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PHIL 1100
Course Description
A general introduction to some of the main topics, texts, and methods of philosophy. Topics may include the existence of God, the nature of mind and its relation to the body, causation, free will, knowledge ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Fairbairn, F
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Rockefeller Hall 112
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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- F Rockefeller Hall 128
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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- F Uris Hall 262
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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- F Rockefeller Hall 115
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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- F Lincoln Hall 107
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS:Problems in Applied Ethics
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 303
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Esposito, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Free Will and the Self
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 160
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Sales, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Environmental Ethics
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G88
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Boeglin, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS:Philosophy of Science
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3331
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Fairbairn, F
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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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 Uris Hall 369
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Korzukhin, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Reason and Belief in God
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 301
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Da Vee, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Ethics of Dying in Ancient Philosophy
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3331
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Proios, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Borders, Immigration, and Citizenship
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3331
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Yost, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Virtue and the Good Life
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G88
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Gounot, Q
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PHIL 1902
Course Description
From marketing, to sharing our life experiences, to getting the news, social media permeates our lives. In the process, it raises important challenges regarding the self, corporate responsibility, and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CRP 3899
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit S/U NoAud(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (no audit))
PHIL 1910
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 ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 1101, CS 1710, 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
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Swallow, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
PHIL 1911
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)
PHIL 1920
Course Description
This course offers a survey of political theory in the West. We will examine some of the persistent dilemmas of politics and the attempts of several canonical political theorists to respond to them: Plato, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 1615
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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 Mcgraw Hall 165
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Markell, P
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Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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- T McGraw Hall 145
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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- R McGraw Hall 145
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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- R White Hall 110
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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- F White Hall 104
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
PHIL 2220
Course Description
A survey of Western philosophy in the 17th and 18th centuries: Descartes, Locke, Spinoza, Leibniz, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. We focus largely on epistemology (ideas, skepticism, belief, knowledge, science) ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 230
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Hubner, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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- W Uris Hall G26
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 122
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 124
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
PHIL 2300
Course Description
This course will survey a number of famous paradoxes about the nature of time, identity, logic, science, belief, decision, and value. Some of these paradoxes have widely accepted answers, but many do not. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Kocurek, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 236
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 236
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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 Klarman Hall KG42
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Korzukhin, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Rockefeller Hall 105
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Korzukhin, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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
- TR Rockefeller Hall 230
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Markovits, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Uris Hall 204
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 127
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Lincoln Hall 107
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
PHIL 2415
Course Description
This course is an introduction to the moral mind from philosophical and psychological perspectives. Many traditional philosophical problems about morality are being illuminated by current work in cognitive ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PSYCH 2415
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 142
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Nichols, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 127
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Nichols, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall B16
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Nichols, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Uris Hall 498
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Nichols, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
PHIL 2530
Course Description
What must (or could) God be like, and what reasons do we have for thinking that a being of that sort actually exists? What difference would (or could) the existence of God make to our lives? Religion & ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: RELST 2630
