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Courses 2017-18

Not all of the following courses are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for 2017-18 and to determine the term of offering, consult the Public Class Schedule.

Course numbers are linked to Undergraduate Calendar course information. Course titles are linked to a Course Outline.  Course outlines will be available starting mid-August.

First Year

Course numberCourse title
FYSM 1208Looking at Philosophy (Full-year course)
FYSM 1209Contemporary Moral, Social, and Religious Issues (Full-year course)
PHIL 1000Introductory Philosophy: Fields, Figures and Problems (Fall)
PHIL 1000Introductory Philosophy:  Fields, Figures and Problems (Winter)
PHIL 1200The Meaning of Life (Fall)
PHIL 1200The Meaning of Life (Winter)
PHIL 1301Mind, World and Knowledge (Fall)
PHIL 1301Mind, World and Knowledge (Winter)
PHIL 1550Introduction to Ethics and Social Issues (Fall)
PHIL 1610Great Philosophical Ideas, Part 1 (not offered)
PHIL 1620Great Philosophical Ideas, Part 2 (Winter)
 PHIL 1700 Philosophy of Love and Sex (Winter)

Second Year

Course numberCourse title
PHIL 2001Introduction to Logic (Fall)
PHIL 2001Introduction to Logic (Winter)
PHIL 2003Critical Thinking (Fall)
PHIL 2003Critical Thinking (Winter)
PHIL 2005Greek Philosophy and the Western Tradition (Full year course)
PHIL 2010Issues in Theoretical Philosophy (Fall)
PHIL 2020Issues in Practical Philosophy (Winter)
PHIL 2101History of Ethics  (Fall)
PHIL 2103 Philosophy of Human Rights (Winter)
PHIL 2106Information Ethics (not offered)
PHIL 2201Introduction to Marxist Philosophy (not offered)
PHIL 2301Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (Winter)
PHIL 2306Philosophy and Feminism (not offered)
PHIL 2307Gender and Philosophy (Winter)
PHIL 2380Introduction to Environmental Ethics (Fall)
PHIL 2405Philosophy of the Paranormal (not offered)
PHIL 2408Bioethics (Winter)
PHIL 2501 Introduction to Philosophy of Mind (Fall)
PHIL 2504 Language and Communication (Winter)
PHIL 2520Introduction to Philosophical Logic (not offered)
PHIL 2540 Personal Identity and the Self (Winter)
PHIL 2550 Moral Psychology (Winter)
PHIL 2601Philosophy of Religion (not offered)
PHIL 2700Asian Philosophy (Winter)
PHIL 2807Philosophy of Art (Fall)
PHIL 2901Truth and Propaganda (Fall)

Third Year

Course numberCourse title
PHIL 3000Topics in Ancient Philosophy (Winter)
PHIL 3001Early Greek Philosophy (not offered)
PHIL 300217th Century Philosophy (not offered)
PHIL 300318th Century Philosophy (Fall)
PHIL 300519th Century Philosophy (Winter)
PHIL 3009Topics in European Philosophy (not offered)
PHIL 3010Philosophical Traditions (not offered)
PHIL 3104The Roots of Analytic Philosophy (not offered)
PHIL 3140Epistemology (not offered)
PHIL 3150Metaphysics (Winter)
PHIL 3301Issues in the Philosophy of Science (not offered)
PHIL 3306Symbolic Logic (not offered)
PHIL 3320Contemporary Ethical Theory (Fall)
PHIL 3330Topics in History of Social and Political Philosophy (not offered)
PHIL 3340Topics in Contemporary Social and Political Philosophy (not offered)
PHIL 3350Philosophy, Ethics, and Public Affairs (Fall)
PHIL 3380Environments, Technology and Values (Winter)
PHIL 3501Philosophy of Cognitive Science (not offered)
PHIL 3502Mind and Action (Fall)
PHIL 3504Pragmatics (not offered)
PHIL 3506Semantics (not offered)
PHIL 3530Philosophy of Language (not offered)
PHIL 3901Independent Study

Fourth Year

(further descriptions available on the Graduate Seminar page)

Course numberCourse title
PHIL 4003Seminar in Philosophy Before the Modern Period (Fall)
PHIL 4004Seminar in Philosophy Before the Modern Period (not offered)
PHIL 4005Seminar in Modern Philosophy (Winter)
PHIL 4006Seminar in Modern Philosophy (Fall)
PHIL 4007Seminar in Contemporary Philosophy (Fall)
PHIL 4008Seminar in Contemporary Philosophy (Winter)
PHIL 4055Lexical Semantics (not offered)
PHIL 4100Special Topic in Philosophy (Fall)
PHIL 4210Seminar in Philosophy of Language or Linguistics (not offered)
PHIL 4220Seminar in Philosophy of Mind or Cognition (Winter)
PHIL 4230Seminar in Metaphysics, Epistemology, or Philosophy of Science (not offered)
PHIL 4300Seminar in Ethical or Moral Philosophy (not offered)
PHIL 4320Seminar in Ethics or Moral Philosophy (not offered)
PHIL 4330Seminar in Social or Political Philosophy (Winter)
PHIL 4505Contemporary Formal Semantics (Fall)
PHIL 4507Contemporary Formal Semantics (not offered)
PHIL 4900Tutorial

Summer 2017 Courses

Course numberCourse title
PHIL 1000Introductory Philosophy:  Fields, Figures and Problems
PHIL 1200The Meaning of Life
PHIL 1301Mind, World and Knowledge
PHIL 1550Introduction to Ethics and Social Issues
PHIL 2001Introduction to Logic
PHIL 2003Critical Thinking
PHIL 2380Introduction to Environmental Ethics
PHIL 2501Introduction to Philosophy of Mind