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PHIL 100 Introduction to Philosophy (5) I&S Baker, Rosenthal
Major philosophical questions relating to such matters as the existence of God, the foundations of knowledge, the nature of reality, and the nature of morality. Approach may be either historical or topical. Offered: AWSpS.
Instructor Course Description:
Ann Michelle Baker
Andrew T. Jordan
Benjamin S. P. Almassi
Dylan H. Mayer
Brian Lars Enden
Jason D. Benchimol
Karen Mazner
Adam Daniel Moore
Brandon L. Olsen
Michael Rosenthal
PHIL 102 Contemporary Moral Problems (5) I&S/VLPA Blake, A. Moore
Philosophical consideration of some of the main moral problems of modern society and civilization, such as abortion, euthanasia, war, and capital punishment. Topics vary.
Instructor Course Description:
Gabriela A Remow
Benjamin S. P. Almassi
Catherine M Yu
Jason D. Benchimol
Jeramy S. Gee
Karen Mazner
Michael I. Blake
Adam Daniel Moore
Rachel L. Fredericks
Walter S. Clifton
Sara L. Goering
PHIL 110 Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy (5) I&S Clatterbaugh
An introduction to political theories such as conservatism, liberalism, and socialism and their treatment of select social issues.
Instructor Course Description:
Dylan H. Mayer
Eunjung K Kim
J Bradley Mchose
PHIL 114 Philosophical Issues in the Law (5) I&S R. Moore
Analysis and critical assessment of various philosophical issues in law and legal reasoning. Material drawn from actual law cases, as well as writings by contemporary philosophers of law and lawyers. Topics include criminal responsibility, civil disobedience, abortion, enforcement of morals. Special legal or philosophical training not required.
Instructor Course Description:
Elizabeth A. Scarbrough
Ronald M Moore
PHIL 115 Practical Reasoning (5) I&S, QSR
Introduction to logic emphasizing concepts and methods useful for practical analysis of arguments in everyday contexts; meaning, syllogisms, logical diagrams, inductive and statistical inference, informal fallacies, argument structure, perhaps some beginning symbolic logic. Offered: AWSpS.
Instructor Course Description:
Gabriela A Remow
Monica G. Aufrecht
Benjamin S. P. Almassi
Carole J Lee
Brian Lars Enden
Gwynne Taraska
Walter S. Clifton
PHIL 120 Introduction to Logic (5) I&S/NW, QSR Cohen, Fine, Weller
Elementary symbolic logic. The development, application, and theoretical properties of an artificial symbolic language designed to provide a clear representation of the logical structure of deductive arguments.
Instructor Course Description:
Arthur I Fine
Gabriela A Remow
Laurence A Bonjour
Cass J Weller
Brian Lars Enden
Joseph T. Ricci
Lynn Hankinson Nelson
John B. Manchak
Mitch T. Kaufman
S Marc Cohen
PHIL 160 Why Do We Believe in Quarks, Evolution, and Other Crazy Things? Perspectives on Science, Reason, and Reality (5) I&S Hankinson Nelson
Study of how scientific theories are justified and why they are accepted, using selected examples from the history of science.
Instructor Course Description:
Lynn Hankinson Nelson
PHIL 199 New Majors Seminar (2) I&S/VLPA
Introduces undergraduates to the field and to the interests of various faculty. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: one previous PHIL course.
Instructor Course Description:
Laurence A Bonjour
Kenneth C. Clatterbaugh
Stephen M. Gardiner
PHIL 200 Topics in Philosophy (3-5, max. 10) I&S
A study of philosophical topics at the introductory level. The content of the course is entirely at the discretion of the instructor.
Instructor Course Description:
Gabriela A Remow
Dylan H. Mayer
Brian Lars Enden
Renee M. Conroy
Ronald M Moore
Walter S. Clifton
PHIL 205 Philosophy for Children (5) I&S
Introduction to the methods of "doing" philosophy with young people. Stresses the development of a community of inquiry in which budding philosophers are encouraged to ask their own relevant questions, develop views and articulate reasons for them, and to listen and learn from one another. Credit/no credit only.
