| PHIL | 401 | Theory of Knowledge | 3 OR 4 hours. | Survey and analysis of key topics in epistemology, such as skepticism, the nature of propositional knowledge, justification, perception, memory, induction, other minds, naturalistic epistemology. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): PHIL 201 or consent of the instructor. |
| PHIL | 402 | Topics in Philosophy of Mind | 3 OR 4 hours. | Survey and analysis of one or more topics in philosophy of mind, such as the mind-body problem, philosophy of psychology, perception and sensation, intentional content, consciousness, and mental causation. 3 undergraduate hours; 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): PHIL 202. Recommended background: PHIL 102 or PHIL 210. |
| PHIL | 403 | Metaphysics | 3 OR 4 hours. | Intensive treatment of one or more topics, such as free will, personal identity, causation, existence, substance and attribute, the nature of the mind. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): PHIL 203 or PHIL 226 or PHIL 426 or consent of the instructor. |
| PHIL | 404 | Philosophy of Science | 3 OR 4 hours. | Selected works on the aims and methods of science; the status of scientific theories, natural laws and theoretical entities; the nature of scientific explanation. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): PHIL 102 or PHIL 210, and one 200-level course in philosophy; or consent of the instructor. |
| PHIL | 406 | Philosophy of Language | 3 OR 4 hours. | Intensive treatment of one or more topics, such as meaning and reference, communication, the structure of language, language and thought, and the relation of language to reality. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): PHIL 102 or one 200- or 400-level logic course or PHIL 226 or consent of the instructor. |
| PHIL | 410 | Introduction to Formal Logic | 3 OR 4 hours. | Review of predicate logic and of introductory set theory. The concept of a formal system. Notions of completeness and soundness. Introduction to Godel's first incompleteness theorem. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): PHIL 210 or consent of the instructor. |
| PHIL | 416 | Metalogic I | 3 OR 4 hours. | Metatheory for sentence and predicate logic. Completeness and compactness theorems and their applications. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Students who have taken MATH 430 may not register for this course. Should be taken in sequence with PHIL 417. Prerequisite(s): PHIL 210 or consent of the instructor. |
| PHIL | 417 | Metalogic II | 3 OR 4 hours. | Effective computability and recursive functions. Peano arithmetic. Arithmetization of syntax. Incompleteness and undecidability: Godel's and Church's theorems. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): PHIL 416 or consent of the instructor. |
| PHIL | 420 | Plato | 3 OR 4 hours. | Careful reading of selected works. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to 1 time(s) with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Prerequisite(s): PHIL 220 or PHIL 221 or 3 courses in philosophy or consent of the instructor. |
| PHIL | 421 | Aristotle | 3 OR 4 hours. | Careful reading of selected works. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to 1 time(s) with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Prerequisite(s): PHIL 220 or PHIL 221 or 3 courses in philosophy or consent of the instructor. |
| PHIL | 422 | Medieval Philosophy | 0 TO 4 hours. | Study of selected philosophers such as Augustine, Boethius, Averroes, Maimonides, Aquinas, William of Ockham, Buridan, Suarez. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): PHIL 220 or PHIL 221 or PHIL 420 or PHIL 421 or consent of the instructor. |
| PHIL | 423 | Studies in Early Modern Philosophy | 3 OR 4 hours. | Careful reading of selected works of one or more philosophers, 1600 to 1750, such as Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkely, Hume, Reid and Rousseau. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to 1 time(s) with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Prerequisite(s): PHIL 223 or PHIL 224 or 3 courses in philosophy or consent of the instructor. |
| PHIL | 424 | Kant | 3 OR 4 hours. | Intensive study of Kant's metaphysics and theory of knowledge with main reading drawn from the Critique of Pure Reason. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): PHIL 223 or PHIL 224 or 3 courses in philosophy or consent of the instructor. |
| PHIL | 425 | Studies in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy | 3 OR 4 hours. | Careful reading of one or more post-Kantian philosophers such as Hegel, Schelling, Fichte, Schopenhauer, Marx, J.S. Mill, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): One 200-level course in philosophy or consent of the instructor. |
| PHIL | 426 | Analysis and Logical Empiricism | 3 OR 4 hours. | Developments in twentieth century philosophy with roots in the study of logic and language, such as logical atomism, logical empiricism, and contemporary analytic philosophy. Topics vary. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): PHIL 210 or PHIL 226 or consent of the instructor. |
| PHIL | 427 | Continental Philosophy II: European Thought Since 1960 | 3 OR 4 hours. | European thought since 1960: Existential Marxism; Critical Theory; Structuralism, Post-Structuralism and Deconstruction. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): PHIL 227 or consent of the instructor. |
| PHIL | 428 | Topics in Ancient Philosophy | 3 OR 4 hours. | Careful reading of related works by Ancient Philosophers, such as Plato and Aristotle. 3 undergraduate hours; 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): PHIL 220 or PHIL 221; and junior standing or above. |
