Class
No. |
Course ID |
Title |
Credits |
Type |
Instructor(s) |
Days:Times |
Location |
Permission
Required |
Dist |
Qtr |
| 2372 |
PHIL-101-01 |
Intro to Phil |
1.00 |
LEC |
Seeba, Erin |
WF: 1:30PM-2:45PM |
TBA |
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HUM
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Enrollment limited to 29 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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NOTE: 10 seats reserved for first-year students. |
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An introduction to fundamental topics and concepts in the history of philosophy, e.g., rationality, wisdom, knowledge, the good life, the just society, and the nature of language. This course is especially appropriate for first-year students or students beginning the college-level study of philosophy. Students contemplating majoring in philosophy are strongly urged to make this their first philosophy course. |
| 3226 |
PHIL-103-01 |
Ethics |
1.00 |
LEC |
Seeba, Erin |
TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM |
TBA |
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HUM
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Enrollment limited to 25 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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NOTE: 10 seats reserved for first-year students. |
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An introductory study of values, virtues, and right action. Major concepts of ethical theory (goodness, responsibility, freedom, respect for persons, and morals) will be examined through a study of Aristotle, Kant, and Mill. The course is not primarily a historical survey, but rather attempts to clarify in systematic fashion both moral concepts and moral action. |
| 2162 |
PHIL-205-01 |
Symbolic Logic |
1.00 |
LEC |
Theurer, Kari |
TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM |
TBA |
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NUM
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Enrollment limited to 25 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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An introduction to the use of symbols in reasoning. Prepositional calculus and quantification theory will be studied. This background knowledge will prepare the student to look at the relation of logic to linguistics, computer science, mathematics, and philosophy. Students cannot receive credit for this course and Philosophy 255, Philosophy of Logic. |
| 3228 |
PHIL-217-01 |
Philosophy and Literature |
1.00 |
LEC |
Vogt, Erik |
T: 1:30PM-4:10PM |
TBA |
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HUM
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Enrollment limited to 29 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with MNOR |
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We shall study a number of philosophic works with literary significance and a number of literary works with philosophic content in order to raise the question of what the difference is between the two. This course may be used to fulfill the Literature and Psychology minor requirements. |
| 3229 |
PHIL-221-01 |
Science, Reality & Rationality |
1.00 |
LEC |
Theurer, Kari |
R: 1:30PM-4:10PM |
TBA |
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HUM
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Enrollment limited to 25 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Much of modern philosophy has focused on efforts to understand the rise of physical science since the 16th century. This course will focus on 20th-century efforts by philosophers to characterize science, explain its effectiveness, and interpret its findings. |
| 3310 |
PHIL-256-01 |
Philosophy of Food |
1.00 |
SEM |
Seeba, Erin |
WF: 10:00AM-11:15AM |
TBA |
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HUM
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Enrollment limited to 19 |
Waitlist available: Y |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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What is food and what does it mean to regard something as food? Our culinary choices, practices of production and consumption and habits of mind reflect a variety of values-moral, personal, cultural, aesthetic. This class examines the philosophical significance of food in each domain through questions about what we owe to animals, the relationship between food and environmental justice, the concept of sustainability, as well as how our personal and cultural identities intertwined with the way we cook and eat: What does the food we eat say about who we are? Is the desire for culinary authenticity morally suspect? What is cultural appropriation and why is it bad? What influences our judgments of some foods as delicious or disgusting? Is there an ethics of appreciation? |
| 2353 |
PHIL-288-01 |
Modern Philosophy |
1.00 |
LEC |
Vogt, Erik |
M: 1:30PM-4:10PM |
TBA |
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HUM
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Enrollment limited to 25 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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This course will provide a survey of 18th century European philosophy; to be more precise, we will examine texts by representatives of both French and German Enlightenment thought. The first section of the course will focus on Rousseau's and Diderot's contributions to political and aesthetic thought; the second section will be concerned with Kant's epistemology and with some of his shorter texts on political and aesthetic thought. The goal of this course consists in both defining Enlightenment thought and unearthing the fateful dialectic at its very heart. Methodologically, this course will employ an approach owed to the tradition of Critical Theory. This course fulfills part two of the writing intensive (WI) requirement for the Philosophy major. |
| 3265 |
PHIL-336-01 |
Foucault |
1.00 |
SEM |
Vogt, Erik |
W: 6:30PM-9:00PM |
TBA |
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HUM
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Enrollment limited to 19 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Michel Foucault was one of the most influential European thinkers of the 20th century. Using a selection of his writings, we shall examine some of his main contributions, seeking to understand both the philosophical and cultural influences that led Foucault to his positions, as well as the wide-spread influence he has had on subsequent philosophy and political, historical and cultural theory.
