UCSB 2009-2010 Catalog Course Search
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| PHIL 1 - Short Introduction to Philosophy |
| (4) STAFF |
| An introductory course in western philosophy. |
| PHIL 3 - Critical Thinking |
| (4) STAFF |
| Practical reasoning, argumentation, and the analysis of language as instruments of sound thinking in everyday life. |
| PHIL 4 - Introduction to Ethics |
| (4) STAFF |
| An examination, at an introductory level, of such ethical issues as: why bemoral, moral relativism, the nature of virtues and vices; and possibly consideration of practical ethical problems such as abortion or war. |
| PHIL 6 - Professional and Business Ethics |
| (4) STAFF |
| Studies important ethical problems that arise in modern professions and business practice in light of traditional theories in moral and political philosophy. Issues such as medical ethics, ethics in law, codes of conduct for business, preferential treatment of minorities, and responsiblility to the environment, are studied in light of such theories as utilitarian and deontological moral theories, classical, liberalism, and Marxism. |
| PHIL 7 - Biomedical Ethics |
| (4) STAFF |
| An examination of philosophical thinking about moral issues raised by the practice of medicine. Traditional ethical theories and problems will serve as background to, and in turn be illuminated by, such issues as informed consent, paternalism, abortion, euthanasia, and genetic engineering. |
| PHIL 12 - Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion |
| (4) STAFF |
| An introduction to several traditional philosophical problems connected with religious belief. |
| PHIL 20A - History of Philosophy |
| (4) STAFF |
| From Thales to Aristotle. |
| PHIL 20B - History of Philosophy |
| (4) STAFF |
| From Medievals to Rationalists. |
| PHIL 20C - History of Philosophy |
| (4) STAFF |
| From the Empiricists and Kant. |
| PHIL 100A - Ethics |
| (4) McMahon, Hanser, Zimmerman |
| Prerequisites: One prior course in philosophy; or, Philosphy 3 (may be taken concurrently) |
| An examination of the fundamental concepts, theories, and problems of moralor political philosophy. |
| PHIL 100B - Theory of Knowledge |
| (4) Rescorla, Zimmerman |
| Prerequisites: One prior course in philosophy. |
| Philosophy 3 or 183. |
| Investigates fundamental questions surrounding the nature of human knowledge and human justification, such as: What do I know? What am I justified in believing? What is it to know something? What is it to hold a justified belief? |
| PHIL 100C - Philosophy of Language |
| (4) Brueckner, Falvey, Salmon |
| Prerequisites: One prior course in philosophy. |
| Philosophy 3 or 183. |
| Introduction to philosophical problems and theories concerning the nature of language. Topics typically include the notion of linguistic structure, theories of meaning and reference, names and descriptions, the relations between languages and thought, necessity and analytic truty, and conversational norms. |
| PHIL 100D - Philosophy of Mind |
| (4) Brueckner, Rescorla, Zimmerman |
| Prerequisites: One prior course in philosophy. |
| Philosophy 3 or 183. |
| Discussion of some central questions about the mind: are people identical to their bodies? What is it to feel, believe, or desire something? What distinguishes intelligent thinking from a computer's activities? What is the connection between language and thought? |
| PHIL 100E - Metaphysics |
| (4) Anderson, Brueckner, Falvey |
| Prerequisites: One prior course in philosophy. |
| Philosophy 3 or 183. |
| Introduction to the philosophical study of the most general and fundamental features of reality. Topics vary, but may include universals, particulars, identity and individuation, substance, the nature of persons, causation, and the nature of time. |
| PHIL 100F - Introduction to the Philosophy of Science |
| (4) Rescorla |
| Prerequisites: One prior course in philosophy; or major in physics, chemistry, or biology. |
| An introduction to the philosophical analysis of the concepts and methods of science, treating such topics as: explanation, confirmation, causation, scientific laws, the interpretation, meaning and reference of scientific theories, theory reduction and theory change, and scientific revolutions. |
| PHIL 102A - Applied Analytical Reasoning |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 3. |
| The development of skills in analyzing material drawn from a variety of philosophical and nonphilosophical concerns. Emphasis will be placed on disambiguating hidden ambiguities, making relevant distinctions, abstracting the central issues, and the analysis of increasingly complex arguments. |
| PHIL 102B - Applied Analytical Reasoning |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 3. |
| The study and application of specialized forms of reasoning such as legal reasoning, reasoning concerning means and ends, reasoning involved in problem-solving situations, and scientific and inductive reasoning. |
| PHIL 106 - Philosophy of Plato |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: A prior course in philosophy. |
| An introduction to the philosophy of Plato. For student who wish to study selected platonic dialogues but who are not philosophy majors. |
| PHIL 107 - Continental Philosophy |
| (4) McMahon |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 100B or 100C or 100D or 100E. |
| A survey of recent continental philosophy.
