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Class Number	Class	Meeting Time	Instructor	Room	Unreserved Enrollment	Reserved Enrollment	Total Enrollment	Wait List
13866	PHIL 51 - 001 First-Year Seminar: Who Was Socrates?	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	To be Announced	Campus Y-Rm 0207	Seats filled	Seats filled	3/3
Description: Socrates is the quintessential philosopher--a man for all seasons, a foundational figure of the West. 3 units.
13867	PHIL 85 - 001 First-Year Seminar: Reason, Religion, and Reality in the Copernican Revolution	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	MARC LANGE	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	0/3	Seats filled	0/3
Description: The arguments by which Galileo and his contemporaries defended the Copernican model of the solar system puzzle philosophers even today. 3 units.
11896	PHIL 86 - 001 First-Year Seminar: Persons and Identity	MoWeFr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Jim Pryor	Bingham Hall-Rm 3006	Seats filled	Seats filled	3/3
Description: An introduction to the topic of personal identity, focused on epistemological, ethical, and metaphysical themes. The course examines what personal identity over time consists in, whether and how we can know such identity, under what conditions our personal identity is liable to change, and what this implies for our values and projects. 3 units.
13868	PHIL 89 - 001 First Year Seminar: Special Topics	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Tom Dougherty	Genome Sciences Bui-Rm 1370	0/3	Seats filled	0/3
Description: Special Topics Course. Content will vary each semester. 3 units.
9597	PHIL 101 - 001 Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Ian Cho	Kenan Labs-Rm B125	Seats filled	Seats filled	35/35	2/999
Description: An introduction to philosophy focusing on a few central problems, for example: free will, the basis of morality, the nature and limits of knowledge, and the existence of God. 3 units.
13894	PHIL 102 - 001 Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM	Katie Deaven	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	Seats filled	Seats filled	24/24	0/999
Description: This course introduces students to the experience of thinking like philosophers and aims at developing students' capacity to think carefully and critically about philosophical arguments. The central skills to be practiced are those involved in productive philosophical discussion. The course emphasizes how philosophy is and has been done through dialogue, that philosophical claims must be tested against the objections of one's fellow thinkers, and how philosophical disagreement can lead to productive insights. 3 units.
13895	PHIL 102 - 002 Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas	MoWe 3:35PM - 4:50PM	Rory Hanlon	Phillips Hall-Rm 0328	Seats filled	Seats filled	24/24	13/999
Description: This course introduces students to the experience of thinking like philosophers and aims at developing students' capacity to think carefully and critically about philosophical arguments. The central skills to be practiced are those involved in productive philosophical discussion. The course emphasizes how philosophy is and has been done through dialogue, that philosophical claims must be tested against the objections of one's fellow thinkers, and how philosophical disagreement can lead to productive insights. 3 units.
13896	PHIL 102 - 003 Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas	TuTh 5:00PM - 6:15PM	Rory Hanlon	Murray Hall-Rm G201	Seats filled	Seats filled	24/24	10/999
Description: This course introduces students to the experience of thinking like philosophers and aims at developing students' capacity to think carefully and critically about philosophical arguments. The central skills to be practiced are those involved in productive philosophical discussion. The course emphasizes how philosophy is and has been done through dialogue, that philosophical claims must be tested against the objections of one's fellow thinkers, and how philosophical disagreement can lead to productive insights. 3 units.
9691	PHIL 105 - 001 How to Reason and Argue: An Introduction to Critical Thinking	MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Gabriella Hulsey	Phillips Hall-Rm 0328	23/40	Seats filled	23/40	0/999
Description: A course on how to identify, analyze, and evaluate arguments by other people and how to construct arguments. Topics include argument reconstruction, informal logic, fallacies, introductory formal logic, probabilistic reasoning. 3 units.
15143	PHIL 105 - 002 How to Reason and Argue: An Introduction to Critical Thinking	TuTh 5:00PM - 6:15PM	Ben Schwartz	Hanes Art Center-Rm 0218	17/40	Seats filled	17/40	0/999
Description: A course on how to identify, analyze, and evaluate arguments by other people and how to construct arguments. Topics include argument reconstruction, informal logic, fallacies, introductory formal logic, probabilistic reasoning. 3 units.
