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Class Number	Class	Meeting Time	Instructor	Room	Unreserved Enrollment	Reserved Enrollment	Total Enrollment	Wait List
13869	PHIL 85 - 001 First-Year Seminar: Reason, Religion, and Reality in the Copernican Revolution	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	MARC LANGE	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0213	10/24	Seats filled	10/24
Description: The arguments by which Galileo and his contemporaries defended the Copernican model of the solar system puzzle philosophers even today. 3 units.
5344	PHIL 101 - 001 Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Zachary Ferguson	Murphey Hall-Rm 0104	22/40	Seats filled	22/40	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.
13884	PHIL 101H - 001 Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas	MoWeFr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Jim Pryor	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	11/24	Seats filled	11/24	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.
13919	PHIL 102 - 001 Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Rory Hanlon	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0103	22/24	Seats filled	22/24	0/999
Description: This course introduces students to the experience of thinking like philosophers and aims at developing students' capacity to think carefully and critically about philosophical arguments. The central skills to be practiced are those involved in productive philosophical discussion. The course emphasizes how philosophy is and has been done through dialogue, that philosophical claims must be tested against the objections of one's fellow thinkers, and how philosophical disagreement can lead to productive insights. 3 units.
13920	PHIL 102 - 002 Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas	TuTh 5:00PM - 6:15PM	Rory Hanlon	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	22/24	Seats filled	22/24	0/999
Description: This course introduces students to the experience of thinking like philosophers and aims at developing students' capacity to think carefully and critically about philosophical arguments. The central skills to be practiced are those involved in productive philosophical discussion. The course emphasizes how philosophy is and has been done through dialogue, that philosophical claims must be tested against the objections of one's fellow thinkers, and how philosophical disagreement can lead to productive insights. 3 units.
13921	PHIL 102 - 003 Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas	MoWeFr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Katie Deaven	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 0301	Seats filled	Seats filled	24/24	0/999
Description: This course introduces students to the experience of thinking like philosophers and aims at developing students' capacity to think carefully and critically about philosophical arguments. The central skills to be practiced are those involved in productive philosophical discussion. The course emphasizes how philosophy is and has been done through dialogue, that philosophical claims must be tested against the objections of one's fellow thinkers, and how philosophical disagreement can lead to productive insights. 3 units.
13922	PHIL 102 - 004 Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas	MoWeFr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Katie Deaven	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	21/24	Seats filled	21/24	0/999
Description: This course introduces students to the experience of thinking like philosophers and aims at developing students' capacity to think carefully and critically about philosophical arguments. The central skills to be practiced are those involved in productive philosophical discussion. The course emphasizes how philosophy is and has been done through dialogue, that philosophical claims must be tested against the objections of one's fellow thinkers, and how philosophical disagreement can lead to productive insights. 3 units.
4195	PHIL 105 - 001 How to Reason and Argue: An Introduction to Critical Thinking	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	RAM NETA	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	29/30	Seats filled	29/30	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.
14411	PHIL 105 - 002 How to Reason and Argue: An Introduction to Critical Thinking	MoWe 5:05PM - 6:20PM	Ben Schwartz	Woollen Gym-Rm 0303	32/40	Seats filled	32/40	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.
14433	PHIL 105 - 003 How to Reason and Argue: An Introduction to Critical Thinking	MoWeFr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Ralph Flanders	Woollen Gym-Rm 0303	39/40	Seats filled	39/40	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.
13870	PHIL 111 - 001 Philosopher Queens: World Philosophies through Women's Texts	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	MARISKA LEUNISSEN	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0103	22/30	Seats filled	22/30	0/999
Description: This course provides an introduction to world philosophies through close readings of philosophical texts attributed to or written by women in different time-periods from across the globe. We will practice the art of reading, understanding, and philosophically engaging with great historical works of philosophy while also examining the political inequalities, social structures, and contemporary practices from within which these women philosophers wrote and were trying to make their voices heard. 3 units.
8787	PHIL 140 - 001 Knowledge and Society	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Will Conner	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0105	38/40	Seats filled	38/40	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.
11538	PHIL 143 - 001 AI and the Future of Humanity: Philosophical Issues about Technology and Human Survival	MoWeFr 8:00AM - 8:50AM	Katie Deaven	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 0222	24/35	Seats filled	24/35	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.
16736	PHIL 143 - 002 AI and the Future of Humanity: Philosophical Issues about Technology and Human Survival	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Shanna Slank	Davie Hall-Rm 0301	39/40	Seats filled	39/40	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.
10345	PHIL 145 - 001 Language, Communication, and Human and Animal Minds	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM	Kyle Cessna	Hanes Art Center-Rm 0218	13/35	Seats filled	13/35	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.