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| PHIL 108 - Philosophy of the Social Sciences |
| (4) Wilkins, Falvey |
| Prerequisites: One prior course from Philosophy 100B-C-D-E; or, two upper-division philosophy courses. |
| Questions and problems in the methodology of the social sciences, includingwhether the social sciences have distinctive methods of explanation; modelsof rationality employed in the social sciences; and whether the social sciences can or should be value-neutral. |
| PHIL 112 - Philosophy of Religion |
| (4) Anderson |
| Prerequisites: One prior course in philosophy. |
| A study of some of the following topics: religious language, the existence and nature of god, the problem of evil, religious experience, religion and morality, the rationality of religious belief. |
| PHIL 116 - Meaning and Reference |
| (4) Breuckner, Salmon |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 183 (may be taken concurrently). |
| An examination of the classical theories of meaning and reference: John Stuart Mill, Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, and the theory of direct reference. Investigation of solutions to the classical puzzles of meaning and reference. |
| PHIL 121 - Political Philosophy |
| (4) Wilkins |
| Prerequisites: Major in philosophy, law & society, political science, or global and international studies. |
| Analysis of fundamental political conceptions; the state, sovereignty, political obligation, natural rights, natural law, etc. |
| PHIL 122 - Theories of Justice |
| (4) Wilkins |
| Prerequisites: Major in philosophy, law & society, political science, or global and international studies. |
| An examination, in detail, of one or more influential philosophical theories of justice. |
| PHIL 124A - Philosophy of Science |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: A prior course in philosophy. |
| A strong background in science. |
| What is science? How does it differ from non-science? Course examines both the history of science and the history of philosophy of science in an effort to discover just what science is and what it has to offer. |
| PHIL 124B - Philosophy of Physics |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: A prior course in philosophy. |
| A strong background in physics. |
| Emphasizes the role that philosophical considerations played in both the evolution and actual practice of science. The major emphasis is on the creation and development of the watersheds of twentieth-century physics: relativity and quantum mechanics. |
| PHIL 124C - Philosophy of Space and Time |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: A prior course in philosophy. |
| A strong background in physics. |
| Is space a thing or a series of relations holding between objects? Does time pass differently for different observers, or in different parts of the universe? Consideration of these and other questions lead to an examination of contemporary physics. |
| PHIL 124D - Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: A prior course in philosophy. |
| A strong background in physics. |
| Examines the history of the development of quantum mechanics, focusing on the philosophical conundrums that arose from the tortured process of finding a theory that "worked." This is done at the conceptual level, with minimal reliance on mathematical techniques. |
| PHIL 127 - Philosophy of History |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: At least one prior course in philosophy. |
| Philosophical problems connected with the study of history. |
| PHIL 129 - Philosophy of International Relations |
| (4) Wilkins |
| Prerequisites: Major in philosophy, law & society, political science, or global and international studies. |
| Study of philosophical problems in international relations. |
| PHIL 130 - Freedom and Determinism |
| (4) Brueckner |
| Prerequisites: Prerequisite: one prior course in philosophy. |
| Determinism is the doctrine that the laws of nature plus the past necessitate the future. Is determinism compatible with the view that we often act freely and are often morally responsible for what we do? |
| PHIL 131 - Advanced Topics in Applied Ethics. |
| (4) Hanser, Wilkins |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 100A; or, two prior courses in philosophy. |
| Advanced Topics in Applied Ethics. |
| PHIL 133 - History of Political Thought |
| (4) Wilkins |
| Prerequisites: Major in philosophy, law & society, political science, or global and international studies. |
| A study of one or more important figures from the history of political thought. |
| PHIL 134 - Moral Psychology |
| (4) Zimmerman |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 4 or 100A; and, Philosophy 100B or 100C or 100D or 100E. |
| An examination of the nature of desires, emotions, the imagination and other aspects of human psychology, and of the ways these bear on the moral evaluation of people and actions. |
| PHIL 135 - Contemporary Philosophy |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 100B or 100D or 100E. |
