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Courses on offer

Note that, for Philosophy programs, the list of courses that fulfills each group is an open list.听听Other PHIL courses may be able to be used to fulfill each group. Topics courses, Major Philosophers, and Seminars (600-level) can often count for different groups, from year to year, depending on course content. Consult a Philosophy advisor if you want to count such courses towards specific groups in your program (they will need to document the course on an audit sheet for you, but note that courses cannot double-count).

Please note that many courses offered by the Department of Philosophy have limited enrolment.

For courses cross-listed with other departments, see the menu item "Cross-listed Courses".

You can access the class schedule for 2024-25 now on Minerva.

Please note:

Due to recent changes to course numbering in the Department of Philosophy, former 500 level courses are now being offered as 600 level courses. These courses will fulfill the 500-level credit requirements. Please note the following policy regarding enrolment of undergraduate students in 600-level courses (Graduate courses).

Policy: An undergraduate student will be permitted to take 600-level courses subject to the following conditions:

  • The student has a minimum CGPA of 3.3.
  • The student is in U3 or higher.
  • The professor of the course and the program adviser or the director of the undergraduate program provide written approval supporting the request.
  • A maximum of 6 credits of 600-level courses are allowed toward the degree.
  • The actual course number appears on the transcript.
  • The course evaluation methods and grading standards are the same for all students, whether graduate or undergraduate.
  • The regulations and practices of the Faculty of Arts are also applied to such a course.

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Summer 2024

PHIL 210. Introduction to Deductive Logic 1.

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PHIL 210
Introduction to Deductive Logic 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description

An introduction to propositional and predicate logic; formalization of arguments, truth tables, systems of deduction, elementary metaresults, and related topics.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 318
  • Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 318

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PHIL 237. Contemporary Moral Issues.

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PHIL 237
Contemporary Moral Issues.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description

An introductory discussion of central ethical questions (the value of persons, or the relationship of rights and utilities, for example) through the investigation of currently disputed social and political issues. Specific issues to be discussed may include pornography and censorship, affirmative action, civil disobedience, punishment, abortion, and euthanasia.

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PHIL 375. Existentialism.

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PHIL 375
Existentialism.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description

This course will examine the nature of existentialist thought as represented in various philosophical and literary texts. Particular themes to be examined include freedom, alienation, responsibility and choice, and the nature of self.
  • Prerequisite: one course in philosophy
  • Prerequisite: one course in philosophy

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Fall 2024

PHIL 197. FYS: Right and Wrong.

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PHIL 197
FYS: Right and Wrong.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Reading and discussion of classic and contemporary philosophical texts on morality: its nature, status, and importance.
  • Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1 who may take only one FYS
  • Enrollment limit 25. Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one First Year Seminar. Students who register for more than one will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them. Language of instruction is English.
  • Register for AFYR 101/102 and a foundation seminar OR a writing seminar (not both).
  • Available only to registered participants in the Bachelor of Arts Foundation Year Program Pilot (/arts-foundation-pilot/).

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PHIL 202. The Good Life.

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PHIL 202
The Good Life.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Explores how philosophers from Socrates to Sartre wrestle with the question of how we should live, including ancient philosophers who present their teachings as pathways to happiness, virtue, and peace of mind; medieval philosophers who seek to understand God鈥檚 will; and modern philosophers who grapple with the tension between community and freedom. Analyzes debates of fundamental moral and existential questions: What things really matter? Does it pay to be good? What constitutes the best society? Can we escape the roller coaster of our emotions? Examines how answers are intertwined with beliefs about God, nature, knowledge, the soul, and politics.

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PHIL 210. Introduction to Deductive Logic 1.

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PHIL 210
Introduction to Deductive Logic 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description

An introduction to propositional and predicate logic; formalization of arguments, truth tables, systems of deduction, elementary metaresults, and related topics.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 318
  • Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 318

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PHIL 221. Introduction to History and Philosophy of Science 2.

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PHIL 221
Introduction to History and Philosophy of Science 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A survey of the development of modern science since the Eighteenth Century.

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PHIL 230. Introduction to Moral Philosophy 1.

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PHIL 230
Introduction to Moral Philosophy 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A survey of a number of historically important and influential theories. Philosophers to be discussed may include Aristotle, Hume, Kant, Bentham, Mill, and Moore.

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PHIL 242. Introduction to Feminist Theory.

