Philosophy (PHIL)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

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

  •  3139 PHIL 1100   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5592 PHIL 1100   DIS 201

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5593 PHIL 1100   DIS 202

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3140 PHIL 1100   DIS 203

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5844 PHIL 1100   DIS 204

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5105 PHIL 1100   DIS 205

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9072 PHIL 1100   DIS 206

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9073 PHIL 1100   DIS 207

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9074 PHIL 1100   DIS 208

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9075 PHIL 1100   DIS 209

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9078 PHIL 1100   DIS 210

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17519 PHIL 1440   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  5165 PHIL 1920   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Frank, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5191 PHIL 1920   DIS 201

    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5192 PHIL 1920   DIS 202

    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5193 PHIL 1920   DIS 203

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5194 PHIL 1920   DIS 204

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 1960

An introduction to leading topics in legal theory and political philosophy such as: what the laws should be, how they shape and are shaped by society, how they are and should be interpreted, the proper ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17520 PHIL 1960   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  5197 PHIL 2220   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Gerber, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5198 PHIL 2220   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5616 PHIL 2220   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5617 PHIL 2220   DIS 203

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • 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

  •  5343 PHIL 2310   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Korzukhin, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5346 PHIL 2310   DIS 201

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10494 PHIL 2310   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  • 11104 PHIL 2471   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Goetze, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: Engineering seniors, juniors, sophomores.

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

  •  8966 PHIL 2530   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Alimi, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  9879 PHIL 2945   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9880 PHIL 2945   DIS 201

    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9882 PHIL 2945   DIS 202

    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9883 PHIL 2945   DIS 203

    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9884 PHIL 2945   DIS 204

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  5301 PHIL 2960   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Pritchard, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5302 PHIL 2960   DIS 201

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Pritchard, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5303 PHIL 2960   DIS 202

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Pritchard, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5304 PHIL 2960   DIS 203

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Pritchard, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5305 PHIL 2960   DIS 204

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Pritchard, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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
  •  8981 PHIL 3210   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  • 10482 PHIL 3222   LEC 001

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Hubner, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  5858 PHIL 3310   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5859 PHIL 3310   DIS 201

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  8977 PHIL 3460   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Shoemaker, D

  • 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

  •  5860 PHIL 3475   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Yost, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  • 11107 PHIL 3870   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 3900

To be taken only in exceptional circumstances. Must be arranged by the student with his or her advisor and the faculty member who has agreed to direct the study. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5404 PHIL 3900   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5405 PHIL 3900   IND 602

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4069 PHIL 3900   IND 603

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5503 PHIL 3900   IND 604

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Hubner, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4070 PHIL 3900   IND 605

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4071 PHIL 3900   IND 607

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4072 PHIL 3900   IND 608

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kosch, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4073 PHIL 3900   IND 609

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4075 PHIL 3900   IND 611

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4090 PHIL 3900   IND 612

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4234 PHIL 3900   IND 615

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4235 PHIL 3900   IND 616

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4236 PHIL 3900   IND 617

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4420 PHIL 3900   IND 619

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4421 PHIL 3900   IND 620

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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

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

  •  5854 PHIL 3915   LEC 001

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Trautmann, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 4261

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Simone de Beauvoir

  •  9079 PHIL 4261   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kosch, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  5978 PHIL 4510   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  5375 PHIL 4900   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • 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

  •  4061 PHIL 4901   IND 602

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Shoemaker, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4062 PHIL 4901   IND 603

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4063 PHIL 4901   IND 606

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Hubner, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4064 PHIL 4901   IND 607

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4066 PHIL 4901   IND 609

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4068 PHIL 4901   IND 611

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4092 PHIL 4901   IND 613

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4094 PHIL 4901   IND 615

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4387 PHIL 4901   IND 617

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4422 PHIL 4901   IND 618

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4423 PHIL 4901   IND 619

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4424 PHIL 4901   IND 620

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5158 PHIL 4901   IND 621

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kocurek, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5159 PHIL 4901   IND 622

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Atiq, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5774 PHIL 4901   IND 623

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • 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

  •  5974 PHIL 6010   SEM 101

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  4231 PHIL 6020   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Brittain, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6200

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

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Plato

  •  5907 PHIL 6200   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6210

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

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Medieval Philosophy

  •  5613 PHIL 6210   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6260

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Simone de Beauvoir

  •  9082 PHIL 6260   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kosch, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  5857 PHIL 6310   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5958 PHIL 6310   DIS 201

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  9310 PHIL 6417   SEM 101

    • W
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6430

Advanced discussion of a topic in social and political philosophy. 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

  •  5829 PHIL 6430   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Atiq, E

      Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6461

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 6220

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10438 PHIL 6461   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Taiwo, O

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6003 PHIL 6475   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Yost, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  5979 PHIL 6510   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Silins, N

  • 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 6620

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

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

  •  9146 PHIL 6620   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  5883 PHIL 6740   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Aparicio Terrasa, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8751 PHIL 6740   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • 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

  • 11108 PHIL 6870   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  5769 PHIL 7000   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Shoemaker, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4095 PHIL 7000   IND 602

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Hubner, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4096 PHIL 7000   IND 603

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4098 PHIL 7000   IND 607

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4099 PHIL 7000   IND 608

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kosch, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4100 PHIL 7000   IND 609

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4172 PHIL 7000   IND 611

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4174 PHIL 7000   IND 613

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4175 PHIL 7000   IND 614

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Doris, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4176 PHIL 7000   IND 615

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5218 PHIL 7000   IND 616

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kocurek, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4433 PHIL 7000   IND 617

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4434 PHIL 7000   IND 618

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4435 PHIL 7000   IND 619

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4436 PHIL 7000   IND 620

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4765 PHIL 7000   IND 621

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5219 PHIL 7000   IND 622

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Atiq, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11439 PHIL 7000   IND 623

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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

  • 10535 PHIL 7950   LEC 001

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: Philosophy graduate students.