| Systematic investigation of topics drawn from contemporary analytic or continental philosophy. |
| PHIL 136 - Aesthetics |
| (4) McMahon |
| Prerequisites: One prior course in philosophy. |
| Topics may include the aesthetic experience, the aesthetic object, the creative act, and art criticism. |
| PHIL 137 - Aesthetic Theory |
| (4) McMahon |
| Prerequisites: One prior course in philosophy. |
| A study of some major works in the philosophy of art from Plato to the present, with emphasis on the development and analysis of the basic concepts employed in criticism of the arts. |
| PHIL 138 - Normative Ethics |
| (4) Hanser |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 100A; or, two prior courses in philosophy. |
| An examination of what makes actions morally right or wrong and people morally good or bad. |
| PHIL 139 - Meta-Ethics |
| (4) Anderson |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 100A; or, two prior courses in philosophy. |
| An examination of problems concerning the meaning and justification of moral judgments. |
| PHIL 140 - History of Ethics: Ancient |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Philosphy 100A; or, two prior courses in philosophy. |
| A study of one or more important moral philosophers from the ancient period. |
| PHIL 142 - Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Religion |
| (4) Anderson |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 112; or two prior upper-division courses in philosophy; and, oneadditional course in philosophy. |
| Advanced topics in the philosophy of religion. Specific subject matter is selected by the instructor and descriptions are available in the department office before each quarter. |
| PHIL 143 - Philosophy of Law |
| (4) Wilkins |
| An introduction to some of the main issues generated by the philosophical question, "What is law?" In what sense is conduct made obligatory by the existence of law? What, if any, is the relationship between law and morals? What are rules? What does it mean to say that a rule exists? Do courts really apply rules or merely pretend to do so? |
| PHIL 144 - Advanced Topics in the Philosophy of Law |
| (4) Wilkins, Hanser |
| Prerequisites: Major in philosophy, law & society, political science, or global and international studies. |
| Study of advanced topics in the philosophy of law. |
| PHIL 145 - Punishment and Responsibility |
| (4) Wilkins |
| An examination of some of the philosophical problems of punishment and responsibility: The rationale of punishment and the legal doctrine of Mensrea; the analysis of conditions of responsibility, relations between punishment, responsibility, retribution, guilt, shame, etc. |
| PHIL 149 - Action Theory |
| (4) Hanser, Falvey |
| Prerequisites: One prior course from Philosophy 100B, 100C, 100D, and 100E; or, two prior course in philosophy. |
| An examination of philosophical topics connected with human action, e.g. the role of intentions and desires in the explanation and justification of action and the nature of practical reason. |
| PHIL 150A - Advanced Topics in Ethical Theory |
| (4) McMahon, Hanser |
| Prerequisites: Two courses from Philosophy 100A or 100B or 100C or 100D or 100E or 100F. |
| Advanced topics in ethical theory. Specific subject matter is selected by the instructor and descriptions are available in the department office before each quarter. |
| PHIL 150B - Advanced Topics in Theory of Knowledge |
| (4) Brueckner, Zimmerman |
| Prerequisites: Two courses from Philosophy 100A or 100B or 100C or 100D or 100E or 100F. |
| Advanced topics in theory of knowledge. Specific subject matter is selected by the instructor and descriptions are available in the department office before each quarter. |
| PHIL 150C - Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Language |
| (4) Falvey, Salmon |
| Prerequisites: Two courses from Philosophy 100A or 100B or 100C or 100D or 100E or 100F. |
| Specific subject matter selected by the instructor. Descriptions available in the department office before each quarter. |
| PHIL 150D - Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Mind |
| (4) Falvey |
| Prerequisites: Two courses from Philosophy 100A or 100B or 100C or 100D or 100E or 100F. |
| Advanced topics in philosophy of mind. Specific subject matter is selected the instructor and descriptions are available in the department office before each quarter. |
| PHIL 150E - Advanced Topics in Metaphysics |
| (4) Brueckner, Salmon |
| Prerequisites: Two courses from Philosophy 100A or 100B or 100C or 100D or 100E or 100F. |
| Advanced topics in metaphysics. Specific subject matter is selected by the instructor and descriptions are available in the department before each quarter. |
| PHIL 151 - Pre-Socratics |
| (4) Tsouna, Hanser |
| Prerequisites: One prior upper-division course in Philosophy and one additional course in philosophy. |
| A study of the pre-Socratic philosophers. |
| PHIL 152 - Plato |
| (4) Tsouna |
| Prerequisites: One prior upper-division course in Philosophy and one additional course in philosophy. |
