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View descriptions of all philosophy courses (PHIL) in the UVic Academic Calendar.
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View our Fall 2024 timetable and our Spring 2025 timetable.
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Course outlines
SPRING 2025
Course # |
Course title |
Instructor |
PHIL 100 A01 | Introduction to Philosophy |
J. Young |
PHIL 100 A02 | Introduction to Philosophy |
D. Scott |
PHIL 100 A03 | Introduction to Philosophy |
K. Brown |
PHIL 100 A04 | Introduction to Philosophy |
K. Brown |
PHIL 201 A01 | Critical Thinking |
C. Klatt (Outline) |
PHIL 201 A02 | Critical Thinking |
T. Land (Outline) |
PHIL 203 A01 | Elementary Formal Logic |
M. Raven (Outline) |
PHIL 207A A01 | Introduction to Ancient Philosophy |
C. Roberts (Outline) |
PHIL 223 A01 | Introduction to Philosophy of the Social Sciences |
P. Dietsch |
PHIL 225 A01 | Death and Dying |
C. Goto-Jones (Outline) |
PHIL 232 A01 | Moral Problems of Contemporary Society |
P. Dietsch (Outline) |
PHIL 239 A01 | Philosophy and Feminism |
K. Stockdale (Outline) |
PHIL 227 A01 | Selected Topics: Love, Sex and Friendship |
A. Yap (Outline) |
PHIL 290 A01 | Selected Topics: Ethics of Artificial Intelligence |
C. Klatt (Outline) |
PHIL 303 A01 | Aristotle |
D. Scott (Outline) |
PHIL 308 A01 | The Empiricists |
J. Young (Outline) |
PHIL 311 A01 | Existentialist Thinkers |
C. Goto-Jones (Outline) |
PHIL 321 A01 | Philosophy of Medicine |
E. Kluge (Outline) |
PHIL 331 A01 | Issues in Biomedical Ethics |
E. Kluge (Outline) |
PHIL 335 A01 | Contemporary Moral Philosophy |
K. Brown |
PHIL 337 A01 | Ethics: Theory and Practice |
S. Woodcock (Outline) |
PHIL 338 A01 | Meta-Ethics |
S. Woodcock (Outline) |
PHIL 354 A01 | Philosophy of Language |
A. Yap (Outline) |
PHIL 358 A01 | Theory of Perception |
P. Rysiew (Outline) |
PHIL 360 A01 | Philosophy and Film |
N. Belmonte (Outline) |
PHIL 379 A01 = 25 X GRS 379=10 | Early Greek Thought |
C. Roberts (Outline) |
PHIL 390 A01 | Selected Topics: Philosophy of the Emotions |
K. Stockdale (Outline) |
PHIL 490 A01 |
Topics in Philosophy: Nonfundamental Metaphysics:Social metaphysics and the metaphysics of artifacts |
M. Raven (Outline) |
PHIL 490 A02 |
Topics in Philosophy: Advanced Topics: Believing and Reasoning |
T. Land (Outline) |
PHIL 436 A01 (x Law = 3) |
Topics in Philosophy: Advanced Philosophy of Law: Human Rights |
C. Holder (Outline) |
Grad: |
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PHIL 500 A01 |
Topics in Philosophy: Nonfundamental Metaphysics: Social metaphysics and the metaphysics of artifacts |
M. Raven (Outline) |
PHIL 500 A02 |
Topics in Philosophy: Advanced Topics: Believing and Reasoning |
T. Land (Outline) |
PHIL 500 A03 |
Topics in Philosophy: Advanced Philosophy of Law: Human Rights |
C. Holder (Outline) |
PHIL 592/598 PHIL 693/699 |
For Graduate Students |
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FALL 2024
Course # |
Course title |
Instructor |
Introduction to Philosophy |
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Introduction to Philosophy |
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Introduction to Philosophy |
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Introduction to Philosophy |
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Critical Thinking |
C. Klatt |
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Elementary Formal Logic |
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Traditions of Asian Philosophy |
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Introduction of Islamic Philosophy |
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Introduction to Early Modern Philosophy |
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Introduction to Existentialism |
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Death and Dying |
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PHIL 232 A01 |
Moral Problems of Contemporary Society |
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A02 |
Moral Problems of Contemporary Society |
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Ethics of Violence, War and Terrorism |