Instructor Course Description:
David A. Shapiro
PHIL 206 Philosophy of Feminism (5) I&S Wylie
Philosophical analysis of the concepts and assumptions central to feminism. Theoretical positions within the feminist movement; view of the ideal society, goals and strategies of the movement, intersections of the sex-gender system with other systems of oppression. Offered: jointly with POL S 212/WOMEN 206.
Instructor Course Description:
Margaret Alison Wylie
Claire E. Rasmussen
Christine Di Stefano
Rebecca Aanerud
PHIL 230 Philosophic Issues in World Affairs (3) I&S
Moral problems that arise in connection with such topics as affluence, hunger, and overpopulation; global environmental degradation; war and weaponry; restructuring the international order.
PHIL 240 Introduction to Ethics (5) I&S/VLPA Gardiner, Roberts, Smith, Talbott
Critical introduction to various philosophical views of the basis and presuppositions of morality and moral knowledge. Critical introduction to various types of normative ethical theory, including utilitarian, deontological, and virtue theories.
Instructor Course Description:
Angela Smith
Bennett Barr
Jean Valerie Roberts
Renee M. Conroy
Stephen M. Gardiner
William J. Talbott
PHIL 241 Topics in Ethics (5, max. 10) I&S/VLPA
Introduction to ethics through in-depth study of one or more selected topics (e.g., limits of moral community, animal rights, moral education, and freedom). Topics vary.
Instructor Course Description:
Ann Michelle Baker
Andrew T. Jordan
Eunjung K Kim
Jeremy M. Fischer
Jason D. Benchimol
Elizabeth A. Scarbrough
PHIL 242 Introduction to Medical Ethics (5) I&S/VLPA Goering, Schellenberg
Introduction to ethics, primarily for first- and second-year students. Emphasizes philosophical thinking and writing through an in-depth study of philosophical issues arising in the practice of medicine. Examines the issues of medical ethics from a patient's point of view.
Instructor Course Description:
Benjamin S. P. Almassi
Ingra R. Schellenberg
Sara L. Goering
PHIL 243 Environmental Ethics (5) I&S Light
Focuses on some of the philosophical questions that arise in connection with environmental studies. Topics to be considered include: the ideological roots of current issues, values and the natural world, public policy and risk assessment, intergenerational justice, and social change. Offered: jointly with ENVIR 243.
Instructor Course Description:
Monica G. Aufrecht
Lauren C. Hartzell
PHIL 267 Introduction to Philosophy of Religion (5) I&S Clatterbaugh
Consideration of the sources of religious ideas and practices, the main kinds of religious views and the problems they raise, and the different forms that spirituality can take. Issues concerning the relations of religion to science and morality also treated.
Instructor Course Description:
Kenneth C. Clatterbaugh
Brian Lars Enden
PHIL 301 Intermediate Topics in Philosophy (3-5, max. 10) I&S
Philosophical topics at the intermediate level. Content varies each quarter, depending on instructor.
Instructor Course Description:
Benjamin S. P. Almassi
Gwynne Taraska
Jason D. Benchimol
Walter S. Clifton
Stephen M. Gardiner
PHIL 314 Philosophy of Crime and Punishment (5) I&S R. Moore
Examination of philosophical theories regarding criminal habits and punishment and the philosophical problems connected with specific topics in criminal law. Examines proper subject matter of criminal law (drug use, pornography, euthanasia); limits of criminal sanctions; crime and privilege (corporate crime, white-collar crime, blackmail); justifications for punishment; mercy; and execution.
Instructor Course Description:
Gabriela A Remow
Ronald M Moore
PHIL 320 Ancient Philosophy (5) I&S Cohen, Roberts, Weller
Survey of ancient Greek philosophy, beginning with the pre-Socratics and proceeding on through Plato to Aristotle.
Instructor Course Description:
Cass J Weller
Jean Valerie Roberts
S Marc Cohen
PHIL 322 Modern Philosophy (5) I&S Baker, BonJour, Clatterbaugh, Rosenthal, Weller
Examination of metaphysical and epistemological problems from the works of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant.
Instructor Course Description:
Gabriela A Remow
Ann Michelle Baker
Cass J Weller
Kenneth C. Clatterbaugh
David Alexander
Michael Rosenthal
PHIL 325 Nineteenth-Century Philosophy (5) I&S
Examination of post-Kantian thinkers through the end of the nineteenth century considering such major themes as idealism, romanticism, positivism, historicism, naturalism, existentialism, and pragmatism.
