Please also note that many courses offered by the Department of Philosophy have limited enrolment.
You can access the class schedule for 2013-14 now on Minerva.
Current courses:
Fall 2013
PHIL 200
Intro to Philosophy 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: A course treating some of the central problems of philosophy: the mind-body problem, freedom, scepticism and certainty, fate, time, and the existence of God.
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
phil_200_2013.pdf
PHIL 210
Intro to Deductive Logic 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An introduction to propositional and predicate logic; formalization of arguments, truth tables, systems of deduction, elementary metaresults, and related topics.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 318
phil_210_description_fall_2013.pdf
PHIL 230
Intro to Moral Philosophy 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: A survey of a number of historically important and influential theories. Philosophers to be discussed may include Aristotle, Hume, Kant, Bentham, Mill, and Moore.
Offered by: Philosophy
phil_230_2013_updated.pdf
PHIL 240
Political Philosophy 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An introduction to contemporary philosophy of politics by concentrating on a number of contested concepts, such as freedom, justice and equality, in contemporary political philosophy and practice.
Offered by: Philosophy
phil_240_fall_2013.pdf
PHIL 242
Intro to Feminist Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An introduction to feminist theory as political theory. Emphasis is placed on the plurality of analyses and proposals that constitute contemporary feminist thought. Some of the following are considered: liberal feminism, marxist and socialist feminism, radical feminism, postmodern feminism, francophone feminism, and the contributions to feminist theory by women of colour and lesbians.
Offered by: Philosophy
phil_242_syllabus_fall_2013.pdf
PHIL 306
Philosophy of Mind
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: A survey of major positions of the mind-body problem, focusing on such questions as: Do we have minds and bodies? Can minds affect bodies? Is mind identical to body? If so, in what sense "identical"? Can physical bodies be conscious.
Offered by: Philosophy
phil_306_2013_preview.pdf
PHIL 311
Philosophy of Mathematics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: This course provides an historically informed introduction to philosophy of mathematics. It gives the student an overview of prominent issues and arguments, to enable her to follow and discuss contemporary research in philosophy of mathematics.
Offered by: Philosophy
phil_311_fall_2013upd.pdf
PHIL 336
Aesthetics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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
phil_336_syllabus_fall_2013.pdf
PHIL 341
Philosophy of Science 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: A discussion of philosophical problems as they arise in the context of scientific practice and enquiry. Such issues as the philosophical presuppositions of the physical and social sciences, the nature of scientific method and its epistemological implications will be addressed.
Offered by: Philosophy
phil_341_2013.pdf
PHIL 343
Biomedical Ethics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An investigation of ethical issues as they arise in the practice of medicine (informed consent, e.g.) or in the application of medical technology (in vitro fertilization, euthanasia, e.g.)
Offered by: Philosophy
phil_343_fall_2013.pdf
PHIL 348
Philosophy of Law 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: A discussion of the nature of justice and law, and of the relationship between them.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Restriction: This course is intended for students with a non-professional interest in law, as well as for those considering law as a profession
PHIL 354
Plato
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An examination of some of the philosophical problems (those in logic, epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics, e.g.) found in a selection of Plato's dialogues.
Offered by: Philosophy
phil_354_fall_2013_short.pdf
PHIL 360
17th Century Philosophy
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An examination of the work of such seventeenth-century philosophers as Descartes, Hobbes, Gassendi, Malebranche, Leibniz, and the Cambridge Platonists.
Offered by: Philosophy
phil_360_course_outline_2013.pdf
PHIL 361
18th Century Philosophy
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: A survey of eighteenth century philosophy, especially British philosophy. Attention is given to fundamental metaphysical, epistemological, and moral issues as reflected in the work of such philosophers as Locke, Shaftesbury, Berkeley, Hutcheson, Butler, Hume and Reid.
Offered by: Philosophy
phil_361_syllabus_2013.pdf
PHIL 366
18th&Early 19th C German Phil
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An examination of the works of such philosophers as Kant, Fichte, Jacobi, Schelling, and Hegel.
Offered by: Philosophy
phil_366_2013.pdf
PHIL 367
19th Century Philosophy
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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
phil_367_fall_2013_updated.pdf
PHIL 370
Problems in Analytic Phil
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An introduction to the central questions in the analytic tradition, through the works of important early figures in that tradition. Philosophers to be discussed may include: Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, Ramsay, Carnap and the "logical positivists".