13869	PHIL 110H - 001 Philosophical Texts that Changed the World: An Introduction to Philosophy through Great Works	TuTh 5:00PM - 6:15PM	Rosalind Chaplin	Peabody Hall-Rm 2080	Seats filled	Seats filled	18/18	3/999
Description: An introduction to philosophy focusing on several great books from the history of Western philosophy. See course description at the department's website for which books will be covered each semester. Students may not receive credit for both PHIL 110 and PHIL 113. 3 units.
13870	PHIL 134H - 001 Reason, Faith, and God: Philosophy of Western Religion	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	David Reeve	TBA	Seats filled	Seats filled	10/10	5/999
Description: A philosophical inquiry into the problems of religious experience and belief, as expressed in philosophic, religious, and literary documents from traditional and contemporary sources. 3 units.
9285	PHIL 140 - 001 Knowledge and Society	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Ava Geenen	Peabody Hall-Rm 3018	24/40	Seats filled	24/40	0/999
Description: An examination of questions about knowledge, evidence, and rational belief as they arise in areas of social life such as democratic politics, the law, science, religion, and education. 3 units.
15236	PHIL 140 - 002 Knowledge and Society	MoWeFr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Will Conner	Bingham Hall-Rm 1014	Seats filled	Seats filled	40/40	7/999
Description: An examination of questions about knowledge, evidence, and rational belief as they arise in areas of social life such as democratic politics, the law, science, religion, and education. 3 units.
9284	PHIL 143 - 001 AI and the Future of Humanity: Philosophical Issues about Technology and Human Survival	MoWeFr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Jackson Bittick	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 0222	Seats filled	Seats filled	35/35	5/999
Description: This course investigates philosophical issues arising from advanced forms of technology, in particular artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and biological augmentation. We will consider questions about the dangers and benefits of AI, survival in non-biological ways, moral constraints on AI, the relationship between human and machine morality, and others. 3 units.
15142	PHIL 143 - 002 AI and the Future of Humanity: Philosophical Issues about Technology and Human Survival	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM	Myraeka D'leeuwen	Bingham Hall-Rm 3006	13/40	Seats filled	13/40	0/999
Description: This course investigates philosophical issues arising from advanced forms of technology, in particular artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and biological augmentation. We will consider questions about the dangers and benefits of AI, survival in non-biological ways, moral constraints on AI, the relationship between human and machine morality, and others. 3 units.
15158	PHIL 143H - 001 AI and the Future of Humanity: Philosophical Issues about Technology and Human Survival	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	To be Announced	Hanes Hall-Rm 0112	Seats filled	Seats filled	20/20	8/999
Description: This course investigates philosophical issues arising from advanced forms of technology, in particular artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and biological augmentation. We will consider questions about the dangers and benefits of AI, survival in non-biological ways, moral constraints on AI, the relationship between human and machine morality, and others. 3 units.
13892	PHIL 151 - 001 Theory, Evidence, and Understanding in Science (CommBeyond)	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Katie Deaven	Murphey Hall-Rm 0302	Seats filled	Seats filled	24/24	3/999
Description: What is distinctive about the kind of knowledge called ''science''? What is scientific explanation? How are scientific theories related to empirical evidence? An examination of these and related issues with special focus on developing oral communication skills. Students may not receive credit for both PHIL 151 and PHIL 150. 3 units.
13893	PHIL 151 - 002 Theory, Evidence, and Understanding in Science (CommBeyond)	TuTh 5:00PM - 6:15PM	Katie Deaven	Gardner Hall-Rm 0007	16/24	Seats filled	16/24	0/999
Description: What is distinctive about the kind of knowledge called ''science''? What is scientific explanation? How are scientific theories related to empirical evidence? An examination of these and related issues with special focus on developing oral communication skills. Students may not receive credit for both PHIL 151 and PHIL 150. 3 units.
