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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Nichols, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Upson Hall 106
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
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.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Malott Hall 251
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
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
Course Description
This First-Year Writing Seminar discusses problems in philosophy and gives the opportunity to write about them. Topics vary by section. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Free Will and Moral Responsbility
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Zhou, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Explaining Consciousness
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Dietl, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Work, Idleness, & Freedom
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Jovanovska, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PHIL 1112
Course Description
This First-Year Writing Seminar offers the opportunity to discuss and write about philosophy. Topics vary by section. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Ethical Controversies
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Da Vee, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Methods of Buddhist Phil
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Kwiatek, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: What is Race?
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Ramirez, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS:Justifying Political Power
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Statler Hall 396
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Southgate, L
- WF Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Southgate, L
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Additional Information
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.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Philosophy of Social Media
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Faller, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PHIL 1650
Course Description
This course offers an introduction to the philosophy of race. It canvasses key debates in the field concerning the metaphysical status of race, the relationship between the concept of race and racism (and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 1650
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Warren Hall 175
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Yost, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Swallow, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Swallow, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 1920
Course Description
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
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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Markell, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 203
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 203
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 1960
Course Description
An introduction to leading topics in legal theory and political philosophy such as: what the laws should be, how they shape and are shaped by society, how they are and should be interpreted, the proper ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Weill Hall 125
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Yost, B
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Additional Information
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.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Yost, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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
- MW Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Steinberg, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Plant Science Building 233
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Steinberg, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Steinberg, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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
- TR TBA Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Kocurek, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Phillips Hall 101
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
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.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 2410
Course Description
This will be a lecture course on classic and contemporary work on central topics in ethics. The first third of the course will focus on metaethics: we will examine the meaning of moral claims and ask whether ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Manne, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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
- MW Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Nichols, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Plant Science Building 233
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Ives Hall 305
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 2465
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Manne, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 2621
Course Description
Throughout history, metaphors drawn from technology of the time have been proposed to understand how the mind works. While Locke likened the newborn's mind to a blank slate, Freud compared the mind to ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COGST 2621
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Starr, W
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Warren Hall B25
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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 Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Parrenas, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Parrenas, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Parrenas, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Parrenas, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Parrenas, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 3202
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 3669
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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 Bill and Melinda Gates Hll G01
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 3669
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 3230
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 3590
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Steinberg, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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: COGST 3310, 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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Hodes, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 3460
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 3625
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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 Ives Hall 305
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Kamtekar, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 3625
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Kamtekar, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 3480
Course Description
This will be a class on various topics in the philosophy of law. Some questions we'll be considering: What is law? Do laws have moral content? What is the proper role of judges in interpreting the ... 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
- MW Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Markovits, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 3535
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 3535, RELST 3535
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Hubner, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
PHIL 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)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Osorio, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 4300
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MATH 4870
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Hodes, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 4490
Course Description
Feminist approaches to questions in metaphysics, epistemology, language, and value theory. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 4491, PHIL 6490
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Manne, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department 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 4625, 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: Perception
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Silins, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 4640
Course Description
Advanced discussion of a topic in metaphysics. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 6640
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Taking Metaphysics to the Next Level
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Kocurek, A
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Additional Information
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
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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Abusch, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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 Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
PHIL 4909
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 6857, GOVT 4846, GOVT 6846, PHIL 6909, SHUM 4657, SHUM 6657
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Frank, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6010
Course Description
Reading and translation of Greek Philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GREEK 7161, PHIL 4110
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Osorio, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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: Praise and Blame
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Markovits, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6490
Course Description
Feminist approaches to questions in metaphysics, epistemology, language, and value theory. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 4491, PHIL 4490
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Manne, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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 4625, 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: Perception
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Silins, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 6640
Course Description
Graduate seminar covering a topic in Metaphysics. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 4640
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Taking Metaphysics to the Next Level
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Kocurek, A
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Additional Information
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
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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Abusch, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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 Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Rooth, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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
- W Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Mendia, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PHIL 6909
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 6857, GOVT 4846, GOVT 6846, PHIL 4909, SHUM 4657, SHUM 6657
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Frank, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6922
Course Description
Social science research almost always combines empirical observation (data), the construction of concepts (language), and the logical analysis of the relations between observations and concepts (statistics). ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ECON 6910, GOVT 6122
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T White Hall 106
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Bensel, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
PHIL 6995
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 6410, GERST 6410
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Siegel, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Enrollment limited to seniors and graduate students.
PHIL 7000
Course Description
Independent study for graduate students only. view course details