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 1620 - Introduction to Cognitive Science (crosslisted)
• PHIL 1621 - WIM: Introduction to Cognitive Science (crosslisted)
• PHIL 1650 - Philosophy of Race (crosslisted)
• PHIL 1920 - Introduction to Political Theory (crosslisted)
• PHIL 1950 - Controversies About Inequality (crosslisted)
• PHIL 1960 - Law, Society, and Morality
• PHIL 2200 - Greek and Roman 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 2441 - Ethics and Society: Aid and Its Consequences (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 3231 - Kant’s Ethics
• PHIL 3250 - Nineteenth Century Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3300 - Introduction to Set Theory (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3305 - [Math for Philosophy]
• PHIL 3310 - Deductive Logic (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3340 - Modal Logic (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3403 - [Aristotle’s Ethical Theory]
• PHIL 3441 - [History of Ethics: Modern]
• PHIL 3460 - [Modern Political Philosophy] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3475 - Philosophy of Punishment (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3480 - Philosophy of Law
• PHIL 3510 - [Aesthetics]
• PHIL 3525 - Africana Philosophy: Existentialism in Black (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3535 - [Moses to Modernity] (crosslisted)
• 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

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 4215 - [Topics in Medieval Philosophy]
• PHIL 4220 - [Topics in Modern Philosophy]
• PHIL 4240 - [Topics in German Philosophy] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4261 - [Topics in 20th C. Philosophy]
• PHIL 4310 - Mathematical Logic (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4300 - [Set Theory] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4311 - Topics in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4410 - Topics in Ethics and Value Theory
• PHIL 4490 - Feminism and Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4570 - Chinese Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4610 - [Topics in Epistemology]
• PHIL 4611 - Topics in Action Theory
• 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 4995 - [Trans Theory and Politics Across the Americas] (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 6180 - [Origins of 20th Century Philosophy]
• PHIL 6200 - Topics in Ancient Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6203 - [Aristotle]
• 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]
• PHIL 6290 - [Proseminar in the History of Philosophy]
• PHIL 6305 - [Math for Philosophy]
• PHIL 6310 - Deductive Logic
• PHIL 6311 - Topics in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics
• PHIL 6410 - Seminar in Ethics and Value Theory
• PHIL 6411 - Philosophy of Law Seminar
• PHIL 6430 - Topics in Social and Political Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6450 - [Humor and Morality]
• PHIL 6490 - Feminism and Philosophy
• PHIL 6510 - Topics in the Philosophy of Aesthetics (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6570 - Chinese Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6610 - Topics in Epistemology
• PHIL 6611 - Topics in Action Theory
• PHIL 6620 - [Topics in Philosophy of Mind] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6640 - Topics in Metaphysics
• PHIL 6710 - Topics in the Philosophy of Language (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6713 - Philosophy of Language
• 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 6995 - [Trans Theory and Politics Across the Americas] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 7000 - Informal Study
• PHIL 7900 - Placement Seminar