Philosophy (PHIL)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.

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

  •  4359 PHIL 1100   LEC 001

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  4360 PHIL 1100   DIS 201

    • F Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  4361 PHIL 1100   DIS 202

    • F Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  4362 PHIL 1100   DIS 203

    • F Upson Hall 106
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
    Hybrid: rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  •  7296 PHIL 1100   DIS 205

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
    Hybrid: rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

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: Free Will and Moral Responsbility

  • 18437 PHIL 1111   SEM 101

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Zhou, L

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    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: Explaining Consciousness

  • 18438 PHIL 1111   SEM 102

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Dietl, E

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    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: Work, Idleness, & Freedom

  • 18439 PHIL 1111   SEM 103

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Jovanovska, S

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    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: Ethical Controversies

  • 18440 PHIL 1112   SEM 101

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Da Vee, D

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    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: Methods of Buddhist Phil

  • 18441 PHIL 1112   SEM 102

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Kwiatek, T

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    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: What is Race?

  • 18442 PHIL 1112   SEM 103

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Ramirez, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    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:Justifying Political Power

  • 18443 PHIL 1112   SEM 104

    • M Statler Hall 396
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Southgate, L

    • WF Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Southgate, L

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
    Hybrid: in person attendance supplemented by additional online contact hours. For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Philosophy of Social Media

  • 18444 PHIL 1112   SEM 105

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Faller, A

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

PHIL 1650

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 1650

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16685 PHIL 1650   LEC 001

    • TR Warren Hall 175
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Yost, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

PHIL 1910

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

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Syllabi: none
  •  6161 PHIL 1910   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Swallow, K

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 1911

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

  •  6654 PHIL 1911   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 1920

This course introduces students to political theory as a distinctive mode of political inquiry. By surveying the wide range of forms through which political theory has been practiced—such as treatises, ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 1615

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7401 PHIL 1920   LEC 001

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Markell, P

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  7537 PHIL 1920   DIS 201

    • R Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  7538 PHIL 1920   DIS 202

    • R Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  7539 PHIL 1920   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  •  7540 PHIL 1920   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  • 20859 PHIL 1920   DIS 205

    • R Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 20860 PHIL 1920   DIS 206

    • F Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

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 Graded

  • 16485 PHIL 1960   LEC 001

    • TR Weill Hall 125
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Yost, B

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
    Hybrid: Rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20032 PHIL 1960   LEC 002

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Yost, B

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 2220

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

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7556 PHIL 2220   LEC 001

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Steinberg, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  7557 PHIL 2220   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  •  7559 PHIL 2220   DIS 203

    • F Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Steinberg, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

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

  •  8684 PHIL 2310   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous

  •  8687 PHIL 2310   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
    Hybrid: rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  • 16617 PHIL 2310   DIS 202

    • W Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 2410

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

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6758 PHIL 2410   LEC 001

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  6759 PHIL 2410   DIS 201

    • F Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  7145 PHIL 2410   DIS 202

    • F Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  7244 PHIL 2410   DIS 203

    • F Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 2415

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PSYCH 2415

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7963 PHIL 2415   LEC 001

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  7964 PHIL 2415   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  •  7965 PHIL 2415   DIS 202

    • F Ives Hall 305
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  •  8604 PHIL 2415   DIS 203

    • F Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 2465

This course examines a series of epistemic and metaphysical issues raised in modern applied jurisprudence. For example: What constitutes an actionable 'harm' and how can successful plaintiffs be 'made ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16587 PHIL 2465   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 2621

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COGST 2621

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16574 PHIL 2621   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 16687 PHIL 2621   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  • 16689 PHIL 2621   DIS 203

    • F Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 2960

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

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 2061STS 2061

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8405 PHIL 2960   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Parrenas, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  8406 PHIL 2960   DIS 201

    • W Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Parrenas, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  8407 PHIL 2960   DIS 202

    • W Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Parrenas, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  8408 PHIL 2960   DIS 203

    • W Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Parrenas, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  8409 PHIL 2960   DIS 204

    • W Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Parrenas, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 3202

We will study several of Plato's major dialogues, including the Apology, the Meno, Phaedo, and Republic. Topics include knowledge and reality; morality and happiness; and the nature of the soul. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 3669

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16755 PHIL 3202   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 3669

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20049 PHIL 3202   LEC 002

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 3230

An intensive study of the metaphysical and epistemological doctrines of the Critique of Pure Reason. Some editions of the course may also consider Kant's ethical views as laid out in the Groundwork of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GERST 3590

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17495 PHIL 3230   LEC 001

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Steinberg, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 3310

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COGST 3310MATH 2810

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7526 PHIL 3310   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  7587 PHIL 3310   DIS 201

    • R Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 3460

This course will primarily focus on studying and scrutinizing general conceptions of justice. Topics explored typically include liberty,economic equality, democracy, community, the general welfare, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3625

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17501 PHIL 3460   LEC 001

    • MW Ives Hall 305
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3625

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20051 PHIL 3460   LEC 002

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: Online

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 ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17505 PHIL 3480   LEC 001

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 3535

This course is an introduction to Jewish philosophy – from Biblical texts to 20th century work. Our inquiries will span metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of religion, and political philosophy. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 3535RELST 3535

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17510 PHIL 3535   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Hubner, K