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PHIL 242
Introduction to Feminist Theory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to feminist theory as political theory. Emphasis is placed on the plurality of analyses and proposals that constitute contemporary feminist thought. Some of the following are considered: liberal feminism, marxist and socialist feminism, radical feminism, postmodern feminism, francophone feminism, and the contributions to feminist theory by women of colour and lesbians.
  • Note: Since this course is being taught abroad, the Victoria Day statutory holiday will not be taken into consideration. Therefore, students are expected to attend their lecture on Monday, May 19, 2014.

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PHIL 301. Philosophical Fundamentals.

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PHIL 301
Philosophical Fundamentals.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An intensive study of basic philosophical skills; reading, writing, analysis, and argumentation.
  • Prerequisites: two previous courses in philosophy, one of which must be PHIL 210 or written consent of the Department
  • Restriction: Open only to and required of Philosophy Honours and Joint Honours students

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PHIL 306. Philosophy of Mind.

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PHIL 306
Philosophy of Mind.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A survey of major positions of the mind-body problem, focusing on such questions as: Do we have minds and bodies? Can minds affect bodies? Is mind identical to body? If so, in what sense "identical"? Can physical bodies be conscious.

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PHIL 311. Philosophy of Mathematics.

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PHIL 311
Philosophy of Mathematics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

This course provides an historically informed introduction to philosophy of mathematics. It gives the student an overview of prominent issues and arguments, to enable her to follow and discuss contemporary research in philosophy of mathematics.
  • Prerequisite: PHIL 210

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PHIL 327. Philosophy of Race.

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PHIL 327
Philosophy of Race.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to issues in the philosophy of race, for example: the metaphysical status of race; the biology of racial categories; the social construction of race; the relationship between race and racism; the phenomenology of racialized subjectivity; or, intersections of race, gender, and other identity categories.

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PHIL 336. Aesthetics.

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PHIL 336
Aesthetics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to issues central to aesthetic theory; the nature of aesthetic judgment, perception of the aesthetic object, the nature of the art object.

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PHIL 341. Philosophy of Science 1.

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PHIL 341
Philosophy of Science 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A discussion of philosophical problems as they arise in the context of scientific practice and enquiry. Such issues as the philosophical presuppositions of the physical and social sciences, the nature of scientific method and its epistemological implications will be addressed.

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PHIL 343. Biomedical Ethics.

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PHIL 343
Biomedical Ethics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An investigation of ethical issues as they arise in the practice of medicine (informed consent, e.g.) or in the application of medical technology (in vitro fertilization, euthanasia, e.g.)

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PHIL 348. Philosophy of Law 1.

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PHIL 348
Philosophy of Law 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A discussion of the nature of justice and law, and of the relationship between them.
  • Restriction: This course is intended for students with a non-professional interest in law, as well as for those considering law as a profession
  • Restriction: This course is intended for students with a non-professional interest in law, as well as for those considering law as a profession

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PHIL 349. Environmental Philosophy.

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PHIL 349
Environmental Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to environmental ethics; potentially also such related fields as philosophy of ecology, environmental aesthetics, and/or other philosophical topics demonstrably relevant to environmental issues.

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PHIL 350. History and Philosophy of Ancient Science.

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PHIL 350
History and Philosophy of Ancient Science.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Topics in ancient pure mathematics (geometry and number theory), "mixed mathematics" (astronomy, music theory, optics, mechanics), and/or natural science (including medicine), studied with a view to philosophical issues raised by the content of ancient science and/or by the logic of scientific argument.

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PHIL 353. The Presocratic Philosophers.

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PHIL 353
The Presocratic Philosophers.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An examination of the surviving fragments of the presocratic philosophers and schools of philosophy, as well as later reports of their views.

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PHIL 354. Plato.

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PHIL 354
Plato.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An examination of some of the philosophical problems (those in logic, epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics, e.g.) found in a selection of Plato's dialogues.

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PHIL 355. Aristotle.

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PHIL 355
Aristotle.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An examination of selected works by Aristotle. The course considers issues in moral philosophy as well as those found in the logical treatises, the Physics and Metaphysics, and in the philosophy of mind.

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PHIL 356. Early Medieval Philosophy.

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PHIL 356
Early Medieval Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An examination of selected works in the Christian, Islamic and Jewish traditions. Topics in moral and political philosophy, logic and metaphysics, philosophical psychology and epistemology, philosophy of science, and philosophical theology may be discussed.

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PHIL 360. 17th Century Philosophy.