Students who have earned credit for POLS 319 Foucault, may not earn credit for this course. |
| 3320 |
PHIL-341-01 |
Philosophy and Revolution |
1.00 |
SEM |
Vogt, Erik |
W: 1:30PM-4:10PM |
TBA |
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HUM
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Enrollment limited to 19 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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This course will critically examine debates in European philosophy regarding the conjunction of philosophical discourses and ideas of radical (democratic) politics in the context of those socioeconomic, technological, and cultural conditions that are constitutive of the contemporary version of a brave new world. Readings from Alain Badiou, Judith Balso, Slavoj Zizek, Jodi Dean, Jacques Rancière, Antonio Negri, Gianni Vattimo, Susan BuckMorss and others. Conversance with the post-19th century European philosophical tradition and political theory is desirable, but not required. |
| 1511 |
PHIL-399-01 |
Independent Study |
0.50 - 1.00 |
IND |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
Y |
HUM
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Independent, intensive study in a field of special interest requiring a wide range of reading and resulting in an extended paper. Normally there will be only a few meetings with the supervisor during the course of the semester. Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar’s Office, and the approval of the instructor and chairperson are required for enrollment. |
| 1449 |
PHIL-466-01 |
Teaching Assistant |
0.50 - 1.00 |
IND |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
Y |
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Work conducted in close consultation with the instructor of a single course and participation in teaching that course. Duties for a teaching assistant may include, for example, holding review sessions, reading papers, or assisting in class work. In addition, a paper may be required from the teaching assistant. This course may count as one of the 11 total required for the major, but will not count as one of the six required “upper-level” (300 and above) courses. Submission of the special registration form, available online, and the approval of the instructor are required for enrollment. Guidelines are available in the College Bulletin.
(0.5 - 1 course credit) |
| 2859 |
PHIL-498-01 |
Senior Thesis Part 1 |
1.00 |
IND |
Staff, Trinity |
TBA |
TBA |
Y |
HUM
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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A two-credit course culminating in an extended paper to be read by two or more members of the department. It may be organized like a tutorial or independent study. This is a required course for all students who wish to graduate with honors in philosophy. To be eligible for this course a student must have an A- average in the major or must successfully petition the department for an exemption. Submission of the special registration form and the approval of the instructor and chairperson are required for each semester of this year-long thesis. (2 course credits to be completed in two semesters.) |
| 3103 |
POLS-105-01 |
Intro Pol Philosophy |
1.00 |
LEC |
Salgado, Gabriel |
TR: 2:55PM-4:10PM |
TBA |
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SOC
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Enrollment limited to 25 |
Waitlist available: Y |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with PHIL |
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This course is not open to seniors. |
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NOTE: 13 seats reserved for First Year students, 9 seats for sophomores, and 3 seats for Juniors who have declared a POLS Major. No Seniors unless by Permission of Instructor. |
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An introduction to the philosophical study of political and moral life through a consideration of various topics of both current and historical interest. Topics include environmentalism, ancients and moderns, male and female, nature and nurture, race and ethnicity, reason and history, and reason and revelation. |