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 3900

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14362 PHIL 3900   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14363 PHIL 3900   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5642 PHIL 3900   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 21393 PHIL 3900   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Hubner, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5643 PHIL 3900   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5644 PHIL 3900   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5645 PHIL 3900   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Kosch, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5646 PHIL 3900   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5648 PHIL 3900   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5670 PHIL 3900   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5859 PHIL 3900   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5860 PHIL 3900   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5861 PHIL 3900   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6178 PHIL 3900   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6179 PHIL 3900   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 4002

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  5862 PHIL 4002   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 4110

Reading and translation of Greek philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GREEK 7161PHIL 6010

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5895 PHIL 4110   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 4300

This course is a sequel to PHIL 3300 / MATH 3840 but is also open to students who have not had the latter. After a brief review of the central ideas from the latter course, it will cover the construction ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MATH 4870

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17513 PHIL 4300   LEC 001

    • MWF Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 19025 PHIL 4300   DIS 201

    • W Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 4490

Feminist approaches to questions in metaphysics, epistemology, language, and value theory. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 4491PHIL 6490

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17512 PHIL 4490   SEM 101

    • W Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 4620

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

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 4625COGST 6620PHIL 6620

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Perception

  •  8027 PHIL 4620   SEM 101

    • W Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 4640

Advanced discussion of a topic in metaphysics. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 6640

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Taking Metaphysics to the Next Level

  • 19026 PHIL 4640   SEM 101

    • T Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Kocurek, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Spr 21: The seminar will focus on metametaphysics and higher-order metaphysics. Metametaphysics concerns philosophical issues about metaphysics as a discipline. Higher-order metaphysics broadly concerns issues surrounding higher-order languages (languages with quantifiers over something other than objects; e.g., sets, properties, propositions, pluralities, etc.). Potential topics include: metaontology, verbal disputes, grounding, absolute generality, necessitism, opacity, and analysis

PHIL 4720

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

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Syllabi: none
  •  6516 PHIL 4720   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Abusch, D

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 4900

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  8758 PHIL 4900   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 4901

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5635 PHIL 4901   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5636 PHIL 4901   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Hubner, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5637 PHIL 4901   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5639 PHIL 4901   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5641 PHIL 4901   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5671 PHIL 4901   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Sethi, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5672 PHIL 4901   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5674 PHIL 4901   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6127 PHIL 4901   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6181 PHIL 4901   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6182 PHIL 4901   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6183 PHIL 4901   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7379 PHIL 4901   IND 621

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Kocurek, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7384 PHIL 4901   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Atiq, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 4909

This seminar inquires into the interrelations among three meanings of equality that initially appeared in the ancient world: equality of voice or participation, isegoria; equality before the law, isonomia; ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 20262 PHIL 4909   SEM 101

    • M Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Frank, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 6010

Reading and translation of Greek Philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GREEK 7161PHIL 4110

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5896 PHIL 6010   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 6020

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  5856 PHIL 6020   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 6410

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Praise and Blame

  •  8018 PHIL 6410   SEM 101

    • R Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 6490

Feminist approaches to questions in metaphysics, epistemology, language, and value theory. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 4491PHIL 4490

  • 4 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 17978 PHIL 6490   SEM 101

    • W Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 6620

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

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 4625COGST 6620PHIL 4620

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Perception

  •  8030 PHIL 6620   SEM 101

    • W Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 6640

Graduate seminar covering a topic in Metaphysics. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 4640

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Taking Metaphysics to the Next Level

  • 19027 PHIL 6640   SEM 101

    • T Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Kocurek, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Spr 21: The seminar will focus on metametaphysics and higher-order metaphysics. Metametaphysics concerns philosophical issues about metaphysics as a discipline. Higher-order metaphysics broadly concerns issues surrounding higher-order languages (languages with quantifiers over something other than objects; e.g., sets, properties, propositions, pluralities, etc.). Potential topics include: metaontology, verbal disputes, grounding, absolute generality, necessitism, opacity, and analysis

PHIL 6720

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

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Syllabi: none
  •  6518 PHIL 6720   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Abusch, D

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 6731

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 6422

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6890 PHIL 6731   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Rooth, M

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 6740

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 7711

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8014 PHIL 6740   SEM 101

    • W Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Mendia, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 6909

This seminar inquires into the interrelations among three meanings of equality that initially appeared in the ancient world: equality of voice or participation, isegoria; equality before the law, isonomia; ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 19325 PHIL 6909   SEM 101

    • M Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Frank, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 6922

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

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ECON 6910GOVT 6122

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16704 PHIL 6922   SEM 101

    • T White Hall 106
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Bensel, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

PHIL 6995

Woman caring for the dead; women sacrificed; fatal female desire - these images have been constitutive for Western aesthetic and theoretical discourse. How is female agency, in word and deed, delimited ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 6410GERST 6410

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16712 PHIL 6995   SEM 101

    • W Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Siegel, E

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Enrollment limited to seniors and graduate students.

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

  •  5676 PHIL 7000   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5678 PHIL 7000   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5679 PHIL 7000   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Kosch, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5680 PHIL 7000   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5782 PHIL 7000   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5784 PHIL 7000   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5786 PHIL 7000   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7626 PHIL 7000   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Kocurek, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6193 PHIL 7000   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6194 PHIL 7000   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6195 PHIL 7000   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6196 PHIL 7000   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6629 PHIL 7000   IND 621

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7627 PHIL 7000   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Atiq, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies