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14040 | PHIL 59H - 001 First-Year Seminar: Proofs of the Existence of God | TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM | Douglas MacLean | Peabody Hall-Rm 2066 | Seats filled (24 total) | Seats filled | |
Description: We will examine efforts in the history of philosophy to prove that God exists or that God does not exist. Our aim is to articulate and understand some of the underlying philosophical issues that are raised by these proofs and arguments. 3 units. | |||||||
11497 | PHIL 63 - 001 First-Year Seminar: Mind, Brain, and Consciousness | TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM | Carla Merino-Rajme | Peabody Hall-Rm 2066 | 23/24 (24 total) | Seats filled | |
Description: What are minds and how are they related to bodies? 3 units. | |||||||
10557 | PHIL 80 - 001 First-Year Seminar: Short Stories and Contemporary Social Problems | TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM | Luc Bovens | Peabody Hall-Rm 2066 | Seats filled (24 total) | Seats filled | |
Description: We will read short stories and social science articles that address social problems such as child-rearing; social mobility; mass incarceration and race; the opiate crisis; tradition versus science. Students will explore the different ways in which literature, the humanities and the social sciences construct issues of social relevance, the opportunities and limits of these constructions, and what might be gained by using each to understand and respond to these issues. 3 units. | |||||||
5711 | PHIL 101 - 001 Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas | MoWe 9:05AM - 9:55AM | Jim Pryor | Coker Hall-Rm 0201 | 113/150 (150 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
10322 | PHIL 101 - 601 Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas | Fr 9:05AM - 9:55AM | Raye Ploeger | Graham Memorial-Rm 0213 | 22/25 (25 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. 0 units. | |||||||
10323 | PHIL 101 - 602 Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas | Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM | Raye Ploeger | Wilson Hall-Rm 0202 | 18/25 (25 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. 0 units. | |||||||
10324 | PHIL 101 - 603 Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas | Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM | Felix Benzant | Manning Hall-Rm 0307 | 20/25 (25 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. 0 units. | |||||||
10325 | PHIL 101 - 604 Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas | Fr 12:20PM - 1:10PM | Felix Benzant | Mitchell Hall-Rm 0205 | 16/25 (25 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. 0 units. | |||||||
10328 | PHIL 101 - 607 Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas | Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM | Kyle Cessna | Genome Sciences Bui-Rm 1378 | 22/25 (25 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. 0 units. | |||||||
10329 | PHIL 101 - 608 Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas | Fr 1:25PM - 2:15PM | Kyle Cessna | Peabody Hall-Rm 2072 | 15/25 (25 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. 0 units. | |||||||
4469 | PHIL 105 - 001 How to Reason and Argue: An Introduction to Critical Thinking | MoWeFr 10:10AM - 11:00AM | Meredith Sheeks | Stone Center-Rm 0209 | 38/40 (40 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
13658 | PHIL 105 - 002 How to Reason and Argue: An Introduction to Critical Thinking | TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM | Ralph Flanders | Peabody Hall-Rm 2080 | 35/40 (40 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
11737 | PHIL 110 - 001 Philosophical Texts that Changed the World: An Introduction to Philosophy through Great Works | MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM | Rory Hanlon | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0105 | Seats filled (35 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
11733 | PHIL 134 - 001 Reason, Faith, and God: Philosophy of Western Religion | TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM | Jackson LeViness | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0105 | 34/35 (35 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
9508 | PHIL 140 - 001 Knowledge and Society | TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM | Molly O'Rourke-Friel | Venable Hall-Rm G311 | 39/40 (40 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
13465 | PHIL 143 - 001 AI and the Future of Humanity: Philosophical Issues about Technology and Human Survival | MoWe 11:15AM - 12:05PM | THOMAS HOFWEBER | Murray Hall-Rm G202 | 193/200 (200 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
14534 | PHIL 143 - 002 AI and the Future of Humanity: Philosophical Issues about Technology and Human Survival | TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM | Graham Clay | Peabody Hall-Rm G050 | 37/40 (40 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
13514 | PHIL 143 - 601 AI and the Future of Humanity: Philosophical Issues about Technology and Human Survival | Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM | Yan Chen | Phillips Hall-Rm 0208 | Seats filled (25 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. 0 units. | |||||||
13515 | PHIL 143 - 602 AI and the Future of Humanity: Philosophical Issues about Technology and Human Survival | Fr 12:20PM - 1:10PM | Yan Chen | Murphey Hall-Rm 0112 | 23/25 (25 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. 0 units. | |||||||
13516 | PHIL 143 - 603 AI and the Future of Humanity: Philosophical Issues about Technology and Human Survival | Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM | Thomas Mattessich | Gardner Hall-Rm 0210 | Seats filled (25 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. 0 units. | |||||||
13517 | PHIL 143 - 604 AI and the Future of Humanity: Philosophical Issues about Technology and Human Survival | Fr 12:20PM - 1:10PM | Thomas Mattessich | Murphey Hall-Rm 0204 | 24/25 (25 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. 0 units. | |||||||
13518 | PHIL 143 - 605 AI and the Future of Humanity: Philosophical Issues about Technology and Human Survival | Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM | Myraeka D'leeuwen | Murray Hall-Rm G205 | Seats filled (25 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. 0 units. | |||||||
13519 | PHIL 143 - 606 AI and the Future of Humanity: Philosophical Issues about Technology and Human Survival | Fr 1:25PM - 2:15PM | Myraeka D'leeuwen | Mitchell Hall-Rm 0009 | 23/25 (25 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. 0 units. | |||||||
13520 | PHIL 143 - 607 AI and the Future of Humanity: Philosophical Issues about Technology and Human Survival | Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM | Jackson Bittick | Hanes Hall-Rm 0130 | Seats filled (25 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. 0 units. | |||||||
13521 | PHIL 143 - 608 AI and the Future of Humanity: Philosophical Issues about Technology and Human Survival | Fr 12:20PM - 1:10PM | Jackson Bittick | Murray Hall-Rm G205 | 23/25 (25 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. 0 units. | |||||||
11513 | PHIL 145 - 001 Language, Communication, and Human and Animal Minds | MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM | Caleb Fawell | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0105 | 27/35 (35 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
Description: An examination of the differences between natural human languages and other communication systems. Includes a philosophical inquiry into how languages relate to the world and the mind. 3 units. | |||||||
11498 | PHIL 155 - 001 Truth and Proof: Introduction to Mathematical Logic | MoWeFr 10:10AM - 11:00AM | Aurora Yu | Peabody Hall-Rm 3018 | 35/40 (40 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
13470 | PHIL 155H - 001 Truth and Proof: Introduction to Mathematical Logic | MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM | John Roberts | Peabody Hall-Rm 2066 | 23/24 (24 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
11741 | PHIL 160 - 001 Virtue, Value, and Happiness: An Introduction to Moral Theory | MoWeFr 12:20PM - 1:10PM | Rory Hanlon | Alumni Bldg-Rm 0207 | Seats filled (35 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
10362 | PHIL 163 - 001 Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live | TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM | Tom Dougherty | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0103 | 29/30 (30 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
Description: Topics may include war, medical ethics, media ethics, sexual ethics, business ethics, racism, sexism, capital punishment, and the environment. 3 units. | |||||||
12339 | PHIL 163 - 002 Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live | TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM | Tom Dougherty | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0103 | 29/30 (30 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
Description: Topics may include war, medical ethics, media ethics, sexual ethics, business ethics, racism, sexism, capital punishment, and the environment. 3 units. | |||||||
5787 | PHIL 163H - 001 Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live | We 4:55PM - 7:25PM | Adam Hollowell | Davie Hall-Rm 0301 | Seats filled (16 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
Description: Topics may include war, medical ethics, media ethics, sexual ethics, business ethics, racism, sexism, capital punishment, and the environment. 3 units. | |||||||
4575 | PHIL 165 - 001 Bioethics | MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM | Samuel Dishaw | Stone Center-Rm 0209 | 39/40 (40 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
9318 | PHIL 165 - 002 Bioethics | TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM | Molly O'Rourke-Friel | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0105 | Seats filled (40 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
13482 | PHIL 165 - 003 Bioethics | TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM | Gerard Rothfus | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0105 | Seats filled (40 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
13474 | PHIL 170 - 001 Liberty, Rights, and Responsibilities: Introduction to Social Ethics and Political Thought | TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM | Graham Clay | Peabody Hall-Rm 2080 | 37/40 (40 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
9319 | PHIL 210H - 001 Wonder, Myth, and Reason: Introduction to Ancient Greek Science and Philosophy | MoWe 11:15AM - 12:30PM | David Reeve | TBA | 21/24 (24 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
Description: The emergence of philosophy in Greece during the sixth century BCE and its development during the classical period. The major figures studied are the Pre-Socratic philosophers, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. 3 units. | |||||||
9505 | PHIL 213 - 001 Asian Philosophy | MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM | Zach Thornton | Stone Center-Rm 0210 | 36/40 (40 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