13868	PHIL 150 - 001 Theory, Evidence, and Understanding in Science	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	MARC LANGE	Hanes Art Center-Rm 0215	7/30	Seats filled	7/30	0/999
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.
10337	PHIL 155 - 001 Truth and Proof: Introduction to Mathematical Logic	MoWeFr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	John Roberts	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	Seats filled	Seats filled	30/30	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.
14434	PHIL 155 - 002 Truth and Proof: Introduction to Mathematical Logic	MoWeFr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Felix Benzant	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0105	38/40	Seats filled	38/40	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.
11543	PHIL 155H - 001 Truth and Proof: Introduction to Mathematical Logic	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	John Roberts	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	10/24	Seats filled	10/24	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.
10494	PHIL 160 - 001 Virtue, Value, and Happiness: An Introduction to Moral Theory	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Margaret Shea	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0103	29/30	Seats filled	29/30	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.
16924	PHIL 160 - 002 Virtue, Value, and Happiness: An Introduction to Moral Theory	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Jackson Bittick	Murray Hall-Rm G201	Seats filled	Seats filled	40/40	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.
14878	PHIL 160H - 001 Virtue, Value, and Happiness: An Introduction to Moral Theory	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Rosalind Chaplin	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	20/24	Seats filled	20/24	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.
9483	PHIL 163 - 001 Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live	MoWe 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Tom Dougherty	Genome Sciences Bui-Rm G200	127/150	Seats filled	127/150	0/999
Description: Topics may include war, medical ethics, media ethics, sexual ethics, business ethics, racism, sexism, capital punishment, and the environment. 3 units.
13874	PHIL 163 - 601 Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live	Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Nicole Dominiak	Graham Memorial-Rm 0035	Seats filled	Seats filled	25/25	0/999
Description: Topics may include war, medical ethics, media ethics, sexual ethics, business ethics, racism, sexism, capital punishment, and the environment. 0 units.
13875	PHIL 163 - 602 Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live	Fr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Nicole Dominiak	Hanes Hall-Rm 0107	23/25	Seats filled	23/25	0/999
Description: Topics may include war, medical ethics, media ethics, sexual ethics, business ethics, racism, sexism, capital punishment, and the environment. 0 units.
13879	PHIL 163 - 605 Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live	Fr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Ian Cho	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0103	19/25	Seats filled	19/25	0/999
Description: Topics may include war, medical ethics, media ethics, sexual ethics, business ethics, racism, sexism, capital punishment, and the environment. 0 units.
13880	PHIL 163 - 606 Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live	Fr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Ian Cho	Woollen Gym-Rm 0304	22/25	Seats filled	22/25	0/999
Description: Topics may include war, medical ethics, media ethics, sexual ethics, business ethics, racism, sexism, capital punishment, and the environment. 0 units.
13882	PHIL 163 - 607 Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live	Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Eric Choi	Phillips Hall-Rm 0247	Seats filled	Seats filled	25/25	0/999
Description: Topics may include war, medical ethics, media ethics, sexual ethics, business ethics, racism, sexism, capital punishment, and the environment. 0 units.
13883	PHIL 163 - 608 Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live	Fr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Eric Choi	Phillips Hall-Rm 0328	13/25	Seats filled	13/25	0/999
Description: Topics may include war, medical ethics, media ethics, sexual ethics, business ethics, racism, sexism, capital punishment, and the environment. 0 units.
5393	PHIL 163H - 001 Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live	We 4:55PM - 7:25PM	Adam Hollowell	Phillips Hall-Rm 0383	Seats filled	Seats filled	12/12	0/999
Description: Topics may include war, medical ethics, media ethics, sexual ethics, business ethics, racism, sexism, capital punishment, and the environment. 3 units.
14435	PHIL 164 - 001 Morality and Business	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM	Gabriella Hulsey	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 0302	27/40	Seats filled	27/40	0/999
Description: An examination of business ethics and the types of ethical dilemmas people may face in business practices. 3 units.
8631	PHIL 165 - 002 Bioethics	MoWeFr 8:00AM - 8:50AM	Will Conner	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0105	35/40	Seats filled	35/40	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.
14440	PHIL 165 - 003 Bioethics	MoWeFr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Ava Geenen	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	35/40	Seats filled	35/40	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.
11547	PHIL 170 - 001 Liberty, Rights, and Responsibilities: Introduction to Social Ethics and Political Thought	MoWeFr 8:00AM - 8:50AM	Meredith Sheeks	Genome Sciences Bui-Rm G010	12/40	Seats filled	12/40	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.
