Courses 2025-26 - Philosophy

For a more frequently updated up-to-date statement of course offerings for 2025-26 and their term of offering, consult the Public Class Schedule available at http://www.carleton.ca/registrar/registration/

Course outlines from previous years can be found in the archives:

First Year

FYSM 1210A	First Year Seminar, Special Topics (Fall)
FYSM 1210B	First Year Seminar, Special Topics (not offered)
FYSM 1210A	First Year Seminar, Special Topics (Winter)
FYSM 1210B	First Year Seminar, Special Topics (not offered)
PHIL 1000	Introductory Philosophy (Fall)
PHIL 1000	Introductory Philosophy (Winter)
PHIL 1200	The Meaning of Life (Fall)
PHIL 1200	The Meaning of Life (Winter)
PHIL 1301	Mind, World and Knowledge (Fall)
PHIL 1301	Mind, World and Knowledge (Winter)
PHIL 1550	Introduction to Ethics and Social Issues (Fall)
PHIL 1550	Introduction to Ethics and Social Issues (Winter)
PHIL 1610	Great Philosophical Ideas (not offered)
PHIL 1700	Philosophy of Love and Sex (Winter)

Second Year

PHIL 2001A	Introduction to Logic (Fall)
PHIL 2001B	Introduction to Logic (Fall)
PHIL 2001A	Introduction to Logic (Winter)
PHIL 2001B	Introduction to Logic (not offered)
PHIL 2003	Critical Thinking (Fall)
PHIL 2003	Critical Thinking (Winter)
PHIL 2005	Greek Philosophy and the Western Tradition (full year course)
PHIL 2010	Issues in Theoretical Philosophy (Fall)
PHIL 2020	Issues in Practical Philosophy (Winter)
PHIL 2101	History of Ethics (Winter)
PHIL 2103	Philosophy of Human Rights (not offered)
PHIL 2301	Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (not offered)
PHIL 2306	Philosophy and Feminism (Fall)
PHIL 2307	Gender and Philosophy (not offered)
PHIL 2320	Children, Literature, and Philosophy (not offered)
PHIL 2330	Happiness, Well-being and the Good Life (Winter)
PHIL 2340	Philosophy and Popular Culture (Winter)
PHIL 2380	Introduction to Environmental Ethics (Fall)
PHIL 2401	Ethics of A.I. (Winter)
PHIL 2408	Bioethics (Winter)
PHIL 2501	Introduction to Philosophy of Mind (Fall)
PHIL 2504	Language and Communication (Fall)
PHIL 2540	Personal Identity and the Self (Winter)
PHIL 2550	Moral Psychology (not offered)
PHIL 2601	Philosophy of Religion (Fall)
PHIL 2700	Asian Philosophy (not offered)
PHIL 2901	Truth and Propaganda (Winter)

Third Year

PHIL 3002	17th Century Philosophy (not offered)
PHIL 3003	18th Century Philosophy (Winter)
PHIL 3005	19th Century Philosophy (Fall)
PHIL 3009	Topics in European Philosophy (not offered)
PHIL 3010	Philosophical Traditions (Winter)
PHIL 3140	Epistemology (not offered)
PHIL 3150	Metaphysics (Fall)
PHIL 3301	Issues in the Philosophy of Science (not offered)
PHIL 3306	Symbolic Logic (not offered)
PHIL 3320	Contemporary Ethical Theory (not offered)
PHIL 3330	Topics in History of Social & Political Philosophy (Fall)
PHIL 3340	Topics in Contemporary, Social & Political Philosophy (Winter)
PHIL 3360	Philosophy, Economics, and Public Policy (not offered)
PHIL 3450	Topics in Aesthetics (not offered)
PHIL 3503	Artificial Intelligence: Philosophical and Ethical Issues (Fall)
PHIL 3503	Artificial Intelligence: Philosophical and Ethical Issues (Winter)
PHIL 3506	Semantics (not offered)
PHIL 3530	Philosophy of Language (not offered)
PHIL 3540	Philosophy of Emotions (not offered)

Fourth Year

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PHIL 4005	Seminar in Modern Philosophy (Fall)
PHIL 4006	Seminar in Modern Philosophy (Winter)
PHIL 4007	Seminar in Contemporary Philosophy (Winter)
PHIL 4100	Special Topic in Philosophy (Fall)
PHIL 4220	Seminar in Philosophy of Mind or Cognition (Fall)
PHIL 4300	Seminar in Ethical Theory or Meta-Ethics (not offered)
PHIL 4320	Seminar in Ethics or Moral Philosophy (not offered)
PHIL 4330	Seminar in Social or Political Philosophy (Winter)
PHIL 4505	Formal Semantics (not offered)

Summer 2025 Courses

See here for details.