Philosophy (PHIL)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2021-2022.

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

  •  4024 PHIL 1100   LEC 001

    • MW Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Da Vee, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18001 PHIL 1100   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18002 PHIL 1100   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4027 PHIL 1100   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20657 PHIL 1100   DIS 204

    • F White Hall 106
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6697 PHIL 1100   DIS 205

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 1110

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Education and Inequality

  • 19548 PHIL 1110   SEM 101

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

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Applied Ethics in a Divisive World

  • 19549 PHIL 1110   SEM 102

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

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Feminism, Gender, and Education

  • 19550 PHIL 1110   SEM 103

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Manne, 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: Issues in Applied Ethics

  • 20660 PHIL 1110   SEM 104

    • MW White Hall 110
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Paskell, M

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

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Ethics-Sex& Relationships

  • 20672 PHIL 1110   SEM 105

    • MW White Hall 110
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Takaoka, A

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

PHIL 1111

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Explaining Consciousness

  • 19551 PHIL 1111   SEM 101

    • MW Uris Hall 302
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Dietl, E

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

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Moral Relativism and Moral Skepticism

  • 19552 PHIL 1111   SEM 102

    • MWF Uris Hall 312
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Korzukhin, T

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

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Knowledge, Rationality, and Belief

  • 19553 PHIL 1111   SEM 103

    • MW Uris Hall 302
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Da Vee, D

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

PHIL 1112

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Liberalism and Neoliberalism

  • 19554 PHIL 1112   SEM 101

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

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Ancient Greek & Asian Phil

  • 19555 PHIL 1112   SEM 102

    • MWF Sibley Hall 211
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Zgurich, B

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

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Understanding Moral Emotions—Anger &Compassion

  • 19556 PHIL 1112   SEM 103

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

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: True Crime and Philosophy

  • 20811 PHIL 1112   SEM 104

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

PHIL 1620

This course provides an introduction to the science of the mind. Everyone knows what it's like to think and perceive, but this subjective experience provides little insight into how minds emerge from physical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  5703 PHIL 1620   LEC 001

    • TR Uris Hall G01
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 1621

This section is highly recommended for students who are interested in learning about the topics covered in the main course through writing and discussion.  view course details

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

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  6155 PHIL 1621   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 1650

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7429 PHIL 1650   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 1918

Who gets to decide what is right and wrong? Are there any universal moral rules? Do moral norms benefit some more than others? What are the implications when age, gender, race, ethnicity, education, income, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PSYCH 1200

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  • 20810 PHIL 1918   SEM 101

    • F
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Niemi, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 1615

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6774 PHIL 1920   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6837 PHIL 1920   DIS 201

    • R McGraw Hall 365
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6838 PHIL 1920   DIS 202

    • R McGraw Hall 366
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6839 PHIL 1920   DIS 203

    • F McGraw Hall 365
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6840 PHIL 1920   DIS 204

    • F McGraw Hall 365
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  6848 PHIL 2220   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6849 PHIL 2220   DIS 201

    • F Uris Hall 204
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18327 PHIL 2220   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18328 PHIL 2220   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2310

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

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COGST 2310

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7216 PHIL 2310   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7219 PHIL 2310   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7403 PHIL 2310   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  6235 PHIL 2410   LEC 001

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  6236 PHIL 2410   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6576 PHIL 2410   DIS 202

    • F Uris Hall G26
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18011 PHIL 2410   DIS 203

    • R Uris Hall G26
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2420

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

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 2605

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17993 PHIL 2420   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17994 PHIL 2420   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17995 PHIL 2420   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2540

This course will survey the rich and sophisticated tradition of Indian philosophical thought from its beginnings in the speculations of Upanishads, surveying debates between Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17353 PHIL 2540   LEC 001

    • MWF Sibley Hall 101
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • McCrea, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2830

This course is an introduction to decision theory. Decision theory aims to answer a fundamental normative question: what ought one to do, given what one believes and values. Modern decision theory is a ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18003 PHIL 2830   LEC 001

    • MW Uris Hall 498
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Korzukhin, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 2061STS 2061

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7115 PHIL 2960   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7116 PHIL 2960   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7117 PHIL 2960   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7118 PHIL 2960   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7119 PHIL 2960   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2990

This course explores the meaning of Law and Society, which is an interdisciplinary study of the interactive nature of legal and social forces. A law and society perspective places law in its historical, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17992 PHIL 2990   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Class will be team-taught by four faculty members over the course of the semester.

