Philosophy|

First-Year Writing Seminars:

Please consult John S. Knight Institute for additional information.

• PHIL 1110 - FWS: Philosophy in Practice
• PHIL 1111 - FWS: Philosophical Problems
• PHIL 1112 - FWS: Philosophical Conversations

Introductory Courses:

• PHIL 1100 - Introduction to Philosophy
• PHIL 1310 - [Logic, Evidence, and Argument]
• PHIL 1410 - [Introduction to Early History of Political Philosophy] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 1440 - Ethics of Eating
• PHIL 1450 - Contemporary Moral Issues
• PHIL 1900 - Bethe Ansatz: Building a Life Worth Living
• PHIL 1910 - Introduction to Cognitive Science (crosslisted)
• PHIL 1930 - Equality, Liberty, and Democracy
• PHIL 1940 - [Global Thinking] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 1950 - Controversies About Inequality (crosslisted)
• PHIL 1960 - [Law, Society, and Morality]
• PHIL 2200 - Ancient Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2220 - Modern Philosophy
• PHIL 2240 - Nineteenth and Twentieth Century European Thought (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2300 - [Puzzles and Paradoxes]
• PHIL 2310 - Introduction to Deductive Logic
• PHIL 2410 - Ethics
• PHIL 2420 - Social and Political Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2450 - Ethics and Health Care
• PHIL 2460 - Ethics and the Environment (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2490 - [Feminism and Philosophy] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2520 - [Asian Philosophy]
• PHIL 2530 - Religion and Reason (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2610 - Knowledge and Reality
• PHIL 2620 - [Philosophy of Mind]
• PHIL 2621 - Minds and Machines
• PHIL 2640 - Introduction to Metaphysics
• PHIL 2810 - [Introduction to the Philosophy of Science] (crosslisted)

Intermediate or Advanced Courses:

 Some of these courses have prerequisites.

• PHIL 3202 - Plato (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3203 - [Aristotle] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3204 - Hellenistic Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3210 - Medieval Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3221 - [Modern Empiricism]
• PHIL 3230 - [Kant] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3250 - [Nineteenth Century Philosophy] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3300 - The Foundations of Mathematics (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3310 - [Deductive Logic] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3320 - Logic for Philosophy
• PHIL 3403 - Aristotle’s Ethical Theory
• PHIL 3410 - Ethical Theory
• PHIL 3441 - [History of Ethics: Modern]
• PHIL 3450 - Bioethics
• PHIL 3460 - Modern Political Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3480 - Philosophy of Law
• PHIL 3510 - [Aesthetics]
• PHIL 3640 - Metaphysics
• PHIL 3700 - [Problems in Semantics] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3710 - [Philosophy of Language] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3810 - Philosophy of Science (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3850 - [Philosophy of Physics] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3900 - Independent Study
• PHIL 3970 - [Language and Image] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3972 - Animal Rights

Advanced Courses and Seminars:

These courses are offered primarily for majors and graduate students.

• PHIL 4002 - Latin Philosophical Texts (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4003 - German Philosophical Texts
• PHIL 4110 - Greek Philosophical Texts
• PHIL 4200 - Topics in Ancient Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4210 - Augustine (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4240 - Topics in German Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4261 - [Topics in 20th Century Philosophy]
• PHIL 4310 - Mathematical Logic (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4311 - Topics in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4330 - [Philosophy of Logic]
• PHIL 4410 - Topics in Ethics and Value Theory
• PHIL 4460 - [Topics in Political Philosophy]
• PHIL 4470 - Topics in Social and Political Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4471 - [Normative Issues in International Relations] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4490 - Feminism and Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4610 - [Topics in Epistemology]
• PHIL 4620 - [Topics in Philosophy of Mind]
• PHIL 4640 - Topics in Metaphysics
• PHIL 4710 - [Topics in the Philosophy of Language] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4720 - Pragmatics (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4810 - [Topics in the Philosophy of Science] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4850 - Topics in the Philosophy of Physics (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4900 - Informal Study for Honors I
• PHIL 4901 - Informal Study for Honors II
• PHIL 6010 - Greek Philosophical Texts (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6020 - Latin Philosophical Texts (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6030 - German Philosophical Texts (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6100 - Pro Seminar in Philosophy
• PHIL 6200 - Topics in Ancient Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6210 - Seminar in Medieval Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6240 - Topics in German Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6260 - [Topics in Twentieth Century Philosophy]
• PHIL 6410 - Seminar in Ethics and Value Theory
• PHIL 6430 - Topics in Social and Political Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6470 - [Normative Issues in International Relations] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6610 - [Epistemology]
• PHIL 6620 - [Topics in Philosophy of Mind]
• PHIL 6640 - Metaphysics
• PHIL 6710 - [Topics in the Philosophy of Language] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6810 - Topics in Philosophy of Science (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6850 - Topics in the Philosophy of Physics (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6950 - [Aesthetic Phenomena and Art: 1900 - 1970] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6996 - [Justice and Equality] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 7000 - Informal Study