14436	PHIL 170 - 002 Liberty, Rights, and Responsibilities: Introduction to Social Ethics and Political Thought	MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Paul Garofalo	Fetzer Hall-Rm 0104	35/40	Seats filled	35/40	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.
14441	PHIL 185 - 001 Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art	MoWe 3:35PM - 4:50PM	Aaron Thieme	Woollen Gym-Rm 0301	27/40	Seats filled	27/40	0/999
Description: The nature of art and artworks and their aesthetic appraisal. 3 units.
8632	PHIL 210H - 001 Wonder, Myth, and Reason: Introduction to Ancient Greek Science and Philosophy	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	David Reeve	TBA	21/24	Seats filled	21/24	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.
8784	PHIL 213 - 001 Asian Philosophy	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Joseph Ross	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0105	Seats filled	Seats filled	40/40	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.
10495	PHIL 224 - 001 Existential Philosophy and the Meaning(lessness) of Life	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Thomas Mattessich	Dey Hall-Rm 0305	38/40	Seats filled	38/40	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.
13871	PHIL 230 - 001 Mind, Matter, and Metaphysics: the Philosophy of Experience and Reality	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Carla Merino-Rajme	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	29/30	Seats filled	29/30	0/999
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.
11551	PHIL 265 - 001 Ethics, Politics, and Technology	MoWeFr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Yan Chen	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0105	26/40	Seats filled	26/40	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.
2668	PHIL 272 - 001 The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense	MoWe 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Jeff Spinner-Halev	Hamilton Hall-Rm 0100	Seats filled	Seats filled	20/20	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.
13843	PHIL 272 - 600 The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense	Th 2:00PM - 2:50PM	Braedan Lynn	Tate-Turner-Kuralt -Rm 226A	Seats filled	Seats filled	2/2	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. 0 units.
13844	PHIL 272 - 601 The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense	Th 3:30PM - 4:20PM	Braedan Lynn	Dey Hall-Rm 0302	Seats filled	Seats filled	3/3	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. 0 units.
13845	PHIL 272 - 602 The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense	Th 5:00PM - 5:50PM	Begum Icelliler	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 0107	Seats filled	Seats filled	2/2	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. 0 units.
13848	PHIL 272 - 605 The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense	Th 2:00PM - 2:50PM	Begum Icelliler	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0208	Seats filled	Seats filled	1/1	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. 0 units.
13849	PHIL 272 - 606 The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense	Tu 2:00PM - 2:50PM	Suwon Shin	Phillips Hall-Rm 0301	Seats filled	Seats filled	1/1	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. 0 units.
13850	PHIL 272 - 607 The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense	Tu 3:30PM - 4:20PM	Suwon Shin	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 0107	Seats filled	Seats filled	1/1	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. 0 units.
13900	PHIL 272 - 608 The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense	Th 5:00PM - 5:50PM	Braedan Lynn	Dey Hall-Rm 0210	Seats filled	Seats filled	1/1	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. 0 units.
13901	PHIL 272 - 609 The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense	Tu 12:30PM - 1:20PM	Suwon Shin	Murphey Hall-Rm 0111	Seats filled	Seats filled	1/1	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. 0 units.
13903	PHIL 272 - 611 The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense	Th 3:30PM - 4:20PM	Begum Icelliler	Murphey Hall-Rm 0302	Seats filled	Seats filled	2/2	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. 0 units.
13904	PHIL 272 - 612 The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense	Fr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Samuel Schmitt	Dey Hall-Rm 0313	Seats filled	Seats filled	2/2	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. 0 units.
13905	PHIL 272 - 613 The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense	Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Samuel Schmitt	Phillips Hall-Rm 0224	Seats filled	Seats filled	2/2	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. 0 units.
13906	PHIL 272 - 614 The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense	Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Samuel Schmitt	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 0304	Seats filled	Seats filled	2/2	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. 0 units.
13927	PHIL 273 - 001 Justice, Rights, and the Common Good: Philosophical Perspectives on Social and Economic Issues	MoWeFr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Samuel Fullhart	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0105	38/40	Seats filled	38/40	0/999
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.
10344	PHIL 274 - 001 Race, Racism, and Social Justice: African-American Political Philosophy	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Tom Dougherty	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	11/30	Seats filled	11/30	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.
8785	PHIL 275 - 001 Moral and Philosophical Issues of Gender in Society	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM	Shanna Slank	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0105	32/35	Seats filled	32/35	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.
11681	PHIL 276 - 001 Ideology, Capitalism, and Critique	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Conner Schultz	Phillips Hall-Rm 0328	Seats filled	Seats filled	40/40	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.
8783	PHIL 282 - 001 Human Rights: Philosophical Interrogations	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Joseph Ross	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0105	Seats filled	Seats filled	40/40	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.
