Courses on offer

Philosophy: An introduction to some of the major problems of philosophy. This course does not duplicate PHIL 200.

Offered by: Philosophy

• Philosophy students may use either PHIL 200 or PHIL 201 towards their program requirements, but not both. Students may, however, take both for credit (using the second as an elective), as the content in PHIL 201 does not overlap with PHIL 200

• Terms
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • Emily J Carson

Philosophy: An introductory discussion of central ethical questions (the value of persons, or the relationship of rights and utilities, for example) through the investigation of currently disputed social and political issues. Specific issues to be discussed may include pornography and censorship, affirmative action, civil disobedience, punishment, abortion, and euthanasia.

Offered by: Philosophy

• Terms
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • Kristin Voigt

Philosophy: A second course in Logic. NB. The course will be technical in nature, and some mathematical aptitude is essential. The emphasis is on the expressive properties of standard logical systems, including implications for the philosophy of mathematics. We will study the Completeness of First-Order Logic, then the 'limitative' theorems of Tarski and Gödel.

Offered by: Philosophy

• Prerequisite: PHIL 210 or equivalent

• Terms
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • Michael Frank Hallett

Philosophy: A course focusing on central questions in ethical theory such as the nature of the good and the right and the factors which determine moral rightness and wrongness.

Offered by: Philosophy

• Prerequisite: one of PHIL 230, PHIL 237, PHIL 242, PHIL 343, or written permission of the instructor

• Terms
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.

Philosophy: An introduction to issues central to aesthetic theory; the nature of aesthetic judgment, perception of the aesthetic object, the nature of the art object.

Offered by: Philosophy

• Terms
  • Fall 2013
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.

Philosophy: An introduction to environmental ethics; potentially also such related fields as philosophy of ecology, environmental aesthetics, and/or other philosophical topics demonstrably relevant to environmental issues.

Offered by: Philosophy

• Terms
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • Gregory Matthew Mikkelson

Philosophy: An examination of the surviving fragments of the presocratic philosophers and schools of philosophy, as well as later reports of their views.

Offered by: Philosophy

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.

Philosophy: An examination of selected works by Aristotle. The course considers issues in moral philosophy as well as those found in the logical treatises, the Physics and Metaphysics, and in the philosophy of mind.

Offered by: Philosophy

• Terms
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • Alison Laywine

Philosophy: An examination of selected works in the Christian, Islamic and Jewish traditions. Topics in moral and political philosophy, logic and metaphysics, philosophical psychology and epistemology, philosophy of science, and philosophical theology may be discussed.

Offered by: Philosophy

• Terms
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • Alison Laywine

Philosophy: An examination of the works of such 19th century philosophers as Mach, Helmholtz, Dedekind, Frege, Marx, Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Mill and Bradley.

Offered by: Philosophy

• Prerequisite: A previous course in philosophy is recommended

• Terms
  • Fall 2013
• Instructors
  • Susan Judith Hoffmann

Philosophy: Individualized guided research on an approved topic in philosophy.

Offered by: Philosophy

• Restriction: Open to second year Full Honours students in Philosophy and to other students, with consent of the Department

• Terms
  • Fall 2013
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.

Philosophy: Individualized guided research on an approved topic in philosophy.

Offered by: Philosophy

• Restriction: Open to second year Full Honours students in Philosophy and to other students, with consent of the Department

• Terms
  • Fall 2013
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.

Philosophy: An advanced discussion of issues in aesthetics.

Offered by: Philosophy

• Prerequisite: PHIL 336 or written permission of the instructor

• Terms
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • David Davies

Philosophy: Advanced discussion of topical and central themes in feminist theory.

Offered by: Philosophy

• Prerequisite: PHIL 242 and one intermediate course in philosophy

• Terms
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • Alia Al-Saji

Philosophy: Selected issues in contemporary political philosophy.

Offered by: Philosophy

• Prerequisite: at least one course in political philosophy

• Terms
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • Kristin Voigt

Philosophy: An examination of central themes of ancient moral theory as treated by two or more contrasting philosophers or philosophical traditions - probably including Plato and/or Aristotle, and possibly some Hellenistic or post-Hellenistic schools.

Offered by: Philosophy

• Terms
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • Gaelle Fiasse

Philosophy: A study of phenomenology from a historical and thematic perspective. The course will typically involve the study of central thinkers such as Husserl, Heidegger, or Merleau-Ponty, with an examination of the nature and development of the phenomenological movement.

Offered by: Philosophy

• Prerequisite: one intermediate course in philosophy

• Terms
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.

Philosophy: Open to third year Full Honours students in Philosophy, and to other students, with consent of the Department.

Offered by: Philosophy

• Terms
  • Fall 2013
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.

Philosophy: Open to third year Joint Honours students in Philosophy, and to other students, with consent of the Department.

Offered by: Philosophy

• Terms
  • Fall 2013
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.

Philosophy: Open to third year Full Honours students in Philosophy, and to other students, with consent of the Department.

Offered by: Philosophy

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.

Philosophy

Offered by: Philosophy

• Restriction: Seminars are open only to graduate students and final year Philosophy Majors, Honours and Joint Honours students, except by written permission of the Department

• Terms
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • Dirk Schlimm

Philosophy

Offered by: Philosophy

• Prerequisite: PHIL 334 or written permission of the instructor
• Restriction: Seminars are open only to graduate students and final year Philosophy Majors, Honours and Joint Honours students, except by written permission of the Department

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.

Philosophy: An advanced course devoted to a particular philosophical problem as it arises in the context of medical practice or the application of medical technology.

Offered by: Philosophy

• Prerequisite: PHIL 343 or written permission of the instructor
• Restriction: Seminars are open only to graduate students and final year Philosophy Majors, Honours and Joint Honours students, except by written permission of the Department

• Terms
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • Jonathan Kimmelman

Philosophy: An advanced course on a philosopher or philosophical issue articulated in antiquity.

Offered by: Philosophy

• Prerequisite: at least one course in ancient philosophy and the specific requirements of individual instructors
• Restriction: Seminars are open only to graduate students and final year Philosophy Majors, Honours and Joint Honours students, except by written permission of the Department

• Terms
  • Fall 2013
• Instructors
  • Stephen Menn

Philosophy: An advanced course on contemporary European philosophy or some important issue in the Continental tradition.

Offered by: Philosophy

• Prerequisite: PHIL 475 or written permission of the instructor
• Restriction: Seminars are open only to graduate students and final year Philosophy Majors, Honours and Joint Honours students, except by written permission of the Department

• Terms
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • Alia Al-Saji