Instructor Course Description:
Robert C Coburn
PHIL 327 American Philosophy (5) I&S
Study of some of the major American philosophers such as Peirce, Royce, Dewey, William James, C. I. Lewis, Goodman, Quine.
Instructor Course Description:
Dylan H. Mayer
PHIL 330 History of Ancient Political Philosophy (5) I&S Roberts
Political philosophy of fourth- and fifth-century Greece, especially the Sophists, Plato, and Aristotle, stressing the connection between the political philosophy and the underlying philosophical system of each philosopher.
Instructor Course Description:
Jean Valerie Roberts
PHIL 332 History of Modern Political Philosophy (5) I&S Blake, BonJour, Clatterbaugh, Talbott
Examination of major political philosophies from the sixteenth century to the nineteenth century, with attention to the underlying philosophical methods and foundations.
Instructor Course Description:
Laurence A Bonjour
Michael I. Blake
Adam Daniel Moore
William J. Talbott
PHIL 334 Philosophy of Marxism (3) I&S Clatterbaugh
Philosophy of Marx and the Marxist tradition with attention to key Marxist concepts such as exploitation, alienation, and historical materialism.
Instructor Course Description:
Kenneth C. Clatterbaugh
PHIL 335 Plato's Republic (5) I&S/VLPA Keyt
Designed especially for philosophy majors, but open to non-majors. Intensive study of Plato's masterpiece. Prerequisite: one PHIL course.
Instructor Course Description:
Jeremy M. Fischer
David Keyt
PHIL 338 Philosophy of Human Rights (5) I&S Talbott
Theories of human rights and the bearing of these theories on issues of public policy such as legitimacy of war and terrorism, economic justice, and whether future generations have rights.
Instructor Course Description:
Eunjung K Kim
Brandon L. Olsen
William J. Talbott
PHIL 340 History of Ancient Ethics (5) I&S/VLPA Roberts, Weller
Development of moral thought from Socrates through the Stoics. Particular emphasis on the ethical writings of Plato and Aristotle.
Instructor Course Description:
Cass J Weller
Jean Valerie Roberts
PHIL 342 History of Modern Ethics (5) I&S/VLPA Smith, Weller
Development of moral thought from Hobbes through Nietzsche, with particular emphasis on the ethical writings of Hume, Kant, and John Stuart Mill.
Instructor Course Description:
Angelic Adanandus
Gabriela A Remow
Cass J Weller
Nancy A.S. Jecker
Michael Rosenthal
PHIL 344 History of Recent Ethics (5) I&S/VLPA
Study of major ethical writings in the twentieth century, with principal emphasis on the Anglo-American tradition.
Instructor Course Description:
Andrea I. Woody
Nancy A.s. Jecker
PHIL 345 Moral Issues of Life and Death (5) I&S/VLPA Goering
Examination of such topics as war and murder, famine relief, capital punishment, high-risk technologies, abortion, suicide, and the rights of future generations.
Instructor Course Description:
Gabriela A Remow
Andrew T. Jordan
Bennett Barr
Ingra R. Schellenberg
Karen Emmerman Mazner
Sara L. Goering
PHIL 346 Personal Values and Human Good (3) I&S Baker, Goering, Smith
Examination of the idea of a good human life. Emphases differ from year to year. Typical topics include happiness and prudence, rationality and life plans, personal values and the meaning of life, autonomy and false consciousness, self-respect and self-esteem, honesty and self-deception, faith and "vital lies.".
Instructor Course Description:
Angela Smith
Ann Michelle Baker
Bennett Barr
Robert Coburn
PHIL 347 Philosophy in Literature (5) I&S/VLPA
Study of philosophical ideas expressed in works of literature.
Instructor Course Description:
Renee M. Conroy
PHIL 350 Introduction to Epistemology (5) I&S Baker, BonJour, Talbott
Nature, definition, and possibility of knowledge.
Instructor Course Description:
Arthur I Fine
Benjamin S. P. Almassi
William J. Talbott
PHIL 353 Introduction to the Philosophy of Language (5) I&S
Philosophical theories about the nature of language. Topics include meaning, reference, truth, propositions, relations between language and thought.
