Summer 2017
PHIL 210. Introduction to Deductive Logic 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
An introduction to propositional and predicate logic; formalization of arguments, truth tables, systems of deduction, elementary metaresults, and related topics.
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 318
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 318
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PHIL 237. Contemporary Moral Issues.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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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.
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Fall 2016
PHIL 200. Introduction to Philosophy 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- 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
- 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
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PHIL 210. Introduction to Deductive Logic 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
An introduction to propositional and predicate logic; formalization of arguments, truth tables, systems of deduction, elementary metaresults, and related topics.
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 318
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 318
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PHIL 230. Introduction to Moral Philosophy 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A survey of a number of historically important and influential theories. Philosophers to be discussed may include Aristotle, Hume, Kant, Bentham, Mill, and Moore.
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PHIL 242. Introduction to Feminist Theory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Note: Since this course is being taught abroad, the Victoria Day statutory holiday will not be taken into consideration. Therefore, students are expected to attend their lecture on Monday, May 19, 2014.
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PHIL 301. Philosophical Fundamentals.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An intensive study of basic philosophical skills; reading, writing, analysis, and argumentation.
- Prerequisites: two previous courses in philosophy, one of which must be PHIL 210 or written consent of the Department
- Restriction: Open only to and required of Philosophy Honours and Joint Honours students
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PHIL 306. Philosophy of Mind.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PHIL 311. Philosophy of Mathematics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PHIL 336. Aesthetics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to issues central to aesthetic theory; the nature of aesthetic judgment, perception of the aesthetic object, the nature of the art object.
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PHIL 343. Biomedical Ethics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.)
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PHIL 348. Philosophy of Law 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A discussion of the nature of justice and law, and of the relationship between them.
- Restriction: This course is intended for students with a non-professional interest in law, as well as for those considering law as a profession
- Restriction: This course is intended for students with a non-professional interest in law, as well as for those considering law as a profession
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PHIL 356. Early Medieval Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PHIL 360. 17th Century Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An examination of the work of such seventeenth-century philosophers as Descartes, Hobbes, Gassendi, Malebranche, Leibniz, and the Cambridge Platonists.
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PHIL 367. 19th Century Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An examination of the works of such 19th century philosophers as Mach, Helmholtz, Dedekind, Frege, Marx, Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Mill and Bradley.
- Prerequisite: A previous course in philosophy is recommended
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PHIL 375. Existentialism.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
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.
- Prerequisite: one course in philosophy
- Prerequisite: one course in philosophy
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PHIL 397. Tutorial 01.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Individualized guided research on an approved topic in philosophy.
- Restriction: Open to second year Full Honours students in Philosophy and to other students, with consent of the Department
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PHIL 398. Tutorial 02.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Individualized guided research on an approved topic in philosophy.
- Restriction: Open to second year Full Honours students in Philosophy and to other students, with consent of the Department
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PHIL 434. Metaethics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A study of the status of sentences containing moral terms, judgements about moral claims, and the nature of moral facts.
- Prerequisite: PHIL 334 or written permission of the instructor
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PHIL 453. Ancient Metaphysics and Natural Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An examination of central themes of ancient metaphysics and/or natural philosophy as treated by two or more contrasting philosophers or philosophical traditions - probably including Plato and/or Aristotle, and possibly including some Hellenistic or post-Hellenistic schools.
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PHIL 460. Major Philosophers 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PHIL 481. Topics in Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Topics in philosophy. Topic varies by year.
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PHIL 497. Tutorial 04.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Open to third year Full Honours students in Philosophy, and to other students, with consent of the Department.
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PHIL 498. Tutorial 05.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Open to third year Joint Honours students in Philosophy, and to other students, with consent of the Department.
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PHIL 499D1. Tutorial 06.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Open to third year Full Honours students in Philosophy, and to other students, with consent of the Department.
- Students must register for both PHIL 499D1 and PHIL 499D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both PHIL 499D1 and PHIL 499D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- PHIL 499D1 and PHIL 499D2 together are equivalent to PHIL 499
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PHIL 499N2. Tutorial 06.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
- Prerequisite: PHIL 499N1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both PHIL 499N1 and PHIL 499N2 are successfully completed in a twelve month period
- PHIL 499N1 and PHIL 499N2 together are equivalent to PHIL 499
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PHIL 598. Tutorial 07.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Individualized guided research on an approved topic in philosophy.
- Restriction(s): Open only to students in the Philosophy Honours and Joint Honours programmes.
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PHIL 607. Pro-Seminar 1.
Credits: 6
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PHIL 642. Seminar: Feminist Theory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An advanced course devoted to a specific topic in feminist theory: e.g., a major figure; or theme, such as sex/gender, embodiment, race, subjectivity, agency, representation, politics, nature/culture, discourse and power; or a feminist approach to the history of philosophy, ethics, social/political philosophy, epistemology, philosophy of science, phenomenology, or metaphysics.
- Prerequisite(s): Any 400-level, 3-credit course in political philosophy, or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 542.
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PHIL 644. Political Theory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Seminar on a particular topic in political theory.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 544.
