GRADUATE COURSESDepartment of Philosophy, College of Graduate Studies & Research
PHIL 808.3
Topics in Greek and Roman Philosophy 1/2(3S)
A seminar on philosophic thought in Ancient Greece; topics include the metaphysical, epistemological and ethical theories of Plato and Aristotle; ancient schools such as the Stoics and Neo-Platonists.
PHIL 813.3
Topics in 17th and 18th Century Philosophy 1/2(3S)
A seminar in early modern philosophy concentrating on one or more of the empiricists – Locke, Berkeley, Hume – or the rationalists – Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz.
PHIL 814.3
Kant 1/2(3S)
A seminar on Kant’s critical philosophy, with an emphasis on his Critique of Pure Reason.
PHIL 815.3
Topics in 19th Century Philosophy 1/2(3S)
A seminar on one or more of the authors or themes that dominated philosophical thought in Europe during the Nineteenth Century, concentrating on the post-Kantian philosophers whose works were central in the development of modern European thought.
PHIL 816.3
Topics in Continental Philosophy 1/2(3S)
A seminar on modern existentialism, phenomenology or critical theory; including figures such as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Foucault and Habermas.
PHIL 817.3
Topics in Contemporary Analytic Philosophy 1/2(3S)
A seminar on the developments in Anglo-American analytic philosophy during the Twentieth century, from the period of the philosophical writings of Russell and Moore up to the works of Putnam, Kripke, and Davidson.
PHIL 818.3
Topics in Pragmatism 1/2(3S)
A seminar on pragmatism including the early pragmatists, such as James, up to the works of Quine and Rorty.
PHIL 819.3
Wittgenstein 1/2(3S)
A seminar on the thought of Wittgenstein covering either, or both, of the Tractatus and the Philosophical Investigations.
PHIL 820.3
Philosophical Texts 1/2(3S)
A seminar concentrating on an important recent philosophical text. The content will vary from year to year.
PHIL 826.3
Seminar in Philosophy of Mind 1/2(3S)
A seminar on topics in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science. Topics may include consciousness, mental representation, intentionality, qualia, supervenience, theoretical reduction, emotion, action and agency.