PHIL 356 Introduction to Metaphysics (5) I&S Baker
Introductory examination of some of the main problems in metaphysics, such as the nature of truth and reality, the metaphysical status of properties, the existence of free will.
Instructor Course Description:
Renee M. Conroy
PHIL 360 Introductory Topics in Philosophy of Science (5, max. 10) I&S Fine, Hankinson Nelson, Woody
Study of one or more current topics in philosophy of science such as scientific realism, explanation, confirmation, causation. Prerequisite: one PHIL course; recommended: PHIL 120; PHIL 160.
Instructor Course Description:
Arthur I Fine
Andrea I. Woody
Benjamin S. P. Almassi
Lynn Hankinson Nelson
John B. Manchak
PHIL 363 Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind (5) I&S
Various theories of the nature of mind, the relationship between mind and body, the self, introspection, and knowledge of other minds.
PHIL 399 Foreign Study (2-5, max. 10)
Upper division philosophy studies with no direct UW equivalents, taken through UW foreign study programs.
PHIL 401 Advanced Topics in Philosophy (3-5, max 10) I&S Baker
A study of philosophical topics at the advanced level. Topics vary.
Instructor Course Description:
Angela Smith
Ann Michelle Baker
Margaret Alison Wylie
Andrea I. Woody
Kenneth C. Clatterbaugh
Ingra R. Schellenberg
Michael I. Blake
Adam Daniel Moore
Ronald M Moore
Michael Rosenthal
Stephen M. Gardiner
PHIL 406 Philosophical Topics in Feminism (5) I&S Roberts, Hankinson Nelson, Woody
Detailed examination of questions raised by recent feminist scholarship in particular areas of philosophy, such as political theory, ethics, epistemology, or philosophy of science. Emphasis varies.
Instructor Course Description:
Andrea I. Woody
Lynn Hankinson Nelson
Sara L. Goering
PHIL 407 International Justice (5) I&S Blake, Gardiner
Examines issues through investigation of the moral foundations of international politics. Issues include: What moral duties constrain the relationships between states? Is international poverty a matter of moral concern? Are we justified in preferring the interest of our fellow nations? Prerequisite: one course in philosophy.
Instructor Course Description:
J Bradley Mchose
Stephen M. Gardiner
PHIL 408 Philosophy of Diversity (5) I&S Blake
Must a liberal political community respect all claims made on behalf of minority cultural groups? Are there moral limits to the forms of diversity compatible with just governance? Examines modern philosophical writings on these topics. Prerequisite: One philosophy course.
PHIL 409 Philosophy of Disability (3) I&S Goering
Rethinks the non-disabled assumption at the heart of much of western moral and political philosophy. Explores concepts of autonomy, opportunity, personhood, and dependence in regard to disability. Issues may include prenatal testing and reproduction, special education, requirements of accommodation, and social and legal interpretations of disability. Prerequisite: one philosophy course or LSJ/CHID 332, LSJ/CHID 433, or LSJ/CHID or 434.
Instructor Course Description:
Sara L. Goering
PHIL 410 Social Philosophy (5) I&S Clatterbaugh, Talbott,
An examination of topics pertaining to social structures and institutions such as liberty, distributive justice, and human rights.
Instructor Course Description:
Laurence A Bonjour
Kenneth C. Clatterbaugh
Stephen M. Gardiner
William J. Talbott
PHIL 411 Justice in Health Care (5) I&S/VLPA Jecker
Examination of the ethical problem of allocating scarce medical resources. Emphasizes the fundamental principles of justice that support alternative health policies. Recommended: prior courses in philosophy or ethics. Offered: jointly with B H 474.
Instructor Course Description:
Nancy A.S. Jecker
PHIL 412 Ethical Theory (5) I&S Jecker
Studies the major normative ethical theories, including both teleological and deontological approaches. Emphasizes moral philosophy during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as well as contemporary commentary. Recommended: one basic course in ethics. Offered: jointly with B H 402.
Instructor Course Description:
Nancy A.S. Jecker
PHIL 413 Metaethical Theory (5) I&S Jecker
Studies the major metaethical theories, including both cognitivist and noncognitivist approaches. Emphasizes moral philosophy during the twentieth century, as well as contemporary commentary. Recommended: one introductory philosophy course. Offered: jointly with B H 404.