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Selected Topics: Philosophy and Science Fiction |
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Plato |
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The Rationalists |
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Kant |
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Professional and Business Ethics |
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Issues in Biomedical Ethics |
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PHIL 333 A01 = 30 (x ED 314 =30) |
Philosophy and the Environment (Ecophilosophy, Subjectivity, and Ecotherapy) | |
PHIL 339 | Theories of Justice | |
PHIL 351 | Epistemology | |
PHIL 352 | Metaphysics | |
PHIL 375 A01 =25 (x Math 375 =25) | Philosophy of Mathematics | |
PHIL 390 | Selected Topics: Ethics and Art | |
PHIL 440 | Topics in Philosophy: Aesthetics | J. Young |
PHIL 433 | Topics in Philosophy: Advanced Social and Political Philosophy: Collective Responsibility | |
GRAD | ||
PHIL 541 | Topics in Philosophy: Aesthetics | J. Young |
PHIL 535 | Topics in Philosophy: Advanced Social and Political Philosophy: Collective Responsibility | |
PHIL 591 | Graduate Seminar, Research Methods Seminar | |
PHIL 592/598 PHIL 693/699 |
For Graduate Students |
Spring 2024
Course # |
Course title |
Instructor |
Introduction to Philosophy |
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Introduction to Philosophy |
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Introduction to Philosophy |
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Introduction to Philosophy |
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Critical Thinking |
G. McComb (outline) |
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Critical Thinking |
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Elementary Formal Logic |
M. Raven () |
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Death and Dying |
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Moral Problems of Contemporary Society |
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Ethics of Violence, War and Terrorism |
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Philosophy and Feminism |
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Aristotle |
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The Rationalists |
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The Empiricists |
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Biomedical Ethics |
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Contemporary Moral Philosophy |
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Ethics: Theory and Practice |
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Theories of Justice |
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Metaphysics |
M. Raven () |
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Philosophy of Science |
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Theory of Perception |
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Philosophy and Film |
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Philosophy of Mind |
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X GRS 379 |
Early Greek Thought |
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X GRS 380 |
The Life and Times of Socrates |
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Selected Topics: Philosophy and Climate Change |
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X PHIL 500 A02 |
Topics: Advanced Biomedical Ethics: MAiD and Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Ethical Considerations |
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X PHIL 535 |
Topics: Advanced Social and Political Philosophy: The Political Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
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X LAW 343 X PHIL 500 A01 |
Topics: Advanced Philosophy of Law: The Right to Truth |
Fall 2023
Course # |
Course title |
Instructor |
Introduction to Philosophy |
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Introduction to Philosophy |
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Introduction to Philosophy |
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Introduction to Philosophy |