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PHIL 360
17th Century Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An examination of the work of such seventeenth-century philosophers as Descartes, Hobbes, Gassendi, Malebranche, Leibniz, and the Cambridge Platonists.

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PHIL 375. Existentialism.

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PHIL 375
Existentialism.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description

This course will examine the nature of existentialist thought as represented in various philosophical and literary texts. Particular themes to be examined include freedom, alienation, responsibility and choice, and the nature of self.
  • Prerequisite: one course in philosophy
  • Prerequisite: one course in philosophy

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PHIL 397. Tutorial 01.

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PHIL 397
Tutorial 01.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Individualized guided research on an approved topic in philosophy.
  • Restriction: Open to second year Full Honours students in Philosophy and to other students, with consent of the Department

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PHIL 398. Tutorial 02.

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PHIL 398
Tutorial 02.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Individualized guided research on an approved topic in philosophy.
  • Restriction: Open to second year Full Honours students in Philosophy and to other students, with consent of the Department

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PHIL 411. Topics in Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics.

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PHIL 411
Topics in Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A course focusing on some philosophical issue (e.g., the nature of numbers or the relation of truth to provability) as it arises in the study of mathematics and logic.
  • Prerequisites: PHIL 210 or the equivalent, and one intermediate course in philosophy

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PHIL 415. Philosophy of Language.

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PHIL 415
Philosophy of Language.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An examination of central notions in the philosophy of language (reference, meaning, and truth, e.g.), the puzzles these notions give rise to, and the relevance of these notions to such questions as: What is language? How is communication possible? What is understanding? Is language rule-governed.
  • Prerequisites: PHIL 210 or equivalent and one intermediate course in philosophy

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PHIL 419. Epistemology.

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PHIL 419
Epistemology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A discussion of central topics in the theory of knowledge. The questions addressed in the course may include: What is knowledge? Do we have any knowledge? What is the relation between knowledge and belief? When is belief justified? Is all knowledge conscious knowledge.
  • Prerequisite: PHIL 210 or equivalent and one intermediate course in philosophy

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PHIL 434. Metaethics.

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PHIL 434
Metaethics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A study of the status of sentences containing moral terms, judgements about moral claims, and the nature of moral facts.
  • Prerequisite: PHIL 334 or written permission of the instructor

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PHIL 442. Topics in Feminist Theory.

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PHIL 442
Topics in Feminist Theory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Advanced discussion of topical and central themes in feminist theory.
  • Prerequisite: PHIL 242 and one intermediate course in philosophy

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PHIL 444. Early Modern Political Theory.

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PHIL 444
Early Modern Political Theory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A survey of political and moral theory from the Reformation to the French Revolution including Luther, Montaigne, Descartes, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and Smith.
  • Prerequisite: at least one course in political philosophy

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PHIL 446. Current Issues in Political Philosophy.

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PHIL 446
Current Issues in Political Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Selected issues in contemporary political philosophy.
  • Prerequisite: at least one course in political philosophy

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PHIL 454. Ancient Moral Theory.

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PHIL 454
Ancient Moral Theory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An examination of central themes of ancient moral theory as treated by two or more contrasting philosophers or philosophical traditions - probably including Plato and/or Aristotle, and possibly some Hellenistic or post-Hellenistic schools.

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PHIL 475. Topics in Contemporary European Philosophy.

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PHIL 475
Topics in Contemporary European Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Advanced discussion of selected themes in contemporary European philosophy.
  • Prerequisite: one intermediate course in philosophy

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PHIL 480. Topics in the History of Philosophy.

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PHIL 480
Topics in the History of Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An advanced discussion of some theme and/or problem in the history of philosophy.
  • Prerequisite: one intermediate course in philosophy

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PHIL 497. Tutorial 04.

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PHIL 497
Tutorial 04.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Open to third year Full Honours students in Philosophy, and to other students, with consent of the Department.

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PHIL 498. Tutorial 05.

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PHIL 498
Tutorial 05.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Open to third year Joint Honours students in Philosophy, and to other students, with consent of the Department.

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PHIL 607. Pro-Seminar 1.

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PHIL 607
Pro-Seminar 1.
Credits: 6
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A series of seminars on selected topics designed for professional training to graduate students. Topics will be selected from the general area of Value Theory.

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PHIL 611. Seminar: Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics.

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PHIL 611
Seminar: Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Seminar on a particular topic in philosophy of logic and mathematics.
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 511.

