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Courses 2013-14

Not all of the following courses are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for 2013-14 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 if there is a pdf icon. Course outlines will be available starting mid-August.

First Year

Course numberCourse title
FYSM 1208Looking at Philosophy
FYSM 1209Contemporary Moral, Social, and Religious Issues
FYSM 1300History of Philosophy (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 1000Introductory Philosophy: Fields, Figures and Problems
PHIL 1100PLooking at Philosophy (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 1200AThe Meaning of Life
PHIL 1301A Mind, World and Knowledge (Fall)
PHIL 1301BMind, World and Knowledge (Winter)
PHIL 1301CMind, World and Knowledge (Winter)
PHIL 1500PContemporary Moral, Social and Religious Issues
PHIL 1550AIntroduction to Ethics and Social Issues (Fall)
PHIL 1550BIntroduction to Ethics and Social Issues (Winter)
PHIL 1600History of Philosophy

Second Year

Course numberCourse title
PHIL 2001AIntroduction to Logic (Fall)
PHIL 2001BIntroduction to Logic (Winter)
PHIL 2003ACritical Thinking (Fall)
PHIL 2003BCritical Thinking (Winter)
PHIL 2005Greek Philosophy and the Western Tradition
PHIL 2010Issues in Theoretical Philosophy
PHIL 2020Issues in Practical Philosophy
PHIL 2101History of Ethics
PHIL 2103 Philosophy of Human Rights
PHIL 2104Computer Ethics (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 2106Information Ethics (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 2201Introduction to Marxist Philosophy (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 2202Topics in Marxist Philosophy (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 2301Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 2306Philosophy and Feminism
PHIL 2307Gender and Philosophy (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 2380Introduction to Environmental Ethics
PHIL 2405Philosophy of the Paranormal (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 2408Bioethics
PHIL 2501 Introduction to Philosophy of Mind
PHIL 2504 Language and Communication
PHIL 2520Introduction to Philosophical Logic (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 2540 Personal Identity and the Self
PHIL 2550 Moral Psychology
PHIL 2601Philosophy of Religion
PHIL 2807Philosophy of Art
PHIL 2900Truth and Propaganda

Third Year

Course numberCourse title
PHIL 3000Topics in Ancient Philosophy (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 3001Early Greek Philosophy (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 300217th Century Philosophy
PHIL 300318th Century Philosophy
PHIL 300519th Century Philosophy
PHIL 3009Topics in European Philosophy (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 3010Philosophical Traditions
PHIL 3102Philosophy of Law: The Logic of Law (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 3104The Roots of Analytic Philosophy (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 3140Epistemology (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 3150 Metaphysics
PHIL 3301Issues in the Philosophy of Science (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 3306Symbolic Logic (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 3320Contemporary Ethical Theory (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 3330 Topics in History of Social and Political Philosophy (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 3340Topics in Contemporary Social and Political Philosophy
PHIL 3350Philosophy, Ethics, and Public Affairs
PHIL 3380Environments, Technology and Values (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 3450Topics in Aesthetics (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 3501Philosophy of Cognitive Science (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 3502Mind and Action (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 3504Pragmatics
PHIL 3506Semantics (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 3530Philosophy of Language
PHIL 3901Independent Study
PHIL 3902Independent Study
PHIL 3903Independent Study
PHIL 3906Independent Study
PHIL 3907Independent Study
PHIL 3908Independent Study

Fourth Year

(for further detail on topics, see Graduate Seminars Offered in 2013-14)

Course numberCourse title
PHIL 4003Seminar in Philosophy Before the Modern Period
PHIL 4004Seminar in Philosophy Before the Modern Period
PHIL 4005Seminar in Modern Philosophy
PHIL 4006Seminar in Modern Philosophy
PHIL 4007Seminar in Contemporary Philosophy (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 4008Seminar in Contemporary Philosophy (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 4100ASpecial Topic in Philosophy
PHIL 4210Seminar in Philosophy of Language or Linguistics
PHIL 4220Seminar in Philosophy of Mind or Cognition
PHIL 4230ASeminar in Metaphysics, Epistemology, or Philosophy of Science
PHIL 4230BSeminar in Metaphysics, Epistemology, or Philosophy of Science (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 4300Seminar in Ethical or Moral Philosophy (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 4320ASeminar in Ethics or Moral Philosophy (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 4330Seminar in Social or Political Philosophy
PHIL 4403Special Topic in Applied Ethics (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 4404Special Topic in Applied Ethics (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 4405Special Topic in Aesthetics or Philosophy of Art (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 4406Special Topic in Aesthetics or Philosophy of Art (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 4407Special Topic in Philosophy of Law (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 4408Special Topic in Philosophy of Law (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 4503Special Topic in Philosophy of Computing (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 4504Special Topic in Philosophy of Computing (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 4505Contemporary Formal Semantics (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 4507Contemporary Formal Semantics (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 4603Special Topic in Feminist Philosophy (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 4604Special Topic in Feminist Philosophy (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 4606Special Topic in Continental Philosophy (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 4607Special Topic in Continental Philosophy (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 4701Special Topic in Logic (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 4702Special Topic in Logic (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 4703Special Topic in Philosophical Logic (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 4704Special Topic in Philosophical Logic (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 4900Tutorial
PHIL 4901Tutorial
PHIL 4901Tutorial
PHIL 4902Tutorial
PHIL 4903Tutorial
PHIL 4904Tutorial
PHIL 4906Tutorial

Summer 2013 Courses

Course numberCourse title
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 2103Philosophy of Human Rights
PHIL 2408Bioethics
PHIL 2501Introduction to Philosophy of Mind
PHIL 2504Language and Communication