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PHIL 1100
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Faller, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Instruction Mode: Online
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- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Instruction Mode: Online
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- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
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Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 1110
Course Description
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
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Feminism, Gender, and Education
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Manne, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PHIL 1111
Course Description
This First-Year Writing Seminar discusses problems in philosophy and gives the opportunity to write about them. Topics vary by section. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Free Will and Moral Responsbility
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Zhou, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Explaining Consciousness
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Dietl, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Work, Idleness, & Freedom
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Jovanovska, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PHIL 1112
Course Description
This First-Year Writing Seminar offers the opportunity to discuss and write about philosophy. Topics vary by section. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Borders, Immigration, and Citizenship
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Yost, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Methods of Buddhist Phil
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Kwiatek, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: What is Race?
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Ramirez, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS:Justifying Political Power
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- M Mcgraw Hall 165
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Southgate, L
- WF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Southgate, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Philosopher’s Guide to the Galaxy
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Faller, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PHIL 1440
Course Description
We all face difficult moral decisions on occasion. This course introduces students to the idea that we face such a decision several times a day in deciding what to eat. How should facts about animal life ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Starr, W
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 1950
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2225, DSOC 2220, GOVT 2225, ILROB 2220, PAM 2220, SOC 2220
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Haskins, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Malott Hall 251
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Haskins, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Kennedy Hall 106
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Haskins, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Malott Hall 251
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Haskins, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Malott Hall 251
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Haskins, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Haskins, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Haskins, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Haskins, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Haskins, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Haskins, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Haskins, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Haskins, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Haskins, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 2200
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CLASS 2661
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Klarman Hall KG70
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
Hybrid: rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 2300
Course Description
This course will survey a number of famous paradoxes about the nature of time, identity, logic, science, belief, decision, and value. Some of these paradoxes have widely accepted answers, but many do not. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Kocurek, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 2310
Course Description
Covers sentential languages, the truth-functional connectives, and their logic; first-order languages, the quantifiers "every" and "some," and their logic. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COGST 2310
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Hodes, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 2430
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 2432
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Marmor, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Online Meeting
- Sep 8, 2020
Instructors
Staff
- T Online Meeting
- Sep 22, 2020
Instructors
- T Online Meeting
- Oct 6, 2020
Instructors
- T Online Meeting
- Oct 20, 2020
Instructors
- T Online Meeting
- Nov 3, 2020
Instructors
- T Online Meeting
- Dec 1, 2020
Instructors
- T Online Meeting
- Dec 15, 2020
Instructors
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
- Sep 9, 2020
Instructors
Staff
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
- Sep 23, 2020
Instructors
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
- Oct 7, 2020
Instructors
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
- Oct 21, 2020
Instructors
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
- Nov 4, 2020
Instructors
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
- Dec 2, 2020
Instructors
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
- Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Online Meeting
- Sep 8, 2020
Instructors
Staff
- T Online Meeting
- Sep 22, 2020
Instructors
- T Online Meeting
- Oct 6, 2020
Instructors
- T Online Meeting
- Oct 20, 2020
Instructors
- T Online Meeting
- Nov 3, 2020
Instructors
- T Online Meeting
- Dec 1, 2020
Instructors
- T Online Meeting
- Dec 15, 2020
Instructors
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
- Sep 9, 2020
Instructors
Staff
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
- Sep 23, 2020
Instructors
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
- Oct 7, 2020
Instructors
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
- Oct 21, 2020
Instructors
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
- Nov 4, 2020
Instructors
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
- Dec 2, 2020
Instructors
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
- Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
PHIL 2455
Course Description
Bioethics is the study of ethical questions raised by advances in the medical field. Questions we'll discuss will include: Is it morally permissible to advance a patient's death, at his or her request, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: SHUM 2455, STS 2451
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Markovits, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 2510
Course Description
This course is an introduction to philosophy of the arts, with emphasis on contemporary visual art, and on recent theorizing about art. We will investigate questions such as: What is art? What is good ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Hubner, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 2525
Course Description
The central questions of philosophy are perennial and universal, but the answers that are given to them are always historical and idiomatic. This course will introduce its enrollees to how these questions ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2020
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Mann Library 160
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Taiwo, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2020
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Taiwo, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 2810
Course Description
We will look at some central questions about the nature of scientific theory and practice. What makes a discipline a science? Does science discover the objective truth about the world? How, and why, do ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: STS 2831
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Nichols, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 2945
Course Description
This course examines controversies in the theory and history of civil disobedience. Do citizens have obligations to obey unjust laws? Can law breaking ever be civil rather than criminal? Do disruptive ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3785, GOVT 3785
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Sibley Hall 235
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Livingston, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Livingston, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3785, GOVT 3785
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Livingston, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Livingston, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 3222
Course Description
This course is an advanced study of a central concept, problem, or figure in 17-18th century philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Hubner, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
FALL 2020 will focus on: Idealisms and Panpsychisms. In this class on the metaphysics of mind we'll wrestle with some of the strangest theories about minds and thinking ever invented: idealism and panpsychism. Many thinkers in the 17th and 18th centuries were idealists of various stripes: they held that reality as such is in some way dependent on, and even reducible to, mental stuff. Many others were panpsychists of various stripes: they held all things in some sense think. We'll read the works of Descartes, Cavendish, Malebranche, Spinoza, Leibniz, More, Locke, Hume, Berkeley, and Kant. We'll be working with concepts such as mind, idea, perception, sensation, consciousness, intentionality, phenomenal unity, and self-consciousness.
