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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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Meeting Pattern
- TR Malott Hall 228-Bache Aud
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Shoemaker, D
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 236
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Staff
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- F Rockefeller Hall 128
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Staff
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- F Rockefeller Hall 104
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Staff
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- R Rockefeller Hall 128
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Staff
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- R Rockefeller Hall 102
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Staff
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Staff
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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: Bioethics
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 348
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Paskell, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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: Applied Ethics in a Divisive World
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 348
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Esposito, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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: Applied Ethics in a Divisive World
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Hall 254
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Esposito, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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: Moral Relativism and Moral Skepticism
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 164
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Korzukhin, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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: The Nature of Morality
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 348
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Murphy, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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: Human Beings – Morals and Metaphysics
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 350
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Murphy, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 Morrill Hall 102
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Yost, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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: Philosophy of Fun
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 348
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Cohn, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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: The Philosophy of Love
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 350
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Zhu, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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: Puzzles about Personhood
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 160
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Da Vee, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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: Philosophy and Choice
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 302
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Won, Y
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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:Zen Buddhist Philosophy—Writing about the Inef
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 158
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Kwiatek, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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: Virtue and the Good Life
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 164
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Gounot, Q
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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: (Re)writing Herstory: Feminism and Philosophy
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 164
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Gounot, Q
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 Goldwin Smith Hall 142
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Starr, W
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Uris Hall 498
- Aug 24, 2022
Instructors
Staff
- W Uris Hall 498
- Sep 7, 2022
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- W Uris Hall 498
- Sep 21, 2022
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- W Uris Hall 498
- Oct 5, 2022
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- W Uris Hall 498
- Oct 19, 2022
Instructors
- W Uris Hall 498
- Nov 2, 2022
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- W Uris Hall 498
- Nov 16, 2022
Instructors
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Uris Hall G20
- Aug 26, 2022
Instructors
Staff
- F Uris Hall G20
- Sep 9, 2022
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- F Uris Hall G20
- Sep 23, 2022
Instructors
- F Uris Hall G20
- Oct 7, 2022
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- F Uris Hall G20
- Oct 21, 2022
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- F Uris Hall G20
- Nov 4, 2022
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- F Uris Hall G20
- Nov 18, 2022
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- W Uris Hall 498
- Aug 31, 2022
Instructors
Staff
- W Uris Hall 498
- Sep 14, 2022
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- W Uris Hall 498
- Sep 28, 2022
Instructors
- W Uris Hall 498
- Oct 12, 2022
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- W Uris Hall 498
- Oct 26, 2022
Instructors
- W Uris Hall 498
- Nov 9, 2022
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- W Uris Hall 498
- Nov 30, 2022
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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- F Uris Hall G20
- Sep 2, 2022
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Staff
- F Uris Hall G20
- Sep 16, 2022
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- F Uris Hall G20
- Sep 30, 2022
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- F Uris Hall G20
- Oct 14, 2022
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- F Uris Hall G20
- Oct 28, 2022
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- F Uris Hall G20
- Nov 11, 2022
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- F Uris Hall G20
- Dec 2, 2022
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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, GDEV 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 Klarman Hall KG70
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Sullivan, J
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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- F Uris Hall G26
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Sullivan, J
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- F Uris Hall 204
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Sullivan, J
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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- F Uris Hall 204
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Sullivan, J
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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- F Uris Hall 204
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Sullivan, J
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- F Uris Hall G26
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Sullivan, J
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Malott Hall 224
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Sullivan, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 236
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Sullivan, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Uris Hall G26
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Sullivan, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Malott Hall 205
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Sullivan, J
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- F Uris Hall G20
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Sullivan, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 1960
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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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 Rockefeller Hall 105
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Manne, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 Rockefeller Hall 230
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Uris Hall 498
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Rockefeller Hall 127
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Uris Hall 498
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
- MW Uris Hall 202
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Kocurek, A
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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- F Rockefeller Hall 112
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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- F Stimson Hall G01