6173	PHIL 155 - 001 Truth and Proof: Introduction to Mathematical Logic	MoWeFr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	John Roberts	Phillips Hall-Rm 0228	15/30	Seats filled	15/30	0/999
Description: Introduces the theory of deductive reasoning, using a symbolic language to represent and evaluate patterns of reasoning. Covers sentential logic and first-order predicate logic. 3 units.
12962	PHIL 155 - 002 Truth and Proof: Introduction to Mathematical Logic	MoWeFr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	John Roberts	Gardner Hall-Rm 0210	17/30	Seats filled	17/30	0/999
Description: Introduces the theory of deductive reasoning, using a symbolic language to represent and evaluate patterns of reasoning. Covers sentential logic and first-order predicate logic. 3 units.
11901	PHIL 155H - 001 Truth and Proof: Introduction to Mathematical Logic	MoWe 3:35PM - 4:50PM	Sarah Stroud	Graham Memorial-Rm 0035	Seats filled	2/18	2/18	0/999
Description: Introduces the theory of deductive reasoning, using a symbolic language to represent and evaluate patterns of reasoning. Covers sentential logic and first-order predicate logic. 3 units.
6174	PHIL 160 - 001 Virtue, Value, and Happiness: An Introduction to Moral Theory	MoWe 5:05PM - 6:20PM	Margaret Shea	Hanes Art Center-Rm 0218	19/30	Seats filled	19/30	0/999
Description: Exploration of different philosophical perspectives about right and wrong, personal character, justice, moral reasoning, and moral conflicts. Readings drawn from classic or contemporary sources. Critical discussion emphasized. Students may not receive credit for both PHIL 160 and PHIL 161. 3 units.
8517	PHIL 163 - 001 Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live	MoWeFr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Paul Garofalo	Murphey Hall-Rm 0105	Seats filled	Seats filled	40/40	4/999
Description: Topics may include war, medical ethics, media ethics, sexual ethics, business ethics, racism, sexism, capital punishment, and the environment. 3 units.
9418	PHIL 163 - 002 Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	To be Announced	Dey Hall-Rm 0403	Seats filled	Seats filled	30/30	2/999
Description: Topics may include war, medical ethics, media ethics, sexual ethics, business ethics, racism, sexism, capital punishment, and the environment. 3 units.
9416	PHIL 165 - 001 Bioethics	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM	Raye Ploeger	Dey Hall-Rm 0206	34/40	Seats filled	34/40	0/999
Description: An examination of ethical issues in the life sciences and technologies, medicine, public health, and/or human interaction with nonhuman animals or the living environment. 3 units.
9417	PHIL 165 - 002 Bioethics	MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Will Conner	Gardner Hall-Rm 0210	Seats filled	Seats filled	40/40	13/999
Description: An examination of ethical issues in the life sciences and technologies, medicine, public health, and/or human interaction with nonhuman animals or the living environment. 3 units.
15216	PHIL 180 - 001 Philosophy of Humor	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Thomas Mattessich	Fetzer Hall-Rm 0104	Seats filled	Seats filled	40/40	8/999
Description: A course on philosophical issues related to laughter and humor. Historical and contemporary philosophical theories of humor; connections between traditional issues in aesthetics and humor; moral questions about humor, such as what is involved in a joke being racist/sexist/homophobic; and connections between jokes and various epistemological fallacies. 3 units.
13875	PHIL 210 - 001 Wonder, Myth, and Reason: Introduction to Ancient Greek Science and Philosophy	MoWe 8:00AM - 8:50AM	MARISKA LEUNISSEN	Chapman Hall-Rm 0211	19/50	Seats filled	19/50	0/999
Description: The emergence of philosophy in Greece during the sixth century BCE and its development during the classical period. The major figures studied are the Pre-Socratic philosophers, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. 3 units.
