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PHIL 1100
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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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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Shoemaker, D
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- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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PHIL 1440
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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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Starr, W
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- Aug 24, 2022
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- Sep 7, 2022
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- Sep 21, 2022
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- Oct 5, 2022
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- Oct 19, 2022
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- Nov 2, 2022
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- W To Be Assigned
- Nov 16, 2022
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- F To Be Assigned
- Aug 26, 2022
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- Sep 9, 2022
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- Sep 23, 2022
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- Oct 7, 2022
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- Oct 21, 2022
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- Nov 4, 2022
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- Nov 18, 2022
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- Aug 31, 2022
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- Sep 14, 2022
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- Sep 28, 2022
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- Oct 12, 2022
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- Oct 26, 2022
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- Nov 9, 2022
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- Nov 30, 2022
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- Sep 2, 2022
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- Sep 16, 2022
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- Nov 11, 2022
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- Dec 2, 2022
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PHIL 1950
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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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4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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- TR To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Sullivan, J
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- F
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Young, C
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- F
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Young, C
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- F
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Young, C
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- F
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Young, C
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- F
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Young, C
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- F
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Young, C
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- F
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Young, C
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- F
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Young, C
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- F
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Young, C
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PHIL 1960
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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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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Manne, D
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PHIL 2200
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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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Brennan, T
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- R To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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- R To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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- R To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Kocurek, A
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- F To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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- F To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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PHIL 2310
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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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Hodes, H
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- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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PHIL 2415
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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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Nichols, S
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- F To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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PHIL 2455
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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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Markovits, J
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- F To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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- F To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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- F To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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PHIL 2525
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No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2020
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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PHIL 2530
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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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Da Vee, D
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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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Paskell, M
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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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MWF To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Korzukhin, T
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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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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Kohler-Hausmann, J
Lyon, B
Markovits, J
York Cornwell, E
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Class will be team-taught by four faculty members over the course of the semester.
PHIL 3180
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This course in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of psychology investigates three important turn-of-the-20th-century movements: the foundations of German and French phenomenology, British ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MWF To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Hodes, H
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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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Brennan, T
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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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Yost, B
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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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- M To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Kosch, M
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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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Kocurek, A
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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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Starr, W
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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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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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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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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
PHIL 4003
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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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1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- M Goldwin Smith Hall 224
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Kosch, M
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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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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TBA Goldwin Smith Hall 327
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Brennan, T
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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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Solecki, S
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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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Philosophical Logic
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- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Walsh, J
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Fall 2022: An introduction to philosophical logic. Topics include quantification, definite descriptions, conditionals, modality, logical consequence, intuitionistic logic, relevance logic, the relation of logic and reasoning, and vagueness.
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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Topic: Diverse Embodiments
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- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Manne, K
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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.
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PHIL 4611
Course Description
An advanced introduction to action theory, focusing on the relation between knowledge and action. We look at classical attempts in action theory to analyze intentional action, such as Anscombe, Davidson, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 6611
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Topic: Responsibility
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- TR To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Shoemaker, D
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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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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Abusch, D
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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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4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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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 To Be Assigned
- 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
- TBA Goldwin Smith Hall 327
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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)
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
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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 To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Silins, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6204
Course Description
No description available. 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 To Be Assigned
- 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 Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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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 To Be Assigned
- 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 To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Walsh, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Fall 2022: An introduction to philosophical logic. Topics include quantification, definite descriptions, conditionals, modality, logical consequence, intuitionistic logic, relevance logic, the relation of logic and reasoning, and vagueness.
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 To Be Assigned
- 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.
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 To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Kocurek, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6611
Course Description
An advanced introduction to action theory, focusing on the relation between knowledge and action. We look at classical attempts in action theory to analyze intentional action, such as Anscombe, Davidson, ... 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 To Be Assigned
- 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 To Be Assigned
- 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 To Be Assigned
- 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 To Be Assigned
- 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 To Be Assigned
- 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 To Be Assigned
- 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)
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 To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Markovits, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person