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
- TR Rockefeller Hall 104
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Hodes, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Morrill Hall 107
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2415
Course Description
This course is an introduction to the moral mind from philosophical and psychological perspectives. Many traditional philosophical problems about morality are being illuminated by current work in cognitive ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COGST 2415, PSYCH 2415
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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 Baker Laboratory 219
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Nichols, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 124
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 124
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 105
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
- MW Rockefeller Hall 122
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Markovits, J
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- F Uris Hall 204
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 127
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 127
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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
- MW Africana Ctr B01
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Taiwo, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2530
Course Description
What must (or could) God be like, and what reasons do we have for thinking that a being of that sort actually exists? What difference would (or could) the existence of God make to our lives? Religion & ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: RELST 2630
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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 Uris Hall 204
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Da Vee, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2640
Course Description
This course is an introduction to some of the central questions in metaphysics--the study of what there is and how it works. Possible topics include persistence through change, freedom of the will, the ... 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 Rockefeller Hall 104
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Paskell, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2830
Course Description
This course is an introduction to decision theory. Decision theory aims to answer a fundamental normative question: what ought one to do, given what one believes and values. Modern decision theory is a ... 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
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Korzukhin, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2990
Course Description
This course explores the meaning of Law and Society, which is an interdisciplinary study of the interactive nature of legal and social forces. A law and society perspective places law in its historical, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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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 Uris Hall 262
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Kohler-Hausmann, J
Lyon, B
Markovits, J
York Cornwell, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Class will be team-taught by four faculty members over the course of the semester.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 3180
Course Description
Philosophical writings from the late 19th century to early 20th century, by William James, Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, among others. Topics: metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind and language, ... 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
- MWF Stimson Hall G01
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Hodes, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Fall 2022: Philosophical writings from the late 19th century to early 20th century, by William James, Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, among others. Topics: metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind and language, and perhaps some value theory. Attention will be paid to relations between this literature and more recent work.
PHIL 3204
Course Description
An examination of the doctrines of the Greek philosophers working in the three centuries after the death of Aristotle. Emphasis on Stoicism, Epicureanism, and Skepticism. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 3661, PHIL 6204
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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 Rockefeller Hall 102
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 3231
Course Description
This course introduces students to Kant's moral philosophy, focusing on his normative ethics. We will pay special attention to how Kant's emphasis on virtue in his later ethical writings enables a response ... 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 Rockefeller Hall 127
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Yost, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 3250
Course Description
Survey of nineteenth century philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 3580, PHIL 6220
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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
- M Rockefeller Hall 127
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Kosch, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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. Combined with: PHIL 6610
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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 Uris Hall G26
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Kocurek, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 3710
Course Description
An introduction to some of the main issues in the philosophy of language. Topics may include names, definite descriptions, belief ascriptions, truth-conditional theories of meaning, pragmatics, and metaphor. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 3332, PHIL 6713
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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 Rockefeller Hall 128
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Starr, W
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
PHIL 4003
Course Description
Reading, translation, and English-language discussion of important texts in the German philosophical tradition. Readings for a given term are chosen in consultation with students. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 6131, PHIL 6030
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall 224
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Kosch, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor 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
- T Goldwin Smith Hall 327
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 Malott Hall 203
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Solecki, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 4311
Course Description
Advanced discussion of a topic in logic or foundational mathematics. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MATH 4820, PHIL 6311
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Philosophical Logic
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 102
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Walsh, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Fall 2022: The course provides an overview of the major foundational programs and the results that bear on them. Topics include logicism, constructivism, finitism, set-theoretic foundations, and Gödel's incompleteness theorems.
PHIL 4410
Course Description
Advanced seminar covering a topic in ethics and value theory. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 6410
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Diverse Embodiments
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall 236
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Manne, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Fall 2022: This seminar will theorize diverse forms of embodiment: being trans, being non-binary, being disabled, and/or being fat, and the corresponding forms of bigotry and bias that members of these groups face. The subject matter will be approached intersectionally, with special attention to race.
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 4611
Course Description
Advanced discussion of a topic in philosophical action theory. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 6611
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Responsibility
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G26
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Shoemaker, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Fall 2022: An advanced introduction to theories of responsibility, focusing in particular on normative approaches to responsibility that aim to sidestep metaphysical worries about freedom of the will. Topics will include: the nature of responsibility and whether there are multiple types; whether there’s something distinctive about moral (vs. nonmoral) responsibility; forward-looking vs. backward-looking theories of responsibility; holding responsible vs. being responsible; the nature and ethics of blame and praise; and how blame is related to punishment.
