UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE COURSES
Senior Courses: 200-level. Many 200 level courses require only second year standing in University (24 credit units) or PHIL 120.3. Check the prerequisites to make sure. Students lacking the prerequisites for a course may seek departmental permission to have the requirement waived.
PHIL 202.3
Philosophy of Religion Introduction
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units in philosophy or completion of 24 credit units at the university.
The concept of religion; different theories explaining the origin of religion; the philosophical conception of religion in contrast to mythology, ideology, magic, superstition and theology; God: mystery or problem; different ways to approach the mystery of God, the meaning of religious terms and language, varieties of atheism and unbelief; the problem of evil.
PHIL 204.3
Philosophy of Religion Christian Tradition
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units in philosophy or completion of 24 credit units at the university.
An introduction to major constructive thinkers of the Christian tradition. Clarifies the differences between Christian philosophy, theology and philosophy of religion by explaining how distinctively philosophical questions arise out of the context of Christian belief and practice. Thinkers to be studied will range from the patristic period to the 20th century.
PHIL 208.3
Ancient Philosophy Presocratics to Plato
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units in philosophy or completion of 24 credit units at the university.
A study of the origins of philosophical reasoning in ancient Greece to its most extensive development in the philosophy of Plato. Classical views of the ultimate nature of reality, the scope and limits of human knowledge, and the grounds for aesthetic and moral evaluations will be examined.
PHIL 209.3
Ancient Philosophy Aristotle to Plotinus
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units in philosophy or completion of 24 credits at the university.
The development of philosophy in ancient Greece and Rome from the time of Aristotle to the emergence of Christianity. In addition to a survey of several of the most important aspects of Aristotle's philosophy, this course will examine such schools of thought as Stoicism, Epicureanism, and Neoplatonism.
PHIL 210.3
Medieval Philosophy I
1(3L)
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units in philosophy.
The study of major thinkers of the early middle ages, including Augustine, Boethius, Eriugena, Anselm, and Abelard. Background will be provided to Neoplatonic themes that shape this period. Topics include free will, happiness, the existence of God, theories of truth, and the problem of universals.
PHIL 211.3
Medieval Philosophy II
2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units in philosophy.
The study of major Jewish, Muslim, and Christian thinkers of the high middle ages, including Moses Maimonides, Avicenna, Averroes, Bonaventure, Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham. Background to Aristotle and his tradition will be provided. Topics include the relation of faith and reason, existence and nature of God, human nature, voluntarism, and the critique of metaphysics.
PHIL 212.3
Medieval Intellectuals
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level History or Philosophy.
An interdisciplinary examination of major intellectual figures in their historical and philosophical contexts from late antiquity to the end of the middle ages. Themes include the liberal arts tradition, the relation of faith and reason, the emergence of mediaeval science, the rise of Scholasticism, the mystical tradition, and the classical revival.
PHIL 213.3
17th Century Philosophy
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units in philosophy or PHIL 120.
Early modern philosophy: Cartesianism, rationalism, empiricism, and the development of metaphysics and epistemology. Authors to be studied may include Hobbes, Descartes, Malebranche, Locke, Spinoza and Leibniz.
PHIL 214.3
18th Century Philosophy
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units in philosophy or PHIL 120.
The continued development of modern philosophy before Kant; idealism and skepticism, and the advancement of moral sentiment. Authors to be studied may include Berkeley, Hume, Reid, and Rousseau.
PHIL 215.3
19th Century European Philosophy
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units in philosophy or PHL 120.
A survey of authors or themes central in the development of modern philosophy in Continental Europe and Britain in the 19th Century, including Hegel and Marx, and topics such as the theory of the state, the nature of human will, moral theory, and the origins of sociological thought.