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Critical Thinking |
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Critical Thinking |
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Elementary Formal Logic |
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Introduction to Islamic Philosophy |
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Introduction to Existentialism |
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Introduction to Philosophy of Science |
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Death and Dying |
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Moral Problems of Contemporary Society |
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Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy |
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Introduction to Philosophy of Art |
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Knowledge, Certainty and Skepticism |
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Introduction to Metaphysics |
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Introduction to Philosophy of Mind |
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Philosophy of Religion |
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Selected Topics: Love, Sex and Friendship |
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Plato |
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Aristotle |
D. Scott (outline) |
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Kant |
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19th Century Philosophy |
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Professional and Business Ethics |
S. Richard (outline) |
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Biomedical Ethics |
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X ES 314 |
Philosophy and the Environment (Eco-philosophy, subjectivity, and ecotherapy) |
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Philosophy of Law |
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Meta-ethics |
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X PHIL 534 |
Advanced Ethics: Feminist Ethics |
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X PHIL 500 |
Advanced Topics in Philosophy: On Human Nature: A Study of Raymond Tallis’ The Explicit Animal |
Summer 2023
Course # | Course title | Instructor |
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PHIL 201 A01 |
Critical Thinking May 15 - June 30 ONLINE - asynchronous |
(outline) |
PHIL 232 A01 |
Moral Problems of Contemporary Society May 15 - June 7 MTWRF 10:30-12:20 In-person |
Spring 2023
Course # | Course title | Instructor |
PHIL 100 A01 | Introduction to Philosophy | J. Young (outline) |
PHIL 100 A02 | Introduction to Philosophy | D. Scott (outline) |
PHIL 100 A03 | Introduction to Philosophy | K. Brown (outline) |
PHIL 100 A04 | Introduction to Philosophy | K. Brown (outline) |
PHIL 201 A01 | Critical Thinking | C. Klatt (outline) |
PHIL 201 A02 | Critical Thinking | T. Land (outline) |
PHIL 203 | Elementary Formal Logic | M. Raven |
PHIL 208 | Introduction to Islamic Philosophy | C. Roberts (outline) |
PHIL 210 | Introduction to Early Modern Philosophy | D. Scott (outline) |
PHIL 225 A01 | Death and Dying | K. Stockdale (outline) |
PHIL 225 A02 | Death and Dying | G. McComb (outline) |
PHIL 232 | Moral Problems of Contemporary Society | P. Dietsch (outline) |
PHIL 235 | Ethics of Violence, War and Terrorism | C. Holder (outline) |
PHIL 251 | Knowledge, Certainty and Skepticism | P. Rysiew (outline) |
PHIL 261 | Philosophy of Religion | C. Goto-Jones (outline) |
PHIL 306 | The Rationalists | E. Kluge (outline) |
PHIL 311 | Existentialist Thinkers | C. Goto-Jones (outline) |
PHIL 314 | 19th Century Philosophy | T. Land (outline) |
PHIL 330 | Professional and Business Ethics | P. Dietsch (outline) |
PHIL 331 | Issues in Biomedical Ethics | E. Kluge (outline) |
PHIL 336 | Philosophy of Law | C. Holder (outline) |
PHIL 337 | Ethics: Theory and Practice | K. Brown (outline) |
PHIL 352 | Metaphysics | M. Raven |
PHIL 354 | Philosophy of Language | A. Yap (outline) |
PHIL 360 | Philosophy and Film | N. Belmonte (outline) |