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- Metaphysics and epistemology

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PHIL 619. Seminar: Epistemology.

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PHIL 619
Seminar: Epistemology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An advanced course devoted to a topic in the theory of knowledge.
  • Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 519.

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- Metaphysics and epistemology

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PHIL 634. Seminar: Ethics.

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PHIL 634
Seminar: Ethics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Seminar on a particular topic in ethics. Topic varies by year.
  • Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 534.

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- Ethics and value theory

PHIL 670. Seminar: Contemporary Analytic Philosophy.

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PHIL 670
Seminar: Contemporary Analytic Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An advanced course on some major analytic philosopher, or some issue of central importance in the analytic tradition.
  • Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 570.

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- Metaphysics and epistemology

PHIL 675. Seminar: Contemporary European Philosophy.

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PHIL 675
Seminar: Contemporary European Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An advanced course on contemporary European philosophy or some important issue in the Continental tradition.
  • Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 575.

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- Metaphysics and epistemology OR ethics and value theory

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PHIL 680. Seminar: Problems of Philosophy 1.

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PHIL 680
Seminar: Problems of Philosophy 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Seminar on a particular topic in philosophy. Topic varies by year.
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 580.

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PHIL 682. Pro-Seminar 3.

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PHIL 682
Pro-Seminar 3.
Credits: 6
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A series of seminars on selected topics designed to provide professional training to graduate students. Topics will be selected from the general area of Metaphysics/Epistemology.

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PHIL 703. Teaching Reflection and Practice.

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PHIL 703
Teaching Reflection and Practice.
Credits: 1
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Course design, development, delivery, and evaluation of a course that the student has been assigned to teach. Aspects of course design and in-class student evaluations will be provided by a Faculty mentor.
  • Prerequisite: PHIL 702
  • Restriction: Graduate students in philosophy

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Winter 2025

PHIL 201. Introduction to Philosophy 2.

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PHIL 201
Introduction to Philosophy 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to some of the major problems of philosophy. This course does not duplicate .
  • Philosophy students may use either PHIL 200 or PHIL 201 towards their program requirements, but not both. Students may, however, take both for credit (using the second as an elective), as the content in PHIL 201 does not overlap with PHIL 200

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PHIL 221. Introduction to History and Philosophy of Science 2.

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PHIL 221
Introduction to History and Philosophy of Science 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A survey of the development of modern science since the Eighteenth Century.

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PHIL 237. Contemporary Moral Issues.

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PHIL 237
Contemporary Moral Issues.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description

An introductory discussion of central ethical questions (the value of persons, or the relationship of rights and utilities, for example) through the investigation of currently disputed social and political issues. Specific issues to be discussed may include pornography and censorship, affirmative action, civil disobedience, punishment, abortion, and euthanasia.

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PHIL 240. Political Philosophy 1.

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PHIL 240
Political Philosophy 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to contemporary philosophy of politics by concentrating on a number of contested concepts, such as freedom, justice and equality, in contemporary political philosophy and practice.

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PHIL 310. Intermediate Logic.

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PHIL 310
Intermediate Logic.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A second course in Logic. NB. The course will be technical in nature, and some mathematical aptitude is essential. The emphasis is on the expressive properties of standard logical systems, including implications for the philosophy of mathematics. We will study the Completeness of First-Order Logic, then the 'limitative' theorems of Tarski and G枚del.
  • Prerequisite: PHIL 210 or equivalent

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PHIL 334. Ethical Theory.

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PHIL 334
Ethical Theory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A course focusing on central questions in ethical theory such as the nature of the good and the right and the factors which determine moral rightness and wrongness.
  • Prerequisite: one of PHIL 230, PHIL 237, PHIL 242, PHIL 343, or written permission of the instructor

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PHIL 344. Medieval and Renaissance Political Theory.

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PHIL 344
Medieval and Renaissance Political Theory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A study of Medieval and Renaissance political theory.

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PHIL 345. Greek Political Theory.

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PHIL 345
Greek Political Theory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An examination of the ethical and political theories of ancient Greece, especially those of Plato and Aristotle.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken POLI 333

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PHIL 355. Aristotle.

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PHIL 355
Aristotle.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An examination of selected works by Aristotle. The course considers issues in moral philosophy as well as those found in the logical treatises, the Physics and Metaphysics, and in the philosophy of mind.

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PHIL 361. 18th Century Philosophy.

