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 1410 - [Introduction to Early History of Political Philosophy] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 1440 - Ethics of Eating
• PHIL 1450 - Contemporary Moral Issues
• PHIL 1650 - Philosophy of Race
• PHIL 1901 - Discussions of Justice (crosslisted)
• PHIL 1902 - Social Media: Theory and Practice
• PHIL 1910 - Introduction to Cognitive Science (crosslisted)
• PHIL 1911 - WIM: Introduction to Cognitive Science (crosslisted)
• PHIL 1920 - Introduction to Political Theory (crosslisted)
• PHIL 1950 - Controversies About Inequality (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2200 - Ancient Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2220 - Modern Philosophy
• PHIL 2240 - Nineteenth and Twentieth Century European Thought
• PHIL 2300 - Puzzles and Paradoxes
• PHIL 2310 - Introduction to Deductive Logic (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2410 - Ethics
• PHIL 2415 - Introduction to Moral Psychology (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2420 - Social and Political Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2430 - Moral Dilemmas in the Law (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2455 - Introduction to Bioethics (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2465 - [Philosophy of Applied Jurisprudence]
• PHIL 2510 - Philosophy of the Arts
• PHIL 2525 - Introduction to African Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2530 - Religion and Reason (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2540 - [Introduction to Indian Philosophy] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2610 - [Knowledge and Reality]
• PHIL 2611 - [Knowledge and Belief]
• PHIL 2620 - [Philosophy of Mind]
• PHIL 2621 - Minds and Machines (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2640 - Introduction to Metaphysics
• PHIL 2810 - [Introduction to the Philosophy of Science] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2830 - Introduction to Decision Theory
• PHIL 2960 - Ethics and the Environment (crosslisted)

Intermediate or Advanced Courses:

 Some of these courses have prerequisites.

• PHIL 3180 - Origins of 20th Century Philosophy
• PHIL 3202 - [Plato] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3203 - [Aristotle] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3204 - Hellenistic Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3210 - [Medieval Philosophy] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3221 - [Modern Empiricism]
• PHIL 3222 - Early Modern Philosophy
• PHIL 3230 - Kant (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3250 - [Nineteenth Century Philosophy] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3252 - [Marx as Philosopher] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3300 - [The Foundations of Mathematics] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3305 - [Math for Philosophy]
• PHIL 3310 - Deductive Logic (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3320 - [Logic for Philosophy]
• PHIL 3340 - Modal Logic
• PHIL 3403 - [Aristotle’s Ethical Theory]
• PHIL 3410 - [Ethical Theory]
• PHIL 3441 - [History of Ethics: Modern]
• PHIL 3460 - [Modern Political Philosophy] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3480 - Philosophy of Law
• PHIL 3510 - Aesthetics
• PHIL 3610 - Epistemology
• PHIL 3621 - [Philosophy of Mind]
• PHIL 3640 - [Metaphysics]
• PHIL 3700 - Problems in Semantics (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3710 - Philosophy of Language (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3810 - [Philosophy of Science] (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 4215 - Topics in Medieval Philosophy
• PHIL 4220 - [Topics in Modern Philosophy] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4240 - [Topics in German Philosophy] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4261 - Topics in 20th C. Philosophy (crosslisted)
• 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 4470 - [Topics in Social and Political Philosophy] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4490 - [Feminism and Philosophy] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4610 - [Topics in Epistemology]
• PHIL 4620 - Topics in Philosophy of Mind (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4640 - [Topics in Metaphysics]
• PHIL 4710 - Topics in the Philosophy of Language (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4720 - Pragmatics (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4730 - Semantics I (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4900 - Informal Study for Honors I
• PHIL 4901 - Informal Study for Honors II
• PHIL 4941 - Locke and the Philosophies of Dispossession: Indigenous America’s Interruptions and Resistances (crosslisted)
• 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 - Topics in Medieval Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6220 - [Topics in Modern Philosophy] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6240 - [Topics in German Philosophy] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6260 - Topics in 20th C. Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6305 - [Math for Philosophy]
• PHIL 6310 - [Philosophy of Logic]
• PHIL 6410 - Seminar in Ethics and Value Theory
• PHIL 6411 - [Philosophy of Law Seminar]
• PHIL 6430 - [Topics in Social and Political Philosophy] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6490 - [Feminism and Philosophy]
• PHIL 6610 - [Topics in Epistemology]
• PHIL 6620 - Topics in Philosophy of Mind
• PHIL 6640 - [Topics in Metaphysics]
• PHIL 6710 - Topics in the Philosophy of Language (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6720 - Pragmatics (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6730 - Semantics I (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6731 - Semantics II (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6740 - Semantics Seminar (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6922 - [Foundations of the Social Sciences] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6941 - Locke and the Philosophies of Dispossession: Indigenous America’s Interruptions and Resistances (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6951 - [Aesthetic Theory: The End of Art] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 7000 - Informal Study
• PHIL 7900 - Placement Seminar