Philosophy (PHIL)Arts and Sciences

Showing 43 results.

Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

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

View Enrollment Information

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3139 PHIL 1100   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5592 PHIL 1100   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5593 PHIL 1100   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3140 PHIL 1100   DIS 203

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5844 PHIL 1100   DIS 204

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5105 PHIL 1100   DIS 205

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9072 PHIL 1100   DIS 206

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9073 PHIL 1100   DIS 207

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9074 PHIL 1100   DIS 208

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9075 PHIL 1100   DIS 209

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9078 PHIL 1100   DIS 210

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • 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

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Attention Matters-Wtg in Age of Distraction

  • 19692 PHIL 1110   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Castro Maldonado, 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: Be the Ethicist—Environment

  • 19693 PHIL 1110   SEM 102

    • MWF
    • Winckler-Olick, H

  • 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 of Persuasion-Anc Rhetoric to Soc Media

  • 19694 PHIL 1110   SEM 103

    • MW
    • Taraz, F

  • 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: Writing in the Republic

  • 19702 PHIL 1110   SEM 104

    • MWF
    • Brennan, 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: Feminism for All Genders

  • 19703 PHIL 1110   SEM 105

    • TR
    • 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/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Ethics-Sex& Relationships

  • 19704 PHIL 1110   SEM 106

    • TR
    • 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

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Moral Relativism and Moral Skepticism

  • 19691 PHIL 1111   SEM 101

    • MWF
    • 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/.

PHIL 1112

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

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Borders, Immigration, and Citizenship

  • 19671 PHIL 1112   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Yost, 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: Excuses

  • 19674 PHIL 1112   SEM 102

    • MW
    • Orttung, J

  • 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: Thought-Crimes and Thought-Police

  • 19675 PHIL 1112   SEM 103

    • MW
    • Weiss, G

  • 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: Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence

  • 19678 PHIL 1112   SEM 104

    • MW
    • McCellion, L

  • 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: Gender, Feminism, and Technology

  • 19681 PHIL 1112   SEM 105

    • MW
    • De Leonardis, S

  • 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: Philosophy of Fun

  • 19682 PHIL 1112   SEM 106

    • TR
    • Cohn, 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: Plato’s Republic

  • 19683 PHIL 1112   SEM 107

    • MW
    • Wang, C

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

PHIL 1440

We all face difficult moral decisions on occasion. This course introduces students to the idea that we face such a decision several times a day in deciding what to eat. How should facts about animal life ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17519 PHIL 1440   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18186 PHIL 1440   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18187 PHIL 1440   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18188 PHIL 1440   DIS 203

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 1960

An introduction to leading topics in legal theory and political philosophy such as: what the laws should be, how they shape and are shaped by society, how they are and should be interpreted, the proper ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17520 PHIL 1960   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Manne, D

  • 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

View Enrollment Information

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5197 PHIL 2220   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Hubner, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5198 PHIL 2220   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5616 PHIL 2220   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5617 PHIL 2220   DIS 203

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • 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

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COGST 2310

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5343 PHIL 2310   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Korzukhin, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5346 PHIL 2310   DIS 201

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10494 PHIL 2310   DIS 202

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2415

This course is an introduction to the moral mind from philosophical and psychological perspectives. Many traditional philosophical problems about morality are being illuminated by current work in cognitive ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 2415PSYCH 2415

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19403 PHIL 2415   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • 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

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 2605

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17894 PHIL 2420   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Steinberg, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2455

Bioethics is the study of ethical questions raised by advances in the medical field. Questions we'll discuss will include: Is it morally permissible to advance a patient's death, at his or her request, ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: SHUM 2455STS 2451

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17928 PHIL 2455   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18183 PHIL 2455   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18465 PHIL 2455   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18466 PHIL 2455   DIS 203

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2471

This course surveys a range of ethical issues that arise in professional engineering, and provides discussion-based practice in analyzing and addressing them. Using normative frameworks from professional ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGRG 3600STS 3601

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 11104 PHIL 2471   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Goetze, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2530

What must (or could) God be like, and what reasons do we have for thinking that a being of that sort actually exists? What difference would (or could) the existence of God make to our lives? Religion & ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: RELST 2630

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8966 PHIL 2530   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Alimi, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2570

This course is a survey of ancient Chinese philosophy (prior to the Qin Dynasty of the late third century BCE) and its influence on Chinese literature and aesthetics of the subsequent dynasties. We will ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18486 PHIL 2570   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Zhou, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2611

This course will introduce students to some central questions in epistemology (often defined as the philosophical study of knowledge), using both contemporary and historical readings. For example, we will ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18487 PHIL 2611   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Pavese, C

  • 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

View Enrollment Information

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

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5301 PHIL 2960   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Pritchard, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to: seniors, juniors, and sophomores; first-year students by permission of instructor. If you are unable to enroll, please add yourself to the waitlist: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc91BggH--E_bZgqqqM--ISUz5xkL80aD1Mh0y-zulyGRXf8Q/viewform?usp=pp_url.

