Senior Courses: 300- and 400-level. Unless otherwise specified philosophy courses at the 300 and 400 level require at least 12 credit units in philosophy.
PHIL 302.3
Contemporary Philosophy of Religion 1/2(3L)
A study of major topics in recent analytic and/or continental philosophy of religion. Topics include the rationality of religious belief, the nature of God, religious language, the problem of evil, critiques of religion, and the interface of major world religions.
PHIL 312.3
Great Philosophers I Historical Figures 1/2(3S)
Detailed reading in the work of a major philosopher such as Aristotle, Hume or Russell.
PHIL 313.3
Great Philosophers II Contemporary Figures 1/2(3S)
Consists of detailed reading in the work of some major philosopher.
PHIL 314.3
Kant 1/2(3S)
A study of Kant's Critical Philosophy, with emphasis on the Critique of Pure Reason.
PHIL 315.3
Hegel 1/2(3S)
A study of Hegel’s approach and contributions to philosophy through a detailed reading of some of his major works.
PHIL 319.3
Topics in Recent Continental Philosophy 1/2(3S)
Examines specific issues or authors in current continental philosophy. Areas of discussion might include critical theory, aesthetics, or hermeneutics, and authors such as Foucault, Habermas, Derrida, or Gadamer.
PHIL 320.3
Studies in Philosophy 1/2(3S)
The topic, movement or philosophers studied will vary from year to year.
PHIL 333.3
Metaethics 1/2(3L) Prerequisite(s): 12 credit units in philosophy including one of 231, 233, 234 or 235.
Concerned with topics such as the cognitive status of judgements about what is right and good, about the grounds of ethical judgement and the logic of ethical argument, and about the role of rules and principles in ethical dispute.
PHIL 337.3
Philosophy of Law 1/2(3S)
A critical examination of attempts to provide theories of the nature of law. This course will examine the debate between legal positivists and natural law theorists, as well as the reaction to this debate (e.g. Dworkin, legal realists, critical legal theorists, and feminists).
PHIL 343.3
Philosophical Logic 1/2(3S) Prerequisite(s): PHIL 241 or CMPT 260 and 9 credit units in philosophy.
An introduction to basic topics in philosophical logic such as propositions and the problem of abstract entities, necessity, analycity and the a priori, theories of truth, theories of meaning and reference, existential commitment and presupposition, essentialism, entailment.