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
- TR Uris Hall 204
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Abusch, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 4941
Course Description
This course looks at the philosopher John Locke as a philosopher of dispossession. There is a uniquely Lockean mode of missionization, conception of mind and re-formulations of the 'soul' applied to dispossess ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AIIS 4200, AIIS 6200, AMST 4220, AMST 6220, PHIL 6941
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Caldwell Hall 400
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Richardson, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
- T Goldwin Smith Hall 327
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6030
Course Description
Reading, translation, and English-language discussion of important texts in the German philosophical tradition. Readings for a given term are chosen in consultation with students. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 6131, PHIL 4003
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall 224
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Kosch, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 Olin Library 603
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Silins, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6204
Course Description
For description, see CLASS 3661. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 3661, PHIL 3204
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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
- TR Rockefeller Hall 102
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6220
Course Description
Advanced discussion of topics or authors in "modern" Western philosophy (circa the 17th and 18th centuries). view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 3580, PHIL 3250
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: 19th Century Philosophy
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Rockefeller Hall 127
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Kosch, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6311
Course Description
Advanced discussion of a topic in logic or foundational mathematics. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MATH 4820, PHIL 4311
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Section Topic
Topic: Philosophical Logic
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 102
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Walsh, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Fall 2022: The course provides an overview of the major foundational programs and the results that bear on them. Topics include logicism, constructivism, finitism, set-theoretic foundations, and Gödel's incompleteness theorems.
PHIL 6410
Course Description
Graduate seminar covering a topic in ethics and value theory. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 4410
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Diverse Embodiments
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall 236
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Manne, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Fall 2022: This seminar will theorize diverse forms of embodiment: being trans, being non-binary, being disabled, and/or being fat, and the corresponding forms of bigotry and bias that members of these groups face. The subject matter will be approached intersectionally, with special attention to race.
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6610
Course Description
An intensive seminar on a special topic in epistemology to be determined by the instructor. Potential topics include: What are the limits of knowledge? What is the extent and nature of our knowledge of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 3610
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Section Topic
Topic: Contemporary Debates in Epistemology
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Hall G26
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Kocurek, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6611
Course Description
Advanced discussion of a topic in philosophical action theory. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 4611
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Section Topic
Topic: Responsibilty
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G26
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Shoemaker, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Fall 2022: An advanced introduction to theories of responsibility, focusing in particular on normative approaches to responsibility that aim to sidestep metaphysical worries about freedom of the will. Topics will include: the nature of responsibility and whether there are multiple types; whether there’s something distinctive about moral (vs. nonmoral) responsibility; forward-looking vs. backward-looking theories of responsibility; holding responsible vs. being responsible; the nature and ethics of blame and praise; and how blame is related to punishment.
PHIL 6713
Course Description
An introduction to some of the main issues in the philosophy of language. Topics may include names, definite descriptions, belief ascriptions, truth-conditional theories of meaning, pragmatics, and metaphor. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 3332, PHIL 3710
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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
- TR Rockefeller Hall 128
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Starr, W
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
- TR Uris Hall 204
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Abusch, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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: Super-linguistics: empirical and theoretical
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Morrill Hall 110
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Abusch, D
Rooth, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Topic Notes: Focus and Ellipsis The seminar will look at these phenomena, and interactions between them. Topics include alternative semantics for focus and contrastive topic; the prosodic phonology of focus; interactions among focus, ellipsis, and bound variables; focus and scalar implicature; syntactic and semantic formulations of ellipsis; focus licensing of ellipsis; arguments against alternative semantics for focus; arguments favoring syntactic or semantic accounts of ellipsis. A few classes will also be dedicated to cross-modal semantics.
PHIL 6922
Course Description
Social science research almost always combines empirical observation (data), the construction of concepts (language), and the logical analysis of the relations between observations and concepts (statistics). ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ECON 6910, GOVT 6122
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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
- F Olin Library 403
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Bensel, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6941
Course Description
This course looks at the philosopher John Locke as a philosopher of dispossession. There is a uniquely Lockean mode of missionization, conception of mind and re-formulations of the 'soul' applied to dispossess ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AIIS 4200, AIIS 6200, AMST 4220, AMST 6220, PHIL 4941
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Caldwell Hall 400
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Richardson, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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)
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 Sibley Hall 318
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Markovits, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person