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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 Goldwin Smith Hall 132-HEC Aud
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Shoemaker, D
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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- F White Hall 104
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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Staff
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- F Uris Hall G26
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Staff
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- F Baker Laboratory G08
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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Staff
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall 122
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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Staff
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- R Uris Hall 302
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Staff
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- F Uris Hall 302
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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Staff
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Staff
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- R Uris Hall G20
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
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: Feminism, Gender, and Education
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 369
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Manne, 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: Be the Ethicist—Sexual Ethics
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Uris Hall 398
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Winckler-Olick, H
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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: Agree on How to Disagree—Ethics, Politics,Art
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Taraz, F
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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: Enjoy the Silence
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G20
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Castro Maldonado, 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: Feminism for All Genders
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR McGraw Hall 215
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Takaoka, 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:Ethics-Sex& Relationships
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Stimson Hall 106
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Takaoka, 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 Clark Hall 294H
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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: Explaining Consciousness
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G88
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Dietl, E
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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: Explaining Consciousness
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 187
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Dietl, E
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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: Core Issues in Philosophy
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 189
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Zhou, L
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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: Excuses
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Ives Hall 116
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Orttung, J
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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: Thought-Crimes and Thought-Police
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 156
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Weiss, G
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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: Philosophical Feminism
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 110
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Kosch, 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: Ancient Greek Cosmology
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Olin Hall 145
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
De Leonardis, S
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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 Artificial Intelligence
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Hall G01
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
McCellion, L
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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: Plato’s Republic
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Frank H T Rhodes Hall 253
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Wang, C
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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 1620
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to the science of the mind. Everyone knows what it's like to think and perceive, but this subjective experience provides little insight into how minds emerge from physical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 1101, CS 1710, HD 1102, LING 1170, PSYCH 1102
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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 Uris Hall G01
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Nichols, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 1621
Course Description
This section is highly recommended for students who are interested in learning about the topics covered in the main course through writing and discussion. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 1104, LING 1104, PSYCH 1104
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Uris Hall 438
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Chen, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 1650
Course Description
This course offers an introduction to the philosophy of race. It canvasses key debates in the field concerning the metaphysical status of race, the relationship between the concept of race and racism (and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 1650
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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 Morrill Hall 111
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Yost, B
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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, GOVT 2225, ILROB 2220, PUBPOL 2220, SOC 2220
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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 Klarman Hall KG70: Rhodes Rawl
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Young, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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- F Uris Hall 498
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Young, C
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 122
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Young, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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- F Statler Hall 441
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Young, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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- F Uris Hall 204
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Young, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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- F Uris Hall 498
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Young, C
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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 498
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Young, C
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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 Statler Hall 441
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Young, C
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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 122
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Young, C
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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 Sibley Hall 208
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Yost, B
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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
- MWF Savage Hall 100
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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 Goldwin Smith Hall 124
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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 Uris Hall 498
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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 Rockefeller Hall 103
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2260
Course Description
This course examines slavery as a topic of philosophical analysis. Surveying a range of ancient and modern discourses, we will think together about the following questions: What is slavery? What is a slave? ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Rockefeller Hall 128
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Alimi, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Morrill Hall 111
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Alimi, O
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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
- MWF Rockefeller Hall 112
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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
- W Rockefeller Hall 104
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2410
Course Description
This will be a lecture course on classic and contemporary work on central topics in ethics. The first third of the course will focus on metaethics: we will examine the meaning of moral claims and ask whether ... 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 Goldwin Smith Hall 142
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Kamtekar, R
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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 Rockefeller Hall 102
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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 Sibley Hall 115
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2430
Course Description
The course concerns the principles and philosophical arguments underlying conflicts and moral dilemmas of central and ongoing concern to society as they arise within legal contexts. We consider questions ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 2432
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 230
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Marmor, A
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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 Morrill Hall 111
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 236
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2621
Course Description
Throughout history, metaphors drawn from technology of the time have been proposed to understand how the mind works. While Locke likened the newborn's mind to a blank slate, Freud compared the mind to ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COGST 2621
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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 Baker Laboratory 119
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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
- F Sibley Hall 115
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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 Rockefeller Hall 102
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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 Sibley Hall 115
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2965
Course Description
This course is an in-depth study of ecological justice from feminist, queer, and trans perspectives. Historically, people marginalized by race, gender, sexuality, disability, and poverty have borne the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 2024
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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 McGraw Hall 365
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Zurn, P
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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
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 132-HEC Aud
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Lieberwitz, R
Lyon, B
Shoemaker, D
York Cornwell, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 3180
Course Description
