Philosophy (PHIL)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

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

  •  4373 PHIL 1100   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4374 PHIL 1100   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4375 PHIL 1100   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4376 PHIL 1100   DIS 203

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4377 PHIL 1100   DIS 204

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4378 PHIL 1100   DIS 205

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4379 PHIL 1100   DIS 206

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Ethics and Employment

  •  9411 PHIL 1110   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Milhim, 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: Epistemic Trust and the Algorithmic Other

  •  9412 PHIL 1110   SEM 102

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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/.

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: Knowledge in a Social World

  •  9410 PHIL 1111   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Turyn, G

  • 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: Reading de Beauvoir

  •  9413 PHIL 1112   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Shi, 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: Dreaming, Hallucinations, and Imagination

  •  9414 PHIL 1112   SEM 102

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Aviles Meza, 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: Ancient Philosophy Meets Cognitive Sciences

  •  9415 PHIL 1112   SEM 103

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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/.

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

  •  6468 PHIL 1920   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Frank, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6469 PHIL 1920   DIS 201

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6470 PHIL 1920   DIS 202

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6471 PHIL 1920   DIS 203

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6472 PHIL 1920   DIS 204

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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

  •  4380 PHIL 2220   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Mitchell, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4381 PHIL 2220   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4382 PHIL 2220   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4383 PHIL 2220   DIS 203

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2300

This course will survey a number of famous paradoxes about the nature of time, identity, logic, science, belief, decision, and value. Some of these paradoxes have widely accepted answers, but many do not. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COGST 2305

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17906 PHIL 2300   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Zhou, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17910 PHIL 2300   DIS 201

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17913 PHIL 2300   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4384 PHIL 2310   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4385 PHIL 2310   DIS 201

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17886 PHIL 2415   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Paskell, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18053 PHIL 2415   DIS 201

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18078 PHIL 2415   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • 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

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4474 PHIL 2455   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4475 PHIL 2455   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4476 PHIL 2455   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4477 PHIL 2455   DIS 203

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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

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

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  6154 PHIL 2471   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Goetze, T

  • 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
  •  1514 PHIL 2540   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • McCrea, 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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4488 PHIL 2611   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2640

This course is an introduction to some of the central questions in metaphysics--the study of what there is and how it works. Possible topics include persistence through change, freedom of the will, the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17884 PHIL 2640   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Zhou, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2650

This course offers an introduction to the philosophy of race. It canvasses key debates in the field concerning the metaphysical status of race, the relationship between the concept of race and racism (and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2650

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4489 PHIL 2650   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Yost, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 2945

This course examines controversies in the theory and history of civil disobedience. Do citizens have obligations to obey unjust laws? Can law breaking ever be civil rather than criminal? Do disruptive ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2785GOVT 2785

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6554 PHIL 2945   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6555 PHIL 2945   DIS 201

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6556 PHIL 2945   DIS 202

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6557 PHIL 2945   DIS 203

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6558 PHIL 2945   DIS 204

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • 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

  •  4904 PHIL 2960   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Parrenas, J

  • 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.

  •  4905 PHIL 2960   DIS 201

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Parrenas, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4906 PHIL 2960   DIS 202

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Parrenas, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4907 PHIL 2960   DIS 203

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Parrenas, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4908 PHIL 2960   DIS 204

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Parrenas, J

  • 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. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4491 PHIL 2990   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Gleeson, S

      Hans, G

      Shoemaker, D

      Verhoeven, C

  • 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

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CLASS 3669PHIL 6202

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4388 PHIL 3202   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18056 PHIL 3202   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • 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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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MEDVL 3210RELST 3150

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4390 PHIL 3210   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4494 PHIL 3231   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Yost, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 3310

A mathematical study of the formal languages of standard first-order propositional and predicate logic, including their syntax, semantics, and deductive systems. The basic apparatus of model theory will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COGST 3310MATH 3810

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4393 PHIL 3310   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4394 PHIL 3310   DIS 201

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 3455

This course is about the surprisingly intricate relationship between humor and morality. We will investigate several theories of humor (theories of what makes things funny), we then turn our attention ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 6450

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18114 PHIL 3455   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Shoemaker, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 3525

The dominant strains in Euro-American philosophy tend either to erase or underplay the participation in and contributions to the constitution of Western philosophy of philosophers from the global African ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3402

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4318 PHIL 3525   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Taiwo, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 3700

Concepts are properties of individuals that approximately correspond to word meanings. They play a role in Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Philosophy, and Artificial Intelligence. The course looks at ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 3330LING 3333

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1074 PHIL 3700   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rooth, M