| PHIL | 429 | Special Studies in the History of Philosophy | 3 OR 4 hours. | Advanced study of a historical school, period, or the development of a historical theme. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to 1 time(s) with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Prerequisite(s): One 200-level course in the history of philosophy or consent of the instructor. |
| PHIL | 430 | Ethics | 3 OR 4 hours. | Selected topics in moral philosophy, such as normative ethics, value theory or meta-ethics. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to 1 time(s) with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Prerequisite(s): One 200-level course in philosophy or consent of the instructor. Recommended background: Credit in a course in moral, social, or political philosophy. |
| PHIL | 431 | Social/Political Philosophy | 3 OR 4 hours. | Selected topics in social and political philosophy. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to 1 time(s) with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Prerequisite(s): One 200-level course in philosophy or consent of the instructor. Recommended background: Credit in a course in moral, social, or political philosophy. |
| PHIL | 432 | Topics in Ethics | 3 OR 4 hours. | Selected topics in ethics. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to 1 time(s) with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Prerequisite(s): One 200-level course in philosophy or consent of the instructor. Recommended background: Credit in a course in moral, social, or political philosophy. |
| PHIL | 433 | Topics in Social/Political Philosophy | 3 OR 4 hours. | Selected topics in social and political philosophy. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to 1 time(s) with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Prerequisite(s): One 200-level course in philosophy or consent of the instructor. Recommended background: Credit in a course in moral, social, or political philosophy. |
| PHIL | 441 | Topics in Philosophy of Religion | 0 TO 4 hours. | Intensive study of one or more selected topics concerning the philosophical aspects of basic religious beliefs and concepts. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to 1 time(s) with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Prerequisite(s): One 200-level course in philosophy or consent of the instructor. Recommended background: PHIL 241. |
| PHIL | 484 | Neuroscience I | 3 hours. | Neuroscience as an integrative discipline. Neuroanatomy of vertebrates, neural development, cellular neurobiology, action potential mechanisms, synaptic transmission and neuropharmacology. Same as BIOS 484 and PSCH 484. Prerequisite(s): BIOS 286 or PSCH 262. |
| PHIL | 485 | Neuroscience II | 3 hours. | Integrative neuroscience; continuation of BIOS/PSCH/PHIL 484. Sensory and motor systems; learning, memory, and language. Pathology of nervous systems. Philosophical perspectives, and modeling. Same as BIOS 485 and PSCH 485. Prerequisite(s): BIOS 484. |
| PHIL | 500 | Writing in Philosophy | 4 hours. | Practice in philosophical writing including finding a thesis. Judicious choice of reading on the topic, outlining, and composing drafts as well as style, paragraphing, and making sentences. Required of all first year PhD students. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in philosophy. |
| PHIL | 501 | Seminar: Topics in Ancient Philosophy | 4 hours. | Intensive study of selected topics. May be repeated with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Students may register for more than one section per term when topics vary. |
| PHIL | 503 | Medieval Philosophy | 4 hours. | Intensive study of special topics in medieval philosophy. May be repeated with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Students may register for more than one section per term when topics vary. |
| PHIL | 504 | Theoretical Approaches to Policy and Governance | 4 hours. | Different theoretical approaches to the relationship between policy and governance and the philosophical foundations on which those approaches are based. Same as POLS 504. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the department required for nondegree graduate students. |
| PHIL | 505 | Seminar in Modern Philosophy | 4 hours. | Intensive analysis of the work of one important philosopher or philosophical movement between 1600 and 1900. May be repeated with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Students may register for more than one section per term when topics vary. |
| PHIL | 508 | Nineteenth-Century Philosophy | 4 hours. | Topics in nineteenth-century philosophy. May be repeated with approval. Students may register for more than one section per term. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. |
| PHIL | 509 | History of Analytic Philosophy | 4 hours. | Topics in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Anglo-American philosophy. May be repeated with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Students may register for more than one section per term when topics vary. |
| PHIL | 510 | History of Ethics and Social/Political Philosophy | 4 hours. | Topics in the history of ethics or social-political philosophy. May be repeated with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Students may register for more than one section per term when topics vary. |
| PHIL | 513 | Topics in History of Philosophy | 4 hours. | Philosophers, philosophical schools, or intellectual trends other than those of the ancient and modern periods. May be repeated with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Students may register for more than one section per term when topics vary. |