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Rockefeller Hall 102
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
MacDonald, S
- W Rockefeller Hall 231
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
MacDonald, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
PHIL 2945
Course Description
This course examines the political theory of civil disobedience. Do citizens have obligations to obey unjust laws? What makes disobedience civil rather than criminal? How do acts of protest influence public ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3785, GOVT 3785
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Baker Laboratory 335
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Livingston, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- W White Hall 110
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F White Hall 110
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Rockefeller Hall 187
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 187
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
PHIL 2960
Course Description
Politicians, scientists, and citizens worldwide face many environmental issues today, but they are neither simple nor straightforward. Moreover, there are many ways to understand how we have, do, and could ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 2061, STS 2061
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Pritchard, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Rockefeller Hall 110
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Pritchard, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Rockefeller Hall 110
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Pritchard, S
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Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Rockefeller Hall B16
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Pritchard, S
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Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
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- W Rockefeller Hall B16
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Pritchard, S
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Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 3180
Course Description
Philosophical writings from 1885 to 1915, by Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell, among others. Topics: metaphysics, semantics, epistemology, and value theory. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Hodes, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
PHIL 3204
Course Description
An examination of the doctrines of the Greek philosophers working in the three centuries after the death of Aristotle. Emphasis on Stoicism, Epicureanism, and Skepticism. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 3661
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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 Statler Hall 445
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Brittain, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
PHIL 3310
Course Description
A mathematical study of the formal languages of standard first-order propositional and predicate logic, including their syntax, semantics, and deductive systems. The basic apparatus of model theory will ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MATH 2810
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G26
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Hodes, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Uris Hall G26
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
PHIL 3475
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 142
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Yost, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
This course addresses central debates in the philosophy of legal punishment. We will analyze the leading theories of punishment, including the familiar retributivist and deterrent alternatives, as well as lesser-known hybrid, self-defense, and rehabilitative accounts. We will ask whether each theory offers a general justification for establishing institutions of punishment, and whether each theory justifies specific acts of punishment. Other topics may include criminal responsibility, the legitimacy of collateral consequences (e.g., the denial of felons’ voting rights), alternatives to punishment, etc.
PHIL 3900
Course Description
To be taken only in exceptional circumstances. Must be arranged by the student with his or her advisor and the faculty member who has agreed to direct the study. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Twelve Week.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Twelve Week.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
PHIL 4002
Course Description
Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7262, MEDVL 4002, MEDVL 6020, PHIL 6020, RELST 4100, RELST 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
PHIL 4110
Course Description
Reading and translation of Greek philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GREEK 7161, PHIL 6010
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
PHIL 4200
Course Description
Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4662, CLASS 7173, PHIL 6200
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Rockefeller Hall 187
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
PHIL 4215
Course Description
Advanced discussion of a topic in medieval philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: RELST 4215
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Aquinas
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall 320
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
MacDonald, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 4220
Course Description
Advanced discussion of topics or authors in "modern" Western philosophy (circa the 17th and 18th centuries). view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 4210, JWST 6210, PHIL 6220
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Spinoza on the Mind
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- TR Uris Hall 498
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Hubner, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
This course will focus on the work of the influential early modern Jewish philosopher, Baruch Spinoza, and in particular on his unorthodox views about the nature and scope of mindedness and thinking. Spinoza was a panpsychist: someone who holds that all things in nature -- even humble slugs -- think in some way and to some degree; he also held that all creaturely ideas (including human ideas) are just parts of a single, infinite, cosmic intellect; finally, he held that being thought about is a particular way of having existence, such that whenever I think about my cat, for example, this very cat comes to exist as a purely mental object, in addition to already existing as a furry, meowing, spatio-temporal creature. In addition to looking at these puzzling theses, we will also investigate how Spinoza understood intentionality (or thought's directedness at objects) more generally; how he understood what it takes to form an idea; how ideas represent or fail to represent things; the relation between creaturely minds and the divine intellect; and the relation between being and thought on the cosmic level. We will also spend time examining Spinoza's debt to his medieval Jewish philosophers, notably Maimonides and Gersonides, as well as Spinoza's influence on late 19th century and early 20th Idealists, who were drawn to Spinoza's philosophy by the central place it assigns to thought in nature.
