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Courses 2014-15

Not all of the following courses are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for 2014-15 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 1300 History of Philosophy (not offered in 14/15)
PHIL 1000Introductory Philosophy: Fields, Figures and Problems (Fall)
PHIL 1000Introductory Philosophy:  Fields, Figures and Problems (Winter)
PHIL 1100PLooking at Philosophy (not offered in 14/15)
PHIL 1200The Meaning of Life (Fall)
PHIL 1200The Meaning of Life (Winter)
PHIL 1301A Mind, World and Knowledge (Fall)
PHIL 1301BMind, World and Knowledge (Winter)
PHIL 1550AIntroduction to Ethics and Social Issues (Fall)
PHIL 1550B Introduction to Ethics and Social Issues (Winter)
PHIL 1600History of Philosophy (cancelled for 14/15)
 PHIL 1700 Philosophy of Love and Sex

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 2301Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (not offered in 14/15)
PHIL 2306Philosophy and Feminism (not offered in 14/15)
PHIL 2307Gender and Philosophy (not offered in 14/15)
PHIL 2380Introduction to Environmental Ethics
PHIL 2405Philosophy of the Paranormal (not offered in 14/15)
PHIL 2408Bioethics
PHIL 2501 Introduction to Philosophy of Mind
PHIL 2504 Language and Communication
PHIL 2520Introduction to Philosophical Logic (not offered in 14/15)
PHIL 2540 Personal Identity and the Self
PHIL 2550 Moral Psychology
PHIL 2601Philosophy of Religion
PHIL 2700Asian Philosophy
PHIL 2807Philosophy of Art (not offered in 14/15)
PHIL 2900Truth and Propaganda

Third Year

Course numberCourse title
PHIL 3000Topics in Ancient Philosophy
PHIL 3001Early Greek Philosophy (not offered in 14/15)
PHIL 300217th Century Philosophy
PHIL 300318th Century Philosophy
PHIL 300519th Century Philosophy (not offered in 14/15)
PHIL 3009Topics in European Philosophy
PHIL 3010Philosophical Traditions (not offered in 14/15)
PHIL 3104The Roots of Analytic Philosophy (not offered in 13/14)
PHIL 3140Epistemology
PHIL 3150Metaphysics (not offered in 14/15)
PHIL 3301Issues in the Philosophy of Science (not offered in 14/15)
PHIL 3306Symbolic Logic
PHIL 3320Contemporary Ethical Theory (not offered in 14/15)
PHIL 3330Topics in History of Social and Political Philosophy (not offered in 14/15)
PHIL 3340Topics in Contemporary Social and Political Philosophy
PHIL 3350Philosophy, Ethics, and Public Affairs
PHIL 3380Environments, Technology and Values
PHIL 3501Philosophy of Cognitive Science (not offered in 14/15)
PHIL 3502Mind and Action (not offered in 14/15)
PHIL 3504Pragmatics (not offered in 14/15)
PHIL 3506Semantics (hosted by Linguistics)
PHIL 3530Philosophy of Language
PHIL 3901Independent Study

Fourth Year

(further descriptions available here)

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 (not offered in 14/15)
PHIL 4230ASeminar in Metaphysics, Epistemology, or Philosophy of Science (not offered in 14/15)
PHIL 4230BSeminar in Metaphysics, Epistemology, or Philosophy of Science (not offered in 14/15)
PHIL 4300Seminar in Ethical or Moral Philosophy
PHIL 4320ASeminar in Ethics or Moral Philosophy (not offered in 14/15)
PHIL 4330Seminar in Social or Political Philosophy
PHIL 4505Contemporary Formal Semantics (hosted by Linguistics)
PHIL 4507Contemporary Formal Semantics (not offered in 14/15)
PHIL 4900Tutorial
PHIL 4901Tutorial

Summer 2014 Courses

Course numberCourse title
PHIL 1200The Meaning of Life
PHIL 1301Mind, World and Knowledge
PHIL 2001Introduction to Logic
PHIL 2003Critical Thinking
PHIL 2103Philosophy of Human Rights
PHIL 2408Bioethics
PHIL 2501Introduction to Philosophy of Mind
PHIL 2550Moral Psychology