Philosophy (PHIL)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2015-2016.

PHIL 1100

A general introduction to some of the main topics, texts, and methods of philosophy. Topics may include the existence of God, the nature of mind and its relation to the body, causation, free will, knowledge ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6199 PHIL 1100   LEC 001

  •  6200 PHIL 1100   DIS 201

  •  6201 PHIL 1100   DIS 202

  •  6202 PHIL 1100   DIS 203

  •  6203 PHIL 1100   DIS 204

PHIL 1110

This First-Year Writing Seminar is about using philosophy and everyday life and provides the opportunity to write extensively about these issues.  Topics vary by section. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Biology, Gender & Objectivity

  • 18340 PHIL 1110   SEM 101

  • For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

PHIL 1111

This First-Year Writing Seminar discusses problems in philosophy and gives the opportunity to write about them.  Topics vary by section. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Knowledge and the Senses

  • 18341 PHIL 1111   SEM 101

  • For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Philosophy of Science

  • 18342 PHIL 1111   SEM 102

  • For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Questions about Ethics

  • 18410 PHIL 1111   SEM 103

  • For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: The Nature of Morality

  • 18419 PHIL 1111   SEM 104

  • For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Ethics

  • 18448 PHIL 1111   SEM 105

  • For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

PHIL 1112

This First-Year Writing Seminar offers the opportunity to discuss and write about philosophy.  Topics vary by section. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Philosophy and Death

  • 18344 PHIL 1112   SEM 102

  • For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Speaking for God: Phil of Prophecy&Scripture

  • 18345 PHIL 1112   SEM 103

  • For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

PHIL 1450

An introduction to some of the main contemporary moral issues. Topics may, for example, include animal rights, abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, sexual morality, genetic engineering, and questions ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17523 PHIL 1450   LEC 001

  • 17524 PHIL 1450   DIS 201

  • 17525 PHIL 1450   DIS 202

PHIL 1900

On a weekly basis, Bethe Ansatz brings together students, Cornell faculty, and other distinguished guests for informal, substantive engagement around a wide range of issues and endeavors: intellectual, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  8881 PHIL 1900   SEM 101

PHIL 1950

In recent years, poverty and inequality have become increasingly common topics of public debate, as academics, journalists, and politicians attempt to come to terms with growing income inequality, with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8727 PHIL 1950   LEC 001

PHIL 1960

An introduction to leading topics in legal theory and political philosophy such as: what the laws should be, how they shape and are shaped by society, how they are and should be interpreted, the proper ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18454 PHIL 1960   LEC 001

PHIL 2200

An introductory survey of ancient Greek philosophy from the so-called Presocratics (6th century BCE) through the Hellenistic period (1st century BCE) with special emphasis on the thought of Socrates, Plato, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CLASS 2661

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8341 PHIL 2200   LEC 001

  •  8343 PHIL 2200   DIS 201

  •  8345 PHIL 2200   DIS 203

PHIL 2310

Covers sentential languages, the truth-functional connectives, and their logic; first-order languages, the quantifiers "every" and "some," and their logic. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8717 PHIL 2310   LEC 001

  •  8718 PHIL 2310   DIS 201

  •  8719 PHIL 2310   DIS 202

PHIL 2430

The course concerns the principles and philosophical arguments underlying conflicts and moral dilemmas of central and ongoing concern to society as they arise within legal contexts. We consider questions ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 2432LAW 6303

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17370 PHIL 2430   LEC 001

PHIL 2455

Bioethics is the study of ethical problems brought about by advances in the medical field.  Questions we'll discuss may include:  Is it morally permissible to advance a patient's death, at his or her request, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: STS 2451

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18975 PHIL 2455   LEC 002

PHIL 2460

Politicians, scientists, and citizens worldwide face many environmental issues today, but they are neither simple nor straightforward. Moreover, there are many ways to understand how we have, do, and could ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 2061STS 2061

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17018 PHIL 2460   LEC 001

  • First-Year students not permitted to enroll into this course.

  • 17021 PHIL 2460   DIS 203

  • 17022 PHIL 2460   DIS 204

  • 17342 PHIL 2460   DIS 205

  • 17344 PHIL 2460   DIS 206

PHIL 2525

The central questions of philosophy are perennial and universal. But the answers that are given to them are always historical and idiomatic.  This course aims to introduce its enrollees to how these questions ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2020

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10081 PHIL 2525   LEC 001

PHIL 3202

We will study several of Plato's major dialogues, including the Apology, the Meno, Phaedo, and Republic. Topics include knowledge and reality; morality and happiness; and the nature of the soul. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 3669

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16406 PHIL 3202   LEC 001

PHIL 3210

A selective survey of Western philosophical thought from the fourth to the 14th century. Topics include the problem of universals, the theory of knowledge and truth, the nature of free choice and practical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MEDVL 3210RELST 3150

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18062 PHIL 3210   LEC 001

PHIL 3221

A mid-level look at the epistemology and metaphysics of the early modern empiricists and their critics. Topics include: ideas, skepticism, belief, knowledge, science, bodies, minds, God, causation, natural ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17499 PHIL 3221   LEC 001

PHIL 3460

This course will primarily focus on studying and scrutinizing general conceptions of justice. Topics explored typically include liberty,economic equality, democracy, community, the general welfare, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3625

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17165 PHIL 3460   LEC 001

PHIL 3510

This course will focus on the chief philosophical issues surrounding the two most pervasive art forms: literature and music. Many of the issues in philosophy of literature parallel those in the philosophy ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17895 PHIL 3510   LEC 001

