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Class Number	Class	Meeting Time	Instructor	Room	Unreserved Enrollment	Reserved Enrollment	Wait List
16540	PHIL 51 - 001 First-Year Seminar: Who Was Socrates?	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Rory Hanlon	Greenlaw - Rm 0301	Seats filled (24 total)	Seats filled
Description: Socrates is the quintessential philosopher--a man for all seasons, a foundational figure of the West. 3 units.
16542	PHIL 51 - 002 First-Year Seminar: Who Was Socrates?	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Rory Hanlon	Murphey - Rm 0314	Seats filled (24 total)	Seats filled
Description: Socrates is the quintessential philosopher--a man for all seasons, a foundational figure of the West. 3 units.
13375	PHIL 61 - 001 First Year Seminar: The Self: Aspiration and Transformation	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Shanna Slank	Genome Sciences Bldg - Rm 1370	Seats filled (24 total)	Seats filled
Description: Novels, memoirs, and aisles of self-help books attest to our desire to transform ourselves. Yet, the idea of self-transformation is puzzling. In this class, we will critically examine the idea of aspiration and transformation. 3 units.
13470	PHIL 78 - 001 First-Year Seminar: Death as a Problem for Philosophy: Metaphysical and Ethical	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	THOMAS HOFWEBER	Caldwell - Rm 0103	Seats filled (24 total)	Seats filled
Description: This course explores both old and new questions regarding death. It will examine the presuppositions and cogency of the classical religious-philosophical conception of death. 3 units.
11643	PHIL 85 - 001 First-Year Seminar: Reason, Religion, and Reality in the Copernican Revolution	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	MARC LANGE	Genome Sciences Bldg - Rm 1378	4/10 (24 total)	Seats filled
Description: The arguments by which Galileo and his contemporaries defended the Copernican model of the solar system puzzle philosophers even today. 3 units.
11223	PHIL 101 - 001 Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas	MoWeFr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Jackson LeViness	Hanes Hall - Rm 0125	36/40 (40 total)	Seats filled
Description: An introduction to philosophy focusing on a few central problems, for example: free will, the basis of morality, the nature and limits of knowledge, and the existence of God. 3 units.
16537	PHIL 101 - 002 Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas	MoWe 3:35PM - 4:50PM	Rory Hanlon	Murphey - Rm 0104	34/35 (35 total)	Seats filled
Description: An introduction to philosophy focusing on a few central problems, for example: free will, the basis of morality, the nature and limits of knowledge, and the existence of God. 3 units.
13480	PHIL 101H - 001 Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas	MoWe 3:35PM - 4:50PM	Jim Pryor	Graham Memorial - Rm 0038	20/24 (24 total)	Seats filled	0/5
Description: An introduction to philosophy focusing on a few central problems, for example: free will, the basis of morality, the nature and limits of knowledge, and the existence of God. 3 units.
11340	PHIL 105 - 001 How to Reason and Argue: An Introduction to Critical Thinking	MoWeFr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Caleb Fawell	Dey Hall - Rm 0305	39/40 (40 total)	Seats filled
Description: A course on how to identify, analyze, and evaluate arguments by other people and how to construct arguments. Topics include argument reconstruction, informal logic, fallacies, introductory formal logic, probabilistic reasoning. 3 units.
14319	PHIL 105 - 002 How to Reason and Argue: An Introduction to Critical Thinking	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM	Zachary Ferguson	Murphey - Rm 0105	39/40 (40 total)	Seats filled
Description: A course on how to identify, analyze, and evaluate arguments by other people and how to construct arguments. Topics include argument reconstruction, informal logic, fallacies, introductory formal logic, probabilistic reasoning. 3 units.
16244	PHIL 105 - 003 How to Reason and Argue: An Introduction to Critical Thinking	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Joseph Ross	Peabody - Rm 2060	36/40 (40 total)	Seats filled	0/5
Description: A course on how to identify, analyze, and evaluate arguments by other people and how to construct arguments. Topics include argument reconstruction, informal logic, fallacies, introductory formal logic, probabilistic reasoning. 3 units.
16871	PHIL 105 - 004 How to Reason and Argue: An Introduction to Critical Thinking	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Graham Clay	Hanes Art Center - Rm 0218	38/40 (40 total)	Seats filled
Description: A course on how to identify, analyze, and evaluate arguments by other people and how to construct arguments. Topics include argument reconstruction, informal logic, fallacies, introductory formal logic, probabilistic reasoning. 3 units.