Instructor Course Description:
Nancy A.S. Jecker
PHIL 414 Philosophy of Law (3) I&S BonJour, A. Moore, R. Moore
Nature and function of law. Relation of law to morality. Legal rights, judicial reasoning.
Instructor Course Description:
Laurence A Bonjour
Ronald M Moore
PHIL 415 Advanced Topics in Animal Welfare (5) I&S Light
Critical examination of issues in the philosophy of animal welfare and animal rights. Prerequisite: One philosophy course.
PHIL 416 Ethics and Climate Change (5) I&S Gardiner
Critical examination of the ethical issues surrounding climate change. Prerequisite: either one philosophy or one environmental studies course. Offered: jointly with ENVIR 416.
Instructor Course Description:
Stephen M. Gardiner
PHIL 417 Advanced Topics in Environmental Philosophy (5) I&S Gardiner, Light
Critical examination of issues in environmental philosophy. Topics vary. Prerequisite: one philosophy course. Offered: jointly with ENVIR 417.
PHIL 418 Jewish Philosophy (5) I&S Rosenthal
Introduces the central concepts and themes of Jewish philosophy. Focuses either on debates within a particular historical period -- e.g., medieval or modern- or on a topic -- e.g., reactions to the Enlightenment or to the Holocaust. Prerequisite: at least one previous course in philosophy. Offered: jointly with SISJE 418.
PHIL 422 Studies in Continental Rationalism (3, max. 9) I&S Clatterbaugh
Study of one or more of the major continental Rationalists: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz.
Instructor Course Description:
Michael Rosenthal
PHIL 425 Studies in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy (3) I&S Baker
Study of post-Kantian metaphysical theories, with special emphasis on idealism, realism, and/or pragmatism. Typical authors include F. H. Bradley, J. McTaggart, Royce, and Green.
PHIL 426 Twentieth-Century Philosophy (5) I&S Baker, Weller
A study of development of contemporary analytic philosophy, the revolt against idealism, and the linguistic turn in philosophy.
Instructor Course Description:
Cass J Weller
PHIL 430 Hellenistic Philosophy (3) I&S Roberts
Survey of the Epicurean, Stoic, and Skeptic philosophy of the Hellenistic period. Emphasis may vary.
Instructor Course Description:
Jean Valerie Roberts
PHIL 431 Philosophy of Plato (3, max. 6) I&S Cohen, Keyt, Roberts, Weller
Study of selected middle and late dialogues.
Instructor Course Description:
Jean Valerie Roberts
David Keyt
PHIL 433 Philosophy of Aristotle (3, max. 6) I&S Cohen, Keyt, Roberts, Weller
Study of several major Aristotelian treatises.
Instructor Course Description:
Cass J Weller
Jean Valerie Roberts
David Keyt
S Marc Cohen
PHIL 434 Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas (3) I&S
Examination of the major philosophical positions of Thomas Aquinas in the theory of knowledge, metaphysics, and ethics.
PHIL 436 British Empiricism (3) I&S Baker, BonJour
Examination of the metaphysical and epistemological views of Locke and Berkeley, with perhaps some attention also to Hume. Prerequisite: either PHIL 322 or PHIL 350.
Instructor Course Description:
Ann Michelle Baker
Cass J Weller
Lynn Hankinson Nelson
PHIL 437 Philosophy of Hume (3) I&S Weller
Study Hume's analyses of knowledge, the passions, and morals.
Instructor Course Description:
Cass J Weller
William J. Talbott
PHIL 438 Philosophy of Kant (5) I&S BonJour, Weller
Systematic study of The Critique of Pure Reason.
Instructor Course Description:
Laurence A Bonjour
Cass J Weller
PHIL 439 The Later Philosophy of Wittgenstein (3) I&S
Detailed study of topics in the later philosophy of Wittgenstein, with particular attention to the Philosophical Investigations.
Instructor Course Description:
Robert C Coburn
PHIL 440 Ethics (5) I&S Roberts, Smith, Talbott
Critical examination of the concepts and judgments of value, including an analytical treatment of the notions of good and bad, right and wrong, and obligation. Emphasis varies from quarter to quarter.