PHIL 3640

This course will cover various topics in metaphysics at an intermediate to advanced level. Likely topics include laws of nature (do they merely describe how the world happens to be, or do they prescribe ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17536 PHIL 3640   LEC 001

PHIL 3810

This course will cover various topics in the philosophy of science. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: STS 3811

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6712 PHIL 3810   LEC 001

  •  6782 PHIL 3810   DIS 201

  •  6783 PHIL 3810   DIS 202

PHIL 3900

To be taken only in exceptional circumstances. Must be arranged by the student with his or her advisor and the faculty member who has agreed to direct the study. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6214 PHIL 3900   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Bennett, K

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7108 PHIL 3900   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Boyd, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7474 PHIL 3900   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Brennan, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7475 PHIL 3900   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Chignell, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7477 PHIL 3900   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Fine, G

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7478 PHIL 3900   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Hodes, H

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7479 PHIL 3900   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Kosch, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7480 PHIL 3900   IND 609

    • TBA
    • MacDonald, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7481 PHIL 3900   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Miller, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7482 PHIL 3900   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Pereboom, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7483 PHIL 3900   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Silins, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7484 PHIL 3900   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Sturgeon, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7485 PHIL 3900   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Marmor, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8587 PHIL 3900   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Staff

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8931 PHIL 3900   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Manne, K

PHIL 4002

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8090 PHIL 4002   SEM 101

PHIL 4110

Reading and translation of Greek philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GREEK 7161PHIL 6010

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9762 PHIL 4110   SEM 101

PHIL 4200

Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 4662CLASS 7173PHIL 6200

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17530 PHIL 4200   SEM 101

PHIL 4311

Topics in logic that might be covered will go beyond the standard model-theory and natural deduction systems for classical first-order logic. Topics in the foundations of mathematics that might be covered ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MATH 4820

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Review of Natural Deduction in Prawitz & SC Format

  • 18028 PHIL 4311   SEM 101

PHIL 4710

An investigation of varying topics in the philosophy of language including reference, meaning, the relationship between language and thought, communication, modality, logic and pragmatics. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 4712LING 6634PHIL 6710

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Signalling Games, Language, & Society

  • 16408 PHIL 4710   SEM 101

PHIL 4900

See Philosophy "Honors." view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  7739 PHIL 4900   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Boyd, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  7740 PHIL 4900   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Brennan, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  7741 PHIL 4900   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Chignell, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  • 18889 PHIL 4900   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Markovits, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  7743 PHIL 4900   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Fine, G

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  7744 PHIL 4900   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Hodes, H

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  7745 PHIL 4900   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Kosch, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  7746 PHIL 4900   IND 609

    • TBA
    • MacDonald, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  7747 PHIL 4900   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Miller, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  7748 PHIL 4900   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Pereboom, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  7749 PHIL 4900   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Silins, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  7750 PHIL 4900   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Sturgeon, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  7751 PHIL 4900   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Marmor, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  8924 PHIL 4900   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Manne, K

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  8925 PHIL 4900   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Starr, W

PHIL 4901

See Philosophy "Honors." view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8934 PHIL 4901   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Staff

PHIL 6010

Reading and translation of Greek Philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GREEK 7161PHIL 4110

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9763 PHIL 6010   SEM 101

PHIL 6020

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8093 PHIL 6020   SEM 101

PHIL 6100

Seminar for first year Philosophy graduate students. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6787 PHIL 6100   SEM 101

PHIL 6200

Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 4662CLASS 7173PHIL 4200

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17983 PHIL 6200   SEM 101

PHIL 6210

Graduate seminar covering a topic in medieval philosophy. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MEDVL 6210

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Aquinas’s Philosophical Theology

  • 18065 PHIL 6210   SEM 101

PHIL 6480

This seminar examines in detail the main theories of statutory and constitutional interpretation employed by the US Federal courts, and to shed light on the nature of the debates and disagreements between ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LAW 7756

  • 4 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 18743 PHIL 6480   SEM 101

PHIL 6710

An investigation of varying topics in the philosophy of language including reference, meaning, the relationship between language and thought, communication, modality, logic and pragmatics. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 4712LING 6634PHIL 4710

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Signalling Games, Language, & Society

  • 17960 PHIL 6710   SEM 101

PHIL 6810

Advanced discussion of some problem or problems in the philosophy of science. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: STS 6811

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Philosophical Naturalism and Its Critics

  •  8747 PHIL 6810   SEM 101

PHIL 7000

Independent study for graduate students only. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7713 PHIL 7000   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Bennett, K

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7714 PHIL 7000   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Boyd, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7715 PHIL 7000   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Brennan, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7716 PHIL 7000   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Chignell, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18891 PHIL 7000   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Markovits, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7718 PHIL 7000   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Fine, G

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7719 PHIL 7000   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Hodes, H

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7720 PHIL 7000   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Kosch, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7721 PHIL 7000   IND 609

    • TBA
    • MacDonald, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7722 PHIL 7000   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Miller, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7723 PHIL 7000   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Pereboom, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7724 PHIL 7000   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Silins, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7725 PHIL 7000   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Sturgeon, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7726 PHIL 7000   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Marmor, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8889 PHIL 7000   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Starr, W

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8892 PHIL 7000   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Manne, K

PHIL 7900

This course is designed to help prepare Philosophy graduate students for the academic job market. Though students will study sample materials from successful job applicants, much of the seminar will function ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit S/U NoAud

  • 18174 PHIL 7900   SEM 101