In this course, we will consider some philosophical writings from the last third of the 19th century through the early 20th century that are both of interest in themselves and helped shape philosophical ... 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
- T McGraw Hall 366
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Hubner, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 3300
Course Description
This will be a course on standard set theory (first developed by Ernst Zermelo early in the 20th century): the basic concepts of sethood and membership, operations on sets, functions as sets, the set-theoretic ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MATH 3840, PHIL 6311
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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 Stimson Hall G01
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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 Sibley Hall 115
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Hodes, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 3480
Course Description
This will be a class on various topics in the philosophy of law. Some questions we'll be considering: What is law? Do laws have moral content? What is the proper role of judges in interpreting the law? ... 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 Uris Hall G26
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Markovits, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 3830
Course Description
This course delves into decision theory. We shall be concerned with a fundamental normative question: what ought one to do, given what one believes and values. Our focus, throughout, will be on philosophical ... 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
- MWF Rockefeller Hall 128
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Korzukhin, 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
- W White Hall 110
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Korzukhin, T
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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
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Nichols, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Manne, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Hodes, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Kosch, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
MacDonald, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Pereboom, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Silins, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Marmor, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Manne, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Atiq, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 4002
Course Description
Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7262, MEDVL 4002, MEDVL 6020, PHIL 6020, RELST 4100, RELST 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Hans Bethe House 125
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Brittain, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 4200
Course Description
Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. Topics vary by instructors. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4662, CLASS 7173, PHIL 6200
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Causation in Anc Phil and Cognitive Sci
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Uris Hall 302
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Kamtekar, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 4310
Course Description
First course in mathematical logic providing precise definitions of the language of mathematics and the notion of proof (propositional and predicate logic). The completeness theorem says that we have all ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one project. 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
- MWF Malott Hall 206
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Moore, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 4490
Course Description
Feminist approaches to questions in metaphysics, epistemology, language, and value theory. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 4491, PHIL 6490
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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
- M Uris Hall 204
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Manne, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 4495
Course Description
The question "What is gender?" is an increasingly thorny and political one. This course provides students with an advanced introduction to debates about the nature and function of gender in contemporary ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 4124
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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
- R Uris Hall 204
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Zurn, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Knowledge and Action
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Uris Hall 204
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Pavese, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 4710
Course Description
An investigation of varying topics in the philosophy of language including reference, meaning, the relationship between language and thought, communication, modality, logic and pragmatics. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 4730, COGST 6710, LING 4712, LING 6634, PHIL 6710
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Communication as Social Practice
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Stimson Hall 206
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Starr, W
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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. Choose one lecture and one independent study. 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 Morrill Hall 226E
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Abusch, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 4900
Course Description
Majors in philosophy may choose to pursue writing of an honors thesis in their senior year. Students undertake research leading to the writing of an honors essay by the end of the final semester. Prospective ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
PHIL 4901
Course Description
Majors in philosophy may choose to pursue writing of an honors thesis in their senior year. Students undertake research leading to the writing of an honors essay by the end of the final semester. Prospective ... view course details
PHIL 6010
Course Description
Reading and translation of Greek Philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GREEK 7161
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 327
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6020
Course Description
Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7262, MEDVL 4002, MEDVL 6020, PHIL 4002, RELST 4100, RELST 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Hans Bethe House 125
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Brittain, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6040
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Riley-Robb Hall 105
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Silins, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department 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
3 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Olin Library 403
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Silins, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6200
Course Description
Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. Topics vary by instructors. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4662, CLASS 7173, PHIL 4200
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Causation in Anc Phil & Cognitive Sci
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Uris Hall 302
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Kamtekar, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6290
Course Description
An introduction to current research in the history of philosophy primarily through engagement with a variety of presentations of such research by Cornell faculty, visiting scholars, and advanced graduate ... 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
- M Uris Hall 260
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Alimi, O
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6311
Course Description
Advanced discussion of a topic in logic or foundational mathematics. Topics vary by instructor. For descriptions of each topic, please visit the university class roster. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MATH 3840, PHIL 3300
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Section Topic
Topic: Set Theory
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Stimson Hall G01
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Hodes, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Section Topic
Topic: Set Theory
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Sibley Hall 115
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Hodes, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6417
Course Description
What makes discrimination wrongful, when it is? Does its wrongness depend on social context and historical background? Does it depend on harmful consequences? What makes a certain ground of discrimination ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LAW 7178
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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
- W Myron Taylor Hall 479
- Aug 26 - Dec 5, 2024
Instructors
Marmor, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6430
Course Description
Advanced discussion of a topic in social and political philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LAW 7782
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Justice: Domestic, Global, and Intergenerational
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Rockefeller Hall 103
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Marmor, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6490
Course Description
Feminist approaches to questions in metaphysics, epistemology, language, and value theory. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 4491, PHIL 4490
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Uris Hall 204
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Manne, K
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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
3 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Section Topic
Topic: Knowledge and Action
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Uris Hall 204
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Pavese, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6710
Course Description
An investigation of varying topics in the philosophy of language including reference, meaning, the relationship between language and thought, communication, modality, logic and pragmatics. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 4730, COGST 6710, LING 4712, LING 6634, PHIL 4710
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
-
Section Topic
Topic: Communication as Social Practice
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Class Number & Section Details
-
Meeting Pattern
- R Stimson Hall 206
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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. Choose one lecture and one independent study. 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 Morrill Hall 226E
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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. Choose one seminar and one independent study. 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 102
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Abusch, D
Rooth, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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. Choose one seminar and one independent study. 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
- R Olin Library 403
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Bensel, R
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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.
-
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
3 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Klarman Hall KG44
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Markovits, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 7950
Course Description
Invited talks in philosophy given by both outside speakers and members of the Cornell community. Enrollment for credit is required for first- and second-year philosophy graduate students. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit S/U NoAud(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 142
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to: graduate students members in the field of Philosophy.