| PHIL | 520 | Topics in Contemporary Philosophy | 4 hours. | Intensive analysis of the work of one important philosopher or philosophical movement of the twentieth century. May be repeated with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Students may register for more than one section per term when topics vary. |
| PHIL | 522 | Feminist Philosophy | 4 hours. | Topics in feminist philosophy. May be repeated with approval. Students may register for more than one section per term. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. |
| PHIL | 524 | Continental Philosophy | 4 hours. | Topics in continental philosophy. May be repeated with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Students may register for more than one section per term when topics vary. |
| PHIL | 526 | Ethics | 4 hours. | Intensive study of selected topics. May be repeated with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Students may register for more than one section per term when topics vary. |
| PHIL | 528 | Social/Political Philosophy | 4 hours. | Intensive study of selected topics. May be repeated with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Students may register for more than one section per term when topics vary. |
| PHIL | 530 | Aesthetics | 4 hours. | Intensive study of selected topics in aesthetics. May be repeated with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Students may register for more than one section per term when topics vary. |
| PHIL | 532 | Metaphysics | 4 hours. | Intensive study of selected topics. May be repeated with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Students may register for more than one section per term when topics vary. |
| PHIL | 534 | Philosophy of Mind | 4 hours. | Intensive study of selected topics. May be repeated with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Students may register for more than one section per term when topics vary. |
| PHIL | 536 | Epistemology | 4 hours. | Selected topics in the contemporary theory of knowledge. May be repeated with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Students may register for more than one section per term when topics vary. |
| PHIL | 538 | Philosophy of Language | 4 hours. | Intensive study of selected topics. May be repeated with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Students may register for more than one section per term when topics vary. |
| PHIL | 540 | Philosophy of Science | 4 hours. | Intensive study of selected topics. May be repeated with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Students may register for more than one section per term when topics vary. |
| PHIL | 542 | Philosophy of Special Sciences | 4 hours. | Intensive study of special topics in philosophy of physics, philosophy of biology, or other sciences. May be repeated with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Students may register for more than one section per term when topics vary. |
| PHIL | 544 | Philosophy of Logic | 4 hours. | Intensive study of selected topics. May be repeated with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Students may register for more than one section per term when topics vary. |
| PHIL | 546 | Philosophy of Mathematics | 4 hours. | Philosophical foundations of mathematics. May be repeated with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. |
| PHIL | 562 | Metamathematics I | 4 hours. | First order logic, completeness theorem and model theory. Same as MATH 502. Prerequisite(s): MATH 430 or consent of the instructor. |
| PHIL | 563 | Metamathematics II | 4 hours. | Incompleteness theorems, elementary recursion theory and proof theory, first and second order arithmetic. Same as MATH 503. Prerequisite(s): MATH 502 or PHIL 562. |
| PHIL | 565 | Set Theory I | 4 hours. | Naive and axiomatic set theory. Independence of the continuum hypothesis and the axiom of choice. Same as MATH 504. Prerequisite(s): MATH 430 or MATH 502 or PHIL 562. |
| PHIL | 567 | Model Theory I | 4 hours. | Introduction to stability theory: categoricity, stability, forking, finite equivalence relation theorem, indiscernibles, orthogonality. Same as MATH 506. Prerequisite(s): MATH 502 or PHIL 562. |
| PHIL | 568 | Model Theory II | 4 hours. | Intermediate stability theory: dependence, prime models, isolation, regular types, dimension, weight. Same as MATH 507. Prerequisite(s): MATH 506 or PHIL 567. |
| PHIL | 569 | Advanced Topics in Logic | 4 hours. | Advanced topics in modern logic; e.g. descriptive set theory, model theory of fields, theory of hierarchies, stable groups. Same as MATH 512. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the department. |
| PHIL | 590 | Research Seminar | 4 hours. | A work-in-progress seminar for graduate students at the topical, prospectus, or dissertation level. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Completion of 10 of the 14 required courses for the PhD in Philosophy. |
| PHIL | 593 | Independent Research | 2 TO 8 hours. | Topics and plan of study must be approved by the candidate's advisor and by the staff member who directs the work. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. |
| PHIL | 596 | Independent Study | 1 TO 4 hours. | Topics and plan of study must be approved by the candidate's advisor and by the staff member who directs the work. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. |
| PHIL | 599 | Thesis Research | 0 TO 16 hours. | Research for the PhD thesis. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. |