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PHIL 361
18th Century Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A survey of eighteenth century philosophy, especially British philosophy. Attention is given to fundamental metaphysical, epistemological, and moral issues as reflected in the work of such philosophers as Locke, Shaftesbury, Berkeley, Hutcheson, Butler, Hume and Reid.

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PHIL 366. 18th and Early 19th Century German Philosophy.

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PHIL 366
18th and Early 19th Century German Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An examination of the works of such philosophers as Kant, Fichte, Jacobi, Schelling, and Hegel.
  • Prerequisite: PHIL 360 or PHIL 361 is recommended

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PHIL 367. 19th Century Philosophy.

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PHIL 367
19th Century Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An examination of the works of such 19th century philosophers as Mach, Helmholtz, Dedekind, Frege, Marx, Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Mill and Bradley.
  • Prerequisite: A previous course in philosophy is recommended

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PHIL 397. Tutorial 01.

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PHIL 397
Tutorial 01.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Individualized guided research on an approved topic in philosophy.
  • Restriction: Open to second year Full Honours students in Philosophy and to other students, with consent of the Department

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PHIL 398. Tutorial 02.

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PHIL 398
Tutorial 02.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Individualized guided research on an approved topic in philosophy.
  • Restriction: Open to second year Full Honours students in Philosophy and to other students, with consent of the Department

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PHIL 411. Topics in Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics.

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PHIL 411
Topics in Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A course focusing on some philosophical issue (e.g., the nature of numbers or the relation of truth to provability) as it arises in the study of mathematics and logic.
  • Prerequisites: PHIL 210 or the equivalent, and one intermediate course in philosophy

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PHIL 415. Philosophy of Language.

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PHIL 415
Philosophy of Language.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An examination of central notions in the philosophy of language (reference, meaning, and truth, e.g.), the puzzles these notions give rise to, and the relevance of these notions to such questions as: What is language? How is communication possible? What is understanding? Is language rule-governed.
  • Prerequisites: PHIL 210 or equivalent and one intermediate course in philosophy

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PHIL 419. Epistemology.

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PHIL 419
Epistemology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A discussion of central topics in the theory of knowledge. The questions addressed in the course may include: What is knowledge? Do we have any knowledge? What is the relation between knowledge and belief? When is belief justified? Is all knowledge conscious knowledge.
  • Prerequisite: PHIL 210 or equivalent and one intermediate course in philosophy

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PHIL 421. Metaphysics.

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PHIL 421
Metaphysics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An examination of central questions in metaphysics in their historical and contemporary forms. Topics may be chosen from such issues as: personal identity, the nature of space and time, the nature of events and properties, possible worlds, and the problem of realism.
  • Prerequisites: PHIL 210 or equivalent and one intermediate course in philosophy

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PHIL 427. Topics in Critical Philosophy of Race.

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PHIL 427
Topics in Critical Philosophy of Race.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An advanced discussion of topics in the critical philosophy of race.
  • PHIL 327 or permission of the instructor.
  • Topics vary from year to year.

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PHIL 436. Aesthetics 2.

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PHIL 436
Aesthetics 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An advanced discussion of issues in aesthetics.
  • Prerequisite: PHIL 336 or written permission of the instructor

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PHIL 441. Philosophy of Science 2.

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PHIL 441
Philosophy of Science 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An analysis of some key philosophical ideas in science and technology, e.g. problem, explanation, forecast, testability and truth.
  • Prerequisite: PHIL 341 or written permission of the instructor

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PHIL 444. Early Modern Political Theory.

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PHIL 444
Early Modern Political Theory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A survey of political and moral theory from the Reformation to the French Revolution including Luther, Montaigne, Descartes, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and Smith.
  • Prerequisite: at least one course in political philosophy

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PHIL 445. 19th Century Political Theory.

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PHIL 445
19th Century Political Theory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An examination of various strands of political theory since Rousseau, concentrating on such themes as the understanding of modernity and theories of liberal society.
  • Prerequisite: at least one course in political philosophy
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken POLI 434

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PHIL 446. Current Issues in Political Philosophy.

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PHIL 446
Current Issues in Political Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Selected issues in contemporary political philosophy.
  • Prerequisite: at least one course in political philosophy

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PHIL 450. Major Philosophers 1.

