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PHIL 1100
Course Description
A general introduction to some of the main topics, texts, and methods of philosophy. Topics may include the existence of God, the nature of mind and its relation to the body, causation, free will, knowledge ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
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Korzukhin, T
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 142
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- F Sibley Hall 208
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- F Rockefeller Hall 102
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- F Lincoln Hall 107
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PHIL 1110
Course Description
This First-Year Writing Seminar is about using philosophy and everyday life and provides the opportunity to write extensively about these issues. Topics vary by section. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Ethics, Information, and Technology
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- TR White Hall B04
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Patterson, A
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Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS:Moral &Social Philosophy thru Argument Mapping
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- MWF Uris Hall G28
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Appel, A
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Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Philosophy of Science
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- TR Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3331
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Faller, A
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Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Feminism, Gender, and Education
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- TR Uris Hall G24
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Manne, D
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Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PHIL 1111
Course Description
This First-Year Writing Seminar discusses problems in philosophy and gives the opportunity to write about them. Topics vary by section. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Luck and Morality
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Class Number & Section Details
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- TR Uris Hall 398
Instructors
Paskell, M
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Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PHIL 1112
Course Description
This First-Year Writing Seminar offers the opportunity to discuss and write about philosophy. Topics vary by section. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: God and Evil
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Class Number & Section Details
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- MW Uris Hall 260
Instructors
Mathew, V
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Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS:Living in Material Wrld:Ancient Epicurean Phil
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Class Number & Section Details
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 124
Instructors
Brittain, C
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Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Topic: FWS: True Crime and Philosophy
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- TR Uris Hall 260
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Gounot, Q
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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
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Rockefeller Hall 122
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Staff
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall 156
- Jan 24, 2019
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Staff
- R Goldwin Smith Hall 156
- Feb 7, 2019
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall 156
- Feb 21, 2019
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall 156
- Mar 7, 2019
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall 156
- Mar 21, 2019
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall 156
- Apr 11, 2019
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall 156
- Apr 25, 2019
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- R Rockefeller Hall 132
- Jan 31, 2019
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Staff
- R Rockefeller Hall 132
- Feb 14, 2019
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- R Rockefeller Hall 132
- Feb 28, 2019
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- R Rockefeller Hall 132
- Mar 14, 2019
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- R Rockefeller Hall 132
- Mar 28, 2019
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- R Rockefeller Hall 132
- Apr 18, 2019
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- R Rockefeller Hall 132
- May 2, 2019
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Jan 25, 2019
Instructors
Starr, W
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Feb 8, 2019
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Feb 22, 2019
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Mar 8, 2019
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Mar 22, 2019
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Apr 12, 2019
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Apr 26, 2019
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Feb 1, 2019
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Staff
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Feb 15, 2019
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Mar 1, 2019
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Mar 15, 2019
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Mar 29, 2019
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Apr 19, 2019
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- May 3, 2019
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PHIL 1901
Course Description
This course will address questions of justice posed by current political controversies, for example, controversies over immigration, economic inequality, American nationalism, the government's role in ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 1901, SOC 1900
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Democracy, Equality, and Justice, Now
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Class Number & Section Details
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- W William T. Keeton House 141
Instructors
Esposito, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Weekly discussions of urgent moral questions about politics and society in the United States and American conduct toward people abroad. Brief readings will be starting points for mutual learning from diverse perspectives about issues such as inequality of political power (“The system is rigged”); economic and racial inequality; inclusion, diversity and political action (including “identity politics”); fears of the erosion of democracy; patriotism and cosmopolitanism; immigration; and global uses of American power.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 1901, SOC 1900
