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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 Mcgraw Hall 165
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Da Vee, D
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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- F Rockefeller Hall 112
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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- F Rockefeller Hall 104
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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- F Rockefeller Hall 128
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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- F White Hall 106
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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- R Rockefeller Hall 105
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 1110
Course Description
This First-Year Writing Seminar is about using philosophy and everyday life and provides the opportunity to write extensively about these issues. Topics vary by section. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Education and Inequality
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 144
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Ramirez, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Applied Ethics in a Divisive World
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall B15
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Esposito, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Feminism, Gender, and Education
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Manne, 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: Issues in Applied Ethics
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW White Hall 110
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Paskell, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS:Ethics-Sex& Relationships
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW White Hall 110
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Takaoka, A
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Additional Information
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
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: Explaining Consciousness
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Hall 302
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Dietl, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Moral Relativism and Moral Skepticism
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Uris Hall 312
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Korzukhin, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Knowledge, Rationality, and Belief
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Hall 302
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Da Vee, D
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Additional Information
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
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: Liberalism and Neoliberalism
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall B16
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Gerber, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Ancient Greek & Asian Phil
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Sibley Hall 211
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Zgurich, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS:Understanding Moral Emotions—Anger &Compassion
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G20
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Kwiatek, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: True Crime and Philosophy
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Plant Science Building 114
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Gounot, Q
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Additional Information
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
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 physical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 1101, CS 1710, LING 1170, PSYCH 1102
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G01
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Nichols, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 1621
Course Description
This section is highly recommended for students who are interested in learning about the topics covered in the main course through writing and discussion. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 1104, LING 1104, PSYCH 1104
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
PHIL 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 Rockefeller Hall 112
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Yost, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 1918
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PSYCH 1200
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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 Baker Laboratory 219
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Markell, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R McGraw Hall 365
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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- R McGraw Hall 366
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F McGraw Hall 365
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F McGraw Hall 365
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
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Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2220
Course Description
A survey of Western philosophy in the 17th and 18th centuries: Descartes, Locke, Spinoza, Leibniz, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. We focus largely on epistemology (ideas, skepticism, belief, knowledge, science) ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Rockefeller Hall 122
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Steinberg, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Uris Hall 204
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 105
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 104
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2310
Course Description
Covers sentential languages, the truth-functional connectives, and their logic; first-order languages, the quantifiers "every" and "some," and their logic. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COGST 2310
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 142
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Hodes, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Rockefeller Hall 102
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2410
Course Description
This will be a lecture course on classic and contemporary work on central topics in ethics. The first third of the course will focus on metaethics: we will examine the meaning of moral claims and ask whether ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
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 Rockefeller Hall 128
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Uris Hall G26
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Uris Hall G26
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2420
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 2605
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 122
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Shoemaker, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 124
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 122
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2540
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3344, CLASS 3674, RELST 3344
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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
- MWF Sibley Hall 101
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
McCrea, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2830
Course Description
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
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 Uris Hall 498
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Korzukhin, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2960
Course Description
Politicians, scientists, and citizens worldwide face many environmental issues today, but they are neither simple nor straightforward. Moreover, there are many ways to understand how we have, do, and could ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 2061, STS 2061
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Klarman Hall KG70
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Parrenas, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Rockefeller Hall 127
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Parrenas, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Rockefeller Hall 102
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Parrenas, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Rockefeller Hall 127
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Parrenas, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Rockefeller Hall B16
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Parrenas, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2990
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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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
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 132-HEC Aud
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Bateman, D
Lyon, B
Nichols, S
York Cornwell, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Class will be team-taught by four faculty members over the course of the semester.
PHIL 3203
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 3664, PHIL 6203
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 262
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Kamtekar, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 3210
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MEDVL 3210, MEDVL 6210, PHIL 6210, RELST 3150, RELST 6210
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Hall 204
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
MacDonald, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 3231
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 128
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Yost, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 3710
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 3332, PHIL 6713
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Pavese, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 3915
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AEM 4940, PSYCH 4940
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Warren Hall B02
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Niemi, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
- T Goldwin Smith Hall 320
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
MacDonald, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 236
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Kamtekar, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 4220
Course Description
Advanced discussion of topics or authors in "modern" Western philosophy (circa the 17th and 18th centuries). view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 6220
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Mind and Action, Then and Now
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Class Number & Section Details
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- W Malott Hall 207
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Hubner, K
Steinberg, J
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Additional Information
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
Course Description
Advanced discussion of a topic in logic or foundational mathematics. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MATH 4820, PHIL 6311
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Hodes, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Hodes, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Manne, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 4610
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 6610
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Self-Knowledge
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Rockefeller Hall 104
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Silins, N
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Additional Information
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
Course Description
What is the relationship between what words mean and how they are used? What is part of the grammar and what is a result of general reasoning? Pragmatics is often thought of as the study of how meaning ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 4425, COGST 6425, LING 4425, LING 6425, PHIL 6720
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 111
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Murray, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 4900
Course Description
Majors in philosophy may choose to pursue honors in their senior year. Students undertake research leading to the writing of an honors essay by the end of the final semester. Prospective candidates should ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
PHIL 4901
Course Description
Majors in philosophy may choose to pursue honors in their senior year. Students undertake research leading to the writing of an honors essay by the end of the final semester. Prospective candidates should ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits 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)
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 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
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 236
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Kamtekar, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
- T Goldwin Smith Hall 320
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
MacDonald, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6030
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 6131
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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
- M Goldwin Smith Hall 224
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Kosch, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6203
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 3664, PHIL 3203
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 262
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Kamtekar, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6210
Course Description
Graduate seminar covering a topic in medieval philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MEDVL 3210, MEDVL 6210, PHIL 3210, RELST 3150, RELST 6210
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Hall 204
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
MacDonald, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6220
Course Description
Advanced discussion of topics or authors in "modern" Western philosophy (circa the 17th and 18th centuries). view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 4220
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Section Topic
Topic: Mind and Action, Then and Now
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Malott Hall 207
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Hubner, K
Steinberg, J
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Additional Information
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
Course Description
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
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
- M Rockefeller Hall 102
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Kosch, M
MacDonald, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6311
Course Description
Advanced discussion of a topic in logic or foundational mathematics. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MATH 4820, PHIL 4311
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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
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Hodes, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Hodes, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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: Recent Work on Moral Objectivity
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall G20
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Atiq, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6450
Course Description
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
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
- R Morrill Hall 102
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Shoemaker, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Manne, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6610
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 4610
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Section Topic
Topic: Self-Knowledge
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Rockefeller Hall 104
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Silins, N
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Additional Information
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
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 3332, PHIL 3710
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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
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Pavese, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6720
Course Description
What is the relationship between what words mean and how they are used? What is part of the grammar and what is a result of general reasoning? Pragmatics is often thought of as the study of how meaning ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 4425, COGST 6425, LING 4425, LING 6425, PHIL 4720
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 111
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Murray, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6731
Course Description
Uses the techniques introduced in Semantics I to analyze linguistic phenomena, including quantifier scope, ellipsis, and referential pronouns. Temporal and possible worlds semantics are introduced and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 6422
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 110
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Rooth, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 7000
Course Description
Independent study for graduate students only. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)