Offered by: Philosophy
phil_370_2013.pdf
PHIL 375
Existentialism
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: This course will examine the nature of existentialist thought as represented in various philosophical and literary texts. Particular themes to be examined include freedom, alienation, responsibility and choice, and the nature of self.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Prerequisite: one course in philosophy
phil375_syllabus.pdf
PHIL 397
Tutorial 01
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
PHIL 398
Tutorial 02
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
PHIL 415
Philosophy of Language
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An examination of central notions in the philosophy of language (reference, meaning, and truth, e.g.), the puzzles these notions give rise to, and the relevance of these notions to such questions as: What is language? How is communication possible? What is understanding? Is language rule-governed.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Prerequisites: PHIL 210 or equivalent and one intermediate course in philosophy
phil_415_description_fall_2013.pdf
PHIL 419
Epistemology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: A discussion of central topics in the theory of knowledge. The questions addressed in the course may include: What is knowledge? Do we have any knowledge? What is the relation between knowledge and belief? When is belief justified? Is all knowledge conscious knowledge.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Prerequisite: PHIL 210 or equivalent and one intermediate course in philosophy
phil_419_2013.pdf
PHIL 445
19th Century Political Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An examination of various strands of political theory since Rousseau, concentrating on such themes as the understanding of modernity and theories of liberal society.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Prerequisite: at least one course in political philosophy
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken POLI 434
phil_445_2013_draft_2.pdf
PHIL 460
Major Philosophers 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: This seminar will give detailed attention to the work of one philosopher or to a single philosophical theme addressed by several philosophers. Emphasis will be placed on understanding how the metaphysical, epistemological, and moral views of a figure or figures are internally related.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- Instructors
- Alison Laywine
- George Di Giovanni
phil_460_2013.pdf
PHIL 470
Topics in Contem Analytic Phil
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An advanced discussion of major themes in the analytic tradition.
Offered by: Philosophy
phil_470_2013_draft.pdf
PHIL 497
Tutorial 04
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: Open to third year Full Honours students in Philosophy, and to other students, with consent of the Department.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
PHIL 499D1
Tutorial 06
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: Open to third year Full Honours students in Philosophy, and to other students, with consent of the Department.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
PHIL 499N2
Tutorial 06
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: See PHIL 499N1 for course description.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
PHIL 519
Seminar:Epistemology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An advanced course devoted to a topic in the theory of knowledge. Subject varies from year to year.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Prerequisite: PHIL 420 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
phil_519_fall_2013.pdf
PHIL 551
Seminar:Ancient Philosophy 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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
phil_551_fall_2013_short.pdf
PHIL 567
Sem: 19th Century Phil
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An advanced course on 19th-century philosophy or philosophical issue.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Prerequisite: PHIL 366 or PHIL 367 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
phil_567_2013.pdf
PHIL 570
Sem:Contemporary Analytic Phil
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An advanced course on some major analytic philosopher, or some issue of central importance in the analytic tradition. Subject varies from year to year.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Prerequisite: PHIL 370 or PHIL 415 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
phil_570_2013.pdf
PHIL 607
Pro-Seminar 1
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: A series of seminars on selected topics designed for professional training to graduate students. Topics will be selected from the general area of Value Theory.
Offered by: Philosophy
PHIL 682
Pro-Seminar 3
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: A series of seminars on selected topics designed to provide professional training to graduate students. Topics will be selected from the general area of Metaphysics/Epistemology.
Offered by: Philosophy
PHIL 690
Candidacy Paper
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: Preparation and submission of candidacy research paper.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
PHIL 705
Guided Research in Ethics 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: Guided research on a theme and/or problem in ethics.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
PHIL 710
Guided Research in Logic 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: Guided research on a theme and/or problem in logic.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
PHIL 720
Guided Res: Phil of Science 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: Guided research on a theme and/or problem in the philosophy of science.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
PHIL 730
Guided Res: Phil of Religion 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
PHIL 740
Guided Res: Ancient Phil 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: Guided research on a theme and/or problem in ancient philosophy.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
PHIL 750
Guided Res: Medieval Phil 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: Guided research an a theme and/or problem in medieval philosophy.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
PHIL 760
Guided Res: Hist of Phil 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: Guided research on a theme and/or problem in the history of philosophy.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
PHIL 770
Guided Res: Phil of Politics 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: Guided research on a theme and/or problem in the philosophy of politics.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
PHIL 780
Guid Res:Epistem/Metaphys 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: Guided research on a theme and/or problem in epistemology/metaphysics.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
PHIL 781
Guid Res:Epistem/Metaphys 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: Guided research on a theme and/or problem in epistemology/metaphysics.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
ISLA 788
Spec Topics in Islamic Thought
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Islamic Studies: Selected topics in Islamic thought.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Terms
- Instructors
- Robert Wisnovsky, Alison Laywine
isla_788_2013.pdf