Instructor Course Description:
Angela Smith
Jean Valerie Roberts
William J. Talbott
PHIL 443 Philosophy and Linguistics (3) I&S/VLPA
Study of philosophical problems that arise in the attempt to understand current linguistic theories and of the implications of linguistics for philosophy. Offered: jointly with LING 443.
PHIL 445 Philosophy of Art (5) I&S/VLPA R. Moore
Critical examination of various accounts of the nature of art, artistic activity, the aesthetic experience. Problems in interpretation and evaluation of works of art.
Instructor Course Description:
Renee M. Conroy
Ronald M Moore
PHIL 446 Development of Aesthetic Theory (5) I&S/VLPA R. Moore,
Historical development of aesthetics, emphasizing such major figures as Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant, Hegel, and Goodman.
Instructor Course Description:
Ronald M Moore
PHIL 447 Philosophy of Literature (3) I&S/VLPA
Investigation of philosophical questions about literature: What is literature? Must literature be interpreted? What is interpretation? Literature and ideology.
PHIL 449 Philosophy of Film (5) VLPA/I&S Light
Critical examination of topics in the philosophy of film including the nature of film, the distinction between fiction and non-fiction films, whether films have "authors," how films engage our emotions, and whether and how films can present effective arguments on important moral, political, or social questions. Prerequisite: one philosophy course.
PHIL 450 Epistemology (5) I&S Baker, BonJour, Talbott
Systematic study of some of the main problems of the theory of knowledge, such as: the definition of "knowledge;" a priori knowledge; perception and knowledge of the external world; and whether knowledge has or requires a foundation. Emphasis varies from quarter to quarter.
Instructor Course Description:
Ann Michelle Baker
Laurence A Bonjour
Robert Coburn
William J. Talbott
PHIL 453 Philosophy of Language (5) I&S/VLPA
Current theories of meaning, reference, predication, and related concepts. Offered: jointly with LING 476.
Instructor Course Description:
S Marc Cohen
PHIL 456 Metaphysics (5) I&S Baker
Examination of such topics as freedom of the will, the nature of persons and personal identity, the existence of God, time, necessary truth, and universals. The emphases vary from year to year.
Instructor Course Description:
Ann Michelle Baker
Laurence A Bonjour
Robert C Coburn
PHIL 459 Philosophy of Medicine (5) I&S Jecker
Familiarizes students with central issues in the philosophy of medicine. Focuses on the nature of medical knowledge, the connection between theory and observation, the meaning of medical concepts, and the relationship between theories and the world. Recommended: prior courses in philosophy, history of science, or history of medicine. Offered: jointly with B H 440.
Instructor Course Description:
Ingra R. Schellenberg
Sara L. Goering
PHIL 460 Philosophy of Science (5) I&S/NW Hankinson Nelson, Woody
Critical study of the nature of scientific knowledge. Topics include the relation of theory to observation, the use of mathematics, how theories change, the requirements for the meaningfulness of a theory, and nature of confirmation. Recommended: PHIL 120 or PHIL 160; prerequisite: one PHIL course.
Instructor Course Description:
Andrea I. Woody
Lynn Hankinson Nelson
PHIL 461 Philosophical Anthropology (5) I&S
Investigation of the question, "What is human reality?" Philosophical significance of this question and its relation to the human sciences. Typical answers. Implications of those answers for culture, religion, morals, and politics.
PHIL 463 Philosophy of Mind (5) I&S BonJour
Examination of current theories of the nature of the mind and mental processes.
Instructor Course Description:
Laurence A Bonjour
Carole J Lee
PHIL 464 Philosophical Issues in the Cognitive Sciences (5) I&S/NW
Philosophical problems connected with research in psychology, artificial intelligence, and other cognitive sciences. Topics vary. Readings from both philosophical and scientific literature. Accessible to nonphilosophers with suitable interests and backgrounds.
Instructor Course Description:
Carole J Lee
Benjamin Stenberg
PHIL 465 Philosophy of History (3) I&S Baker
Analyses of basic concepts employed in historical interpretation, and study of some of the principal philosophers of history, such as Plato, Saint Augustine, Hegel, Marx, Spengler, Toynbee.
