Graduate Program

Fall Term Schedule

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Fall 2020

Number	Title	Instructor	Time
PHIL 415-2 Intermediate Logic Zeynep Soysal MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM
This course is an introduction to metalogic. Topics covered include basic elements of set theory, and the model-theoretic treatment of sentential and first-order logic (completeness, compactness, and Löwenheim-Skolem theorems). ALL Philosophy courses are available to all students, so that even in-person courses can be taken by students who have opted for online-only instruction for the fall. Online-only students are not limited to courses listed specifically as online. There will also be accommodations for online-only students in different time zones, to allow for asynchronous access to course content and flexibility for any potentially required live components. For more specific information on arrangements for specific courses, please email the course instructor. Location Hylan Building Room 202 (MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM)
PHIL 423-1 Social &Political Philosophy Rosa Terlazzo MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM
An exploration of basic issues in social & political philosophy, including the nature and justification of government, the nature and value of rights, freedom, and democracy, justice and equality,and the morality of war and peace (not necessarily all of these). ALL Philosophy courses are available to all students, so that even in-person courses can be taken by students who have opted for online-only instruction for the fall. Online-only students are not limited to courses listed specifically as online. There will also be accommodations for online-only students in different time zones, to allow for asynchronous access to course content and flexibility for any potentially required live components. For more specific information on arrangements for specific courses, please email the course instructor. Location Online Room 13 (ASE) (MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
PHIL 428-1 Public Health Ethics Richard Dees TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM
[Prerequisite: One previous course in Philosophy] Most health care ethics focuses on the individual decisions about health care, but many ethical questions have implications for society at large. The demands that individual health decisions make on the system may create collective problems, and conversely, the needs of society may limit the freedoms that individuals think they should have. Public health ethics then, lie at the intersection of medicine, political philosophy, and public policy. This course will examine the values of health, social needs, and freedom through a systematic examination of situations in which these conflicts arise. ALL Philosophy courses are available to all students, so that even in-person courses can be taken by students who have opted for online-only instruction for the fall. Online-only students are not limited to courses listed specifically as online. There will also be accommodations for online-only students in different time zones, to allow for asynchronous access to course content and flexibility for any potentially required live components. For more specific information on arrangements for specific courses, please email the course instructor. Location Morey Room 321 (TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM)
PHIL 429-1 Philosophy of Education Randall Curren TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM
Theories and controversies about the nature and aims of education; boundaries of educational authority; educational adequacy, equality, and justice; learning, inquiry, knowledge, and critical thinking; the measurement of learning; moral and civic education; patriotism, evolution, and sex in the curriculum. ALL Philosophy courses are available to all students, so that even in-person courses can be taken by students who have opted for online-only instruction for the fall. Online-only students are not limited to courses listed specifically as online. There will also be accommodations for online-only students in different time zones, to allow for asynchronous access to course content and flexibility for any potentially required live components. For more specific information on arrangements for specific courses, please email the course instructor. Location Lattimore Room 210 (TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM)
PHIL 431-1 Philosophy of Race and Gender Rosa Terlazzo MW 3:25PM - 4:40PM
The nature of race and gender, and the role that they should play in both just and unjust societies. Includes applications to areas in ethics and social and political philosophy, such as: affirmative action, mass incarceration, misogyny, solidarity, and intersection with other forms of oppression. ALL Philosophy courses are available to all students, so that even in-person courses can be taken by students who have opted for online-only instruction for the fall. Online-only students are not limited to courses listed specifically as online. There will also be accommodations for online-only students in different time zones, to allow for asynchronous access to course content and flexibility for any potentially required live components. For more specific information on arrangements for specific courses, please email the course instructor. Location Online Room 5 (ASE) (MW 3:25PM - 4:40PM)
PHIL 441-1 Aesthetics Robert Doran TR 4:50PM - 6:05PM
Studies the history of “aesthetic” thought—namely the philosophical reflection on the concepts of beauty, taste, and sublimity, on our affective response to art and nature, and on the role of art and the artist in society—from Plato to the present, with particular emphasis on how it relates to questions of epistemology, anthropology, ethics, ontology, and politics. Readings from Plato, Aristotle, Longinus, Dubos, Burke, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Wagner, Nietzsche, Lyotard, Derrida, Rancière. Location Morey Room 525 (TR 4:50PM - 6:05PM)
PHIL 441-2 Aesthetics Robert Doran TR 4:50PM - 6:05PM