13876	PHIL 210 - 601 Wonder, Myth, and Reason: Introduction to Ancient Greek Science and Philosophy	Fr 8:00AM - 8:50AM	Eric Choi	Dey Hall-Rm 0303	4/5	Seats filled	4/5	0/999
Description: The emergence of philosophy in Greece during the sixth century BCE and its development during the classical period. The major figures studied are the Pre-Socratic philosophers, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. 0 units.
13877	PHIL 210 - 602 Wonder, Myth, and Reason: Introduction to Ancient Greek Science and Philosophy	Fr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Eric Choi	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	1/5	Seats filled	1/5	0/999
Description: The emergence of philosophy in Greece during the sixth century BCE and its development during the classical period. The major figures studied are the Pre-Socratic philosophers, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. 0 units.
13878	PHIL 210 - 603 Wonder, Myth, and Reason: Introduction to Ancient Greek Science and Philosophy	Fr 8:00AM - 8:50AM	To be Announced	Dey Hall-Rm 0306	3/5	Seats filled	3/5	0/999
Description: The emergence of philosophy in Greece during the sixth century BCE and its development during the classical period. The major figures studied are the Pre-Socratic philosophers, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. 0 units.
13879	PHIL 210 - 604 Wonder, Myth, and Reason: Introduction to Ancient Greek Science and Philosophy	Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	To be Announced	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	Seats filled	Seats filled	5/5	0/999
Description: The emergence of philosophy in Greece during the sixth century BCE and its development during the classical period. The major figures studied are the Pre-Socratic philosophers, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. 0 units.
13880	PHIL 210 - 605 Wonder, Myth, and Reason: Introduction to Ancient Greek Science and Philosophy	Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	To be Announced	Bingham Hall-Rm 1005	4/5	Seats filled	4/5	0/999
Description: The emergence of philosophy in Greece during the sixth century BCE and its development during the classical period. The major figures studied are the Pre-Socratic philosophers, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. 0 units.
13881	PHIL 210 - 606 Wonder, Myth, and Reason: Introduction to Ancient Greek Science and Philosophy	Fr 8:00AM - 8:50AM	To be Announced	Dey Hall-Rm 0302	0/5	Seats filled	0/5	0/999
Description: The emergence of philosophy in Greece during the sixth century BCE and its development during the classical period. The major figures studied are the Pre-Socratic philosophers, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. 0 units.
15117	PHIL 210 - 607 Wonder, Myth, and Reason: Introduction to Ancient Greek Science and Philosophy	Fr 8:00AM - 8:50AM	To be Announced	Davie Hall-Rm 0101	0/15	Seats filled	0/15	0/999
Description: The emergence of philosophy in Greece during the sixth century BCE and its development during the classical period. The major figures studied are the Pre-Socratic philosophers, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. 0 units.
15118	PHIL 210 - 608 Wonder, Myth, and Reason: Introduction to Ancient Greek Science and Philosophy	Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	To be Announced	Carolina Hall-Rm 0104	2/5	Seats filled	2/5	0/999
Description: The emergence of philosophy in Greece during the sixth century BCE and its development during the classical period. The major figures studied are the Pre-Socratic philosophers, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. 0 units.
13871	PHIL 220H - 001 17th and 18th Century Western Philosophy	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Markus Kohl	Graham Memorial-Rm 0210	Seats filled	12/18	12/18	2/999
Description: A study of some major philosophical works from this period, including works by authors such as Descartes, Spinoza, Locke, Berkeley, Leibniz, Hume, and/or Kant. 3 units.
10991	PHIL 224 - 001 Existential Philosophy and the Meaning(lessness) of Life	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Markus Kohl	Dey Hall-Rm 0403	Seats filled	Seats filled	30/30	10/999
Description: A survey of European philosophers in the phenomenological and existentialist traditions. Philosophers studied may include Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Camus. 3 units.
15144	PHIL 230 - 001 Mind, Matter, and Metaphysics: the Philosophy of Experience and Reality	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Felix Benzant	Woollen Gym-Rm 0301	19/40	Seats filled	19/40	0/999
Description: Topics in metaphysics and/or epistemology, such as: Is your mind different from your brain? Is it possible for us to know anything about the external world? Do we have free will? What distinguishes reasonable from unreasonable belief? 3 units.
