Satisfactory completion of an intro level course is a prerequisite for taking any further course in philosophy.
100 level seminars are intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
Students may not take more than one intro level course, with one exception: students may take Logic either before or after taking any other introductory course.
NOTE: Classes with low enrollment have the possibility of being canceled. Please register as early as possible.
TENTATIVE OFFERINGS (as of 12/22/23)
PHIL distribution notes - (H) history*, (L) language, (V) value
*(AH) ancient history, (MH) modern history
Spring 2024
- PHIL 001G. Introduction to Philosophy: Rationality and Religious Belief
- PHIL 001M. Introduction to Philosophy: Free Thinkers
- PHIL 008. First-Year Seminar: Aesthetics & Political Resistance
- PHIL 013. Modern Philosophy
PHIL distribution - (M)H
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 027. Ethics & Technology
Must be taken for PHIL credit to count towards the PHIL major/minor.
PHIL distribution - V- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 030. Buddhist Philosophy
PHIL distribution - H, V
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 031. Advanced Logic
- PHIL 037. Contemporary Political Philosophy
Must be taken for PHIL credit to count towards the PHIL major/minor.
PHIL distribtution - V- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 040. Semantics
Prior to F'24 this is not a writing course for PHIL. (WC starting F'24.)
Must be taken for PHIL credit to count towards the PHIL major/minor.
PHIL distribution - L- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 072. Critical Philosophy of Race
PHIL distribution - V
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 093. Directed Reading
- PHIL 096. Senior Course Thesis
- PHIL 099. Senior Course Study
Required for all philosophy course majors.
- PHIL 103. Selected Modern Philosophers
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
PHIL distribution - (M)H
- PHIL 119. Philosophy of Science
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
PHIL distribution - L
- PHIL 180. Senior Honors Thesis
- PHIL 199. Senior Honors Study
Required for all philosophy honors students.
Fall 2024
- PHIL 001F. Introduction to Philosophy: Classical and Contemporary Problems
- PHIL 001H. Introduction to Philosophy: Personal Identity and the Self
- PHIL 003. First-Year Seminar: The Meaning of Life
- PHIL 005. First-Year Seminar: Human Nature
- PHIL 012A. Logic
Recommended for students with a strong mathematics or computer science background, and for non-freshmen who have taken no prior philosophy courses. Required of all philosophy majors, unless they have taken PHIL 012B previously.
- PHIL 012B. Logic
Recommended for students who are intending to major or minor in Philosophy, and for non-freshmen who have taken at least one prior Philosophy course. Required of all philosophy majors, unless they have taken PHIL 012A previously.
- PHIL 022. Philosophies of Violence
PHIL distribution - V
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 023. Metaphysics
PHIL distribution - L
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 034. Marx and Marxism
PHIL distribution - H
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 040. Semantics
Prior to F'24 this is not a writing course for PHIL. (WC starting F'24.)
Must be taken for PHIL credit to count towards the PHIL major/minor.
PHIL distribution - L- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 052. Bioethics
PHIL distribution - V
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 053. Debates in Indian Philosophy
PHIL distribution - H, L, V
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 079. Poststructuralism
PHIL distribution - H, L, V
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 101. Moral Philosophy
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
PHIL distribution - V
- PHIL 102. Ancient Philosophy
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
PHIL distribution - (A)H
- PHIL 116. Language and Meaning
Must be taken for PHIL credit to count towards the PHIL major/minor.
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
PHIL distribution - L
Spring 2025
- PHIL 001C. Introduction to Philosophy: Truth and Desire
- PHIL 001G. Introduction to Philosophy: Rationality and Religious Belief
- PHIL 008. First-Year Seminar: Aesthetics & Political Resistance
- PHIL 010. First-Year Seminar: Questions of Inquiry
- PHIL 013. Modern Philosophy
PHIL distribution - (M)H
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 018. Philosophy of Science
PHIL distribution - L
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 020. Plato and His Modern Readers
Must be taken for PHIL credit to count towards the PHIL major/minor.
PHIL distribution - (A)H- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 035. Environmental Ethics
PHIL distribution - V
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 040. Semantics
Prior to F'24 this is not a writing course for PHIL. (WC starting F'24.)
Must be taken for PHIL credit to count towards the PHIL major/minor.
PHIL distribution - L- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 044. Comparative Theories of Knowledge
This course was previously called 'Epistemology without Borders'. If you have already taken that course, you cannot take this course, it is the same content, with a new name.
PHIL distribution - H, L- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course, before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 099. Senior Course Study
Required for all philosophy course majors.
- PHIL 118. Philosophy of Mind
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
PHIL distribution - L
- PHIL 121. Social and Political Philosophy
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
PHIL distribution - V
- PHIL 139. Phenomenology, Existentialism, and Poststructuralism
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
PHIL distribution - H, L, V
- PHIL 199. Senior Honors Study
Required for all philosophy honors students.
Fall 2025
- PHIL 001M. Introduction to Philosophy: Free Thinkers
- PHIL 001P. Introduction to Philosophy: Reasoning and Living Well
- PHIL 003. First-Year Seminar: The Meaning of Life
- PHIL 005. First-Year Seminar: Human Nature
- PHIL 011. Moral Philosophy
PEAC eligible only when taught by PHIL instructor K. Thomason. Eligible with arranged assignment and by obtaining instructor and program coordinator written approval before drop/add period ends.
PHIL distribution - V- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 012A. Logic
Recommended for students with a strong mathematics or computer science background, and for non-freshmen who have taken no prior philosophy courses. Required of all philosophy majors, unless they have taken PHIL 012B previously.
- PHIL 012B. Logic
Recommended for students who are intending to major or minor in Philosophy, and for non-freshmen who have taken at least one prior Philosophy course. Required of all philosophy majors, unless they have taken PHIL 012A previously.
- PHIL 020. Plato and His Modern Readers
Must be taken for PHIL credit to count towards the PHIL major/minor.
PHIL distribution - (A)H- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 039. Existentialism
PHIL distribution - H, L, V
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 040. Semantics
Prior to F'24 this is not a writing course for PHIL. (WC starting F'24.)
Must be taken for PHIL credit to count towards the PHIL major/minor.
PHIL distribution - L- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 086. Philosophy of Mind
PHIL distribution - L
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 107. Philosophy of Religion
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
PHIL distribution - H, L, V
- PHIL 113. Topics in Epistemology
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
PHIL distribution - L
Spring 2026
- PHIL 001A. Introduction to Philosophy: Knowledge and Agency
- PHIL 001C. Introduction to Philosophy: Truth and Desire
- PHIL 001H. Introduction to Philosophy: Personal Identity and the Self
- PHIL 013. Modern Philosophy
PHIL distribution - (M)H
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 015. Special Topics: Kant: Critique of Pure Reason
PHIL distribution - (M)H
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 030. Buddhist Philosophy
PHIL distribution - H, V
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 031. Advanced Logic
- PHIL 040. Semantics
Prior to F'24 this is not a writing course for PHIL. (WC starting F'24.)
Must be taken for PHIL credit to count towards the PHIL major/minor.
PHIL distribution - L- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 069. Phenomenology-Then and Now
PHIL distribution - H, L, V
- Prerequisite:
First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- PHIL 099. Senior Course Study
Required for all philosophy course majors.
- PHIL 119. Philosophy of Science
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
PHIL distribution - L
- PHIL 155. Philosophy of Law
This seminar is intended for Seniors and Juniors, with priority given to honors students taking it as an honors preparation. Others should contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
PHIL distribution - V
- PHIL 199. Senior Honors Study
Required for all philosophy honors students.