Description Studies the history of “aesthetic” thought—namely the philosophical reflection on the concepts of beauty, taste, and sublimity, on our affective response to art and nature, and on the role of art and the artist in society—from Plato to the present, with particular emphasis on how it relates to questions of epistemology, anthropology, ethics, ontology, and politics. Readings from Plato, Aristotle, Longinus, Dubos, Burke, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Wagner, Nietzsche, Lyotard, Derrida, Rancière. Course taught in English. Location Hutchison Hall Room 141 (TR 4:50PM - 6:05PM)
PHIL 447-1 Philosophy of Language Jens Kipper MW 11:50AM - 1:05PM
[Prerequisite: One previous course in Philosophy. PHIL 110 is recommended] General nature of language and specific puzzles about language: the nature of truth and meaning, speech acts, reference, propositional attitudes, metaphor, understanding, interpretation, indeterminacy, etc. ALL Philosophy courses are available to all students, so that even in-person courses can be taken by students who have opted for online-only instruction for the fall. Online-only students are not limited to courses listed specifically as online. There will also be accommodations for online-only students in different time zones, to allow for asynchronous access to course content and flexibility for any potentially required live components. For more specific information on arrangements for specific courses, please email the course instructor. Location Meliora Room 221 (MW 11:50AM - 1:05PM)
PHIL 452-1 Philosophy of Science Mark Povich MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM
Survey of primarily metaphysical questions about science: Must the entities posited by a scientific theory exist for it to be successful? Do laws of nature govern the world or simply articulate patterns? How are lower and higher level scientific theories related to one another? Is scientific explanation primarily concerned with laws, with causes, or with something else? Fulfills upper level writing requirement for the major. ALL Philosophy courses are available to all students, so that even in-person courses can be taken by students who have opted for online-only instruction for the fall. Online-only students are not limited to courses listed specifically as online. There will also be accommodations for online-only students in different time zones, to allow for asynchronous access to course content and flexibility for any potentially required live components. For more specific information on arrangements for specific courses, please email the course instructor. Location Online Room 16 (ASE) (MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM)
PHIL 457-1 PHL/Artificial Intelligence Jens Kipper MW 4:50PM - 6:05PM
Many people believe that very soon, artificial intelligence is going to be everywhere. Artificial systems will steer cars, ships, and planes, care for the sick, fight fires and fight wars for us, organize our schedules, order our food, etc. But what exactly is an artificial intelligence? And can there be artificial systems that truly think, or feel? In this course, we will address questions like these from a philosophical perspective. In doing so, we will encounter some of the most fundamental issues in the philosophy of mind‹for example, what are thoughts and feelings, and how might they relate to physical states of our brains, or to computational states? We will then examine how artificial systems, such as artificial neural networks, function, and discuss what they might teach us about the mind in general and about human minds in particular. Finally, we will consider the consequences that the development and application of artificial intelligence might have for humanity. ALL Philosophy courses are available to all students, so that even in-person courses can be taken by students who have opted for online-only instruction for the fall. Online-only students are not limited to courses listed specifically as online. There will also be accommodations for online-only students in different time zones, to allow for asynchronous access to course content and flexibility for any potentially required live components. For more specific information on arrangements for specific courses, please email the course instructor. Location Dewey Room 1101 (MW 4:50PM - 6:05PM)
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PHIL 503-1 Theory of Knowledge Earl Conee; Richard Feldman W 2:00PM - 4:40PM
ALL Philosophy courses are available to all students, so that even in-person courses can be taken by students who have opted for online-only instruction for the fall. Online-only students are not limited to courses listed specifically as online. There will also be accommodations for online-only students in different time zones, to allow for asynchronous access to course content and flexibility for any potentially required live components. For more specific information on arrangements for specific courses, please email the course instructor. Location (W 2:00PM - 4:40PM)
PHIL 542-1 Selected Topics in Metaphysics - Parts and Wholes Paul Audi; Alison Peterman T 2:00PM - 4:40PM
An intensive discussion of the nature of time and change, with the particular aim of reconciling eternalist endurantism with a certain realist view of properties. ALL Philosophy courses are available to all students, so that even in-person courses can be taken by students who have opted for online-only instruction for the fall. Online-only students are not limited to courses listed specifically as online. There will also be accommodations for online-only students in different time zones, to allow for asynchronous access to course content and flexibility for any potentially required live components. For more specific information on arrangements for specific courses, please email the course instructor. Location (T 2:00PM - 4:40PM)
PHIL 560-1 Writing Seminar Randall Curren –
Study of recent articles; writing short commentaries, replies, criticisms. Covers various topics under guidance of several faculty members.
PHIL 580-1 Supervised instructn in PHL Randall Curren –
Supervised teaching of undergraduates, including leading discussion sections, grading tests and papers, and meeting with students.