PHIL 362 | Philosophy of Mind | E. Hochstein (outline) |
X GRS 380 |
The Life and Times of Socrates | C. Roberts (outline) |
PHIL 390 | Advanced Topics in Philosophy: Wittgenstein | P. Rysiew (outline) |
X PHIL 541 |
Advanced Topics in Philosophy: Aesthetics | J. Young (outline) |
PHIL 490 A01 X PHIL 500 A01 |
Advanced Topics in Philosophy: Philosophy of Psychiatry | E. Hochstein (outline) |
PHIL 490 A02 X PHIL 500 A02 |
Advanced Topics in Philosophy: Hope and Despair | K. Stockdale (outline) |
Fall 2022
Course # | Course title | Instructor |
PHIL 100 A01 |
Introduction to Philosophy | J. Young (outline) |
PHIL 100 A02 | Introduction to Philosophy | D. Scott |
PHIL 100 A03 | Introduction to Philosophy | K. Brown (outline) |
PHIL 100 A04 | Introduction to Philosophy | K. Brown (outline) |
PHIL 201 | Critical Thinking | C. Klatt (outline) |
PHIL 203 | Elementary Formal Logic | A. Yap (outline) |
PHIL 204 | Traditions of Asian Philosophy | C. Goto-Jones (outline) |
PHIL 207A | Introduction to Ancient Philosophy | T. Heyd (outline) |
PHIL 211 | Introduction to Existentialism | N. Belmonte (outline) |
PHIL 223 | Introduction to Philosophy of Social Sciences | P. Dietsch (outline) |
PHIL 232 | Moral Problems of Contemporary Society | S. Woodcock (outline) |
PHIL 236 | Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy | C. Holder (outline) |
PHIL 239 | Philosophy and Feminism | K. Stockdale (outline) |
PHIL 240 | Introduction to Philosophy of Art | T. Heyd (outline) |
PHIL 260 | Introduction to Philosophy of Mind | E. Hochstein (outline) |
PHIL 301 | Plato | C. Roberts (outline) |
PHIL 303 | Aristotle | D. Scott |
PHIL 305A | Early Medieval Philosophy | E. Kluge |
PHIL 308 | The Empiricists | J. Young |
PHIL 309 | Kant | T. Land (outline) |
PHIL 316 | History of Analytic Philosophy | M. Raven |
PHIL 321 | Philosophy of Medicine | E. Hochstein (outline) |
PHIL 331 | Issues in Biomedical Ethics | E. Kluge |
PHIL 333 | Philosophy and the Environment | T. Heyd (outline) |
PHIL 335 | Contemporary Moral Philosophy | C. Macleod |
PHIL 339 | Theories of Justice | C. Holder (outline) |
PHIL 351 | Epistemology | P. Rysiew (outline) |
PHIL 358 | Theories of Perception | P. Rysiew (outline) |
PHIL 375 | Philosophy of Mathematics | M. Raven |
PHIL 390 | Topics in Philosophy: Moral Character | K. Stockdale (outline) |
PHIL 390 | Topics in Philosophy: Buddhist Philosophy and Psychology | C. Goto-Jones (outline) |
X PHIL 500 A01 |
Major Figures in Ancient Philosophy: Plato's Republic | C. Roberts (outline) |
X PHIL 500 A03 |
Advanced Ethics: Utilitarianism | S. Woodcock (outline) |
X PHIL 500 A02 |
Advanced Studies in Early Modern Philosophy: Kant, Critique of Judgment | T. Land (outline) |
Spring 2022
Course # | Course title | Instructor |
PHIL 100 A01 | Introduction to Philosophy | J. Young |
PHIL 100 A02 | Introduction to Philosophy | S. Woodcock |
PHIL 100 A03 | Introduction to Philosophy | K. Brown |
PHIL 100 A04 | Introduction to Philosophy | K. Brown |
PHIL 201 A01 (ONL - A) | Critical Thinking | C. Klatt (outline) |
PHIL 201 A02 | Critical Thinking | T. Land (outline) |
PHIL 203 A01 | Elementary Formal Logic | M. Raven (outline) |
PHIL 207A A01 | Introduction to Ancient Philosophy | T. Heyd (outline) |
PHIL 232 A01 | Moral Problems of Contemporary Society | T. Heyd (outline) |
PHIL 232 A02 | Moral Problems of Contemporary Society | P. Dietsch (outline) |
PHIL 236 A01 | Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy | C. Holder (outline) |
PHIL 239 A01 | Philosophy and Feminism | K. Brown (outline) |
PHIL 251 A01 | Knowledge, Certainty and Skepticism | P. Rysiew (outline) |
PHIL 260 A01 | Introduction to Philosophy of Mind | E. Hochstein (outline) |
PHIL 290 A01 | Introduction to Selected Topic: Philosophy of Sex, Love and Friendship | A. Yap (outline) |
PHIL 305B A01 | Later Medieval Philosophy | C. Roberts (outline) |
PHIL 306 A01 | The Rationalists | E. Kluge (outline) |
PHIL 308 A01 | The Empiricists | J. Young (outline) |
PHIL 309 A01 | Kant | T. Land (outline) |
PHIL 311 A01 (ONL - B) | Existentialist Thinkers | C. Goto-Jones (outline) |
PHIL 314 A01 | 19th Century Philosophy | N. Belmonte (outline) |
