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DRST 003/004 Directed Studies: Philosophy (DS)
Fall: Dan Greco, Verity Harte, David Charles, Andrew Werner, Paul Grimstad, Mordechai Levy-Eichel
Spring: Paul Franks, Zoltan Szabo, Mark Maxwell, Anthony Kronman, Paul Grinstad, Mordechai Levy-Eichel, Andrew Werner
Fall Courses
PHIL 022 Philosophy of Masculinities Robin Dembroff
PHIL 125 / CLCV 125 Introduction to Ancient Philosophy Brad Inwood
PHIL 179 Life Shelly Kagan
PHIL 202 / RLST 277 Existentialism Noreen Khawaja
PHIL 263 Skepticism, Faith, Evidence, and Rationality Keith DeRose
PHIL 267 Math Logic Sun-Joo Shin
PHIL 271 / LING 271 Philosophy of Language Zoltan Szabo
PHIL 274 / GMAN 254 / JDST 335 / RLST 249 Jewish Philosophy Paul Franks
PHIL 281 Infinity Mark Maxwell
PHIL 311 / RLST 303 The End of Metaphysics Nancy levene
PHIL 395 / CGSC 395 Junior Colloquium in Cognitive Science Joshua Knobe
PHIL 416 The Philosophy of Spinoza Michael Della Rocca
PHIL 421 John Rawls Thomas Pogge
PHIL 425 Topics in Epistemology Keith DeRose
PHIL 434 Disagreement and Higher-Order Evidence John Pittard
PHIL 437 Philosophy of Mathematics Sun-Joo Shin
PHIL 443 Subjectivity, Objectivity, Inter-Subjectivity Paul Franks
PHIL 444 / WGSS 432 Social Ontology Robin Dembroff
PHIL 455 / EP&E 334 Normative Ethics Shelly Kagan
PHIL 457 / EP&E 235 Recent Work on Justice Thomas Pogge
PHIL 460 Hylomorphism: A Critical Assessment of Aristotle’s and Neo-Aristotelian Theories David Charles
PHIL 462 / WP&E 362 The Morality of Reparations Stephen Darwall
Tutorial and Senior Essay Courses
PHIL 480 Tutorial (Either semester) Daniel Greco
A reading course supervised by a member of the department and satisfying the following conditions: (1) the work of the course must not be possible in an already existing course; (2) the course must involve a substantial amount of writing, i.e., a term essay or a series of short essays; (3) the student must meet with the instructor regularly, normally for at least an hour a week; (4) the proposed course of study must be approved by both the director of undergraduate studies and the instructor.
PHIL 490 (Fall) and PHIL 491 (Spring) The Senior Essay Daniel Greco
The essay, written under the supervision of a member of the department, should be a substantial paper; a suggested length is between 8,000 and 12,000 words for one-term projects, and between 12,500 and 15,000 words for two-term projects. Students completing a one-term project should enroll in either 490 in the fall or 491 in the spring. Students completing a two-term project should enroll in both 490 and 491. The deadline for senior essays completed in the fall is December 5; the deadline for both one- and two-term senior essays completed in the spring is April 21.
Spring Courses
PHIL 115 First-Order Logic Kenneth Winkler
PHIL 126 Introduction to Modern Philosophy from Descartes to Kant Keith DeRose
PHIL 128 Philosophy, Gender, and Patriarchy Robin Dembroff
PHIL 130 / EDST 135 Philosophy of Education Jason Stanley
PHIL 175 Introduction to Ethics Shelly Kagan
PHIL 178 Introduction to Political Philosophy Thomas Pogge
PHIL 202 Existentialism / RLST 277 Noreen Khawaja
PHIL 203 / EALL 212 Ancient Chinese Thought Mick Hunter
PHIL 205 / EALL 213 / HUMS 292 / RLST 211 Philosophy, Religion, and Literature in Medieval China Lucas Bender
PHIL 214 The Philosophies of Hegel and Schelling Paul Franks
PHIL 227 / ENGL 268 / LITR 463 / HUMS 254 Literature and Philosophy, Revolution to Romanticism Jonathan Kramnick
PHIL 326 / RLST 402 The Philosophy of Religion John Pittard
PHIL 410 / PSYC 410 The Self Over Time: Psychological and Philosophical Approaches Laurie Paul, Paul Bloom
PHIL 411 Early Modern Philosophy of Language ZoltanSzabo, Kenneth Winkler
PHIL 426 The Cognitive Science of Morality Joshua Knobe
PHIL 427 Computability and Logic Sun-Joo Shin
PHIL 439 Modal Logic Sun-Joo Shin
PHIL 442 Language and Power Jason Stanley
PHIL 445 / LING 376 Implicature and Pragmatic Theory Laurence Horn
PHIL 447 / GMAN 321 Aesthetics of Existence, Life as a Work of Art? Thomas Khurana
PHIL 464 Justice, Taxes, and Global Financial Integrity Thomas Pogge
PHIL 472 Contemporary Critical Theory Seyla Benhabib
PHIL 475 Ethics and the Future Shelly Kagan
PHIL 499 / CLCV 320 Before Socrates Brad Inwood