13468 | PHIL 220 - 001 17th and 18th Century Western Philosophy | TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM | ALAN NELSON | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0103 | Seats filled (30 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
11742 | PHIL 224 - 001 Existential Philosophy and the Meaning(lessness) of Life | MoWeFr 12:20PM - 1:10PM | DeeAnn Spicer | Stone Center-Rm 0210 | Seats filled (40 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
Description: A survey of European philosophers in the phenomenological and existentialist traditions. Philosophers studied may include Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Camus. 3 units. | |||||||
13660 | PHIL 228 - 001 American Philosophy | MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM | Devin Lane | Peabody Hall-Rm 2060 | 32/40 (40 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
Description: An exploration of the distinctively American approaches to philosophy from Jonathan Edwards to the present. 3 units. | |||||||
13478 | PHIL 265 - 001 Ethics, Politics, and Technology | MoWeFr 12:20PM - 1:10PM | Samuel Dishaw | Stone Center-Rm 0209 | Seats filled (40 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
2878 | PHIL 272 - 001 The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense | TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM | Logan Mitchell | Peabody Hall-Rm 2060 | Seats filled (30 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
13662 | PHIL 272 - 002 The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense | MoWeFr 10:10AM - 11:00AM | Frank Wu | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0105 | Seats filled (30 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
15006 | PHIL 272 - 003 The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense | TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM | Begum Icelliler | Peabody Hall-Rm 3050 | Seats filled (5 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
11511 | PHIL 274 - 001 Race, Racism, and Social Justice: African-American Political Philosophy | MoWe 3:35PM - 4:50PM | Daniel Munoz | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0103 | 26/32 (32 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
14531 | PHIL 274 - 002 Race, Racism, and Social Justice: African-American Political Philosophy | MoWeFr 12:20PM - 1:10PM | Joseph Ross | Greenlaw Hall-Rm 0302 | Seats filled (40 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
9506 | PHIL 275 - 001 Moral and Philosophical Issues of Gender in Society | MoWeFr 10:10AM - 11:00AM | Ripley Stroud | Stone Center-Rm 0210 | 34/35 (35 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
13663 | PHIL 276 - 001 Ideology, Capitalism, and Critique | MoWeFr 11:15AM - 12:05PM | Genae Matthews | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0105 | 38/40 (40 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
Description: This course studies how (oftentimes implicit) ideological commitments shape our culture and our social reality. We will explore the Marxist tradition and the Frankfurt School Critical Theory, as well as contemporary applications and critiques of ideology in thinkers such as Jaeggi, Fraser, Shelby, and Haslanger. 3 units. | |||||||
11510 | PHIL 280 - 001 Morality, Law, and Justice: Issues in Legal Philosophy | MoWe 4:40PM - 5:55PM | Abbey Burke | Gardner Hall-Rm 0007 | 37/40 (40 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
9504 | PHIL 282 - 001 Human Rights: Philosophical Interrogations | MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM | Joseph Ross | Hanes Art Center-Rm 0218 | Seats filled (40 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
10617 | PHIL 294 - 001 Philosophy across the Lifespan | We 1:25PM - 3:55PM | Michael Vazquez | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0208 | Seats filled (15 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
Description: Prerequisite, One prior Philosophy course required. This is a high-impact service-learning course that aims to promote experiential learning in philosophy by combining traditional elements of classroom study with service in the community (HI-SERVICE). Students will have the unique opportunity to teach and learn philosophy alongside older adults in the Triangle area, thereby integrating the academic study of philosophy with community engagement. 3 units. | |||||||
13467 | PHIL 330 - 001 Metaphysics | TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM | Carla Merino-Rajme | Peabody Hall-Rm 2066 | 26/30 (30 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
Description: Prerequisite, one previous PHIL course. An examination of general theories of the nature of reality. What kinds of things exist? What are space, time, and causation? Are abstract entities (such as numbers) real? 3 units. | |||||||
13903 | PHIL 354 - 001 Quantum Mechanics, Weirdness, and Reality | MoWeFr 11:15AM - 12:05PM | Jonathan Engel, John Roberts | Coker Hall-Rm 0201 | 8/30 (30 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
Description: Prerequisites, MATH 231 and any PHYS course numbered 100 or greater; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. An interdisciplinary course on the weirdness of quantum mechanics and the problem of interpreting it. Nonlocality, the measurement problem, superpositions, Bohm's theory, collapse theories, and the many-worlds interpretation. 3 units. | |||||||
13463 | PHIL 364 - 001 Ethics and Economics | TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM | William Berger | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0105 | 28/35 (35 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
