Philosophy (PHIL)

PHIL801
Philosophical Analysis

Prerequisites: Permission from philosophy graduate adviser

Description: Seminar for beginning graduate students whose primary goal is the development of basic philosophical skills such as the analysis of primary texts, the writing of philosophical papers, and sustained oral discussion. Readings include a significant number of important works drawn from diverse areas of philosophical inquiry. Class meetings devoted primarily to student presentations of reading materials and their own written work. Effective oral discussion on the part of the student required.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL805
Philosophy of LanguageCrosslisted with PHIL 405

Prerequisites: 9 hours PHIL.

Description: Introduction to some of the basic concepts and problems in the philosophy of language. Topics to be discussed include reference, definite descriptions, names, demonstratives, truth, meaning, speech acts, and the logic of expressions involving so-called "propositional attitudes." Authors studied include Frege, Russell, Tarski, Austin, Grice, Strawson, Quine, Kripke, Kaplan and Davidson.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL809
Theory of KnowledgeCrosslisted with PHIL 409

Prerequisites: 9 hours PHIL.

Description: Intensive study of basic problems in the Theory of Knowledge: the nature of knowledge, the analysis of perception and memory, the justification of induction, the problem of how one knows other minds, and the analysis of a prior knowledge. Readings from recent work.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL811
Formal LogicCrosslisted with PHIL 411

Prerequisites: PHIL 211 or MATH 310 or MATH 325 or CSCE 235.

Second course in symbolic logic.

Description: An advanced course in symbolic logic, covering metatheoretical results about selected systems of logic. Topics may include: the soundness and completeness of classical propositional logic, and of some propositional modal logics; non-classical propositional logics; and extensions of and alternatives to classical first-order predicate logic

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL814
Philosophy of MindCrosslisted with PHIL 414

Prerequisites: 9 hours PHIL.

Description: Main problems in the philosophy of mind, including dualism and materialism, instrumentalism and eliminativism, wide and narrow content, qualia, and mental causation.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL817
Philosophy of ScienceCrosslisted with PHIL 417

Prerequisites: 3 hours PHIL or graduate standing

Description: Intensive study of some main problems in the philosophy of science: explanation and prediction in the sciences, the nature of scientific laws, functional explanations in the sciences, the structure of scientific theories, the ontological status of theoretical entities, the reduction of scientific theories, and the confirmation of scientific hypotheses.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL818
MetaphysicsCrosslisted with PHIL 418

Prerequisites: 9 hours PHIL.

Description: Intensive study of main problems in metaphysics, especially universals and particulars, the relation of mind and matter, the categories of the real, criteria of identity, and existential propositions. Readings from recent philosophers.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL820
Philosophy of Social ScienceCrosslisted with PHIL 420

Prerequisites: 9 hours PHIL.

Description: The epistemological character of the social sciences. Character and explanatory role of social scientific generalizations, various explanatory strategies for social matters, the continuity or discontinuity of the social sciences with the special sciences, the importance of interpretation, and the place of rationality.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL822
Why Be Moral?Crosslisted with PHIL 422

Prerequisites: 9 credit hours in PHIL

Description: Explore the foundations of ethics with consideration of major historical and contemporary views about the source of ethical obligation, practical normativity and morality.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL823
Advanced EthicsCrosslisted with PHIL 423

Prerequisites: 9 hours PHIL.

Description: Critical study of leading theories in ethics, with close attention to major works, chiefly modern and contemporary. Includes naturalism, intuitionism, emotivism, utilitarianism, Neo-Kantian ethics, and various current positions.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL824
Philosophy of ActionCrosslisted with PHIL 424

Prerequisites: 9 hours PHIL.

Description: Foundational issues in human action, including the nature of intentional action, practical reasoning, moral responsibility, group agency, and various forms of irrationality.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL825
Political and Social PhilosophyCrosslisted with PHIL 425

Prerequisites: 9 hours PHIL.

Description: Critical study of main problems and leading theories in social and political philosophy. Origin and justification of political obligation, with emphasis on social contact theories; the nature and foundation of individual rights and the strength of these rights when they conflict with each other and with concern for the common good; the principles of social justice and the obligation to protect the welfare of others; and the concepts of personal autonomy, liberty, equality, and freedom. Readings from a combination of historical and recent work, and emphasis on relating the various issues to current problems in society.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL830
Modern Legal PhilosophyCrosslisted with PHIL 430

Description: Examination of classic books of 20th century jurisprudence. Topics include the relationship between law and morality and the development of legal positivism and its critics.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL850
Ancient PhilosophyCrosslisted with PHIL 450

Prerequisites: 9 hours PHIL.

Description: Advanced survey of ancient philosophy from the pre-Socratics through Aristotle, concentrating on central epistemological and metaphysical issues.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL860
History of Modern PhilosophyCrosslisted with PHIL 460

Prerequisites: 9 hours PHIL.

Description: Advanced survey of early European philosophy from the late renaissance through the Enlightenment, concentrating on central epistemological and metaphysical issues.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL871
KantCrosslisted with PHIL 471

Prerequisites: 9 hours PHIL.

Description: Kant's philosophy, and of problems in the interpretation of his writings. The primary text will be the First Critique.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL880
German IdealismCrosslisted with PHIL 480

Prerequisites: 9 hours PHIL

Description: Survey of "Classical" German Idealism. Figures discussed include Kant, Jacobi, Reinhold, Schulze, Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel. Focus on four lines of thought prominent in German Idealism-viz. Spinozism, skepticism, self-consciousness, and the relationship between the senses and the intellect.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL886
Philosophical ThemesCrosslisted with PHIL 486

Prerequisites: Permission.

Description: Independent and significant research project.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL899
Masters Thesis

Prerequisites: Admission to masters degree program and permission of major adviser

Course details
Credit Hours:1-10
Max credits per semester:10
Max credits per degree:99
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-10

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PHIL903
Philosophy of Mathematics
Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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PHIL905
Philosophy of Language
Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL911
Topics in Logic
Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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PHIL913
Advanced Epistemology
Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL914
Philosophy of Mind
Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL915
Advanced Metaphysics
Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:12
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL917
Philosophy of Science
Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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PHIL920
Ethical Theory
Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL921
Aesthetics

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in the humanities

Course details
Credit Hours:1-4
Max credits per semester:4
Max credits per degree:4
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-4

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PHIL923
Philosophy of Psychology
Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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PHIL925
Social and Political Philosophy

Description: Intensive discussion of one or more of the main problems of social and political philosophy. Variable content. Possible topics are: political obligation, the concept of political authority, natural rights, the public interest, the aims of the state, and distributive justice.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL952
Greek Philosophy
Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL955
Empiricism
Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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PHIL960
Rationalism
Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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PHIL971
Kant
Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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PHIL991
Special Studies in Philosophy I
Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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PHIL992
Special Studies in Philosophy II
Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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PHIL998
Dissertation Seminar
Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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PHIL999
Doctoral Dissertation

Prerequisites: Admission to doctoral degree program and permission of supervisory committee chair

Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:99
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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