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Democracy, Equality, and Justice, Now
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Class Number & Section Details
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- W Carl Becker House G32
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Faller, A
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Weekly discussions of urgent moral and political questions about democratic values and social justice, such as controversies over inequality of political power (“The system is rigged”); inclusion, diversity and political action (including “identity politics”); patriotism and cosmopolitanism; immigration; economic and racial inequality; and the global prospects of democracy. Brief readings as well as lectures (available in video) in the Spring Ethics and Public Life series on democracy will be starting points for mutual learning.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 1901, SOC 1900
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Democracy, Equality, and Justice, Now
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Class Number & Section Details
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- M William T. Keeton House 141
Instructors
Paskell, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Weekly discussions of urgent moral and political questions about democratic values and social justice, such as controversies over inequality of political power (“The system is rigged”); inclusion, diversity and political action (including “identity politics”); patriotism and cosmopolitanism; immigration; economic and racial inequality; and the global prospects of democracy. Brief readings as well as lectures (available in video) in the Spring Ethics and Public Life series on democracy will be starting points for mutual learning.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 1901, SOC 1900
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Democracy, Equality, and Justice, Now
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Class Number & Section Details
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- M Hans Bethe House 240
Instructors
Proios, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Weekly discussions of urgent moral and political questions about democratic values and social justice, such as controversies over inequality of political power (“The system is rigged”); inclusion, diversity and political action (including “identity politics”); patriotism and cosmopolitanism; immigration; economic and racial inequality; and the global prospects of democracy. Brief readings as well as lectures (available in video) in the Spring Ethics and Public Life series on democracy will be starting points for mutual learning.
PHIL 1910
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to the science of the mind. Everyone knows what it's like to think and perceive, but this subjective experience provides little insight into how minds emerge from ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 1101, CS 1710, LING 1170, PSYCH 1102
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Uris Hall G01
Instructors
Swallow, K
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Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 1911
Course Description
This section is highly recommended for students who are interested in learning about the topics covered in the main course through writing and discussion. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 1104, LING 1104, PSYCH 1104
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
PHIL 1920
Course Description
This course offers a survey of political theory in the West. We will examine some of the persistent dilemmas of politics and the attempts of several canonical political theorists to respond to them: Plato, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 1615
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
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Markell, P
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- M Uris Hall G26
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Staff
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- T McGraw Hall 366
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Staff
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- R White Hall 110
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- R Rockefeller Hall 127
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- F McGraw Hall 366
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- F McGraw Hall 365
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PHIL 2220
Course Description
A survey of Western philosophy in the 17th and 18th centuries: Descartes, Locke, Spinoza, Leibniz, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. We focus largely on epistemology (ideas, skepticism, belief, knowledge, science) ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 142
Instructors
Mitchell, S
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- R Uris Hall 498
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Staff
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 124
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Staff
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- F Uris Hall 498
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PHIL 2300
Course Description
The course provides an overview of a number of famous philosophical puzzles and paradoxes and important attempts to solve them. Among the paradoxes that may be discussed are Zeno's paradoxes of space, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture. Discussion optional.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 142
Instructors
Kocurek, A
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Kocurek, A
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- F Rockefeller Hall 132
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Kocurek, A
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PHIL 2410
Course Description
This course is intended to introduce and explore some of the big questions about the content, scope, and nature of morality. The first half of the course will focus on various first-order ethical theories, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
Instructors
Markovits, J
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- F Uris Hall 204
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Staff
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- F Rockefeller Hall 112
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Staff
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 283
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PHIL 2455
Course Description
Bioethics is the study of ethical problems brought about by advances in the medical field. Questions we'll discuss may include: Is it morally permissible to advance a patient's death, at his or her request, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: STS 2451
