Since Fall 2020
| COURSE | INSTRUCTOR | |
| FALL 2025 (draft) | ||
| 523 Advanced environmental ethics | Trevor Hedberg | This course focuses on contemporary issues in environmental ethics. Topics covered may include (among others) climate change, animal agriculture, species extinction, overpopulation, ecosystem restoration, and space exploration. Students will learn both the empirical and moral dimensions of current environmental problems and craft arguments about what should be done in response to these problems. |
| 530b Ethical theory | Guido Pincione | Normative ethics-Utilitarianism, egoism, rights, natural law, justice, deontological duties, blameworthiness and excuses. |
| 550 Philosophy of mind | Michael McKenna | Topics include the nature of mental states; the relation between mind and brain; and analysis of perception, emotion, memory and action. |
| 563 Philosophy of language | Marga Reimer | Survey of basic issues in the philosophy of language such as: speech acts, reference, meaning, logical form. |
| 571b Rationalism & empiricism | Houston Smit | Empiricists of the 17th and 18th centuries: Locke, Berkeley, Hume. |
| 596f Seminar in social & political philosophy | Tom Christiano | Topic: to come |
| 596j Seminar in formal logic | Thony Gillies | Topic: to come. |
| 596y Seminar in research & professionalization | Jason Turner | A non-lecture course for first-year graduate students in philosophy. Graduate students will present works in progress and participate in weekly discussions of the work of fellow students. Aspects of professionalization also will be discussed-e.g., vita preparation, job search, getting tenure. |
| SPRING 2025 | ||
| 501b Symbolic logic | Jason Turner | Intermediate propositional logic and quantificational theory, natural deduction, axiom systems, elementary metatheorems, introduction to notions of modal logic, selected topics in philosophy of logic. |
| 533 Aesthetics | Hannah Kim | Classical and contemporary theories of art; the aesthetic experience, form and content, meaning, problems in interpretation and criticism of works of art. |
| 565 Pragmatics | Thony Gillies | Study of language use, its relationship to language structure and context; topics such as speech acts, presupposition, implication, performatives, conversations. |
| 571a Rationalism & empiricism | Houston Smit | Rationalists of the 17th and 18th centuries: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, and Kant. |
| 596a Seminar in ethics | David Clark | Topic: the ethics of harm: forfeiture, consent and punishment |
| 596c Seminar in epistemology | Jonathan Weinberg | Topic: epistemic normativity |
| 596g Seminar in moral philosophy | Cheshire Calhoun (Arizona State) | Topic: Positive moral philosophy (new subfield of ethics) |
| FALL 2024 | ||
| 501a Symbolic logic | Thony Gillies | Intermediate propositional logic and quantificational theory, natural deduction, axiom systems, elementary metatheorems, introduction to notions of modal logic, selected topics in philosophy of logic. |
| 542 Knowledge & cognition | Jonathan Weinberg | Issues in philosophy and psychology of knowledge, with emphasis on cognitive mechanisms. Perception, memory, concepts, mental representation, problem-solving, reasoning and rationality. |
| 563 Philosophy of language | Marga Reimer | Survey of basic issues in the philosophy of language such as: speech acts, reference, meaning, logical form. |
| 596b Seminar in metaphysics | Mark Timmons, Michael McKenna | Topic: Autonomy & persons |
| 596f Seminar in social & political philosophy | Guido Pincione | Topic: fundamentalism & reflective equilibrium in moral & political philosophy |
| 596y Seminar in research & professionalization | Jason Turner | A non-lecture course for first-year graduate students in philosophy. Students will present their work in progress and participate in weekly discussions of the work of fellow students. Aspects of professionalization also will be discussed-e.g., vita preparation, job search, getting tenure. |
| SPRING 2024 | ||
| 501B Symbolic logic | Thony Gillies | Intermediate propositional logic and quantificational theory, natural deduction, axiom systems, elementary metatheorems, introduction to notions of modal logic, selected topics in philosophy of logic. |
| 534 Social & political philosophy | Guido Pincione | Fundamental concepts of politics; leading social and political theories, such as anarchism, social contract, Marxism. |
| 572b Ancient philosophy | Robert Wardy | A philosophical introduction to the major works of Aristotle. |
| 596b Seminar in metaphysics | Hannah Kim | Topic: Metaphysics of fiction & fictionalism |
| 596c Seminar in epistemology | Hrishikesh Joshi | Topic: Social & political epistemology |
| 596f Seminar in social & political philosophy | Allen Buchanan | Topic: Human rights |
| FALL 2023 | ||