PHIL 331 A01 | Issues in Biomedical Ethics | E. Kluge (outline) |
PHIL 337 A01 | Ethics: Theory and Practice | S. Woodcock (outline) |
PHIL 352 A01 | Metaphysics | M. Raven (outline) |
PHIL 356 A01 | Philosophy of Science | E. Hochstein (outline) |
PHIL 379 A01 (X GRS 379) |
Early Greek Thought | C. Roberts (outline) |
PHIL 390 A01 (X PSYC 391) (ONL - B) |
Topics in Philosophy: Buddhist Philosophy and Psychology | C. Goto-Jones (outline) |
PHIL 390 A02 | Topics in Philosophy: Tax, Property, and Inequality | R. Tonkin (outline) |
PHIL 427 A01 X PHIL 500 A01 |
Advanced Studies in Early Modern Philosophy: Thomas Reid | P. Rysiew (outline) |
PHIL 433 A01 X PHIL 535 A02 |
Advanced Social and Political Philosophy: The Equity-Efficiency Trade-Off | P. Dietsch (outline) |
PHIL 436 A01 X LAW 343 X PHIL 535 A01 |
Advanced Philosophy of Law: International Human Rights | C. Holder (outline) |
Fall 2021
Course # | Course title | Instructor |
PHIL 100 A01 | Introduction to Philosophy | J. Young (outline) |
PHIL 100 A02 (ONL - S) |
Introduction to Philosophy
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S. Woodcock (outline) |
PHIL 100 A03 | Introduction to Philosophy | K. Brown (outline) |
PHIL 100 A04 | Introduction to Philosophy | K. Brown (outline) |
PHIL 201 A01 (ONL - A) |
Critical Thinking | C. Klatt (outline) |
PHIL 203 A02 (ONL - A) |
Elementary Formal Logic | A. Yap (outline) |
PHIL 220 A01 | Introduction to Philosophy of Science | E. Hochstein (outline) |
PHIL 223 A01 | Introduction to the Philosophy of Social Sciences | K. Brown (outline) |
PHIL 225 A01 (ONL - B) |
Death and Dying | K. Jahn (outline) |
PHIL 232 A01 | Moral Problems of Contemporary Society | T. Heyd (outline) |
PHIL 240 A01 | Introduction to Philosophy of Art | J. Young (outline) |
PHIL 252 A01 | Introduction to Metaphysics | M. Raven |
PHIL 260 A01 | Introduction to Philosophy of Mind | E. Hochstein (outline) |
PHIL 261 A01 (ONL - B) |
Philosophy of Religion | C. Goto-Jones (outline) |
PHIL 290 A01 | Introduction to Selected Topic: Science Fiction and Philosophy | E. Kluge (outline) |
PHIL 301 A01 | Plato | C. Roberts (outline) |
PHIL 303 A01 | Aristotle | D. Scott (outline) |
PHIL 305A A01 | Early Medieval Philosophy | C. Roberts (outline) |
PHIL 330 A01 | Professional and Business Ethics | T. Heyd (outline) |
PHIL 331 A01 | Issues in Biomedical Ethics | E. Kluge (outline) |
PHIL 333 A01 X ES 314 |
Philosophy and the Environment | T. Heyd (outline) |
PHIL 335 A01 | Contemporary Moral Philosophy | C. Macleod (outline) |
PHIL 338 A01 | Meta-Ethics | S. Woodcock (outline) |
PHIL 360 A01 | Philosophy and Film | N. Belmonte (outline) |
PHIL 370 A01 | Theoretical Logic | A. Yap (outline) |
PHIL 450 A01 X PHIL 552 |
Advanced Metaphysics: Based and Baseless Truths | M. Raven |
PHIL 460 A01 X PHIL 514 |
Advanced Philosophy of Mind: On Human Nature: A Study of Raymond Tallis' Explicit Animal | D. Scott (outline) |
PHIL 490 A01 X PHIL 500 |
Advanced Topics in Philosophy: Philosophy, Climate and the Anthropocene | T. Heyd (outline) |
Summer 2021
Course # | Course title | Instructor |
PHIL 201 |
Critical Thinking May 10 - June 15 fully asynchronous |
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PHIL 232 |
Moral Problems of Contemporary Society May 10 - June 2 MTWRF 10:30-12:20 blended |
Spring 2021
Course # |
Course title |
Instructor |
Introduction to Philosophy |
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Introduction to Philosophy |
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Introduction to Philosophy |
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Introduction to Philosophy |
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Critical Thinking |
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Elementary Formal Logic |
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Introduction to Ancient Philosophy |
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Introduction to Existentialism |
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Moral Problems of Contemporary Society |
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Ethics of Violence, War and Terrorism |