PHIL 581-1 Supervise Instruct:Lec to Un Randall Curren –
Continuation of PHL 580, with practice lecturing to the undergraduate classes.
PHIL 591-1 PhD Readings in PHL Paul Audi –
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PHIL 591-3 PhD Readings in PHL Randall Curren –
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PHIL 591-4 PhD Readings in PHL Richard Dees –
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PHIL 591-5 PhD Readings in PHL William FitzPatrick –
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PHIL 595-1 PhD Research in PHL Paul Audi –
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PHIL 595-3 PhD Research in PHL Randall Curren –
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PHIL 595-4 PhD Research in PHL Richard Feldman –
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PHIL 595-5 PhD Research in PHL Jens Kipper –
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PHIL 595-6 PhD Research in PHL Alison Peterman –
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PHIL 595-7 PhD Research in PHL Zeynep Soysal –
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PHIL 595-8 PhD Research in PHL Rosa Terlazzo –
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PHIL 897-1 Master's Dissertation Paul Audi –
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PHIL 997-1 Doctoral Dissertation Paul Audi –
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PHIL 999-1 Doctoral Dissertation Paul Audi –
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PHIL 999-2 Doctoral Dissertation Alison Peterman –
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PHIL 999-5 Doctoral Dissertation Randall Curren –
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Number	Title	Instructor	Time
Monday and Wednesday
PHIL 415-2 Intermediate Logic Zeynep Soysal
This course is an introduction to metalogic. Topics covered include basic elements of set theory, and the model-theoretic treatment of sentential and first-order logic (completeness, compactness, and Löwenheim-Skolem theorems). ALL Philosophy courses are available to all students, so that even in-person courses can be taken by students who have opted for online-only instruction for the fall. Online-only students are not limited to courses listed specifically as online. There will also be accommodations for online-only students in different time zones, to allow for asynchronous access to course content and flexibility for any potentially required live components. For more specific information on arrangements for specific courses, please email the course instructor.
PHIL 452-1 Philosophy of Science Mark Povich
Survey of primarily metaphysical questions about science: Must the entities posited by a scientific theory exist for it to be successful? Do laws of nature govern the world or simply articulate patterns? How are lower and higher level scientific theories related to one another? Is scientific explanation primarily concerned with laws, with causes, or with something else? Fulfills upper level writing requirement for the major. ALL Philosophy courses are available to all students, so that even in-person courses can be taken by students who have opted for online-only instruction for the fall. Online-only students are not limited to courses listed specifically as online. There will also be accommodations for online-only students in different time zones, to allow for asynchronous access to course content and flexibility for any potentially required live components. For more specific information on arrangements for specific courses, please email the course instructor.
PHIL 447-1 Philosophy of Language Jens Kipper
[Prerequisite: One previous course in Philosophy. PHIL 110 is recommended] General nature of language and specific puzzles about language: the nature of truth and meaning, speech acts, reference, propositional attitudes, metaphor, understanding, interpretation, indeterminacy, etc. ALL Philosophy courses are available to all students, so that even in-person courses can be taken by students who have opted for online-only instruction for the fall. Online-only students are not limited to courses listed specifically as online. There will also be accommodations for online-only students in different time zones, to allow for asynchronous access to course content and flexibility for any potentially required live components. For more specific information on arrangements for specific courses, please email the course instructor.
PHIL 423-1 Social &Political Philosophy Rosa Terlazzo
An exploration of basic issues in social & political philosophy, including the nature and justification of government, the nature and value of rights, freedom, and democracy, justice and equality,and the morality of war and peace (not necessarily all of these). ALL Philosophy courses are available to all students, so that even in-person courses can be taken by students who have opted for online-only instruction for the fall. Online-only students are not limited to courses listed specifically as online. There will also be accommodations for online-only students in different time zones, to allow for asynchronous access to course content and flexibility for any potentially required live components. For more specific information on arrangements for specific courses, please email the course instructor.
PHIL 431-1 Philosophy of Race and Gender Rosa Terlazzo
The nature of race and gender, and the role that they should play in both just and unjust societies. Includes applications to areas in ethics and social and political philosophy, such as: affirmative action, mass incarceration, misogyny, solidarity, and intersection with other forms of oppression. ALL Philosophy courses are available to all students, so that even in-person courses can be taken by students who have opted for online-only instruction for the fall. Online-only students are not limited to courses listed specifically as online. There will also be accommodations for online-only students in different time zones, to allow for asynchronous access to course content and flexibility for any potentially required live components. For more specific information on arrangements for specific courses, please email the course instructor.