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
Instructors
Markovits, J
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall G22
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Markovits, J
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- F Rockefeller Hall 127
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Staff
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PHIL 2540
Course Description
This course will survey the rich and sophisticated tradition of Indian philosophical thought from its beginnings in the speculations of Upanishads, surveying debates between Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3344, CLASS 3674, RELST 3344
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MWF Sibley Hall 211
Instructors
McCrea, L
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Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2611
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 398
Instructors
Mitchell, S
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Mitchell, S
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Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 2941
Course Description
The course looks at the connection between ethics and society. It does so by focusing on the issues raised by the phenomenon of aid, giving or receiving it, and how we understand and react to it. We ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 3333
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 112
Instructors
Taiwo, O
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Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 3203
Course Description
We will study several of Aristotle's major works, including the Categories, Physics, Posterior Analytics, Metaphysics, and Nicomachean Ethics. Topics include nature and change, form and matter, the nature ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 3664
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G24
Instructors
Kamtekar, R
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Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 3210
Course Description
A selective survey of Western philosophical thought from the fourth to the 14th century. Topics include the problem of universals, the theory of knowledge and truth, the nature of free choice and practical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MEDVL 3210, RELST 3150
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Rockefeller Hall 112
Instructors
MacDonald, S
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Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 3300
Course Description
This will be a course on the set theory of Zermelo and Fraenkel: the basic concepts, set-theoretic construction of the Natural, Integral, Rational and Real Numbers, cardinality, and, time permitting, the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture. Discussion optional. Combined with: MATH 3840
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 142
Instructors
Hodes, H
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- M Uris Hall G26
Instructors
Hodes, H
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PHIL 3310
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MATH 2810
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G26
Instructors
Hodes, H
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- R Uris Hall G26
Instructors
Hodes, H
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PHIL 3900
Course Description
To be taken only in exceptional circumstances. Must be arranged by the student with his or her advisor and the faculty member who has agreed to direct the study. view course details
PHIL 3972
Course Description
This cutting-edge and constantly evolving field of law will explore the statutory and case law in which the legal, social, or biological nature of nonhuman animals is an important factor. The course encompasses ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LAW 7072
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- M Myron Taylor Hall 389
- Jan 22 - Apr 29, 2019
Instructors
Colb, S
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Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 4002
Course Description
Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7262, MEDVL 4002, MEDVL 6020, PHIL 6020, RELST 4100, RELST 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
PHIL 4110
Course Description
Reading and translation of Greek philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GREEK 7161, PHIL 6010
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
PHIL 4200
Course Description
Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4662, CLASS 7173, PHIL 6200
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Platonism after Plato
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- M Rockefeller Hall 183
Instructors
Brennan, T
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PHIL 4433
Course Description
Since Stanley Milgram's famous experiments on obedience to authority conducted in the early 1960s, and arguably long before that, it's been clear that the majority of people are unreliable judges of who ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 6433, SHUM 4633, SHUM 6633
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- T A D White House 110
Instructors
Manne, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 4435
Course Description
This seminar considers new directions in thinking about political authority that focus on the claims of non-state groups. It considers leading 20th century political theorists who have recognized authority ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4630, AMST 6630, GOVT 4835, GOVT 6835, PHIL 6435, SHUM 4631, SHUM 6631
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- R A D White House 110
Instructors
Eisenberg, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 4470
Course Description
Advanced discussion of topics in social and political philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4655, AMST 6656, GOVT 4655, GOVT 6656, PHIL 6430, SOC 4430, SOC 6430
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Equality, Democracy, and Solidarity
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- T Stimson Hall 206
Instructors
Miller, R
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Discussion of leading current debates over the moral foundations of political justice including such questions as, “What forms, if any, of economic equality are fundamentally important?”, “Is equality of political influence important as such?”, “Is capitalism exploitive?”, “What is the nature and basis of the political duty to promote the general welfare?”, “What role, if any, should patriotism play in political choice?”, “What are the political demands of respect and inclusion?” Readings will be mostly from recent political philosophy, with attention to classic arguments (e.g., by Rawls, Nozick, Mill), current political controversies and social scientific findings, as well.