  • 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
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4399 PHIL 3900   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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

  •  4400 PHIL 3900   IND 602

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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

  •  4401 PHIL 3900   IND 603

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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

  •  4403 PHIL 3900   IND 605

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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

  •  4404 PHIL 3900   IND 607

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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

  •  4406 PHIL 3900   IND 609

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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

  •  4407 PHIL 3900   IND 610

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Yost, B

  • 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

  •  4408 PHIL 3900   IND 611

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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

  •  4409 PHIL 3900   IND 612

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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

  •  4410 PHIL 3900   IND 615

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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

  •  4411 PHIL 3900   IND 616

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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

  •  4412 PHIL 3900   IND 617

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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

  •  4413 PHIL 3900   IND 619

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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.

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

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 14290 PHIL 3915   LEC 001

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Anderson, M

  • 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

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4415 PHIL 4110   SEM 101

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 4200

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

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Stoic Ethics through Seneca's Letters

  •  4416 PHIL 4200   SEM 101

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Brittain, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 4215

Advanced discussion of a topic in medieval philosophy. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Aquinas

  • 18142 PHIL 4215   SEM 102

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • MacDonald, S

  • 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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Kant's Metaphysics and Epistemology

  •  4418 PHIL 4220   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Pereboom, D

  • 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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4472 PHIL 4490   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Manne, K

      Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 4620

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 4625COGST 6620PHIL 6620

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Self-Knowledge and Self-Awareness

  •  4445 PHIL 4620   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Silins, N

  • 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

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  •  1100 PHIL 4720   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Abusch, D

  • 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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  4419 PHIL 4900   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4456 PHIL 4901   IND 602

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Shoemaker, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4457 PHIL 4901   IND 603

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4458 PHIL 4901   IND 607

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4459 PHIL 4901   IND 609

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4460 PHIL 4901   IND 611

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4462 PHIL 4901   IND 613

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4463 PHIL 4901   IND 615

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4464 PHIL 4901   IND 617

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4465 PHIL 4901   IND 618

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4466 PHIL 4901   IND 619

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4467 PHIL 4901   IND 620

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4468 PHIL 4901   IND 622

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Atiq, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4469 PHIL 4901   IND 623

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4450 PHIL 6010   SEM 101

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6020

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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

  • 1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4452 PHIL 6020   SEM 101

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6040

Reading, translation, and English-language discussion of important French philosophical texts. Readings are chosen in consultation with students. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  4497 PHIL 6040   SEM 101

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6200

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

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Stoic Ethics through Seneca's Letters

  •  4421 PHIL 6200   SEM 101

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Brittain, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6202

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CLASS 3669PHIL 3202

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4492 PHIL 6202   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18185 PHIL 6202   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6210

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

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  • Topic: Aquinas

  •  4447 PHIL 6210   SEM 102

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Kant's Metaphysics and Epistemology

  •  4486 PHIL 6220   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Pereboom, D

  • 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: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 3455

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4493 PHIL 6450   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  4487 PHIL 6490   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Manne, K

      Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6620

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 4625COGST 6620PHIL 4620

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Self-Knowledge and Self-Awareness

  •  4423 PHIL 6620   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Silins, N

  • 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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Syllabi: none
  •  1135 PHIL 6720   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Abusch, D

  • 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 Stdnt Opt

  •  1091 PHIL 6731   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rooth, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

PHIL 6740

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

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1114 PHIL 6740   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Aparicio Terrasa, H

      Murray, S

  • 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

  •  4425 PHIL 7000   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Shoemaker, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4427 PHIL 7000   IND 603

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4429 PHIL 7000   IND 607

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4431 PHIL 7000   IND 609

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4432 PHIL 7000   IND 610

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Pavese, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4433 PHIL 7000   IND 611

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Pereboom, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4435 PHIL 7000   IND 613

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4436 PHIL 7000   IND 614

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Doris, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4437 PHIL 7000   IND 615

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4438 PHIL 7000   IND 617

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Manne, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4439 PHIL 7000   IND 618

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Starr, W

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4440 PHIL 7000   IND 619

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Manne, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4441 PHIL 7000   IND 620

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4442 PHIL 7000   IND 621

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4443 PHIL 7000   IND 622

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Atiq, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4444 PHIL 7000   IND 623

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

PHIL 7910

Talks by philosophy graduate students sharing their current work and seeking feedback from fellow graduate students. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit S/U NoAud

  •  4498 PHIL 7910   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit S/U NoAud

  •  4496 PHIL 7950   LEC 001

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: Philosophy graduate students.