Philosophy (PHIL)

Pierre S. duPont Foundation

Professor Sessions
Associate Professors Mahon, Cooper, Gregory, Smith
Assistant Professors Bell, Goldberg, Verhage
Visiting Assistant Professor Lowney

HONORS: An Honors Program in philosophy is offered for qualified students; see department head for details.

Degrees/Majors/Minors

Major

• •  Philosophy major leading to BA degree

Minor

• •  Philosophy minor

Courses

• •  PHIL 101 - Problems of Philosophy
• •  PHIL 102 - Problems of Philosophy
• •  PHIL 106 - Introduction to Logic
• •  PHIL 108 - Ethics and the Environment
• •  PHIL 141 - Ancient Philosophy
• •  PHIL 142 - Modern Philosophy
• •  PHIL 144 - 20th-Century Philosophy
• •  PHIL 168 - Chinese Philosophy
• •  PHIL 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar
• •  PHIL 195 - Seminar for First-Years and Sophomores
• •  PHIL 205 - Philosophy of Language
• •  PHIL 206 - Problems in Logic
• •  PHIL 207 - Aesthetics
• •  PHIL 208 - Philosophy of History
• •  PHIL 212 - Philosophy and Religion
• •  PHIL 215 - Social Inequality and Fair Opportunity
• •  PHIL 216 - Feminist Social and Political Philosophy
• •  PHIL 219 - Philosophy of Sex
• •  PHIL 221 - Plato
• •  PHIL 222 - Aristotle
• •  PHIL 248 - Ethics of War
• •  PHIL 251 - Existentialism
• •  PHIL 255 - Philosophy of Science
• •  PHIL 256 - Philosophy and Literature
• •  PHIL 257 - Philosophy of Biology
• •  PHIL 258 - Philosophy of Law
• •  PHIL 259 - Philosophy of the Family
• •  PHIL 260 - Philosophy of Nature
• •  PHIL 263 - Kierkegaard
• •  PHIL 265 - Nietzsche
• •  PHIL 269 - Contemporary Ethics
• •  PHIL 275 - The Unruly Body: Philosophy, Science, and Culture
• •  PHIL 276 - Art, Imagination, and Ethics
• •  PHIL 280 - Philosophies of Life
• •  PHIL 295 - Seminar on Philosophical Topics
• •  PHIL 296 - Spring-Term Seminar on Philosophical Topics
• •  PHIL 301 - Metaphysics
• •  PHIL 309 - History of Ethics
• •  PHIL 311 - Wittgenstein
• •  PHIL 312 - Theory of Knowledge
• •  PHIL 313 - Philosophy of Mind
• •  PHIL 314 - Heidegger
• •  PHIL 316 - Kant
• •  PHIL 320 - Distributive Justice
• •  PHIL 330 - Human Nature and the Human Sciences
• •  PHIL 341 - Medical Ethics
• •  PHIL 342 - Legal Ethics
• •  PHIL 352 - Ethics of Globalization
• •  PHIL 370 - Roe v. Wade and the Abortion Question
• •  PHIL 375 - Philosophy of Time Travel
• •  PHIL 395 - Advanced Seminar
• •  PHIL 401 - Directed Individual Study
• •  PHIL 402 - Directed Individual Study
• •  PHIL 403 - Directed Individual Study
• •  PHIL 473 - Senior Thesis and Seminar
• •  PHIL 493 - Honors Thesis