PHIL 4710
Course Description
An investigation of varying topics in the philosophy of language including reference, meaning, the relationship between language and thought, communication, modality, logic and pragmatics. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 4712, LING 6634, PHIL 6710
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Speech Acts and Social Norms
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall 236
Instructors
Starr, W
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Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 4720
Course Description
What is the relationship between what words mean and how they are used? What is part of the grammar and what is a result of general reasoning? Pragmatics is often thought of as the study of how meaning ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 4425, LING 6425, PHIL 6720
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 111
Instructors
Abusch, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 4901
Course Description
Majors in philosophy may choose to pursue honors in their senior year. Students undertake research leading to the writing of an honors essay by the end of the final semester. Prospective candidates should ... view course details
PHIL 4941
Course Description
This course looks at the philosopher John Locke as a philosopher of dispossession. There is a uniquely Lockean mode of missionization, conception of mind and re-formulations of the 'soul' applied to dispossess ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AIIS 4200, AIIS 6200, AMST 4220, AMST 6220, PHIL 6941
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Caldwell Hall 400
Instructors
Richardson, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6010
Course Description
Reading and translation of Greek Philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GREEK 7161, PHIL 4110
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
PHIL 6020
Course Description
Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7262, MEDVL 4002, MEDVL 6020, PHIL 4002, RELST 4100, RELST 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
PHIL 6200
Course Description
Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4662, CLASS 7173, PHIL 4200
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Platonism after Plato
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Rockefeller Hall 183
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PHIL 6430
Course Description
Advanced discussion of a topic in social and political philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4655, AMST 6656, GOVT 4655, GOVT 6656, PHIL 4470, SOC 4430, SOC 6430
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Equality, Democracy, and Solidarity
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Stimson Hall 206
Instructors
Miller, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Discussion of leading current debates over the moral foundations of political justice including such questions as, “What forms, if any, of economic equality are fundamentally important?”, “Is equality of political influence important as such?”, “Is capitalism exploitive?”, “What is the nature and basis of the political duty to promote the general welfare?”, “What role, if any, should patriotism play in political choice?”, “What are the political demands of respect and inclusion?” Readings will be mostly from recent political philosophy, with attention to classic arguments (e.g., by Rawls, Nozick, Mill), current political controversies and social scientific findings, as well.
PHIL 6433
Course Description
Since Stanley Milgram's famous experiments on obedience to authority conducted in the early 1960s, and arguably long before that, it's been clear that the majority of people are unreliable judges of who ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 4433, SHUM 4633, SHUM 6633
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T A D White House 110
Instructors
Manne, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6435
Course Description
This seminar considers new directions in thinking about political authority that focus on the claims of non-state groups. It considers leading 20th century political theorists who have recognized authority ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4630, AMST 6630, GOVT 4835, GOVT 6835, PHIL 4435, SHUM 4631, SHUM 6631
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R A D White House 110
Instructors
Eisenberg, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6710
Course Description
An investigation of varying topics in the philosophy of language including reference, meaning, the relationship between language and thought, communication, modality, logic and pragmatics. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 4712, LING 6634, PHIL 4710
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Speech Acts and Social Norms
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall 236
Instructors
Starr, W
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6720
Course Description
What is the relationship between what words mean and how they are used? What is part of the grammar and what is a result of general reasoning? Pragmatics is often thought of as the study of how meaning ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 4425, LING 6425, PHIL 4720
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 111
Instructors
Abusch, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6731
Course Description
Uses the techniques introduced in Semantics I to analyze linguistic phenomena, including quantifier scope, ellipsis, and referential pronouns. Temporal and possible worlds semantics are introduced and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 6422
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 107
Instructors
Rooth, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 6941
Course Description
This course looks at the philosopher John Locke as a philosopher of dispossession. There is a uniquely Lockean mode of missionization, conception of mind and re-formulations of the 'soul' applied to dispossess ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AIIS 4200, AIIS 6200, AMST 4220, AMST 6220, PHIL 4941
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Caldwell Hall 400
Instructors
Richardson, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PHIL 7000
Course Description
Independent study for graduate students only. view course details