Description: Recommended preparation, at least one course in ethics (PHIL 160, 163, or 170) or one course in economics. Issues at the intersection of ethics and economics, including value; the relation between values and preferences; rationality; the relevance to economics of rights, justice, and the value of human life. 3 units. | |||||||
11499 | PHIL 381 - 001 Philosophy and Film | TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM | Rory Hanlon | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0105 | 34/35 (35 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
Description: Prerequisite, one previous PHIL course. An examination of how philosophical issues are explored in the medium of film. 3 units. | |||||||
2252 | PHIL 384 - 001 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics | TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM | Simone Gubler | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0103 | 8/9 (22 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
4939 | PHIL 384 - 002 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics | TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM | Simone Gubler | Murphey Hall-Rm 0204 | 7/9 (24 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
13461 | PHIL 384 - 003 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics | MoWeFr 12:20PM - 1:10PM | Erik Zhang | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0105 | 12/13 (30 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
11507 | PHIL 390 - 001 Seminar in Selected Topics | TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM | Shanna Slank | Peabody Hall-Rm 3018 | 18/40 (40 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
Description: Prerequisite, one previous PHIL course. Intensive exploration and discussion of selected topics in philosophy. 3 units. | |||||||
13453 | PHIL 412 - 001 Plato | We 4:00PM - 6:30PM | David Reeve | TBA | 18/20 (20 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
Description: An examination of some representative works in the context of contemporary scholarship. 3 units. | |||||||
13452 | PHIL 422 - 001 Empiricism | Th 4:00PM - 6:30PM | ALAN NELSON | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0213 | 6/16 (20 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
Description: An in-depth study of such empiricist philosophers as Locke, Berkeley, and Hume. 3 units. | |||||||
9323 | PHIL 455 - 001 Symbolic Logic | MoWe 11:15AM - 12:30PM | Jim Pryor | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0208 | 10/20 (20 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
Description: Prerequisite, PHIL 155; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. Introduction for graduates and advanced undergraduates. 3 units. | |||||||
13454 | PHIL 462 - 001 Contemporary Moral Philosophy | Mo 3:00PM - 5:30PM | Geoff Sayre-McCord | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0213 | 19/20 (20 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
Description: Prerequisite, two courses in philosophy, including one in value theory. Advanced discussion of moral issues such as fact and value, reason and morality, the nature of morality. 3 units. | |||||||
1729 | PHIL 698 - 001 Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course | TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM | Daniel Munoz | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0103 | Seats filled (20 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
3666 | PHIL 698 - 002 Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course | MoWe 4:40PM - 5:55PM | William Berger | Dey Hall-Rm 0313 | 12/20 (20 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
4198 | PHIL 698 - 003 Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course | TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM | Gerard Rothfus | Peabody Hall-Rm 2066 | 19/20 (20 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
13462 | PHIL 698 - 004 Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course | MoWe 3:35PM - 4:50PM | Erik Zhang | Peabody Hall-Rm 2066 | 19/20 (20 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
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. | |||||||
13457 | PHIL 745 - 001 Advanced Studies in Philosophy of Language | Th 1:00PM - 3:30PM | Alex Worsnip | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0213 | Seats filled (10 total) | Seats filled | |
Description: 3 units. | |||||||
13455 | PHIL 765 - 001 Advanced Studies in Value Theory | Tu 4:00PM - 6:30PM | Sarah Stroud | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0213 | Seats filled (8 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
Description: 3 units. | |||||||
13456 | PHIL 765 - 002 Advanced Studies in Value Theory | Tu 4:00PM - 6:30PM | SUSAN WOLF | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0213 | Seats filled (7 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
Description: 3 units. | |||||||
4142 | PHIL 790 - 046 Colloquium Series Seminar | Fr 3:00PM - 5:00PM | MATTHEW KOTZEN, MARISKA LEUNISSEN | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0105 | Seats filled (15 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
Description: 3 units. | |||||||
13451 | PHIL 850 - 001 Research Seminar in Philosophy of Science | We 1:00PM - 3:30PM | MARC LANGE | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0213 | 11/15 (15 total) | Seats filled | 0/999 |
Description: 3 units. | |||||||
13450 | PHIL 994 - 046 Doctoral Research and Dissertation | Tu 1:00PM - 3:30PM | MATTHEW KOTZEN | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0213 | Seats filled (5 total) | Seats filled | |
Description: 3 units. | |||||||
13449 | PHIL 994 - 051 Doctoral Research and Dissertation | Tu 1:00PM - 3:30PM | Markus Kohl | Caldwell Hall-Rm 0213 | Seats filled (5 total) | Seats filled | |
Description: 3 units. |