| 501A Symbolic logic | Thony Gillies | Intermediate propositional logic and quantificational theory, natural deduction, axiom systems, elementary metatheorems, introduction to notions of modal logic, selected topics in philosophy of logic. |
| 530A Ethical theory | Mark Timmons | Meta-ethics-meaning of moral terms, relativism, subjectivism, ethics and science, social contract theory. |
| 533 Aesthetics | Hannah Kim | Classical and contemporary theories of art; the aesthetic experience, form and content, meaning, problems in interpretation and criticism of works of art. |
| 534 Social & political philosophy | Guido Pincione | Fundamental concepts of politics; leading social and political theories, such as anarchism, social contract, Marxism. |
| 550 Philosophy of mind | Joseph Tolliver | Topics include the nature of mental states; the relation between mind and brain; and analysis of perception, emotion, memory and action. |
| 596f Seminar in social & political philosophy | Steve Wall | Topic: political legitimacy |
| 596h Seminar in philosophy of physical science | Jason Turner | Topic: metaphysics of quantity |
| 596q Seminar in the history of philosophy: recent | Houston Smit | Topic: Kant's "Critique of theories" |
| SPRING 2023 | ||
| 530B Ethical theory | Guido Pincione | Normative ethics-Utilitarianism, egoism, rights, natural law, justice, deontological duties, blameworthiness and excuses. |
| 540 Metaphysics | Jason Turner | Topics include free will and determinism; causation; personal identity; necessity and essence; truth, realism and ontology. |
| 542 Knowledge and cognition | Jonathan Weinberg | Issues in philosophy and psychology of knowledge, with emphasis on cognitive mechanisms. Perception, memory, concepts, mental representation, problem-solving, reasoning and rationality. |
| 571B Rationalism and empiricism | Houston Smit | Empiricists of the 17th and 18th centuries: Locke, Berkeley, Hume. |
| 596C Seminar in epistemology | Terry Horgan, Vojko Strahovnik (Univ of Ljubljana) | Book in progress: What it is like to believe: Doxastic rationality and virtuous epistemic agency |
| LAW 673a | Thomas Christiano, Simone Sepe (UArizona Law) | Topic: Freedom of contract |
| FALL 2022 | ||
| 501A Symbolic logic | Thony Gillies | Intermediate propositional logic and quantificational theory, natural deduction, axiom systems, elementary metatheorems, introduction to notions of modal logic, selected topics in philosophy of logic. |
| 534 Social and political philosophy | Guido Pincione | Fundamental concepts of politics; leading social and political theories, such as anarchism, social contract, Marxism. |
| 537 Moral and social evolution | Zev Berger | This course will examine the application of evolutionary thought to society, and especially to morality and political philosophy. |
| 563 Philosophy of language | Marga Reimer | Survey of basic issues in the philosophy of language such as: speech acts, reference, meaning, logical form. |
| 571a Rationalism and empiricism | Houston Smit | Rationalists of the 17th and 18th centuries: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, and Kant. |
| 596b Seminar in metaphysics | Joseph Tolliver | Topic: Impossible objects |
| 596f Seminar in social and political philosophy | Allen Buchanan | Topic: Ethical issues concerning large-scale moral change |
| 596g Seminar in moral philosophy | Mark Timmons, Michael McKenna | Topic: Moral emotions |
| 596p Seminar in ancient philosophy | Robert Wardy | Topic: History of love: This seminar will be devoted to Plato’s explorations of erotic desire in the Symposium and the Phaedrus. |
| SPRING 2022 | ||
| 501b Symbolic logic | Thony Gillies | Advanced propositional logic and quantification theory; metatheorems on consistency, independence, and completeness; set theory, number theory, and modal theory; recursive function theory and Goedel's incompleteness theorem. |
| 533 Aesthetics | Joseph Tolliver | Classical and contemporary theories of art; the aesthetic experience, form and content, meaning, problems in interpretation and criticism of works of art. |
| 534 Social and political philosophy | Allen Buchanan | Fundamental concepts of politics; leading social and political theories, such as anarchism, social contract, Marxism. |
| 541 Theory of knowledge | Juan Comesaña | Critical examination of some of the major problems concerning evidence, justification, knowledge, memory, perception and induction. |
| 555 Philosophy and AI | Sara Aronowitz | Interdisciplinary problems lying at the interface of philosophy and artificial intelligence. |
| 571b Rationalism and empiricism | Houston Smit | Empiricists of the 17th and 18th centuries: Locke, Berkeley, Hume. |
| 596f Social and political philosophy | Guido Pincione | Topic: Liberty and equality in social justice. |
| 596l Philosophy of language | Marga Reimer | Topic: The analytic distinction |
| 696a | Tom Christiano | Topic: The rationality of political participation |
| 696a | Thony Gillies | Topic: Formal methods in philosophy |
| FALL 2021 | ||