11636	PHIL 110 - 001 Philosophical Texts that Changed the World: An Introduction to Philosophy through Great Works	MoWe 3:35PM - 4:50PM	Rosalind Chaplin	Peabody - Rm 2066	Seats filled (30 total)	Seats filled	0/5
Description: An introduction to philosophy focusing on several great books from the history of Western philosophy. See course description at the department's website for which books will be covered each semester. 3 units.
12288	PHIL 134 - 001 Reason, Faith, and God: Philosophy of Western Religion	MoWeFr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Ralph Flanders	Phillips - Rm 0265	Seats filled (35 total)	Seats filled
Description: A philosophical inquiry into the problems of religious experience and belief, as expressed in philosophic, religious, and literary documents from traditional and contemporary sources. 3 units.
10743	PHIL 140 - 001 Knowledge and Society	MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Molly O'Rourke-Friel	Caldwell - Rm 0105	Seats filled (40 total)	Seats filled
Description: An examination of questions about knowledge, evidence, and rational belief as they arise in areas of social life such as democratic politics, the law, science, religion, and education. 3 units.
10742	PHIL 143 - 001 AI and the Future of Humanity: Philosophical Issues about Technology and Human Survival	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM	Graham Clay	Gardner - Rm 0007	39/40 (40 total)	Seats filled
Description: This course investigates philosophical issues arising from advanced forms of technology, in particular artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and biological augmentation. We will consider questions about the dangers and benefits of AI, survival in non-biological ways, moral constraints on AI, the relationship between human and machine morality, and others. 3 units.
13473	PHIL 150 - 001 Theory, Evidence, and Understanding in Science	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	MARC LANGE	Phillips - Rm 0385	16/30 (30 total)	Seats filled
Description: What is distinctive about the kind of knowledge called "science"? What is scientific explanation? How are scientific theories related to empirical evidence? 3 units.
7047	PHIL 155 - 001 Truth and Proof: Introduction to Mathematical Logic	MoWe 3:35PM - 4:50PM	John Roberts	Dey Hall - Rm 0203	26/30 (30 total)	Seats filled
Description: Introduces the theory of deductive reasoning, using a symbolic language to represent and evaluate patterns of reasoning. Covers sentential logic and first-order predicate logic. 3 units.
12788	PHIL 157 - 001 Logic and Decision Theory	MoWeFr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Gerard Rothfus	Stone Center - Rm 0209	39/40 (40 total)	Seats filled	0/5
Description: A broader discussion of practical reasoning, including inductive and deductive logic, which provides a good introduction to decision and game theory that is important for the social sciences, especially economics. 3 units.
7048	PHIL 160 - 001 Virtue, Value, and Happiness: An Introduction to Moral Theory	MoWe 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Geoff Sayre-McCord	Stone Center - Rm 0103	97/122 (200 total)	Seats filled
Description: Exploration of different philosophical perspectives about right and wrong, personal character, justice, moral reasoning, and moral conflicts. Readings drawn from classic or contemporary sources. Critical discussion emphasized. 3 units.
8653	PHIL 160 - 601 Virtue, Value, and Happiness: An Introduction to Moral Theory	Fr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Felix Benzant	Gardner - Rm 0308	19/25 (25 total)	Seats filled
Description: Exploration of different philosophical perspectives about right and wrong, personal character, justice, moral reasoning, and moral conflicts. Readings drawn from classic or contemporary sources. Critical discussion emphasized. 0 units.
8654	PHIL 160 - 602 Virtue, Value, and Happiness: An Introduction to Moral Theory	Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Felix Benzant	Greenlaw - Rm 0305	24/25 (25 total)	Seats filled
Description: Exploration of different philosophical perspectives about right and wrong, personal character, justice, moral reasoning, and moral conflicts. Readings drawn from classic or contemporary sources. Critical discussion emphasized. 0 units.
8655	PHIL 160 - 603 Virtue, Value, and Happiness: An Introduction to Moral Theory	Fr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Jackson Bittick	Murphey - Rm 0104	23/25 (25 total)	Seats filled
Description: Exploration of different philosophical perspectives about right and wrong, personal character, justice, moral reasoning, and moral conflicts. Readings drawn from classic or contemporary sources. Critical discussion emphasized. 0 units.
8656	PHIL 160 - 604 Virtue, Value, and Happiness: An Introduction to Moral Theory	Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Jackson Bittick	Murphey - Rm 0105	Seats filled (25 total)	Seats filled
Description: Exploration of different philosophical perspectives about right and wrong, personal character, justice, moral reasoning, and moral conflicts. Readings drawn from classic or contemporary sources. Critical discussion emphasized. 0 units.