  •  5302 PHIL 2960   DIS 201

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Pritchard, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5303 PHIL 2960   DIS 202

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Pritchard, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5304 PHIL 2960   DIS 203

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Pritchard, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5305 PHIL 2960   DIS 204

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Pritchard, S

  • 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

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18608 PHIL 2990   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kelley-Widmer, J

      Yost, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 3202

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

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 3669PHIL 6202

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18191 PHIL 3202   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 3212

An introduction to some of the major thinkers and philosophical developments in the Islamic world from the 9th to the 14th centuries CE. Figures include Muslim thinkers such as Al-Kindī, Al-Rāzī, Al-Fārābī, ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi:
  • 18535 PHIL 3212   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 3250

Survey of nineteenth century philosophy. view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GERST 3580

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18194 PHIL 3250   LEC 001

    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kosch, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 3305

This course introduces the mathematical methods used in many areas of contemporary philosophy without any assumed mathematical background. It will also cover some of the basic applications of these methods ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 6305

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19583 PHIL 3305   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 3475

This course addresses central debates in the philosophy of legal punishment. We will analyze the leading theories of punishment, including the familiar retributivist and deterrent alternatives, as well ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LAW 6030PHIL 6475SHUM 3475

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5860 PHIL 3475   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Yost, B

  • 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

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5404 PHIL 3900   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5405 PHIL 3900   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4069 PHIL 3900   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5503 PHIL 3900   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Hubner, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4070 PHIL 3900   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4071 PHIL 3900   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4072 PHIL 3900   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kosch, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4073 PHIL 3900   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4075 PHIL 3900   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4090 PHIL 3900   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4234 PHIL 3900   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4235 PHIL 3900   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4236 PHIL 3900   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4420 PHIL 3900   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4421 PHIL 3900   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

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

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HD 4940PSYCH 4940

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  5854 PHIL 3915   LEC 001

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Anderson, M

      Niemi, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HD 4940PSYCH 4940

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 19856 PHIL 3915   LEC 002

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Anderson, M

      Niemi, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 4200

Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. Topics vary by instructors. view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 4662CLASS 7173PHIL 6200

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Ancient Philosophical Theories of Friendship

  • 18270 PHIL 4200   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Brittain, C

      Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  • 18671 PHIL 4720   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Murray, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 4900

Majors in philosophy may choose to pursue writing of an honors thesis in their senior year. Students undertake research leading to the writing of an honors essay by the end of the final semester. Prospective ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  5375 PHIL 4900   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 4901

Majors in philosophy may choose to pursue writing of an honors thesis in their senior year. Students undertake research leading to the writing of an honors essay by the end of the final semester. Prospective ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4061 PHIL 4901   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Shoemaker, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4062 PHIL 4901   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4063 PHIL 4901   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Hubner, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4064 PHIL 4901   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4066 PHIL 4901   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4068 PHIL 4901   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4092 PHIL 4901   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4094 PHIL 4901   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4387 PHIL 4901   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4422 PHIL 4901   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4423 PHIL 4901   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4424 PHIL 4901   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5159 PHIL 4901   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Atiq, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5774 PHIL 4901   IND 623

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Yost, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 6010

Reading and translation of Greek Philosophical texts. view course details

View Enrollment Information

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

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5974 PHIL 6010   SEM 101

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6020

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 7262MEDVL 6020RELST 6020

  • 1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4231 PHIL 6020   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Brittain, C

      MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6200

Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. Topics vary by instructors.  view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 4662CLASS 7173PHIL 4200

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Ancient Philosophical Theories of Friendship

  •  5907 PHIL 6200   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Brittain, C

      Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6202

For description, see PHIL 3202. view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 3669PHIL 3202

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 20038 PHIL 6202   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6210

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

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi:
  • Topic: Philosophy in the Islamic World (800-1400)

  •  5613 PHIL 6210   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MEDVL 6210RELST 6210

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Augustine

  • 18247 PHIL 6210   SEM 102

    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Alimi, O

      Hubner, K

      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

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GERST 6221

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Social Ontology in Early Modern Philosophy

  • 18241 PHIL 6220   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Steinberg, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6305

This course introduces the mathematical methods used in many areas of contemporary philosophy without any assumed mathematical background. It will also cover some of the basic applications of these methods ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 3305

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19585 PHIL 6305   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6410

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

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Ethics and the Family

  • 18755 PHIL 6410   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Manne, K

      Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6425

Advanced discussion of a topic in meta-ethics. view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LAW 7743

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Idealization in Ethics & Epistemology

  • 17522 PHIL 6425   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Atiq, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6475

This course addresses central debates in the philosophy of legal punishment. We will analyze the leading theories of punishment, including the familiar retributivist and deterrent alternatives, as well ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LAW 6030PHIL 3475SHUM 3475

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6003 PHIL 6475   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Yost, B

  • 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

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  • 18668 PHIL 6720   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • 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

View Enrollment Information

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

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19400 PHIL 6731   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Rooth, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6963

Are queer theory and Marxism truly irreconcilable? While queer studies emerged in part as a rejection of Marxism's totalizing approach and Marxists have criticized the queer emphasis on individuals, this ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  • 18141 PHIL 6963   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Jarris, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

PHIL 7000

Independent study for graduate students only. view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5769 PHIL 7000   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Shoemaker, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4095 PHIL 7000   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Hubner, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4096 PHIL 7000   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4098 PHIL 7000   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4099 PHIL 7000   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kosch, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4100 PHIL 7000   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4172 PHIL 7000   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4174 PHIL 7000   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4175 PHIL 7000   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Doris, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4176 PHIL 7000   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4433 PHIL 7000   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4434 PHIL 7000   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4435 PHIL 7000   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4436 PHIL 7000   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4765 PHIL 7000   IND 621

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5219 PHIL 7000   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Atiq, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11439 PHIL 7000   IND 623

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 7950

Invited talks in philosophy given by both outside speakers and members of the Cornell community. Enrollment for credit is required for first- and second-year philosophy graduate students. view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit S/U NoAud

  • 10535 PHIL 7950   LEC 001

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to: Philosophy graduate students.