| 501A Symbolic Logic | Jason Turner | Intermediate propositional logic and quantificational theory, natural deduction, axiom systems, elementary metatheorems, introduction to notions of modal logic, selected topics in philosophy of logic. |
| 533 Aesthetics | Joseph Tolliver | Classical and contemporary theories of art; the aesthetic experience, form and content, meaning, problems in interpretation and criticism of works of art. |
| 534 Social & Political Philosophy | Guido Pincione | Fundamental concepts of politics; leading social and political theories, such as anarchism, social contract, Marxism. |
| 537 Moral & Social Evolution | Allen Buchanan | This course will examine the application of evolutionary thought to society, and especially to morality and political philosophy. |
| 571A Rationalism & Empiricism | Houston Smit | Rationalists of the 17th and 18th centuries: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, and Kant. |
| 596B Metaphysics Seminar | Michael McKenna, Carolina Sartorio | Topic: Grounding free agency and responsibility |
| 596C Epistemology | Juan Comesaña | Topic: Knowledge-first epistemology and its discontents |
| 596G Moral Philosophy Seminar | Dan Russell | Topic: Ethics and idealization |
| 596S Philosophy of Mathematics Seminar | Jason Turner | Topic: Meta-semantics |
| SPRING 2021 | ||
| 501B Symbolic Logic | Jason Turner | Advanced propositional logic and quantification theory; metatheorems on consistency, independence, and completeness; set theory, number theory, and modal theory; recursive function theory and Goedel's incompleteness theorem. |
| 510B History of Moral & Political Philosophy | Reza Hadisi | Reading and analysis of selected texts from the Greeks to the present. Course focuses on the history of social and political philosophy. |
| 533 Aesthetics | Joseph Tolliver | Classical and contemporary theories of art; the aesthetic experience, form and content, meaning, problems in interpretation and criticism of works of art. |
| 537 Moral & Social Evolution | Allen Buchanan, Stewart Cohen | This course will examine the application of evolutionary thought to society, and especially to morality and political philosophy. |
| 541 Theory of Knowledge | Juan Comesaña | Critical examination of some of the major problems concerning evidence, justification, knowledge, memory, perception and induction. |
| 570 Greek Philosophy | Robert Wardy (Cambridge) | Topics in Greek philosophy. May be selected from the pre-Socratics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and post-Aristotelian philosophy. |
| 596A Ethics Seminar | David Schmidtz | Topic: Moral knowledge |
| 596Q History of Recent Philosophy Seminar | Houston Smit | Topic: Kant's conception of transcendental critique. |
| 596V Philosophy & Cognitive Science | Sara Aronowitz | Topic: Rationality and function across scales |
| PHIL LAW 626 Jurisprudence | Tom Christiano, Simone Sepe (UArizona Law) | Topic: Law and philosophy of contracts |
| FALL 2020 | ||
| 501A Symbolic Logic | Jason Turner | Intermediate propositional logic and quantificational theory, natural deduction, axiom systems, elementary metatheorems, introduction to notions of modal logic, selected topics in philosophy of logic. |
| 526 Philosophy of Physical Sciences | Richard Healey | Philosophical problems of space, time, and motion. Topics may include the nature of geometrical knowledge, the philosophical impact of relativity theory, absolute versus relative conceptions of space and time. |
| 534 Social & Political Philosophy | Guido Pincione | Fundamental concepts of politics; leading social and political theories, such as anarchism, social contract, and Marxism. |
| 541 Theory of Knowledge | Juan Comesaña | Critical examination of some of the major problems concerning evidence, justification, knowledge, memory, perception and induction. |
| 550 Philosophy of Mind | Terry Horgan | Topics include the nature of mental states; the relation between mind and brain; and analysis of perception, emotion, memory and action. |
| 571A Rationalism & Empiricism | Houston Smit | Rationalists of the 17th and 18th centuries: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, and Kant. |
| 596F Social & Political Philosophy Seminar | Steve Wall
| Topic: Enforcing morality - Harm, risk, paternalism, moralism and speech
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| 596G Moral Philosophy Seminar | Allen Buchanan | Topic: Morality of international law and institutions |
| 596K Philosophy of Mind | Joseph Tolliver | Topic: |
| 596P History of Ancient Philosophy Seminar | Robert Wardy (Cambridge) | Topic: Parmenides |
| 596V Philosophy & Cognitive Science | Jonathan Weinberg | Topic: Recent issues in philosophical methodology |
| 596Q History of Recent Philosophy Seminar | Houston Smit | Topic: Kant's conception of transcendental critique |
| 596V Philosophy & Cognitive Science | Sara Aronowitz | Topic: Function and rationality at different scales |