| The philosophy of Plato. |
| PHIL 153 - Aristotle |
| (4) Tsouna, Hanser |
| Prerequisites: One prior upper-division course in Philosophy and one additional course in philosophy. |
| The philosophy of Aristotle. |
| PHIL 156 - Hellenistic Philosophy |
| (4) Tsouna |
| Prerequisites: One prior upper-division course in Philosophy and one additional course in philosophy. |
| An examination of the thought of major Greek philosophers of the Hellenistic period. |
| PHIL 160 - Descartes |
| (4) Holden, Falvey |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 20B or 100B or 100D or 100E. |
| The philosophy of Descartes. |
| PHIL 162 - Leibniz |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 100B or 100D or 100E. |
| The philosophy of Leibniz. |
| PHIL 163 - Locke |
| (4) Holden |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 20B or 20C or 100B or 100D or 100E. |
| The philosophy of John Locke. |
| PHIL 164 - Berkeley |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 20B or 100B or 100D or 100E. |
| The philosophy of Berkeley. |
| PHIL 165 - Hume |
| (4) Zimmerman, Holden |
| Prerequisites: One prior upper-division course in Philosophy and one additional course in philosophy. |
| The philosophy of David Hume. |
| PHIL 166A - Kant |
| (4) Zimmerman, Brueckner |
| Prerequisites: Two prior courses from Philosophy 20B, 100B, 100D, 100E or 160. |
| An examination of the philosophy of Kant with special attention to the critique of pure reason. |
| PHIL 170 - Wittgenstein |
| (4) Falvey |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 100B or 100C or 100D or 100E. |
| The philosophy of Wittgenstein. |
| PHIL 173 - Frege |
| (4) Anderson, Rescorla |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 183 and another previous course in philosophy. |
| An examination of the work of the German philosopher and logician, Gottlob Frege. |
| PHIL 174 - Early Analytic Philosophy |
| (4) Rescorla, Salmon |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 100B or 100C or 100D or 100E. |
| A study of one or more major philosophers from the early stages of the analytic tradition (e.g. Frege, Moore, Russell, Wittgenstein, and the logical positivists.) |
| PHIL 175 - Other Philosophers |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 100B or 100C or 100D or 100E. |
| Course content will vary. Philosophers not taught in a regular course offering--such philosophers as Plotinus, Bacon, Hobbes, Pascal, Reid, Schopenhauer, Bradley--yet whose work is intrinsically important will be studied. Students may check with the department office for more detailed information before enrolling. |
| PHIL 176 - Historical Philosophers |
| (4) Holden, Zimmerman |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 100A or 100B or 100D or 100E. |
| Examination of historical philosophers beyond those covered in Philosophy 106 and 151-166. |
| PHIL 180 - Philosophical Psychology |
| (4) Hanser |
| Prerequisites: One prior upper-division course in philosophy. |
| An examination of some of the concepts of the mind such as those of desire,intention, action, perception, sensation, and the unconcious. |
| PHIL 183 - Beginning Modern Logic |
| (4) Salmon, Anderson |
| An introduction to the concepts and methods of moder symbolic logic. Emphasis is placed on problems of translating english expressions into logical symbols and on the development of skills in using the formal proof procedures of sentential and predicate logic. |
| PHIL 184 - Intermediate Modern Logic |
| (4) Salmon, Anderson |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 183. |
| Further application and development of the predicate calculus, including the calculi of identity and description. An introduction to the metalogical questions of completeness, consistency, and decidability. |
| PHIL 185 - Advanced Modern Logic |
| (4) Salmon, Anderson |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 184 or Mathematics 109A. |
| Topics from the theory of formal systems, set theory, recursive function theory, and automata theory. |
| PHIL 186 - Philosophical Logic |
| (4) Salmon, Anderson |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 184. |
| Topics in logical theory and the philosophy of logic: intensional logic andother non-standard logics (such as modal logic); discussion of results of modern logic and their philosophical implications. |
| PHIL 187 - Philosophy of Mathematics |
| (4) Anderson, Rescorla |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 183 or Mathematics 108A or 109A. |
| Logistic, formalist, and intuitionist views of th nature of mathematics. Epistemological problems of applied mathematics. |
| PHIL 188 - Theory of Value |
| (4) Wilkins |
| Prerequisites: One prior course in philosophy. |
| Study of theories of the nature and structure of the good and of value judgments generally. |
| PHIL 192 - Internship in Philosophy |
| (1-12) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing in philosophy; consent of department and instructor |
