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2021 - 2022

Fall 2021

PHIL 200. Introduction to Philosophy 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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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

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PHIL 210. Introduction to Deductive Logic 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 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

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PHIL 221. Introduction to History and Philosophy of Science 2.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

A survey of the development of modern science since the Eighteenth Century.

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PHIL 230. Introduction to Moral Philosophy 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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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)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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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 306. Philosophy of Mind.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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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 327. Philosophy of Race.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

An introduction to issues in the philosophy of race, for example: the metaphysical status of race; the biology of racial categories; the social construction of race; the relationship between race and racism; the phenomenology of racialized subjectivity; or, intersections of race, gender, and other identity categories.

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PHIL 336. Aesthetics.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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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)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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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 354. Plato.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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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 360. 17th Century Philosophy.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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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)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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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, Fall 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

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PHIL 397. Tutorial 01.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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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)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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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)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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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 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 454. Ancient Moral Theory.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

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.

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PHIL 475. Topics in Contemporary European Philosophy.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

Advanced discussion of selected themes in contemporary European philosophy.
  • Prerequisite: one intermediate course in philosophy

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PHIL 480. Topics in the History of Philosophy.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

An advanced discussion of some theme and/or problem in the history of philosophy.
  • Prerequisite: one intermediate course in philosophy

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PHIL 481. Topics in Philosophy.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

Topics in philosophy. Topic varies by year.

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PHIL 497. Tutorial 04.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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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)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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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)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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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)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

See PHIL 499N1 for course description.
  • 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)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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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 634. Seminar: Ethics.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Seminar on a particular topic in ethics. Topic varies by year.
  • Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 534.

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PHIL 644. Political Theory.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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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 670. Seminar: Contemporary Analytic Philosophy.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

An advanced course on some major analytic philosopher, or some issue of central importance in the analytic tradition.
  • Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 570.

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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 2022

PHIL 201. Introduction to Philosophy 2.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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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 237. Contemporary Moral Issues.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Winter 2026
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Description

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)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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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)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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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)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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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)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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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 341. Philosophy of Science 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

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.

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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.
  • Not open to students who have taken or are taking POLI 334.

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PHIL 345. Greek Political Theory.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

An examination of the ethical and political theories of ancient Greece, especially those of Plato and Aristotle.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken POLI 333

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PHIL 348. Philosophy of Law 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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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

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PHIL 353. The Presocratic Philosophers.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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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 355. Aristotle.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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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 366. 18th and Early 19th Century German Philosophy.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

An examination of the works of such philosophers as Kant, Fichte, Jacobi, Schelling, and Hegel.
  • Prerequisite: PHIL 360 or PHIL 361 is recommended

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PHIL 397. Tutorial 01.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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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)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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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 415. Philosophy of Language.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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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 419. Epistemology.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

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.
  • Prerequisite: 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 441. Philosophy of Science 2.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An analysis of some key philosophical ideas in science and technology, e.g. problem, explanation, forecast, testability and truth.
  • Prerequisite: PHIL 341 or written permission of the instructor

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PHIL 442. Topics in Feminist Theory.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

Advanced discussion of topical and central themes in feminist theory.
  • Prerequisite: PHIL 242 and one intermediate course in philosophy

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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 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 474. Phenomenology.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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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)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

Topics in philosophy. Topic varies by year.

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PHIL 497. Tutorial 04.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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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)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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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)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

See PHIL 499D1 for course description.
  • 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)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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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)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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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 606. Seminar: Philosophy of Mind.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An advanced course devoted to specific topics in the philosophy of mind.
  • Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 506.

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PHIL 611. Seminar: Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Seminar on a particular topic in philosophy of logic and mathematics.
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 511.

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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 643. Seminar: Medical Ethics.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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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 648. Seminar: Philosophy of Law.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An advanced course devoted to a particular topic in the philosophy of law. Subject varies from year to year.
  • Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 548.

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PHIL 680. Seminar: Problems of Philosophy 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

Seminar on a particular topic in philosophy. Topic varies by year.
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 580.

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PHIL 689. Seminar: Special Topics in Philosophy.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Psychoanalysis: a critical examination. Depending on the interests of the class, areas covered would include: psychoanalytic epistemology, psychoanalysis and the pre-socratics, psychoanalysis and tragedy, reasons versus causes in psychoanalysis, hermeneutics, psychoanalytic truth, self-deception, irrationality, paradox, creativity, internal object world and its relation to external objects.
  • Prerequisite(s): one course in philosophy
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 590.

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Summer 2022

PHIL 210. Introduction to Deductive Logic 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 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

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PHIL 237. Contemporary Moral Issues.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Winter 2026
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Description

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 375. Existentialism.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 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

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