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Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy |
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Philosophy and Feminism |
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The Empiricists |
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Kant |
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Biomedical Ethics |
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Philosophy of Law |
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Ethics: Theory and Practice |
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Epistemology |
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Philosophy of Language |
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Theory of Perception |
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Selected Topics: Hellenistic Philosophy: Epicureans, Stoics & Skeptics |
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X PHIL 500 (A01) |
Advanced Topics in Philosophy: Plato’s Republic |
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X PHIL 500 (A02) |
Advanced Topics in Philosophy: Conceptualizing and Categorizing Phenomena in Science |
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X PHIL 500 (A03) |
Advanced Topics in Philosophy: Hope and Despair |
Fall 2020
Summer 2020
Course | Instructor |
PHIL 201: Critical Thinking | Di Yang (outline) |
PHIL 232: Moral Problems of Contemporary Society | Karen Brown (outline) |
Spring 2020
Course | Instructor |
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Young (outline) | |
Klatt (outline) | |
Raven (outline) | |
Yang (outline) |
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Raymond Tallis' Explicit Animal |
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Blame, Anger, and Forgiveness |
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Philosophy of Psychiatry |
Fall 2019
Spring 2019
Course | Instructor |
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Jahn (outline) |
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Heyd (outline) |
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Jahn (outline) | |
Cameron | |
Barnes (outline) | |
Holder (outline) | |
Hochstein (outline) | |
Rysiew (outline) | |
If you do not have the prerequisites for this course, please contact the department |
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Roberts |
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Raven | |
Holder (outline) | |
Fall 2018
Course | Instructor |
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Jahn (A01 outline) Jahn (A05 outline) |
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Jahn (outline) |
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Summer 2018
Course | Instructor |
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Spring 2018
Fall 2017
Course | Instructor |
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Jahn (outline) |
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Yap (outline) | |
Jahn (outline) | |
Heyd (outline) | |
Rysiew (outline) | |
Raven | |
Barnes (outline) | |
Barnes (outline) | |
Roberts (outline) | |
Scott (outline) | |
Kluge (outline) | |
Raven | |
Heyd (outline) | |
Kluge (outline) | |
Hochstein (outline) | |
Rysiew (outline) | |
Young (outline) | |
Yap (outline) | |
Woodcock |
Summer 2017
Course | Instructor |
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Brown (outline) |
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Klatt (outline) | |
Klatt (outline) |
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Brown (outline) |
Spring 2017
Course | Instructor |
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Klatt | |
Scott (outline) | |
Brown (outline) | |
Brown (outline) | |
Heyd (outline) | |
Jahn (outline) | |
Young (outline) | |
Barnes (outline) | |
Kluge (outline) | |
Jahn (outline) | |
Barnes (outline) | |
Belmonte (outline) | |
Heyd (outline) | |
Kluge (outline) | |
Heyd (outline) | |
Macleod (outline) | |
Woodcock (outline) | |
Raven (outline) | |
Barnes (outline) | |
Yap (outline) | |
Holder (outline) | |
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Roberts |
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Raven (outline) |
Scott (outline) | |