PHIL 457-1 PHL/Artificial Intelligence Jens Kipper
Many people believe that very soon, artificial intelligence is going to be everywhere. Artificial systems will steer cars, ships, and planes, care for the sick, fight fires and fight wars for us, organize our schedules, order our food, etc. But what exactly is an artificial intelligence? And can there be artificial systems that truly think, or feel? In this course, we will address questions like these from a philosophical perspective. In doing so, we will encounter some of the most fundamental issues in the philosophy of mind‹for example, what are thoughts and feelings, and how might they relate to physical states of our brains, or to computational states? We will then examine how artificial systems, such as artificial neural networks, function, and discuss what they might teach us about the mind in general and about human minds in particular. Finally, we will consider the consequences that the development and application of artificial intelligence might have for humanity. ALL Philosophy courses are available to all students, so that even in-person courses can be taken by students who have opted for online-only instruction for the fall. Online-only students are not limited to courses listed specifically as online. There will also be accommodations for online-only students in different time zones, to allow for asynchronous access to course content and flexibility for any potentially required live components. For more specific information on arrangements for specific courses, please email the course instructor.
Tuesday
PHIL 542-1 Selected Topics in Metaphysics - Parts and Wholes Paul Audi; Alison Peterman
An intensive discussion of the nature of time and change, with the particular aim of reconciling eternalist endurantism with a certain realist view of properties. ALL Philosophy courses are available to all students, so that even in-person courses can be taken by students who have opted for online-only instruction for the fall. Online-only students are not limited to courses listed specifically as online. There will also be accommodations for online-only students in different time zones, to allow for asynchronous access to course content and flexibility for any potentially required live components. For more specific information on arrangements for specific courses, please email the course instructor.
Tuesday and Thursday
PHIL 429-1 Philosophy of Education Randall Curren
Theories and controversies about the nature and aims of education; boundaries of educational authority; educational adequacy, equality, and justice; learning, inquiry, knowledge, and critical thinking; the measurement of learning; moral and civic education; patriotism, evolution, and sex in the curriculum. ALL Philosophy courses are available to all students, so that even in-person courses can be taken by students who have opted for online-only instruction for the fall. Online-only students are not limited to courses listed specifically as online. There will also be accommodations for online-only students in different time zones, to allow for asynchronous access to course content and flexibility for any potentially required live components. For more specific information on arrangements for specific courses, please email the course instructor.
PHIL 428-1 Public Health Ethics Richard Dees
[Prerequisite: One previous course in Philosophy] Most health care ethics focuses on the individual decisions about health care, but many ethical questions have implications for society at large. The demands that individual health decisions make on the system may create collective problems, and conversely, the needs of society may limit the freedoms that individuals think they should have. Public health ethics then, lie at the intersection of medicine, political philosophy, and public policy. This course will examine the values of health, social needs, and freedom through a systematic examination of situations in which these conflicts arise. ALL Philosophy courses are available to all students, so that even in-person courses can be taken by students who have opted for online-only instruction for the fall. Online-only students are not limited to courses listed specifically as online. There will also be accommodations for online-only students in different time zones, to allow for asynchronous access to course content and flexibility for any potentially required live components. For more specific information on arrangements for specific courses, please email the course instructor.
PHIL 441-1 Aesthetics Robert Doran
Studies the history of “aesthetic” thought—namely the philosophical reflection on the concepts of beauty, taste, and sublimity, on our affective response to art and nature, and on the role of art and the artist in society—from Plato to the present, with particular emphasis on how it relates to questions of epistemology, anthropology, ethics, ontology, and politics. Readings from Plato, Aristotle, Longinus, Dubos, Burke, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Wagner, Nietzsche, Lyotard, Derrida, Rancière.
PHIL 441-2 Aesthetics Robert Doran
Description Studies the history of “aesthetic” thought—namely the philosophical reflection on the concepts of beauty, taste, and sublimity, on our affective response to art and nature, and on the role of art and the artist in society—from Plato to the present, with particular emphasis on how it relates to questions of epistemology, anthropology, ethics, ontology, and politics. Readings from Plato, Aristotle, Longinus, Dubos, Burke, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Wagner, Nietzsche, Lyotard, Derrida, Rancière. Course taught in English.
Wednesday
PHIL 503-1 Theory of Knowledge Earl Conee; Richard Feldman
ALL Philosophy courses are available to all students, so that even in-person courses can be taken by students who have opted for online-only instruction for the fall. Online-only students are not limited to courses listed specifically as online. There will also be accommodations for online-only students in different time zones, to allow for asynchronous access to course content and flexibility for any potentially required live components. For more specific information on arrangements for specific courses, please email the course instructor.
Friday