4098	PHIL 272 - 001 The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM	Nicole Dominiak	Dey Hall-Rm 0305	Seats filled	Seats filled	30/30	0/999
Description: An analysis of ethical issues that arise in peace, war, and defense, e.g., the legitimacy of states, just war theory, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction. 3 units.
10992	PHIL 272 - 002 The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Caleb Hobbs	New West-Rm 0219	Seats filled	Seats filled	30/30	3/999
Description: An analysis of ethical issues that arise in peace, war, and defense, e.g., the legitimacy of states, just war theory, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction. 3 units.
11023	PHIL 272 - 003 The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense	MoWe 3:35PM - 4:50PM	Begum Icelliler	Bingham Hall-Rm 3014	Seats filled	Seats filled	5/5	4/999
Description: An analysis of ethical issues that arise in peace, war, and defense, e.g., the legitimacy of states, just war theory, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction. 3 units.
7413	PHIL 275 - 001 Moral and Philosophical Issues of Gender in Society	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	To be Announced	Wilson Hall-Rm 0202	Seats filled	Seats filled	25/25	2/999
Description: A survey of feminist perspectives on topics such as the meaning of oppression, sexism and racism, sex roles and stereotypes, ideals of female beauty, women in the workplace, pornography, rape. 3 units.
10161	PHIL 282 - 001 Human Rights: Philosophical Interrogations	MoWeFr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Kyle Cessna	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 0302	Seats filled	Seats filled	40/40	2/999
Description: The philosophy of human rights addresses questions about the existence, content, nature, universality, justification, and legal status of human rights. The strong claims made on behalf of human rights frequently provoke skeptical doubts and countering philosophical defenses. These will be addressed through classical and contemporary history of philosophy. 3 units.
6258	PHIL 292 - 001 Field Work in Philosophy: Introducing Philosophy in Primary and Secondary Schools	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Dashiell Shulman	Hamilton Hall-Rm 0570	11/15	Seats filled	11/15	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, two previous PHIL courses. Permission of the instructor. This course combines on-campus structured learning with substantial on-site field work incorporating philosophy into the primary and/or secondary school curriculum. Philosophy subjects and school partners will vary by semester. 3 units.
13874	PHIL 335 - 001 Theory of Knowledge	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Alex Worsnip	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	Seats filled	Seats filled	30/30	2/999
Description: Prerequisite, one previous PHIL course. What is knowledge and how does it relate to belief, justification, and truth? What makes beliefs reasonable or irrational? Can skepticism be defeated? 3 units.
10724	PHIL 381 - 001 Philosophy and Film	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Rory Hanlon	Peabody Hall-Rm 2080	Seats filled	Seats filled	35/35	2/999
Description: Prerequisite, one previous PHIL course. An examination of how philosophical issues are explored in the medium of film. 3 units.
7988	PHIL 384 - 001 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	MoWe 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Daniel Muñoz	Hanes Art Center-Rm 0121	70/80	Seats filled	70/80	0/999
Description: One course in economics strongly recommended. This interdisciplinary gateway course provides an introduction to subjects and quantitative techniques used to analyze problems in philosophy, political science, and economics. 3 units.
6682	PHIL 384 - 002 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	To be Announced	Dey Hall-Rm 0403	Seats filled	Seats filled	14/14	0/999
Description: One course in economics strongly recommended. This interdisciplinary gateway course provides an introduction to subjects and quantitative techniques used to analyze problems in philosophy, political science, and economics. 3 units.
12763	PHIL 384 - 003 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	MoWe 3:35PM - 4:50PM	To be Announced	Bingham Hall-Rm 1029	12/14	Seats filled	12/14	0/999
Description: One course in economics strongly recommended. This interdisciplinary gateway course provides an introduction to subjects and quantitative techniques used to analyze problems in philosophy, political science, and economics. 3 units.