| Practical experience and application of analytical skills learned in philosophy as interns with agencies and business. Periodic and final reports required under faculty direction. |
| PHIL 197A - Senior Honors Thesis |
| (2) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to senior honors philosophy majors; by consent of instructor and departmental approval. |
| A continuous two-quarter research and writing tutorial designed for senior honors majors. The first term will be spent mainly in selecting and researching a topic for the thesis. |
| PHIL 197B - Senior Honors Thesis |
| (2) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to senior honors philosophy majors; by consent of instructor and departmental approval. |
| A continuous two-quarter research and writing tutorial designed for senior honors majors. The second term will be spent mainly in the writing of the thesis. |
| PHIL 197P - Senior Project for Majors with Ethics and Public Policy Emphasis |
| (2-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing in philosophy; consent of department. |
| A research and writing tutorial on some topic relevant to issues in ethics and public policy. A written proposal of the project must be approved by the undergraduate adviser and the instructor. |
| PHIL 199 - Independent Studies in Philosophy |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of 2 upper-division courses in philosophy. |
| A written statement of the proposed program of study must be presented to the instructor for his or her approval before the student signs up for the course. |
| PHIL 199RA - Independent Research Assistant |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Course work shall consist of faculty supervised research. |
| PHIL 207G - Continental Philosophy |
| (4) McMahon |
| A survey of recent continental philosophy.
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| PHIL 208G - Philosophy of the Social Sciences |
| (4) Wilkins, Falvey |
| Questions and problems in the methodology of the social sciences, includingwhether the social sciences have distinctive methods of explanation; modelsof rationality employed in the social sciences and whether the social sciences can or should be value-neutral. |
| PHIL 212G - Philosophy of Religion |
| (4) Anderson |
| Study at the graduate level of topics in the philosophy of religion. |
| PHIL 216G - Meaning and Reference |
| (4) Salmon |
| An examination of the classical theories of meaning and reference: John Stuart Mill, Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, and the theory of direct reference. Solutions to the classical puzzles of meaning and reference are investigated. |
| PHIL 221G - Political Philosophy |
| (4) Wilkins |
| A study at the graduate level of selected problems in political philosophy. |
| PHIL 222G - Theories of Justice |
| (4) Wilkins |
| A study at the graduate level of an examination, in detail, of one or more influential philosophical theories of justice. |
| PHIL 224A - Philosophy of Science |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| What is science? How does it differ from non-science? Course examines both the history of science and the history of philosophy of science in an effort to discover just what science is and what it has to offer. |
| PHIL 224B - Philosophy of Physics |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Emphasizes the role that philosophical considerations played in both the evolution and actual practice of science. The major emphasis is on the creation and development of the watersheds of twentieth-century physics: relativity and quantum mechanics. |
| PHIL 224C - Philosophy of Space and Time |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Is space a thing or a series of relations holding between objects? Does time pass differently for different observers, or in different parts of the universe? Consideration of these, and other questions leads to an examination of contemporary physics. |
| PHIL 224D - Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Examines the history of the development of quantum mechanics, focusing on the philosophical conundrums that arose from the tortured process of finding a theory that "worked." This is done at the conceptual level, with minimal reliance on mathematical techniques. |
| PHIL 227G - Philosophy of History |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| A study at the graduate level of selected problems in the philosophy of history. |
| PHIL 229G - Philosophy of International Relations |
| (4) Wilkins |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| The study of philosophical problems in international relations. |
| PHIL 230G - Freedom and Determinism |
| (4) Wilkins, Brueckner |
| A study at the graduate level of the problem of whether human action is free or determined. |
| PHIL 231G - Advanced Topics in Applied Ethics |
| (4) Hanser, Wilkins |
| Advanced topics in applied ethics. |
| PHIL 233G - History of Political Thought |
| (4) Wilkins |
| A study of one or more important figues from the history of political thought. |