PHIL 3203

We will study several of Aristotle's major works, including the Categories, Physics, Posterior Analytics, Metaphysics, and Nicomachean Ethics. Topics include nature and change, form and matter, the nature ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 3664PHIL 6203

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18008 PHIL 3203   SEM 101

    • TR Uris Hall 262
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 3210

A selective survey of Western philosophical thought from the fourth to the 14th century. Topics include the problem of universals, the theory of knowledge and truth, the nature of free choice and practical ... view course details

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  • 18305 PHIL 3210   LEC 001

    • MW Uris Hall 204
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 3231

This course introduces students to Kant's moral philosophy, focusing on his normative ethics. We will pay special attention to how Kant's emphasis on virtue in his later ethical writings enables a response ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19809 PHIL 3231   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 3710

An introduction to some of the main issues in the philosophy of language. Topics may include names, definite descriptions, belief ascriptions, truth-conditional theories of meaning, pragmatics, and metaphor. ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 3332PHIL 6713

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19030 PHIL 3710   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  7291 PHIL 3900   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7292 PHIL 3900   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5223 PHIL 3900   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8589 PHIL 3900   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Hubner, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5224 PHIL 3900   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5225 PHIL 3900   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5226 PHIL 3900   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Kosch, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5227 PHIL 3900   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5229 PHIL 3900   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5250 PHIL 3900   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5425 PHIL 3900   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5426 PHIL 3900   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5427 PHIL 3900   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5719 PHIL 3900   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5720 PHIL 3900   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 3915

Moral Psychology in Action is an applied psychology course for students who want to make a difference in the world through ethical leadership and positive contributions in organizations, and who are drawn ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AEM 4940PSYCH 4940

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 20945 PHIL 3915   LEC 001

    • W Warren Hall B02
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Niemi, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 4002

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  5428 PHIL 4002   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  5460 PHIL 4110   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 4220

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 6220

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Mind and Action, Then and Now

  • 19045 PHIL 4220   SEM 101

    • W Malott Hall 207
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Hubner, K

      Steinberg, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Spr 22: This course focuses on the influence of early modern views about mind, action, and emotion on 20th century and contemporary philosophy. Topics include: Descartes' influence on phenomenology; current revival of panpsychism; contemporary Spinozistic accounts of belief-formation and emotions; empiricist theories of concepts; skeptical and reductionist views of personal identity.

PHIL 4311

Advanced discussion of a topic in logic or foundational mathematics. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MATH 4820PHIL 6311

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19051 PHIL 4311   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19305 PHIL 4311   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  7697 PHIL 4490   SEM 101

    • W Online Meeting
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 4610

An intensive seminar on a special topic in epistemology to be determined by the instructor. Potential topics include: What are the limits of knowledge? What is the extent and nature of our knowledge of ... view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Self-Knowledge

  • 19053 PHIL 4610   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Spring 22: Do you know what you want? If so, how? And why does it matter to know yourself? If you don’t know what you want, why not? And why might it matter to fail to know yourself? Anyways, is there even such a self as you to know? This course will examine self-knowledge, self-ignorance, and the importance of each, using a wide range of readings from psychology, philosophy of mind, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, and Buddhist philosophy.