Instructor Course Description:
Ann Michelle Baker
Margaret Alison Wylie
PHIL 466 Philosophy of the Social Sciences (5) I&S Hankinson Nelson, Talbott
Examination of fundamental issues in the foundations, methodology, and interpretation of the social sciences. Topics include value orientation and objectivity, methodological individualism, functionalism, reductionism, and the status of idealized models, including models involving idealized conceptions of individual rationality. Emphasis varies from quarter to quarter.
Instructor Course Description:
Lynn Hankinson Nelson
PHIL 467 Philosophy of Religion (5) I&S Clatterbaugh, Rosenthal
Study of selected topics and problems in the philosophy of religion, such as: arguments for the existence of God; the problem of evil; atheism; faith; religious experience and revelation; the attributes of God; miracles; immortality; and the relation between religion and morality. Readings from historical and contemporary authors.
Instructor Course Description:
Kenneth C. Clatterbaugh
Robert Coburn
Michael Rosenthal
PHIL 470 Intermediate Logic (5) I&S/NW, QSR Fine, Keyt
An introduction to the concepts and methods of metatheory and their application to the sentential calculus.
Instructor Course Description:
Arthur I Fine
David Keyt
PHIL 471 Advanced Logic (5) I&S/NW Keyt
Study of the first-order predicate calculus with identity and function symbols. Consistency, soundness, completeness, compactness. Skolem-Lowenheim theorem. Formalized theories. Prerequisite: PHIL 470.
Instructor Course Description:
David Keyt
PHIL 472 Axiomatic Set Theory (5) I&S/NW Keyt, Townsend
Development of axiomatic set theory up to and including the consistency of the Axiom of Choice and Continuum Hypothesis with the Zermelo-Fraenkel Axioms.
Instructor Course Description:
Bob Alan Dumas
Michael E. Townsend
PHIL 473 Philosophy of Mathematics (5) I&S/NW Fine
Study of the traditional accounts of the nature of mathematical entities and mathematical truth given by logicism, intuitionism, and formalism, and the impact of Godel's incompleteness theorems on these accounts.
Instructor Course Description:
Arthur I Fine
Bob Dumas
PHIL 474 Modal Logic (5) I&S/NW
Notions of necessity and possibility, using the classical systems T, S4, and S5, and the syntax and the semantics (Kripke models) of these systems.
PHIL 479 Semantics II (3) I&S/NW/VLPA Ogihara
Formal characterization of linguistic meaning. Emphasis on nature and purpose of formal semantics and on its relation to formal syntax. Prerequisite: LING 442. Offered: jointly with LING 479.
PHIL 481 Philosophy of Biology (5) I&S/NW Hankinson Nelson
Study of several current topics in philosophy of biology, which may include the logical structure of evolutionary theory, fitness, taxonomy, the concept of a living thing, reductionism, the concept of a biological species, evolutionary explanations, and philosophical consequences of sociology. Recommended: college-level course in biological science; prerequisite: one PHIL course.
Instructor Course Description:
Lynn Hankinson Nelson
PHIL 482 Philosophy of Physical Science (5, max. 10) I&S/NW Fine, Woody
Study of philosophical issues raised by theories in physics or chemistry, such as whether space (time) is a substance, how causation and locality are treated in quantum mechanics, temporal anistropy and time travel, the nature of a field of force, the reduction of chemistry to physics. Prerequisite: one PHIL course.
Instructor Course Description:
Arthur I Fine
Andrea I. Woody
Lynn Hankinson Nelson
PHIL 483 Induction and Probability (5) I&S/NW
Introduction to current accounts of evidence and observation, the confirmation of scientific theories, the logic of inductive reasoning, and the metaphysics and epistemology of chance. High school-level math used. Specific topics vary from year to year. Prerequisite: PHIL 120.
PHIL 484 Reading in Philosophy (1-5, max. 15)
Individual study of selected philosophical works.
PHIL 490 Advanced Topics in Epistemology (5, max. 15) I&S BonJour, Talbott
Intensive study of a particular topic or area in epistemology. Prerequisite: either PHIL 350 or PHIL 450.