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PHIL 450
Major Philosophers 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

This seminar will give detailed attention to the work of one philosopher or to a single philosophical theme addressed by several philosophers. Emphasis will be placed on understanding how the metaphysical, epistemological, and moral views of a figure or figures are internally related. Topic will vary from year to year.
  • Prerequisite: one intermediate course in philosophy

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PHIL 453. Ancient Metaphysics and Natural Philosophy.

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PHIL 453
Ancient Metaphysics and Natural Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An examination of central themes of ancient metaphysics and/or natural philosophy as treated by two or more contrasting philosophers or philosophical traditions - probably including Plato and/or Aristotle, and possibly including some Hellenistic or post-Hellenistic schools.

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PHIL 454. Ancient Moral Theory.

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PHIL 454
Ancient Moral Theory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An examination of central themes of ancient moral theory as treated by two or more contrasting philosophers or philosophical traditions - probably including Plato and/or Aristotle, and possibly some Hellenistic or post-Hellenistic schools.

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PHIL 470. Topics in Contemporary Analytic Philosophy.

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PHIL 470
Topics in Contemporary Analytic Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An advanced discussion of major themes in the analytic tradition.
  • Prerequisite: PHIL 370, PHIL 415 or written permission of instructor

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PHIL 474. Phenomenology.

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PHIL 474
Phenomenology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A study of phenomenology from a historical and thematic perspective. The course will typically involve the study of central thinkers such as Husserl, Heidegger, or Merleau-Ponty, with an examination of the nature and development of the phenomenological movement.
  • Prerequisite: one intermediate course in philosophy

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PHIL 481. Topics in Philosophy.

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PHIL 481
Topics in Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Topics in philosophy. Topic varies by year.

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PHIL 497. Tutorial 04.

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PHIL 497
Tutorial 04.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Open to third year Full Honours students in Philosophy, and to other students, with consent of the Department.

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PHIL 498. Tutorial 05.

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PHIL 498
Tutorial 05.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Open to third year Joint Honours students in Philosophy, and to other students, with consent of the Department.

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PHIL 621. Seminar: Metaphysics.

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PHIL 621
Seminar: Metaphysics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An advanced course devoted to a topic in metaphysics.
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 521.
  • Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.

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- Metaphysics and epistemology

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PHIL 627. Seminar: Critical Philosophy of Race.

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PHIL 627
Seminar: Critical Philosophy of Race.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An advanced course examining a question, theme, or thinker in the critical philosophy of race.
  • Permission of the instructor.
  • Topic varies by year depending on the instructor. Approaches range from the historical to the contemporary, from the thematic to a focus on the works of particular thinkers.

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- Ethics or value theory

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PHIL 641. Seminar: Philosophy of Science.

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PHIL 641
Seminar: Philosophy of Science.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An advanced course devoted to a topic in the philosophy of science.
  • Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PHIL 541.

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- Metaphysics and epistemology

PHIL 642. Seminar: Feminist Theory.

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PHIL 642
Seminar: Feminist Theory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An advanced course devoted to a specific topic in feminist theory: e.g., a major figure; or theme, such as sex/gender, embodiment, race, subjectivity, agency, representation, politics, nature/culture, discourse and power; or a feminist approach to the history of philosophy, ethics, social/political philosophy, epistemology, philosophy of science, phenomenology, or metaphysics.
  • Prerequisite(s): Any 400-level, 3-credit course in political philosophy, or permission of the instructor.
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 542.

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PHIL 689. Seminar: Special Topics in Philosophy.

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PHIL 689
Seminar: Special Topics in Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Psychoanalysis: a critical examination. Depending on the interests of the class, areas covered would include: psychoanalytic epistemology, psychoanalysis and the pre-socratics, psychoanalysis and tragedy, reasons versus causes in psychoanalysis, hermeneutics, psychoanalytic truth, self-deception, irrationality, paradox, creativity, internal object world and its relation to external objects.
  • Prerequisite(s): one course in philosophy
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 590.

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ARTE 700. Seminar: Teaching Humanities.

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ARTE 700
Seminar: Teaching Humanities.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Introduction to university teaching and learning issues, methods, and traditions that are specific to humanities disciplines, focusing on what successful teaching looks like in the humanities from a theoretical point of view.
  • Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
  • Restrictions: Only open to Ph.D. students in the Faculty of Arts who have successfully completed comprehensive examinations or equivalent. Not open to students who have taken PHIL 702.
  • Supplementary Calendar Info: Course is open to students in all disciplines within the Faculty of Arts, though topics are tailored to the teaching of humanities fields.

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