| PHIL 234G - Moral Psychology |
| (4) Falvey, Zimmerman |
| An examination of the nature of desires, emotions, the imagination, and other aspects of human psychology, and of the ways these bear on the moral evaluation of people and actions. |
| PHIL 235G - Contemporary Philosophy |
| (4) Salmon |
| A study at the graduate level of selected topics in contemporary philosophy. |
| PHIL 236G - Aesthetics |
| (4) McMahon |
| Topics may include the aesthetic experience, the aesthetic object, the creative act, and art criticism. |
| PHIL 237G - Aesthetic Theory |
| (4) McMahon |
| A study at the graduate level of the development and analysis of the basic concepts employed in criticism of the arts. |
| PHIL 238G - Normative Ethics |
| (4) McMahon, Hanser |
| An examination of what makes actions morally right or wrong and people morally good or bad. |
| PHIL 239G - Meta-ethics |
| (4) Hanser, Anderson |
| An examination of problems concerning the meaning and justification of moral judgments. |
| PHIL 240G - History of Ethics: Ancient |
| (4) STAFF |
| A study of one or more important moral philosophers from the ancient period. |
| PHIL 242G - Topics in the Philosophy of Religion |
| (4) Ander |
| A study at the graduate level of topic in the philosophy of religion. |
| PHIL 243G - Philosophy of Law |
| (4) Wilkins |
| An introduction to some of the main issues generated by the philosophical question, "What is law?" 1. In what sense is conduct made obligatory by theexistence of law? 2. What, if any, is the relationship between law and morals? 3. What are rules? What does it mean to say that a rule exists? Do courts really apply rules or merely pretend to do so? |
| PHIL 244G - Advanced Topics in the Philosophy of Law |
| (4) Wilkins |
| Advanced topics in the philosophy of law. |
| PHIL 245G - Punishment and Responsibility |
| (4) Wilkins |
| An examination of some of the philosophical problems of punishment and responsibility: the rationale of punishment and the legal doctrine of mens rea; the analysis of conditions of responsibility, relations between punishment, responsibility, retribution, guilt, shame, etc. |
| PHIL 249G - Action Theory |
| (4) Hanser, Falvey |
| An examination of philosophical topics connected with human action, e.g. the role of intentions and desires in the explanation and justification of action and the nature of practical reasons. |
| PHIL 250A - Topics in Ethical Theory |
| (4) McMahon, Hanser |
| A study at the graduate level of topics in ethical theory. |
| PHIL 250B - Topics in Theory of Knowledge |
| (4) Brueckner |
| A study at the graduate level of topics in th theory of knowledge. |
| PHIL 250C - Topics in Philosophy of Language |
| (4) Salmon, Falvey |
| A study at the graduate level of topics in the philosophy of language. |
| PHIL 250D - Topics in Philosophy of Mind |
| (4) Falvey |
| A study at the graduate level of topics in the philosophy of mind. |
| PHIL 250E - Topics in Metaphysics |
| (4) Salmon, Brueckner |
| A study at the graduate level of topics in metaphysics. |
| PHIL 251G - Pre-Socratics |
| (4) Tsouna |
| A study at the graduate level of selected writings of the pre-Socratic era. |
| PHIL 252G - Plato |
| (4) Tsouna |
| A study at the graduate level of selected writings of Plato. |
| PHIL 253G - Aristotle |
| (4) Tsouna |
| A study at the graduate level of selected writings of Aristotle. |
| PHIL 256G - Hellenistic Philosophy |
| (4) Tsouna |
| A study at the graduate level of selected writings of the Hellenistic philosophers. |
| PHIL 260G - Descartes |
| (4) Falvey |
| A study at the graduate level of selected writings of Descartes. |
| PHIL 262G - Leibniz |
| (4) Anderson, Holden |
| A study at the graduate level of selected writings of Leibniz. |
| PHIL 263G - Locke |
| (4) Holden |
| A study at the graduate level of selected writings of Locke. |
| PHIL 264G - Berkeley |
| (4) Holden |
| A study at the graduate level of selected writings of Berkeley. |
| PHIL 265G - Hume |
| (4) Zimmerman, Holden |
| A study at the graduate level of selected writings of Hume. |
| PHIL 266A - Kant |
| (4) Zimmerman, Brueckner |
| A study at the graduate level of selected writings of Kant. |
| PHIL 270G - Wittgenstein |
| (4) Falvey |
| A study at the graduate level of selected writings of Wittgenstein. |
| PHIL 273G - Frege |
| (4) Anderson, Rescorla |
| An examination of the work of the german philosopher and logician, Gottlob Frege. |
| PHIL 274G - Early Analytic Philosophy |
| (4) Hanser, Salmon |
| A study of one or more major philosophers from the early stages of the analytic tradition (e.g. Frege, Moore, Russell, Wittgenstein, and the logical positivists.) |
| PHIL 276G - Historical Philosophers |
| (4) Holden, Zimmerman |
| Examination of historical philosophers beyond those covered in Philosophy 106 and 151-166. |
| PHIL 280G - Philosophical Psychology |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: graduate standing. |
| A study at the graduate level of selected problems in philosophical psychology. |
