Courses of Study 2020-2021

May 11, 2025

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Courses of Study 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Philosophy|

Courses:

First-Year Writing Seminars:

Please consult John S. Knight Institute for additional information.

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 (crosslisted)
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 1960 - Law, Society, and Morality
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)
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 3221 - [Modern Empiricism]
PHIL 3222 - Early Modern Philosophy
PHIL 3230 - Kant (crosslisted)
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 3410 - [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 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
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]
PHIL 4310 - [Mathematical Logic] (crosslisted)
PHIL 4300 - Set Theory (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 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 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]
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 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 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 6955 - Female Acts: From Antiquity to Jelinek (crosslisted)
PHIL 7000 - Informal Study
PHIL 7900 - Placement Seminar