Instructor Course Description:
Laurence A Bonjour
William J. Talbott
PHIL 498 Undergraduate Internship (1-5, max. 10) Baker, Clatterbaugh
Independent fieldwork under the supervision of a faculty member. Individual experiences vary but could include an off-campus practicum or being trained as study group leader or tutor. Offered: AWSp.
PHIL 500 Proseminar in Philosophy (5)
Introduces incoming graduate students to topics representative of the field and the faculty's interest. Each class session is devoted to a separate topic taught by a different member of the faculty. In addition to reading and short written assignments. Students prepare a term paper on a topic presented. Offered: A.
Instructor Course Description:
Andrea I. Woody
PHIL 505 Seminar in Teaching Philosophy (1, max. 10) Baker
First quarter: seminar on topics of importance to a graduate student teaching two quiz sections of a large lecture course. Second quarter: focus on helping student prepare to teach own course. Prerequisite: graduate standing in philosophy. Offered: AW.
Instructor Course Description:
Ann Michelle Baker
PHIL 510 Seminar in Social Philosophy (5, max. 20) Talbott
Instructor Course Description:
Michael I. Blake
Stephen M. Gardiner
William J. Talbott
PHIL 514 Seminar in Legal Philosophy (5, max. 20) R. Moore
Instructor Course Description:
Adam Daniel Moore
PHIL 520 Seminar in Ancient Philosophy (5, max. 20) Cohen, Keyt, Roberts, Weller
Instructor Course Description:
Cass J Weller
Jean Valerie Roberts
David Keyt
S Marc Cohen
PHIL 522 Seminar in Modern Philosophy (5, max. 20) Clatterbaugh, Weller
Instructor Course Description:
Michael Rosenthal
PHIL 525 Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy (5, max. 20) Baker
PHIL 526 Seminar in Recent Philosophy (5, max. 20) Keyt
Instructor Course Description:
Cass J Weller
PHIL 538 Philosophy of Human Rights (5, max. 20) Talbott
Instructor Course Description:
William J. Talbott
PHIL 540 Seminar in Ethics (5, max. 20) Roberts, Smith, Talbott
Instructor Course Description:
Angela Smith
Ingra R. Schellenberg
Sara L. Goering
Stephen M. Gardiner
William J. Talbott
PHIL 545 Seminar in the Philosophy of Art (5, max. 20) Moore
Instructor Course Description:
Ronald M Moore
PHIL 550 Seminar in Epistemology (5, max. 20) BonJour, Talbott
Instructor Course Description:
Laurence A Bonjour
William J. Talbott
PHIL 553 Seminar in Philosophy of Language (5, max. 20)
PHIL 556 Seminar in Metaphysics (5, max. 20) Baker, BonJour
Instructor Course Description:
Laurence A Bonjour
PHIL 560 Seminar in the Philosophy of Science (5, max. 20) Fine, Woody
Instructor Course Description:
Arthur I Fine
Andrea I. Woody
Lynn Hankinson Nelson
PHIL 563 Seminar in the Philosophy of Mind (5, max. 20) BonJour
PHIL 565 Seminar in the Philosophy of History (5, max. 20)
PHIL 566 Seminar in Philosophy of the Social Sciences (5, max. 20)
Instructor Course Description:
Margaret Alison Wylie
Carole J Lee
PHIL 567 Seminar in the Philosophy of Religion (5, max. 20)
PHIL 570 Seminar in Logic (5, max. 20) Keyt
Prerequisite: PHIL 470.
Instructor Course Description:
David Keyt
PHIL 574 Meta-archaeology: Philosophy and Archaeology (4) Wylie
Examines philosophical issues raised in and by archaeology, including theories of explanation and model building, analyses of evidential reasoning and hermeneutic interpretation, debates about ideals of objectivity and about science and values. Recommended: ARCHY 570 Text Offered: jointly with ARCHY 574.
Instructor Course Description:
Margaret Alison Wylie
PHIL 584 Reading in Philosophy (1-5, max. 12)
Intensive reading in philosophical literature. Prerequisite: permission of graduate program coordinator.
PHIL 587 Contemporary Analytic Philosophy (5, max. 20) Baker
PHIL 600 Independent Study or Research (*)
Prerequisite: permission of graduate program coordinator.
PHIL 800 Doctoral Dissertation (*)
