Philosophy
Department of Philosophy, College of Arts and Science

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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 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.