PHIL 3300
Course Description
This will be a course on standard set theory (first developed by Ernst Zermelo early in the 20th century): the basic concepts of sethood and membership, operations on sets, functions as sets, the set-theoretic ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MATH 3840
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Hodes, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
This will be a course on standard set theory (first developed by Ernst Zermelo early in the 20th century): the basic concepts of sethood and membership, operations on sets, functions as sets, the set-theoretic construction of the Natural Numbers, the Integers, the Rational and Real numbers; time permitting, some discussion of cardinality.
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Meeting Pattern
- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Hodes, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
NOTE: This class was formerly called "Foundations of Mathematics".
PHIL 3340
Course Description
Modal logic is a general logical framework for systematizing reasoning about qualified and relativized truth. It has been used to study the logic of possibility, time, knowledge, obligation, provability, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MATH 3850
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Kocurek, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 3475
Course Description
This course addresses central debates in the philosophy of legal punishment. We will analyze the leading theories of punishment, including the familiar retributivist and deterrent alternatives, as well ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LAW 6030, SHUM 3475
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Rockefeller Hall 132
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Yost, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
Hybrid: rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LAW 6030, SHUM 3475
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Yost, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Hybrid: rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.
PHIL 3610
Course Description
This course will be an advanced introduction to some contemporary debates in epistemology. We will start by considering skeptical arguments that we cannot really know whether the world is the way it appears ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Pavese, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 3900
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
PHIL 4002
Course Description
Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7262, MEDVL 4002, MEDVL 6020, PHIL 6020, RELST 4100, RELST 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Brittain, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Meeting time TBA. Instructor will determine when students enroll.
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 4110
Course Description
Reading and translation of Greek philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GREEK 7161, PHIL 6010
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 4200
Course Description
Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4662, CLASS 7173, PHIL 6200
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Aristotle’s Three Ethics
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Irwin, T
Kamtekar, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 4310
Course Description
First course in mathematical logic providing precise definitions of the language of mathematics and the notion of proof (propositional and predicate logic). The completeness theorem says that we have all ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MATH 4810
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Nerode, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 4710
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 4712, LING 6634, PHIL 6710
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Expressive & Social Meaning
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Murray, S
Starr, W
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 4730
Course Description
Introduces methods for theorizing about meaning within generative grammar. These techniques allow the creation of grammars that pair syntactic structures with meanings. Students look at several empirical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 4421, LING 6421, PHIL 6730
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Murray, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 4900
Course Description
Majors in philosophy may choose to pursue honors in their senior year. Students undertake research leading to the writing of an honors essay by the end of the final semester. Prospective candidates should ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
PHIL 4901
Course Description
Majors in philosophy may choose to pursue honors in their senior year. Students undertake research leading to the writing of an honors essay by the end of the final semester. Prospective candidates should ... view course details
PHIL 6010
Course Description
Reading and translation of Greek Philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GREEK 7161, PHIL 4110
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6020
Course Description
Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7262, MEDVL 4002, MEDVL 6020, PHIL 4002, RELST 4100, RELST 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Brittain, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Meeting time TBA. Instructor will determine when students enroll.
PHIL 6100
Course Description
Seminar for first year Philosophy graduate students. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Silins, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 6200
Course Description
Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4662, CLASS 7173, PHIL 4200
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Aristotle’s Three Ethics
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Irwin, T
Kamtekar, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6411
Course Description
The seminar is aimed to equip graduate students with the necessary academic background to teach philosophy of law. The seminar is divided in two main parts: during the first half of the semester we will ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LAW 7612
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Marmor, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
The content of the seminar focuses on three main topics: metaphysical foundations, language & law, and authority. In the first part we will revisit the Hart v Dworkin debate on the nature of law from the perspective of debates about grounding and reduction in metaphysics. In the second part we will focus on the communicative aspects of law, trying to examine how recent advances in philosophy of language (in particular, pragmatics) can be brought to bear on some crucial aspects of legal communication. We will also revisit some challenges involved in the Hart v Dworkin debate from a methodological perspective, drawing on a possible distinction between metaphysical and interpretative theories of social reality. Finally, we will discuss the nature of practical authority and its bearing on the nature of law.
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6710
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 4712, LING 6634, PHIL 4710
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Expressive & Social Meaning
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Murray, S
Starr, W
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6730
Course Description
Introduces methods for theorizing about meaning within generative grammar. These techniques allow the creation of grammars that pair syntactic structures with meanings. Students look at several empirical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 4421, LING 6421, PHIL 4730
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Murray, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 6740
Course Description
Addresses current theoretical and empirical issues in semantics. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 7711
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Selected topics in natural language semantics
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Abusch, D
Rooth, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Selected topics in natural language semantics.
PHIL 7000
Course Description
Independent study for graduate students only. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
PHIL 7900
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Markovits, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online