8657	PHIL 160 - 605 Virtue, Value, and Happiness: An Introduction to Moral Theory	Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Kyle Cessna	Phillips - Rm 0206	21/25 (25 total)	Seats filled
Description: Exploration of different philosophical perspectives about right and wrong, personal character, justice, moral reasoning, and moral conflicts. Readings drawn from classic or contemporary sources. Critical discussion emphasized. 0 units.
8658	PHIL 160 - 606 Virtue, Value, and Happiness: An Introduction to Moral Theory	Fr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Kyle Cessna	Murphey - Rm 0115	22/25 (25 total)	Seats filled
Description: Exploration of different philosophical perspectives about right and wrong, personal character, justice, moral reasoning, and moral conflicts. Readings drawn from classic or contemporary sources. Critical discussion emphasized. 0 units.
9654	PHIL 160 - 607 Virtue, Value, and Happiness: An Introduction to Moral Theory	Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Ava Geenen	Stone Center - Rm 0210	22/25 (25 total)	Seats filled
Description: Exploration of different philosophical perspectives about right and wrong, personal character, justice, moral reasoning, and moral conflicts. Readings drawn from classic or contemporary sources. Critical discussion emphasized. 0 units.
9655	PHIL 160 - 608 Virtue, Value, and Happiness: An Introduction to Moral Theory	Fr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Ava Geenen	Alumni - Rm 0205	19/25 (25 total)	Seats filled
Description: Exploration of different philosophical perspectives about right and wrong, personal character, justice, moral reasoning, and moral conflicts. Readings drawn from classic or contemporary sources. Critical discussion emphasized. 0 units.
9761	PHIL 163 - 001 Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Shanna Slank	Caldwell - Rm 0105	38/40 (40 total)	Seats filled
Description: Topics may include war, medical ethics, media ethics, sexual ethics, business ethics, racism, sexism, capital punishment, and the environment. 3 units.
10945	PHIL 163 - 002 Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live	MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Gerard Rothfus	Stone Center - Rm 0209	39/40 (40 total)	Seats filled	0/5
Description: Topics may include war, medical ethics, media ethics, sexual ethics, business ethics, racism, sexism, capital punishment, and the environment. 3 units.
10943	PHIL 165 - 001 Bioethics	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Samuel Dishaw	Peabody - Rm 3018	Seats filled (40 total)	Seats filled
Description: An examination of ethical issues in the life sciences and technologies, medicine, public health, and/or human interaction with nonhuman animals or the living environment. 3 units.
10944	PHIL 165 - 002 Bioethics	MoWeFr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Molly O'Rourke-Friel	Caldwell - Rm 0105	39/40 (40 total)	Seats filled
Description: An examination of ethical issues in the life sciences and technologies, medicine, public health, and/or human interaction with nonhuman animals or the living environment. 3 units.
14332	PHIL 170 - 001 Liberty, Rights, and Responsibilities: Introduction to Social Ethics and Political Thought	MoWeFr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	DeeAnn Spicer	Phillips - Rm 0328	37/40 (40 total)	Seats filled
Description: An examination of major issues in political philosophy, e.g., liberty, individual rights, social responsibility, legal authority, civil authority, civil disobedience. Readings include classical and contemporary writings. 3 units.
14452	PHIL 170 - 002 Liberty, Rights, and Responsibilities: Introduction to Social Ethics and Political Thought	MoWe 4:40PM - 5:55PM	Abbey Burke	Peabody - Rm 2028	37/40 (40 total)	Seats filled
Description: An examination of major issues in political philosophy, e.g., liberty, individual rights, social responsibility, legal authority, civil authority, civil disobedience. Readings include classical and contemporary writings. 3 units.
13475	PHIL 211 - 001 Perspectives on Gender, Race, and Marginality in Ancient Greek Philosophy, Science, and Medicine	Th 9:30AM - 12:00PM	MARISKA LEUNISSEN	Caldwell - Rm 0213	27/29 (30 total)	Seats filled
Description: This course studies through the examination of several infamous, ignored, or otherwise uncharted Ancient Greek texts the views about gender and race as presented in ancient Greek philosophy, medicine, and science. Our aims are to generate a new understanding of how the male elite used such views to further promote or justify (or perhaps challenge) the existing marginalization and silencing of women, foreigners, and less privileged men. 3 units.
