM 101

    • TR Uris Hall G22
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Kumar, V

  • 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

  • 19194 PHIL 1112   SEM 102

    • MW Uris Hall 303
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 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: Stoics and Buddhists

  • 19195 PHIL 1112   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:American Phil—Transcendentalists & Pragmatists

  • 19196 PHIL 1112   SEM 104

  • 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: Buddhist Philosophy

  • 19197 PHIL 1112   SEM 105

  • 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: Classical Chinese Philosophy

  • 19198 PHIL 1112   SEM 106

    • TR Morrill Hall 102
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Zgurich, B

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

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

  •  6110 PHIL 1650   LEC 001

PHIL 1920

This course introduces students to political theory as a distinctive mode of political inquiry. By surveying the wide range of forms through which political theory has been practiced—such as treatises, ... 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

  •  5818 PHIL 1920   LEC 001

  •  5848 PHIL 1920   DIS 201

    • M Ives Hall 107
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Staff

  •  5849 PHIL 1920   DIS 202

    • M White Hall B02
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Staff

  •  5850 PHIL 1920   DIS 203

  •  5851 PHIL 1920   DIS 204

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

  •  5857 PHIL 2220   LEC 001

  •  5858 PHIL 2220   DIS 201

  •  6485 PHIL 2220   DIS 202

  •  6486 PHIL 2220   DIS 203

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

  •  6023 PHIL 2310   LEC 001

  •  6026 PHIL 2310   DIS 201

  • 18836 PHIL 2310   DIS 202

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

  •  6894 PHIL 2430   LEC 001

  •  7236 PHIL 2430   DIS 201

  •  7237 PHIL 2430   DIS 202

    • R Uris Hall G26
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Staff

  •  7238 PHIL 2430   DIS 203

PHIL 2471

This course surveys a range of ethical issues that arise in professional engineering, and provides discussion-based practice in analyzing and addressing them. Using normative frameworks from professional ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGRG 3600STS 3601

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 19866 PHIL 2471   LEC 001

  • Enrollment open to: (EN) sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

PHIL 2530

What must (or could) God be like, and what reasons do we have for thinking that a being of that sort actually exists? What difference would (or could) the existence of God make to our lives? Religion & ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: RELST 2630

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16919 PHIL 2530   LEC 001

PHIL 2810

We will look at some central questions about the nature of scientific theory and practice. What makes a discipline a science? Does science discover the objective truth about the world? How, and why, do ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: STS 2831

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7164 PHIL 2810   LEC 001

    • MW Uris Hall 204
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Thompson, M

PHIL 2945

This course examines controversies in the theory and history of civil disobedience. Do citizens have obligations to obey unjust laws? Can law breaking ever be civil rather than criminal? Do disruptive ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3785GOVT 3785

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18072 PHIL 2945   LEC 001

    • MW Ives Hall 105
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Livingston, A

  • 18073 PHIL 2945   DIS 201

    • M White Hall B04
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Livingston, A

  • 18075 PHIL 2945   DIS 202

    • T White Hall B14
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Livingston, A

  • 18076 PHIL 2945   DIS 203

    • T McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Livingston, A

  • 18077 PHIL 2945   DIS 204

PHIL 2960

Politicians, scientists, and citizens worldwide face many environmental issues today, but they are neither simple nor straightforward. Moreover, there are many ways to understand how we have, do, and could ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 2061STS 2061

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5972 PHIL 2960   LEC 001

  •  5973 PHIL 2960   DIS 201

  •  5974 PHIL 2960   DIS 202

  •  5975 PHIL 2960   DIS 203

    • W McGraw Hall 215
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Pritchard, S

  •  5976 PHIL 2960   DIS 204

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
  • 16937 PHIL 3210   LEC 001

PHIL 3222

This course is an advanced study of a central concept, problem, or figure in 17-18th century philosophy. Spring 2024: This course will be an in-depth inquiry into the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza, ... view course details

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18816 PHIL 3222   LEC 001

  • This course will be an in-depth inquiry into the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza, a Dutch-Jewish modern philosopher — a key figure of radical Enlightenment who left a profound mark on German Idealists like Hegel and on 20th century continental philosophy. We will spend the term reading through his magnum opus, the Ethics, in the light of this influence and in light of his debts to medieval Jewish philosophy (especially Maimonides) and to Cartesianism.

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: COGST 3310MATH 3810PHIL 6310

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7174 PHIL 3310   LEC 001

  •  7175 PHIL 3310   DIS 201

PHIL 3460

This course will primarily focus on studying and scrutinizing general conceptions of justice. Topics explored typically include liberty,economic equality, democracy, community, the general welfare, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3625

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16933 PHIL 3460   LEC 001

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

  •  7178 PHIL 3475   LEC 001

    • MW Uris Hall 204
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Yost, B

PHIL 3870

After some stage-setting on logic, and an overview of philosophical questions raised by mathematics, we will focus on Logicism: the thesis that arithmetic (understood as the part of mathematics concerned ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 6870

