Satisfactory completion of an intro level course is a prerequisite for taking any further course in philosophy.
100 level seminars are intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
Students may not take more than one intro level course, with one exception: students may take Logic either before or after taking any other introductory course.
NOTE: Classes with low enrollment have the possibility of being canceled. Please register as early as possible.
TENTATIVE OFFERINGS (as of 12/9/22)
Fall 2023
- PHIL 001H. Introduction to Philosophy: Personal Identity and the Self
- PHIL 001P. Introduction to Philosophy: Reasoning and Living Well
- PHIL 010. First-Year Seminar: Questions of Inquiry
- PHIL 011. Moral Philosophy
PEAC eligible only when taught by PHIL instructor K. Thomason. Eligible with arranged assignment and by obtaining instructor and program coordinator written approval before drop/add period ends.
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 012A. Logic
Recommended for students with a strong mathematics or computer science background, and for non-freshmen who have taken no prior philosophy courses. Required of all philosophy majors, unless they have taken PHIL 012B previously.
- PHIL 012B. Logic
Recommended for students who are intending to major or minor in Philosophy, and for non-freshmen who have taken at least one prior Philosophy course. Required of all philosophy majors, unless they have taken PHIL 012A previously.
- PHIL 020. Plato and His Modern Readers
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
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- PHIL 032. History of Analytic Philosophy
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
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- PHIL 034. Marx, Marxism, & Race
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
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- PHIL 040. Semantics
Note: This is not a writing course for PHIL.
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 093. Directed Reading
- PHIL 105. Foucault: Genealogy and Power
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
- PHIL 155. Philosophy of Law
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
Spring 2024
- PHIL 001G. Introduction to Philosophy: Rationality and Religious Belief
- PHIL 001M. Introduction to Philosophy: Free Thinkers
- PHIL 008. First-Year Seminar: Aesthetics & Political Resistance
- PHIL 013. Modern Philosophy
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
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- PHIL 016. Philosophy of Religion
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
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- PHIL 027. Ethics & Technology
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
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- PHIL 030. Buddhist Philosophy
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
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- PHIL 031. Advanced Logic
- PHIL 037. Contemporary Political Philosophy
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- Prerequisite:
- PHIL 040. Semantics
Note: This is not a writing course for PHIL.
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 072. Critical Philosophy of Race
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
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- PHIL 093. Directed Reading
- PHIL 096. Senior Course Thesis
- PHIL 099. Senior Course Study
- PHIL 103. Selected Modern Philosophers
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
- PHIL 119. Philosophy of Science
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
- PHIL 180. Senior Honors Thesis
- PHIL 199. Senior Honors Study
Fall 2024
- PHIL 001H. Introduction to Philosophy: Personal Identity and the Self
- PHIL 003. First-Year Seminar: The Meaning of Life
- PHIL 005. First-Year Seminar: Human Nature
- PHIL 008. First-Year Seminar: Aesthetics & Political Resistance
- PHIL 010. First-Year Seminar: Questions of Inquiry
- PHIL 012A. Logic
Recommended for students with a strong mathematics or computer science background, and for non-freshmen who have taken no prior philosophy courses. Required of all philosophy majors, unless they have taken PHIL 012B previously.
- PHIL 012B. Logic
Recommended for students who are intending to major or minor in Philosophy, and for non-freshmen who have taken at least one prior Philosophy course. Required of all philosophy majors, unless they have taken PHIL 012A previously.
- PHIL 023. Metaphysics
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- Prerequisite:
- PHIL 034. Marx, Marxism, & Race
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- Prerequisite:
- PHIL 040. Semantics
Note: This is not a writing course for PHIL.
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 052. Bioethics
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
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- PHIL 079. Poststructuralism
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
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- PHIL 101. Moral Philosophy
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
- PHIL 102. Ancient Philosophy
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
- PHIL 116. Language and Meaning
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
- PHIL 135. Topics in Indian Philosophy
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
Spring 2025
- PHIL 001C. Introduction to Philosophy: Truth and Desire
- PHIL 001F. Introduction to Philosophy: Classical and Contemporary Problems
- PHIL 001G. Introduction to Philosophy: Rationality and Religious Belief
- PHIL 013. Modern Philosophy
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- Prerequisite:
- PHIL 018. Philosophy of Science
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- Prerequisite:
- PHIL 020. Plato and His Modern Readers
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
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- PHIL 035. Environmental Ethics
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- Prerequisite:
- PHIL 040. Semantics
Note: This is not a writing course for PHIL.
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 044. Comparative Theories of Knowledge
This course was previously called 'Epistemology without Borders'. If you have already taken that course, you cannot take this course, it is the same content, with a new name.
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course, before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 099. Senior Course Study
- PHIL 118. Philosophy of Mind
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
- PHIL 121. Social and Political Philosophy
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
- PHIL 139. Phenomenology, Existentialism, and Poststructuralism
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
- PHIL 199. Senior Honors Study
