Philosophy (PHIL)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

PHIL 1100

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

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9402 PHIL 1100   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Shoemaker, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9403 PHIL 1100   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9404 PHIL 1100   DIS 202

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9405 PHIL 1100   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9406 PHIL 1100   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9407 PHIL 1100   DIS 205

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9408 PHIL 1100   DIS 206

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9409 PHIL 1100   DIS 207

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9410 PHIL 1100   DIS 208

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 1110

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: The Stoic Life

  •  2344 PHIL 1110   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Wang, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  2345 PHIL 1110   SEM 102

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: The Ethics of Belief

  •  2346 PHIL 1110   SEM 103

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Taraz, F

  • 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

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: The Emotions

  •  2342 PHIL 1111   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Turyn, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Sexual Ethics

  •  2343 PHIL 1111   SEM 102

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Chakrabarty, U

  • 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

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Virtue Ethics—East & West

  •  2347 PHIL 1112   SEM 101

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Zhu, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Exploring Empathy

  •  2348 PHIL 1112   SEM 102

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Payne, Z

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Perception—Modern to Contemporary

  •  2349 PHIL 1112   SEM 103

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Choi, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: On Life & Death-Phil Puzzles of a Mortal Life

  •  2350 PHIL 1112   SEM 104

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Melamed, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Plato’s Phaedrus

  •  2351 PHIL 1112   SEM 105

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

PHIL 1440

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

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9502 PHIL 1440   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9503 PHIL 1440   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9504 PHIL 1440   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9505 PHIL 1440   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 1620

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 10758 PHIL 1620   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 1621

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 1104LING 1104PSYCH 1104

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 10910 PHIL 1621   SEM 101

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Winship, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 1950

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 10680 PHIL 1950   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10681 PHIL 1950   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10682 PHIL 1950   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10683 PHIL 1950   DIS 203

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10684 PHIL 1950   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10685 PHIL 1950   DIS 205

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 1960

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9500 PHIL 1960   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2200

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

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9411 PHIL 2200   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9412 PHIL 2200   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9413 PHIL 2200   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9414 PHIL 2200   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2310

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COGST 2310

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9419 PHIL 2310   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9420 PHIL 2310   DIS 201

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2420

This course will examine key issues in social and political philosophy. Topics may include the legitimacy of the state, political obligation, the nature and demands of justice, equality, liberty, and autonomy. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 2605

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9423 PHIL 2420   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Yost, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2430

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 2432

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9506 PHIL 2430   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9507 PHIL 2430   DIS 201

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9508 PHIL 2430   DIS 202

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9509 PHIL 2430   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2473

Computing is ubiquitous in modern life, and essential to professional work in engineering and many other disciplines. However, computing technologies, especially artificial intelligence, raise distinctive ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGRG 3605STS 3605

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6689 PHIL 2473   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Goetze, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2525

No description available. view course details

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8154 PHIL 2525   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Taiwo, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2611

This course will introduce students to some central questions in epistemology (often defined as the philosophical study of knowledge), using both contemporary and historical readings. For example, we will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9519 PHIL 2611   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Das, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2835

The course is an introduction to game theory for students from diverse disciplinary backgrounds and interests. Game theory is a discipline barely one hundred years old. Its rise to prominence, with implications ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 2801ECON 2801GOVT 2803

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8274 PHIL 2835   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Basu, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2990

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9520 PHIL 2990   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 3204

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 3661

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6752 PHIL 3204   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 3480

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9501 PHIL 3480   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 3610

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 6610

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9481 PHIL 3610   LEC 001

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Das, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 4002

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  9437 PHIL 4002   SEM 101

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 4200

Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. Topics vary by instructors. view course details

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Plato on Pleasure

  •  9440 PHIL 4200   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 4310

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one project. Combined with: MATH 4810

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11691 PHIL 4310   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Solecki, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 11692 PHIL 4310   PRJ 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Solecki, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 4430

Advanced discussion of a topic in social and political philosophy. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LAW 7782PHIL 6430

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9521 PHIL 4430   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 4620