13079	PHIL 384 - 004 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	TuTh 5:00PM - 6:15PM	Samuel Fullhart	Bingham Hall-Rm 3006	7/16	Seats filled	7/16	0/999
Description: One course in economics strongly recommended. This interdisciplinary gateway course provides an introduction to subjects and quantitative techniques used to analyze problems in philosophy, political science, and economics. 3 units.
13928	PHIL 384 - 601 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	To be Announced	Bingham Hall-Rm 1029	Seats filled	Seats filled	13/13	0/999
Description: One course in economics strongly recommended. This interdisciplinary gateway course provides an introduction to subjects and quantitative techniques used to analyze problems in philosophy, political science, and economics. 0 units.
13929	PHIL 384 - 602 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	Fr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	To be Announced	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	9/13	Seats filled	9/13	0/999
Description: One course in economics strongly recommended. This interdisciplinary gateway course provides an introduction to subjects and quantitative techniques used to analyze problems in philosophy, political science, and economics. 0 units.
13930	PHIL 384 - 603 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	To be Announced	Bingham Hall-Rm 1005	Seats filled	Seats filled	13/13	0/999
Description: One course in economics strongly recommended. This interdisciplinary gateway course provides an introduction to subjects and quantitative techniques used to analyze problems in philosophy, political science, and economics. 0 units.
13931	PHIL 384 - 604 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	Fr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	To be Announced	Mitchell Hall-Rm 0009	12/13	Seats filled	12/13	0/999
Description: One course in economics strongly recommended. This interdisciplinary gateway course provides an introduction to subjects and quantitative techniques used to analyze problems in philosophy, political science, and economics. 0 units.
13932	PHIL 384 - 605 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	To be Announced	Murphey Hall-Rm 0115	Seats filled	Seats filled	14/14	0/999
Description: One course in economics strongly recommended. This interdisciplinary gateway course provides an introduction to subjects and quantitative techniques used to analyze problems in philosophy, political science, and economics. 0 units.
13933	PHIL 384 - 606 Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	To be Announced	Mitchell Hall-Rm 121A	9/14	Seats filled	9/14	0/999
Description: One course in economics strongly recommended. This interdisciplinary gateway course provides an introduction to subjects and quantitative techniques used to analyze problems in philosophy, political science, and economics. 0 units.
13897	PHIL 392 - 001 Ethics Research Seminar for Undergraduates	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Michael Vazquez	Stone Center-Rm 0210	24/25	Seats filled	24/25	0/999
Description: This is a capstone course in ethics designed for Parr Center Ethics Scholars completing the Mentored Research capstone project. The seminar will provide a collaborative learning space that will facilitate each student's independent research and writing. This course will begin with survey of major themes in practical ethics before transitioning to a thematically focused study of topics based on the research interests of the students in the course. 3 units.
15351	PHIL 397 - 001 Philosophy Research Seminar for Undergraduates	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	To be Announced	Stone Center-Rm 0201	Seats filled	4/15	4/15	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, two previous PHIL courses. This course is designed to approximate the experience of a graduate seminar in philosophy. The course topic is different each year; class meetings are discussion-based and focused on developing professional writing and research skills. Recommended for all majors and minors. 3 units.
13887	PHIL 411 - 001 Aristotle	Mo 3:35PM - 6:05PM	David Reeve	Dey Hall-Rm 0303	Seats filled	Seats filled	10/10	0/999
Description: An examination of some representative works of Aristotle, with reference to common emphases and basic problems, together with an analysis of their philosophic content. The aim to provide students with a more thorough understanding of the key texts, doctrines, notions, and ideas in Aristotle's philosophy as a whole and with the capacities and confidence to conduct a short, independent, ancient philosophical research project on Aristotle's philosophy. 3 units.