12719	PHIL 213 - 001 Asian Philosophy	MoWeFr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Logan Mitchell	Caldwell - Rm 0105	39/40 (40 total)	Seats filled	0/5
Description: An examination of some of the philosophical traditions of Asia. Possible topics include Advaita Vedanta, Nyaya-Vaisheshika, Madhyamaka Buddhism, neo-Confucianism, Mohism, and philosophical Taoism. 3 units.
11657	PHIL 220H - 001 17th and 18th Century Western Philosophy	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Markus Kohl	Caldwell - Rm 0103	Seats filled (24 total)	Seats filled	0/5
Description: A study of some major philosophical works from this period, including works by authors such as Descartes, Spinoza, Locke, Berkeley, Leibniz, Hume, and/or Kant. 3 units.
14321	PHIL 224 - 001 Existential Philosophy and the Meaning(lessness) of Life	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Ripley Stroud	Stone Center - Rm 0210	Seats filled (40 total)	Seats filled
Description: A survey of European philosophers in the phenomenological and existentialist traditions. Philosophers studied may include Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Camus. 3 units.
13476	PHIL 230H - 001 Mind, Matter, and Metaphysics: the Philosophy of Experience and Reality	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Carla Merino-Rajme	Peabody - Rm 2066	23/24 (24 total)	Seats filled	0/5
Description: Topics in metaphysics and/or epistemology, such as: Is your mind different from your brain? Is it possible for us to know anything about the external world? Do we have free will? What distinguishes reasonable from unreasonable belief? 3 units.
14366	PHIL 265 - 001 Ethics, Politics, and Technology	MoWeFr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Devin Lane	Caldwell - Rm 0105	Seats filled (40 total)	Seats filled
Description: In the near future, our taxis will be driver-less, our wars will be fought by autonomous drones, and our towns will be kept safe by algorithms foreseeing crimes. This course explores the ethical implications of this new technological revolution and invites students to debate the challenges it engenders. We will debate how new technologies ought to be governed and what limits should be imposed on their implementation. 3 units.
16427	PHIL 265 - 002 Ethics, Politics, and Technology	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Samuel Dishaw	Caldwell - Rm 0105	39/40 (40 total)	Seats filled
Description: In the near future, our taxis will be driver-less, our wars will be fought by autonomous drones, and our towns will be kept safe by algorithms foreseeing crimes. This course explores the ethical implications of this new technological revolution and invites students to debate the challenges it engenders. We will debate how new technologies ought to be governed and what limits should be imposed on their implementation. 3 units.
4745	PHIL 272 - 001 The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Genae Matthews	Greenlaw - Rm 0302	Seats filled (30 total)	Seats filled
Description: An analysis of ethical issues that arise in peace, war, and defense, e.g., the legitimacy of states, just war theory, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction. 3 units.
14333	PHIL 272 - 002 The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM	Nolan Whitaker	Hanes Art Center - Rm 0218	29/30 (30 total)	Seats filled
Description: An analysis of ethical issues that arise in peace, war, and defense, e.g., the legitimacy of states, just war theory, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction. 3 units.
14424	PHIL 272 - 003 The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Begum Icelliler	Peabody - Rm 3050	Seats filled (5 total)	Seats filled
Description: An analysis of ethical issues that arise in peace, war, and defense, e.g., the legitimacy of states, just war theory, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction. 3 units.
8652	PHIL 273 - 001 Justice, Rights, and the Common Good: Philosophical Perspectives on Social and Economic Issues	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Simone Gubler	Genome Sciences Bldg - Rm 1374	Seats filled (30 total)	Seats filled
Description: This course will focus on justice and the common good, applying theoretical justifications to contemporary social and economic issues. Readings will include classical and contemporary literature on the nature of justice and rights. 3 units.
13739	PHIL 273H - 001 Justice, Rights, and the Common Good: Philosophical Perspectives on Social and Economic Issues	MoWe 3:35PM - 4:50PM	Luc Bovens	Caldwell - Rm 0103	Seats filled (26 total)	Seats filled	0/5
Description: This course will focus on justice and the common good, applying theoretical justifications to contemporary social and economic issues. Readings will include classical and contemporary literature on the nature of justice and rights. 3 units.
16446	PHIL 274H - 001 Race, Racism, and Social Justice: African-American Political Philosophy	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Tom Dougherty	Hanes Hall - Rm 0112	17/22 (24 total)	Seats filled	0/5
Description: Race, identity, discrimination, multiculturalism, affirmative action, and slave reparations in the writings of Walker, Delany, Douglass, Cooper, DuBois, King, and Malcolm X. 3 units.