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19872 PHIL 3870   LEC 001

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. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6087 PHIL 3900   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6088 PHIL 3900   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4607 PHIL 3900   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6253 PHIL 3900   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Hubner, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4608 PHIL 3900   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4609 PHIL 3900   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4610 PHIL 3900   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Kosch, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4611 PHIL 3900   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4613 PHIL 3900   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4628 PHIL 3900   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4777 PHIL 3900   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4778 PHIL 3900   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4779 PHIL 3900   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4978 PHIL 3900   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4979 PHIL 3900   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 3915

Moral Psychology in Action is an applied psychology course for students who want to make a difference in the world through ethical leadership and positive contributions in organizations, and who are drawn ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HD 4940PSYCH 4940

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  7163 PHIL 3915   LEC 001

    • W Uris Hall 204
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Trautmann, C

PHIL 4261

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Simone de Beauvoir

  • 17070 PHIL 4261   SEM 101

    • M Uris Hall G26
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Kosch, M

PHIL 4510

An investigation of central topics in the philosophy of art, with an emphasis on issues about the mind. Readings will be drawn from philosophy and psychology.  view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 4510COGST 6510PHIL 6510

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Art and the Mind

  •  7565 PHIL 4510   SEM 101

    • W Morrill Hall 102
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Silins, N

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

  •  6056 PHIL 4900   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Staff

  • 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

  •  4599 PHIL 4901   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Shoemaker, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4600 PHIL 4901   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4601 PHIL 4901   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Hubner, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4602 PHIL 4901   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4604 PHIL 4901   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4606 PHIL 4901   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4630 PHIL 4901   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4632 PHIL 4901   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4940 PHIL 4901   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4980 PHIL 4901   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4981 PHIL 4901   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4982 PHIL 4901   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5811 PHIL 4901   IND 621

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Kocurek, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5812 PHIL 4901   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Atiq, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  6699 PHIL 4901   IND 623

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Yost, B

  • 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

  •  7556 PHIL 6010   SEM 101

PHIL 6020

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 7262MEDVL 6020RELST 6020

  • 1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4774 PHIL 6020   SEM 101

PHIL 6200

Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. view course details

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Plato

  •  7329 PHIL 6200   SEM 101

    • R Morrill Hall 110
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Brennan, T

PHIL 6210

Graduate seminar covering a topic in medieval philosophy. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Medieval Philosophy

  •  6482 PHIL 6210   SEM 101

  • Enrollment in 6000-level is restricted to grad students only. Contact the Philosophy department for a permission number.

PHIL 6260

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Simone de Beauvoir

  • 17073 PHIL 6260   SEM 101

    • M Uris Hall G26
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Kosch, M

PHIL 6310

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 seminar and one discussion. Combined with: COGST 3310MATH 3810PHIL 3310

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7167 PHIL 6310   SEM 101

  •  7493 PHIL 6310   DIS 201

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

  • 17363 PHIL 6417   SEM 101

PHIL 6430

Advanced discussion of a topic in social and political philosophy. Topic for Fall 2023: Race, Gender, and Technology. Topic for Spring 2024: Authority, Coercion, and the Rule of Law. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 6656LAW 7782

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Authority, Coercion, and the Rule of Law

  •  6925 PHIL 6430   SEM 101

    • R Uris Hall 204
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Atiq, E

      Marmor, A

PHIL 6461

What would happen if, instead of taking an instrumentalist view of the ideas of modern African political thinkers, we consider those ideas as indeed they are, attempts by them to proffer answers to the ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 6220

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18766 PHIL 6461   SEM 101

    • T Uris Hall G44
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Taiwo, O

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7647 PHIL 6475   LEC 001

    • MW Uris Hall 204
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Yost, B

PHIL 6510

An investigation of central topics in the philosophy of art, with an emphasis on issues about the mind. Readings will be drawn from philosophy and psychology. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 4510COGST 6510PHIL 4510

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Art and the Mind

  •  7570 PHIL 6510   SEM 101

    • W Morrill Hall 102
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Silins, N

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 6620

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Self-Awareness, Self-Knowledge, and the Self

  • 17185 PHIL 6620   SEM 101

    • R Olin Library 303
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Silins, N

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

  •  7211 PHIL 6740   SEM 101

    • TR Morrill Hall 226E
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Aparicio Terrasa, H

  • 16625 PHIL 6740   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Aparicio Terrasa, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 6870

After some stage-setting on logic, and an overview of philosophical questions raised by mathematics, we will focus on Logicism: the thesis that arithmetic (understood as the part of mathematics concerned ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 3870

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19876 PHIL 6870   LEC 001

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

  •  6693 PHIL 7000   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Shoemaker, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4633 PHIL 7000   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Hubner, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4634 PHIL 7000   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4636 PHIL 7000   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4637 PHIL 7000   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Kosch, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4638 PHIL 7000   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4714 PHIL 7000   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4716 PHIL 7000   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4717 PHIL 7000   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Doris, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4718 PHIL 7000   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5879 PHIL 7000   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Kocurek, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4991 PHIL 7000   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4992 PHIL 7000   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4993 PHIL 7000   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4994 PHIL 7000   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5344 PHIL 7000   IND 621

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5880 PHIL 7000   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Atiq, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20375 PHIL 7000   IND 623

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 7950

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit S/U NoAud

  • 18893 PHIL 7950   LEC 001

  • Enrollment limited to Philosophy grad students.