9686	PHIL 294 - 001 Philosophy across the Lifespan	We 1:25PM - 3:55PM	Michael Vazquez	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0208	Seats filled	Seats filled	15/15	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.
10338	PHIL 381 - 001 Philosophy and Film	Tu 2:00PM - 4:30PM	Sarah Stroud	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0105	27/30	Seats filled	27/30	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, one previous PHIL course. An examination of how philosophical issues are explored in the medium of film. 3 units.
2084	PHIL 384 - 001 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Samuel Fullhart	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0105	14/15	Seats filled	14/15	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.
4634	PHIL 384 - 002 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Myraeka D'leeuwen	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0105	Seats filled	Seats filled	20/20	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.
14437	PHIL 384 - 003 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	MoWeFr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Paul Garofalo	Peabody Hall-Rm G050	14/15	Seats filled	14/15	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.
13885	PHIL 411 - 001 Aristotle	We 1:25PM - 3:55PM	David Reeve	TBA	18/20	Seats filled	18/20	0/999
Description: An examination of some representative works of Aristotle, with reference to common emphases and basic problems, together with an analysis of their philosophic content. The aim to provide students with a more thorough understanding of the key texts, doctrines, notions, and ideas in Aristotle's philosophy as a whole and with the capacities and confidence to conduct a short, independent, ancient philosophical research project on Aristotle's philosophy. 3 units.
11526	PHIL 422 - 001 Empiricism	Mo 3:35PM - 6:05PM	Geoff Sayre-McCord	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0213	13/20	Seats filled	13/20	0/999
Description: An in-depth study of such empiricist philosophers as Locke, Berkeley, and Hume. 3 units.
13872	PHIL 440 - 001 Philosophy of Mind	Th 12:30PM - 3:00PM	Carla Merino-Rajme	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0213	13/20	Seats filled	13/20	0/999
Description: At least two courses in philosophy other than PHIL 155, including PHIL 340, strongly recommended. An examination of dualism, behaviorism, the identity theory, and forms of functionalism with special focus on the problems of mental aboutness and the problems of consciousness. 3 units.
13873	PHIL 458 - 001 Formal Techniques in Philosophy	We 4:40PM - 7:10PM	Daniel Muñoz	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0213	19/20	Seats filled	19/20	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, For undergraduates: PHIL 155 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor. In a variety of subfields of philosophy, philosophers have found formal techniques to be useful tools for making progress on important philosophical questions. These subfields include, but are not limited to: metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, ethics, and political philosophy. This course is a general introduction to some of the formal tools that have been most influential in these fields. 3 units.
11528	PHIL 462 - 001 Contemporary Moral Philosophy	Th 3:30PM - 6:00PM	Margaret Shea	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0213	18/20	Seats filled	18/20	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.
1592	PHIL 698 - 001 Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Daniel Muñoz	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	13/14	Seats filled	13/14	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.
3430	PHIL 698 - 002 Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Luc Bovens	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0103	13/14	Seats filled	13/14	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.
14438	PHIL 698 - 003 Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Gerard Rothfus	Hanes Art Center-Rm 0218	11/14	Seats filled	11/14	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.
14439	PHIL 698 - 004 Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course	MoWe 3:35PM - 4:50PM	Gerard Rothfus	Woollen Gym-Rm 0304	9/14	Seats filled	9/14	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.
13918	PHIL 735 - 001 Advanced Studies in Epistemology	Tu 1:00PM - 3:30PM	Alex Worsnip	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0208	12/15	Seats filled	12/15	0/999
Description: 3 units.
14371	PHIL 760 - 001 Advanced Studies in Moral Theory	Tu 4:00PM - 6:30PM	SUSAN WOLF, Rosalind Chaplin	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0213	6/15	Seats filled	6/15	0/999
Description: 3 units.
3886	PHIL 790 - 001 Colloquium Series Seminar	Fr 2:30PM - 5:00PM	Rosalind Chaplin	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0105	Seats filled	Seats filled	15/15	0/999
Description: 3 units.
14459	PHIL 845 - 001 Research Seminar in Philosophy of Language	We 1:00PM - 3:30PM	Jim Pryor	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0213	5/15	Seats filled	5/15	0/999
Description: 3 units.
13614	PHIL 994 - 043 Doctoral Research and Dissertation	Tu 1:00PM - 3:30PM	RAM NETA	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0213	Seats filled	Seats filled	5/5	0/999
Description: 3 units.
13829	PHIL 994 - 052 Doctoral Research and Dissertation	Tu 1:00PM - 3:30PM	Luc Bovens	TBA	Seats filled	Seats filled	5/5	0/999
Description: 3 units.