PHIL 4611
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 6611
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Relation between Knowledge & Action
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall 122
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Pavese, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 4620
Course Description
Advanced discussion of a topic in Philosophy of Mind. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 6620, PHIL 6620
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Moral Learning
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Rockefeller Hall 189
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Nichols, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 4710
Course Description
An investigation of varying topics in the philosophy of language including reference, meaning, the relationship between language and thought, communication, modality, logic and pragmatics. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 4712, LING 6634, PHIL 6710
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Kocurek, A
Starr, W
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
PHIL 4720
Course Description
What is the relationship between what words mean and how they are used? What is part of the grammar and what is a result of general reasoning? Pragmatics is often thought of as the study of how meaning ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 4425, COGST 6425, LING 4425, LING 6425, PHIL 6720
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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 107
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Murray, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
PHIL 4900
Course Description
Majors in philosophy may choose to pursue honors in their senior year. Students undertake research leading to the writing of an honors essay by the end of the final semester. Prospective candidates should ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
PHIL 4901
Course Description
Majors in philosophy may choose to pursue honors in their senior year. Students undertake research leading to the writing of an honors essay by the end of the final semester. Prospective candidates should ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
PHIL 6010
Course Description
Reading and translation of Greek Philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GREEK 7161, PHIL 4110
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
PHIL 6020
Course Description
Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7262, MEDVL 4002, MEDVL 6020, PHIL 4002, RELST 4100, RELST 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
PHIL 6200
Course Description
Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4662, CLASS 7173, PHIL 4200
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Platonism after Plato
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Rockefeller Hall 187
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6220
Course Description
Advanced discussion of topics or authors in "modern" Western philosophy (circa the 17th and 18th centuries). view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 4210, JWST 6210, PHIL 4220
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Section Topic
Topic: Spinoza on the Mind
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 498
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Hubner, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
This course will focus on the work of the influential early modern Jewish philosopher, Baruch Spinoza, and in particular on his unorthodox views about the nature and scope of mindedness and thinking. Spinoza was a panpsychist: someone who holds that all things in nature -- even humble slugs -- think in some way and to some degree; he also held that all creaturely ideas (including human ideas) are just parts of a single, infinite, cosmic intellect; finally, he held that being thought about is a particular way of having existence, such that whenever I think about my cat, for example, this very cat comes to exist as a purely mental object, in addition to already existing as a furry, meowing, spatio-temporal creature. In addition to looking at these puzzling theses, we will also investigate how Spinoza understood intentionality (or thought's directedness at objects) more generally; how he understood what it takes to form an idea; how ideas represent or fail to represent things; the relation between creaturely minds and the divine intellect; and the relation between being and thought on the cosmic level. We will also spend time examining Spinoza's debt to his medieval Jewish philosophers, notably Maimonides and Gersonides, as well as Spinoza's influence on late 19th century and early 20th Idealists, who were drawn to Spinoza's philosophy by the central place it assigns to thought in nature.
PHIL 6410
Course Description
Graduate seminar covering a topic in ethics and value theory. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Themes from Kantian Ethics
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G20
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Markovits, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6611
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 4611
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Section Topic
Topic: Relation between Knowledge & Action
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall 122
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Pavese, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
Spring 2020: An advanced introduction to action theory, focusing on the relation between knowledge and action
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6620
Course Description
Advanced discussion of a topic in Philosophy of Mind. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 6620, PHIL 4620
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Moral Learning
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Rockefeller Hall 189
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Nichols, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6710
Course Description
An investigation of varying topics in the philosophy of language including reference, meaning, the relationship between language and thought, communication, modality, logic and pragmatics. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 4712, LING 6634, PHIL 4710
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Kocurek, A
Starr, W
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
PHIL 6720
Course Description
What is the relationship between what words mean and how they are used? What is part of the grammar and what is a result of general reasoning? Pragmatics is often thought of as the study of how meaning ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 4425, COGST 6425, LING 4425, LING 6425, PHIL 4720
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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 107
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Murray, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
PHIL 6731
Course Description
Uses the techniques introduced in Semantics I to analyze linguistic phenomena, including quantifier scope, ellipsis, and referential pronouns. Temporal and possible worlds semantics are introduced and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 6422
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Hall G22
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Mendia, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
PHIL 6740
Course Description
Addresses current theoretical and empirical issues in semantics. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 7711
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Morrill Hall 226E
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Murray, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
PHIL 7000
Course Description
Independent study for graduate students only. view course details