8453	PHIL 275 - 001 Moral and Philosophical Issues of Gender in Society	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Meredith Sheeks	Phillips - Rm 0265	Seats filled (35 total)	Seats filled
Description: A survey of feminist perspectives on topics such as the meaning of oppression, sexism and racism, sex roles and stereotypes, ideals of female beauty, women in the workplace, pornography, rape. 3 units.
9740	PHIL 280 - 001 Morality, Law, and Justice: Issues in Legal Philosophy	MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Erik Zhang	Gardner - Rm 0007	Seats filled (40 total)	Seats filled
Description: Explores issues in legal philosophy such as, What is law? Does it serve justice or undermine it? Can punishment be justified? When is a person responsible? 3 units.
12287	PHIL 282 - 001 Human Rights: Philosophical Interrogations	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Joseph Ross	Peabody - Rm 3050	37/40 (40 total)	Seats filled	0/5
Description: The philosophy of human rights addresses questions about the existence, content, nature, universality, justification, and legal status of human rights. The strong claims made on behalf of human rights frequently provoke skeptical doubts and countering philosophical defenses. These will be addressed through classical and contemporary history of philosophy. 3 units.
7153	PHIL 292 - 001 Field Work in Philosophy: Introducing Philosophy in Primary and Secondary Schools	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	William Kanwischer	Caldwell - Rm 0103	Seats filled (15 total)	Seats filled
Description: Prerequisite, two previous PHIL courses. Permission of the instructor. This course combines on-campus structured learning with substantial on-site field work incorporating philosophy into the primary and/or secondary school curriculum. Philosophy subjects and school partners will vary by semester. 3 units.
13479	PHIL 381 - 001 Philosophy and Film	Mo 3:35PM - 6:05PM	ALAN NELSON	Caldwell - Rm 0105	27/30 (30 total)	Seats filled	0/5
Description: Prerequisite, one previous PHIL course. An examination of how philosophical issues are explored in the medium of film. 3 units.
9108	PHIL 384 - 001 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	MoWe 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Luc Bovens	Murphey - Rm 0116	Seats filled (120 total)	Seats filled
Description: One course in economics strongly recommended. This interdisciplinary gateway course provides an introduction to subjects and quantitative techniques used to analyze problems in philosophy, political science, and economics. 3 units.
7635	PHIL 384 - 002 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Jeff Spinner-Halev	Murphey - Rm 0115	Seats filled (15 total)	Seats filled
Description: One course in economics strongly recommended. This interdisciplinary gateway course provides an introduction to subjects and quantitative techniques used to analyze problems in philosophy, political science, and economics. 3 units.
13361	PHIL 384 - 601 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Myraeka D'leeuwen	New West - Rm 0219	Seats filled (20 total)	Seats filled
Description: One course in economics strongly recommended. This interdisciplinary gateway course provides an introduction to subjects and quantitative techniques used to analyze problems in philosophy, political science, and economics. 0 units.
13362	PHIL 384 - 602 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	Fr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Myraeka D'leeuwen	Phillips - Rm 0222	Seats filled (19 total)	Seats filled
Description: One course in economics strongly recommended. This interdisciplinary gateway course provides an introduction to subjects and quantitative techniques used to analyze problems in philosophy, political science, and economics. 0 units.
13363	PHIL 384 - 603 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Thomas Mattessich	Hanes Art Center - Rm 0218	Seats filled (20 total)	Seats filled
Description: One course in economics strongly recommended. This interdisciplinary gateway course provides an introduction to subjects and quantitative techniques used to analyze problems in philosophy, political science, and economics. 0 units.
13364	PHIL 384 - 604 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	Fr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Thomas Mattessich	Alumni - Rm 0203	20/22 (22 total)	Seats filled
Description: One course in economics strongly recommended. This interdisciplinary gateway course provides an introduction to subjects and quantitative techniques used to analyze problems in philosophy, political science, and economics. 0 units.
13434	PHIL 384 - 605 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Rachel Ploeger	Venable - Rm G311	Seats filled (19 total)	Seats filled
Description: One course in economics strongly recommended. This interdisciplinary gateway course provides an introduction to subjects and quantitative techniques used to analyze problems in philosophy, political science, and economics. 0 units.