| PHIL 283G - Beginning Symbolic Logic |
| (4) Anderson, Salmon |
| An introduction to symbolic logic at the graduate level. |
| PHIL 284G - Intermediate Symbolic Logic |
| (4) Anderson, Salmon |
| A continuation of the study of symbolic logic. |
| PHIL 285G - Advanced Symbolic Logic |
| (4) Salmon |
| An advanced study of symbolic logic. |
| PHIL 286G - Philosophical Logic |
| (4) Salmon |
| Prerequisites: Philosophy 183 and 184, or equivalent. |
| Topics in logical theory and the philosophy of logic: intensional logic andother non-standard logics (such as modal logic); discussion of results of modern logic and their philosophical implications. |
| PHIL 287G - Philosophy of Mathematics |
| (4) STAFF |
| A study at the graduate level of selected problem in the philosophy of mathematics. |
| PHIL 288G - Theory of Value |
| (4) Wilkins |
| A study at the graduate level of selected problems in the theory of value. |
| PHIL 296A - Seminar in Ethics |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Graduate seminar in ethics. Specific subject matter is selected by the instructor and descriptions are available in the department office before each quarter. |
| PHIL 296B - Seminar in Epistemology |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Graduate seminar in epistemology. Specific subject matter is selected by the instructor and descriptions are available in the department office before each quarter. |
| PHIL 296C - Seminar in the Philosophy of Language |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Graduate seminar in the philosophy of language. Specific subject matter is selected by the instructor and descriptions are available in the department office before each quarter. |
| PHIL 296D - Seminar in the Philosophy of Mind |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Graduate seminar in the philosophy of mind. Specific subject matter is selected by the instructor and descriptions are available in the departmentoffice before each quarter. |
| PHIL 296E - Seminar in Metaphysics |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Graduate seminar in metaphysics. Specific subject matter is selected by theinstructor and descriptions are available in the department office before each quarter. |
| PHIL 297A - Seminar in the History of Philosophy |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Graduate seminar in the history of philosophy. Specific subject matter is selected by the instructor and descriptions are available in the department office before each quarter. |
| PHIL 298A - Seminar in Aesthetics |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Graduate seminar in aesthetics. Specific subject matter is selected by the instructor and descriptions are available in the department office before each quarter. |
| PHIL 299A - Seminar in the Philosophy of Logic |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Graduate seminar in the philosophy of logic. Specific subject matter is selected by the instructor and descriptions are available in the departmentoffice before each quarter. |
| PHIL 299C - Seminar in the Philosophy of Science |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Graduate seminar in the philosophy of science. Specific subject matter is selected by the instructor and descriptions are available in the department office before each quarter. |
| PHIL 500 - Apprentice Teaching in Philosophy |
| (2-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Teaching assistantship in philosophy. |
| A teaching practicum involving the study and development of effective teaching techniques in philosophy. Each student will be responsible for andteach a class section in an undergraduate course in philosophy. One meetingper week with instructor and one or more discussion section meetings, and attendance in the lecture of the assigned course are required. |
| PHIL 501 - Teaching Assistant Training |
| (2) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Teaching assistant in philosophy. |
| Instructional training. Orientation in professional conduct and responsibilities; observation of student's teaching (in the form of facultyvisits or videotaping) and follow-up conferences; discussion of teaching evaluations and workshops on pedagogical problems. |
| PHIL 594 - Special Topics |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Consent of instructor. |
| Special seminar on research subjects of current interest. |
| PHIL 596 - Directed Reading and Research |
| (1-12) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate student in philosophy; Consent of instructor. |
| A written proposal must be approved by the instructor and department chair. |
| PHIL 597 - Individual Study for Master's and/or Ph.D. Examinations for Advancement to Candidacy |
| (1-12) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Individual preparation for the doctoral qualifying examination. |
| PHIL 599 - Ph.D. Dissertation Research and Preparation |
| (1-12) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Ph.D. dissertation research and preparation. |