Advanced discussion of a topic in Philosophy of Mind. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 4625COGST 6620PHIL 6620

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Belief, Influence, and Evidence

  •  9487 PHIL 4620   SEM 101

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 4710

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

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Communication and Social Conflict

  •  9442 PHIL 4710   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 4730

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: LING 4421LING 6421PHIL 6730

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16344 PHIL 4730   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Murray, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 16345 PHIL 4730   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Murray, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 4900

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  9445 PHIL 4900   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  9446 PHIL 4900   IND 603

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  9447 PHIL 4900   IND 605

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  9448 PHIL 4900   IND 607

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  9449 PHIL 4900   IND 609

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  9450 PHIL 4900   IND 610

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Steinberg, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  9451 PHIL 4900   IND 611

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  9452 PHIL 4900   IND 613

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  9453 PHIL 4900   IND 615

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  9454 PHIL 4900   IND 619

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  9455 PHIL 4900   IND 620

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  9456 PHIL 4900   IND 622

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Atiq, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  9457 PHIL 4900   IND 623

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Yost, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 4901

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9498 PHIL 4901   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 6010

Reading and translation of Greek Philosophical texts. view course details

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

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9492 PHIL 6010   SEM 101

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6020

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  9494 PHIL 6020   SEM 101

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6040

Reading, translation, and English-language discussion of important French philosophical texts. Readings are chosen in consultation with students. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9523 PHIL 6040   SEM 101

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6100

Seminar for first year Philosophy graduate students. Other philosophy PhD students may enroll with prior permission of instructor. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  9499 PHIL 6100   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: first-year Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) students.

PHIL 6200

Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. Topics vary by instructors. view course details

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Plato on Pleasure

  •  9458 PHIL 6200   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6220

Advanced discussion of topics or authors in modern Western philosophy (circa the 17th and 18th centuries). view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9515 PHIL 6220   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6410

Graduate seminar covering a topic in ethics and value theory. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LAW 7222

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9460 PHIL 6410   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Atiq, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6417

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LAW 7178

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 11887 PHIL 6417   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6430

Advanced discussion of a topic in social and political philosophy. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LAW 7782PHIL 4430

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9489 PHIL 6430   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6610

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 3610

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  9491 PHIL 6610   LEC 001

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Das, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6620

Advanced discussion of a topic in Philosophy of Mind. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 4625COGST 6620PHIL 4620

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Belief, Influence, and Evidence

  •  9461 PHIL 6620   SEM 101

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6710

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

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Communication and Social Conflict

  •  9484 PHIL 6710   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6730

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: LING 4421LING 6421PHIL 4730

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16396 PHIL 6730   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Murray, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 16397 PHIL 6730   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Murray, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 6740

Addresses current theoretical and empirical issues in semantics. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: LING 7711

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Super-linguistics: empirical and theoretical

  • 16368 PHIL 6740   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Rooth, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 16369 PHIL 6740   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Rooth, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 7000

Independent study for graduate students only. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9463 PHIL 7000   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9464 PHIL 7000   IND 602

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9465 PHIL 7000   IND 603

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9466 PHIL 7000   IND 604

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Shoemaker, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9467 PHIL 7000   IND 605

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9469 PHIL 7000   IND 607

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9470 PHIL 7000   IND 609

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9471 PHIL 7000   IND 610

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Murray, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9472 PHIL 7000   IND 611

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9473 PHIL 7000   IND 613

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9474 PHIL 7000   IND 614

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Doris, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9475 PHIL 7000   IND 615

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9476 PHIL 7000   IND 616

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9477 PHIL 7000   IND 617

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Moore, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9478 PHIL 7000   IND 619

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9479 PHIL 7000   IND 622

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Atiq, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9480 PHIL 7000   IND 623

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Basu, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 7900

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  9514 PHIL 7900   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 7910

Talks by philosophy graduate students sharing their current work and seeking feedback from fellow graduate students. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit S/U NoAud

  •  9524 PHIL 7910   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 7950

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit S/U NoAud

  •  9522 PHIL 7950   LEC 001

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students in the field of Philosophy.