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
  •  6027 PHIL 4720   LEC 001

    • TR Morrill Hall 111
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Murray, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  7258 PHIL 4900   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • 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

  •  5216 PHIL 4901   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5217 PHIL 4901   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Hubner, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5218 PHIL 4901   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5220 PHIL 4901   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5222 PHIL 4901   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5251 PHIL 4901   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Sethi, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5252 PHIL 4901   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5254 PHIL 4901   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5671 PHIL 4901   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5722 PHIL 4901   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5723 PHIL 4901   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5724 PHIL 4901   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6758 PHIL 4901   IND 621

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Kocurek, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6761 PHIL 4901   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Atiq, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 20958 PHIL 4901   IND 623

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Yost, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 6010

Reading and translation of Greek Philosophical texts. view course details

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

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5461 PHIL 6010   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6020

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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  •  5422 PHIL 6020   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6030

Reading, translation, and English-language discussion of important texts in the German philosophical tradition. Readings for a given term are chosen in consultation with students. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GERST 6131

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18005 PHIL 6030   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6203

We will study several of Aristotle's major works, including the Categories, Physics, Posterior Analytics, Metaphysics, and Nicomachean Ethics. Topics include nature and change, form and matter, the nature ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 3664PHIL 3203

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18304 PHIL 6203   SEM 101

    • TR Uris Hall 262
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6210

Graduate seminar covering a topic in medieval philosophy. view course details

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  • 18308 PHIL 6210   SEM 101

    • MW Uris Hall 204
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6220

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 4220

  • 4 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • Topic: Mind and Action, Then and Now

  • 19048 PHIL 6220   SEM 101

    • W Malott Hall 207
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Hubner, K

      Steinberg, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Spr 22: This course focuses on the influence of early modern views about mind, action, and emotion on 20th century and contemporary philosophy. Topics include: Descartes' influence on phenomenology; current revival of panpsychism; contemporary Spinozistic accounts of belief-formation and emotions; empiricist theories of concepts; skeptical and reductionist views of personal identity.

PHIL 6290

An introduction to current research in the history of philosophy primarily through engagement with a variety of presentations of such research by Cornell faculty, visiting scholars, and advanced graduate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19730 PHIL 6290   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6311

Advanced discussion of a topic in logic or foundational mathematics. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MATH 4820PHIL 4311

  • 4 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 20191 PHIL 6311   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20192 PHIL 6311   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6410

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

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Recent Work on Moral Objectivity

  •  7006 PHIL 6410   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6450

This course will be about the surprising and complicated ways that morality and humor bear on one another. The focus will be on interpersonal humor (banter, teasing, mockery, leg-pulling, etc.) that raises ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19722 PHIL 6450   SEM 101

    • R Morrill Hall 102
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Shoemaker, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  7912 PHIL 6490   SEM 101

    • W Online Meeting
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Online

PHIL 6610

An intensive seminar on a special topic in epistemology to be determined by the instructor. Potential topics include: What are the limits of knowledge? What is the extent and nature of our knowledge of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 4610

  • 4 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • Topic: Self-Knowledge

  • 19054 PHIL 6610   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Spring 22: Do you know what you want? If so, how? And why does it matter to know yourself? If you don’t know what you want, why not? And why might it matter to fail to know yourself? Anyways, is there even such a self as you to know? This course will examine self-knowledge, self-ignorance, and the importance of each, using a wide range of readings from psychology, philosophy of mind, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, and Buddhist philosophy.

PHIL 6713

An introduction to some of the main issues in the philosophy of language. Topics may include names, definite descriptions, belief ascriptions, truth-conditional theories of meaning, pragmatics, and metaphor. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 3332PHIL 3710

  • 4 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 20427 PHIL 6713   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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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  •  6029 PHIL 6720   LEC 001

    • TR Morrill Hall 111
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Murray, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  6334 PHIL 6731   LEC 001

    • TR Morrill Hall 110
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Rooth, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  • 20888 PHIL 7000   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Shoemaker, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5256 PHIL 7000   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5258 PHIL 7000   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5259 PHIL 7000   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Kosch, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5260 PHIL 7000   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5352 PHIL 7000   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5354 PHIL 7000   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5356 PHIL 7000   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6888 PHIL 7000   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Kocurek, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5733 PHIL 7000   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5734 PHIL 7000   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5735 PHIL 7000   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5736 PHIL 7000   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6133 PHIL 7000   IND 621

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6889 PHIL 7000   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Atiq, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies