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 1402 - Data Ethics in Social Media
• 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 1918 - Conversations in Moral Psychology (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] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2260 - Slavery in Philosophy
• PHIL 2300 - [Puzzles and Paradoxes] (crosslisted)
• 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 2530 - Religion and Reason (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2540 - [Introduction to Indian Philosophy] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2570 - Introduction to Ancient Chinese Philosophy and Literature
• PHIL 2610 - [Knowledge and Reality]
• PHIL 2611 - Knowledge and Belief
• 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 2945 - [Civil Disobedience] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2960 - Ethics and the Environment (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2965 - Ecological Justice: Feminist, Queer, and Trans Perspectives (crosslisted)
• PHIL 2990 - Foundations of Law and Society

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 3212 - Philosophy in the Islamic World (800-1400) (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3222 - [Early Modern Philosophy] (crosslisted)
• 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 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 3640 - [Metaphysics]
• PHIL 3700 - [Problems in Semantics] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3710 - [Philosophy of Language] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3810 - [Philosophy of Science] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 3870 - [Philosophy of Mathematics]
• PHIL 3900 - Independent Study
• PHIL 3915 - Moral Psychology in Action (crosslisted)

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] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4220 - [Topics in Modern Philosophy]
• PHIL 4240 - [Topics in German Philosophy] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4261 - [Topics in 20th C. Philosophy]
• PHIL 4300 - [Set Theory] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4310 - Mathematical Logic (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4311 - [Topics in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4410 - [Topics in Ethics and Value Theory]
• PHIL 4430 - [Topics in Social and Political Philosophy]
• PHIL 4490 - Feminism and Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4495 - Trans Theory and the Question of Gender (crosslisted)
• PHIL 4510 - [Topics in the Philosophy of Aesthetics] (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 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 6202 - Plato
• PHIL 6203 - [Aristotle]
• PHIL 6204 - [Hellenistic Philosophy]
• PHIL 6210 - Topics in Medieval Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6220 - Topics in Modern Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6222 - [Early Modern Philosophy]
• PHIL 6240 - [Topics in German Philosophy] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6245 - Topics in Meta-Ethics (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 6417 - Moral Foundations of Anti-Discrimination (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6425 - Topics in Meta-Ethics
• PHIL 6430 - Topics in Social and Political Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6450 - [Humor and Morality]
• PHIL 6461 - Modern African Political Philosophy (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6475 - Philosophy of Punishment
• 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 6700 - [Problems in Semantics] (crosslisted)
• 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 6870 - [Philosophy of Mathematics]
• PHIL 6922 - Foundations of the Social Sciences (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6941 - [Locke and the Philosophies of Dispossession: Indigenous America’s Interruptions and Resistances] (crosslisted)
• PHIL 6963 - Queer Marxism (crosslisted)
• PHIL 7000 - Informal Study
• PHIL 7950 - Philosophy Discussion Club Colloquium
• PHIL 7900 - Placement Seminar