15140	PHIL 411 - 002 Aristotle	Mo 3:35PM - 6:05PM	MARISKA LEUNISSEN	Dey Hall-Rm 0303	2/10	Seats filled	2/10	0/999
Description: An examination of some representative works of Aristotle, with reference to common emphases and basic problems, together with an analysis of their philosophic content. The aim to provide students with a more thorough understanding of the key texts, doctrines, notions, and ideas in Aristotle's philosophy as a whole and with the capacities and confidence to conduct a short, independent, ancient philosophical research project on Aristotle's philosophy. 3 units.
13891	PHIL 440 - 001 Philosophy of Mind	We 3:35PM - 6:05PM	Jim Pryor	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	3/20	Seats filled	3/20	0/999
Description: At least two courses in philosophy other than PHIL 155, including PHIL 340, strongly recommended. An examination of dualism, behaviorism, the identity theory, and forms of functionalism with special focus on the problems of mental aboutness and the problems of consciousness. 3 units.
13888	PHIL 480 - 001 Philosophy of Law	Tu 12:30PM - 3:00PM	MATTHEW KOTZEN	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	15/20	Seats filled	15/20	0/999
Description: An exploration of whether and under what conditions the state has the right to control crime by punishment of past crimes and preventive detention to prevent future crimes. 3 units.
6477	PHIL 698 - 001 Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Daniel Muñoz	Murray Hall-Rm G205	Seats filled	Seats filled	14/14	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHIL 384. Permission of the department. This capstone course advances PHIL 384, focusing on such theoretical and philosophical issues as the analysis of rights or distributive justice and the institutional implications of moral forms. 3 units.
7625	PHIL 698 - 002 Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course	MoWe 3:35PM - 4:50PM	Samuel Fullhart	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 0301	Seats filled	Seats filled	14/14	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHIL 384. Permission of the department. This capstone course advances PHIL 384, focusing on such theoretical and philosophical issues as the analysis of rights or distributive justice and the institutional implications of moral forms. 3 units.
12368	PHIL 698 - 003 Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Paul Garofalo	Dey Hall-Rm 0202	12/13	Seats filled	12/13	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHIL 384. Permission of the department. This capstone course advances PHIL 384, focusing on such theoretical and philosophical issues as the analysis of rights or distributive justice and the institutional implications of moral forms. 3 units.
8735	PHIL 700 - 001 Proto-Seminar in Philosophy	Fr 10:10AM - 12:40PM	Tom Dougherty	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	0/15	Seats filled	0/15	0/999
Description: 3 units.
13890	PHIL 735 - 001 Advanced Studies in Epistemology	Tu 3:30PM - 6:00PM	RAM NETA	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	2/15	Seats filled	2/15	0/999
Description: 3 units.
13889	PHIL 750 - 001 Advanced Studies in Philosophy of Science	Th 12:30PM - 3:00PM	MARC LANGE	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	3/15	Seats filled	3/15	0/999
Description: 3 units.
11893	PHIL 760 - 001 Advanced Studies in Moral Theory	We 12:20PM - 2:50PM	Margaret Shea	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	4/15	Seats filled	4/15	0/999
Description: 3 units.
13884	PHIL 760 - 002 Advanced Studies in Moral Theory	We 12:20PM - 2:50PM	Alex Worsnip	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	3/15	Seats filled	3/15	0/999
Description: 3 units.
6794	PHIL 790 - 001 Colloquium Series Seminar	Fr 2:30PM - 5:00PM	THOMAS HOFWEBER	Gardner Hall-Rm 0008	5/35	Seats filled	5/35	0/999
Description: 3 units.
13885	PHIL 790 - 002 Colloquium Series Seminar	Fr 2:30PM - 5:00PM	To be Announced	Gardner Hall-Rm 0008	5/35	Seats filled	5/35	0/999
Description: 3 units.
11888	PHIL 994 - 059 Doctoral Research and Dissertation	Mo 3:35PM - 6:05PM	Rosalind Chaplin	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	10/15	Seats filled	10/15
Description: 3 units.
13886	PHIL 994 - 064 Doctoral Research and Dissertation	Mo 3:35PM - 6:05PM	To be Announced	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	10/15	Seats filled	10/15
Description: 3 units.