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PHIL 651. Seminar: Ancient Philosophy 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An advanced course on a philosopher or philosophical issue articulated in antiquity.
- Prerequisite(s): at least one course in ancient philosophy and the specific requirements of individual instructors.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 551.
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PHIL 667. Seminar: 19th Century Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An advanced course on 19th-century philosophy or philosophical issue.
- Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 567.
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PHIL 682. Pro-Seminar 3.
Credits: 6
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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Winter 2017
PHIL 201. Introduction to Philosophy 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to some of the major problems of philosophy. This course does not duplicate
PHIL 200.
- 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
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PHIL 221. Introduction to History and Philosophy of Science 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A survey of the development of modern science since the Eighteenth Century.
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PHIL 237. Contemporary Moral Issues.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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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.
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PHIL 240. Political Philosophy 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PHIL 301. Philosophical Fundamentals.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An intensive study of basic philosophical skills; reading, writing, analysis, and argumentation.
- Prerequisites: two previous courses in philosophy, one of which must be PHIL 210 or written consent of the Department
- Restriction: Open only to and required of Philosophy Honours and Joint Honours students
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PHIL 310. Intermediate Logic.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Prerequisite: PHIL 210 or equivalent
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PHIL 334. Ethical Theory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Prerequisite: one of PHIL 230, PHIL 237, PHIL 242, PHIL 343, or written permission of the instructor
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PHIL 344. Medieval and Renaissance Political Theory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A study of Medieval and Renaissance political theory.
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PHIL 349. Environmental Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PHIL 353. The Presocratic Philosophers.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An examination of the surviving fragments of the presocratic philosophers and schools of philosophy, as well as later reports of their views.
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PHIL 354. Plato.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PHIL 355. Aristotle.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PHIL 361. 18th Century Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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PHIL 397. Tutorial 01.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Individualized guided research on an approved topic in philosophy.
- Restriction: Open to second year Full Honours students in Philosophy and to other students, with consent of the Department
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PHIL 398. Tutorial 02.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Individualized guided research on an approved topic in philosophy.
- Restriction: Open to second year Full Honours students in Philosophy and to other students, with consent of the Department
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PHIL 411. Topics in Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A course focusing on some philosophical issue (e.g., the nature of numbers or the relation of truth to provability) as it arises in the study of mathematics and logic.
- Prerequisites: PHIL 210 or the equivalent, and one intermediate course in philosophy
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PHIL 415. Philosophy of Language.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Prerequisites: PHIL 210 or equivalent and one intermediate course in philosophy
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PHIL 436. Aesthetics 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An advanced discussion of issues in aesthetics.
- Prerequisite: PHIL 336 or written permission of the instructor
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PHIL 446. Current Issues in Political Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Selected issues in contemporary political philosophy.
- Prerequisite: at least one course in political philosophy
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PHIL 474. Phenomenology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Prerequisite: one intermediate course in philosophy
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PHIL 481. Topics in Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Topics in philosophy. Topic varies by year.
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PHIL 497. Tutorial 04.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Open to third year Full Honours students in Philosophy, and to other students, with consent of the Department.
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PHIL 498. Tutorial 05.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Open to third year Joint Honours students in Philosophy, and to other students, with consent of the Department.
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PHIL 499D2. Tutorial 06.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
- Prerequisite: PHIL 499D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both PHIL 499D1 and PHIL 499D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- PHIL 499D1 and PHIL 499D2 together are equivalent to PHIL 499
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PHIL 499N1. Tutorial 06.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Open to third year Full Honours students in Philosophy, and to other students, with consent of the Department.
- Students must also register for PHIL 499N2
- No credit will be given for this course unless both PHIL 499N1 and PHIL 499N2 are successfully completed in a twelve month period
- PHIL 499N1 and PHIL 499N2 together are equivalent to PHIL 499
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PHIL 598. Tutorial 07.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Individualized guided research on an approved topic in philosophy.
- Restriction(s): Open only to students in the Philosophy Honours and Joint Honours programmes.
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PHIL 609. Seminar: Cognitive Science.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An advanced discussion of a topic of philosophical interest arising from contemporary empirical work in cognitive science.
- Prerequisite(s): PHIL 306, PHIL 415 or written permission of the instructor
- Prerequisite(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 507.
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PHIL 619. Seminar: Epistemology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An advanced course devoted to a topic in the theory of knowledge.
- Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 519.
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PHIL 621. Seminar: Metaphysics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An advanced course devoted to a topic in metaphysics.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 521.
- Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
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PHIL 641. Seminar: Philosophy of Science.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An advanced course devoted to a topic in the philosophy of science.
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PHIL 541.
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PHIL 643. Seminar: Medical Ethics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An advanced course devoted to a particular philosophical problem as it arises in the context of medical practice or the application of medical technology.
- Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 543.
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PHIL 644. Political Theory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Seminar on a particular topic in political theory.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 544.
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PHIL 675. Seminar: Contemporary European Philosophy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An advanced course on contemporary European philosophy or some important issue in the Continental tradition.
- Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 575.
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