13435	PHIL 384 - 606 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	Fr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Rachel Ploeger	Dey Hall - Rm 0302	Seats filled (20 total)	Seats filled
Description: One course in economics strongly recommended. This interdisciplinary gateway course provides an introduction to subjects and quantitative techniques used to analyze problems in philosophy, political science, and economics. 0 units.
13376	PHIL 392 - 001 Ethics Research Seminar for Undergraduates	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Michael Vazquez	Caldwell - Rm 0208	Seats filled (18 total)	Seats filled	0/5
Description: This is a capstone course in ethics designed for Parr Center Ethics Scholars completing the Mentored Research capstone project. The seminar will provide a collaborative learning space that will facilitate each student's independent research and writing. This course will begin with survey of major themes in practical ethics before transitioning to a thematically focused study of topics based on the research interests of the students in the course. 3 units.
13478	PHIL 421 - 001 Rationalism	Th 4:00PM - 6:30PM	ALAN NELSON	Caldwell - Rm 0213	Seats filled (20 total)	19/20
Description: An in-depth study of such rationalist philosophers as Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz. 3 units.
13471	PHIL 424 - 001 Kant's Practical Philosophy	Tu 1:00PM - 3:30PM	Markus Kohl	Caldwell - Rm 0213	19/20 (20 total)	Seats filled
Description: This course studies closely Kant's practical philosophy, dedicated to understanding and assessing the answers that Kant gives to classic questions of practical philosophy, such as: What does morality demand from us? What is the morally right course of action? Is morality objective? Do moral norms depend on God? 3 units.
7394	PHIL 698 - 001 Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course	Th 3:30PM - 6:00PM	Tom Dougherty	Peabody - Rm 2066	13/15 (15 total)	Seats filled
Description: Prerequisite, PHIL 384. Permission of the department. This capstone course advances PHIL 384, focusing on such theoretical and philosophical issues as the analysis of rights or distributive justice and the institutional implications of moral forms. 3 units.
8694	PHIL 698 - 002 Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course	MoWe 3:35PM - 4:50PM	Erik Zhang	Dey Hall - Rm 0209	Seats filled (15 total)	Seats filled
Description: Prerequisite, PHIL 384. Permission of the department. This capstone course advances PHIL 384, focusing on such theoretical and philosophical issues as the analysis of rights or distributive justice and the institutional implications of moral forms. 3 units.
10026	PHIL 700 - 001 Proto-Seminar in Philosophy	Mo 9:30AM - 12:00PM	Rosalind Chaplin, John Roberts	Caldwell - Rm 0213	5/15 (15 total)	Seats filled
Description: 3 units.
17082	PHIL 735 - 001 Advanced Studies in Epistemology	We 1:00PM - 3:30PM	MATTHEW KOTZEN	Caldwell - Rm 0213	Seats filled (5 total)	Seats filled
Description: 3 units.
17081	PHIL 735 - 002 Advanced Studies in Epistemology	We 1:00PM - 3:30PM	Jim Pryor	Caldwell - Rm 0213	Seats filled (5 total)	Seats filled
Description: 3 units.
13477	PHIL 740 - 001 Advanced Studies in Philosophy of Mind	Th 1:00PM - 3:30PM	Carla Merino-Rajme	Caldwell - Rm 0213	12/15 (15 total)	Seats filled
Description: 3 units.
13481	PHIL 765 - 001 Advanced Studies in Value Theory	We 4:00PM - 6:30PM	REBECCA WALKER	Caldwell - Rm 0213	12/15 (15 total)	Seats filled
Description: 3 units.
7764	PHIL 790 - 046 Colloquium Series Seminar	Fr 3:00PM - 5:00PM	MATTHEW KOTZEN	Caldwell - Rm 0105	Seats filled (15 total)	Seats filled
Description: 3 units.
14724	PHIL 810 - 001 Research Seminar in Ancient Philosophy	Tu 1:00PM - 3:30PM	MARISKA LEUNISSEN	Caldwell - Rm 0208	9/15 (15 total)	Seats filled
Description: 3 units.
13373	PHIL 994 - 042 Doctoral Research and Dissertation	Tu 4:00PM - 6:30PM	THOMAS HOFWEBER	Caldwell - Rm 0213	Seats filled (5 total)	Seats filled
Description: 3 units.
16597	PHIL 994 - 060 Doctoral Research and Dissertation	Tu 4:00PM - 6:30PM	Simone Gubler	Caldwell - Rm 0213	Seats filled (5 total)	Seats filled
Description: 3 units.