FALL FEATURES (complete list of courses below)
PHIL 256/ PSYC 256 introduction to Cognitive Science
This course will be a general introduction to the main themes at the heart of cognitive science. A relatively new scientific discipline, coming from a wide array of disciplinary backgrounds, including philosophy, psychology, linguistics, anthropology, computer engineering and AI research, mathematics, and neuroscience (to name but a few). While cognitive science gets its proper start after the Second World War, we will see how it has roots that run back as deep as the ancient Greeks, most of the course will be focussed on topics of much more recent vintage, regarding the computational-representational theory of mind, the structure of mental representations themselves, how we might formalize cognition, how we process mental imagery, the computability of emotions as mental states, and whether cognition takes place entirely in the head or whether it stretches out over an organism’s environment, maybe even the organism’s social world!
PHIL 363 Lies, Misinformation, And Their Spread
This course will discuss a variety of issues in the philosophy of language related to deception and falsehood. We’ll tackle distinctions between lying, misleading, and bullshit, then move on to questions about their moral and political significance. We’ll discuss whether it’s possible for chatbots to lie or mislead, and look at the ways that misinformation spreads through a variety of media—from one-on-one conversations to writing, to broadcast, to social media. As an applied philosophy of language class, our focus will be on applying theoretical concepts to real-world cases.
PHIL 324 Social and Political Philosophy
How is political authority justified? What is a just society? Students in this course will study a sample of key historical and contemporary texts addressing these questions, with an emphasis on liberal egalitarianism and its critics. A central focus of the course investigates the tension between natural freedom and political authority. We will look at various historical approaches to this tension on our way considering contemporary political philosophies that seek to resolve the tension in terms of considerations of egalitarian fairness. The later part of the course looks at criticisms of liberal egalitarian philosophy from work in feminism, disability theory, and racial justice. Theoretical developments that come from those criticisms are also examined. The themes of the course will be engaged critically, both in terms of readings that express opposing views and in terms of student's own critical engagement with the issues in written work.
Philosophy undergraduate course information
- Course descriptions - undergraduate calendar
- All courses offered by term and subject - Schedule of classes
- Online courses do not grant overrides- more information here
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Fall 2023 courses
| Course code | Title |
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| PHIL 101 | Challenging Ideas |
| PHIL 121 | Moral Issues |
| PHIL 145 | Critical Thinking |
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| PHIL 215 | Professional and Business Ethics |
| PHIL 226 | Biomedical Ethics |
| PHIL 240 | Intro to Formal Logic |
| PHIL 251 | Metaphysics and Epistemology |
| PHIL 256 | Intro to Cognitive Science |
| PHIL 324 | Social and Political Philosophy |
| PHIL 363 | Philosophy of Language |
| PHIL 458 | Philosophy of Applied Mathematics |
| PHIL 471 | Education: Tool of State or Tool of Resistance |
Fall 2023 online courses
| Course code | Title |
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| PHIL 110A | Intro to Philosophy: Knowledge and Reality |
| PHIL 110B | Intro to Philosophy: Ethics and Values |
| PHIL 201 | Philosophy of Sex and Love |
| PHIL 215 | Professional and Business Ethics |
| PHIL 221 | Ethics |
| PHIL 380 | History of Ancient Philosophy |
Winter 2024 (tentative) course offerings
| Course code | Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| PHIL 101 | Challenging Ideas | N. Ray |
| PHIL 121 | Moral Issues | B. Orend |
| PHIL 145 | Critical Thinking | TBD |
| PHIL 202 | Gender Issues | J. Saul |
| PHIL 215 | Professional and Business Ethics | G. Andres |
| PHIL 216 | Probability and Decision Making | G. Andres |
| PHIL 221 | Ethics | TBD |
| PHIL 226 | Biomedical Ethics | C. Lowry |
| PHIL 252 | Quantum Mechanics for Everyone | D. Fraser |
| PHIL 271 | Happiness | B. Orend |
| PHIL 283 | Great Works Ancient and Medieval | J. Feke |
| PHIL 358 | Scientific Realism and Antirealism | D. Fraser |
| PHIL 371 | Racial Justice Movements | L. Lindo |
| PHIL 402 | Feminist Philosophy: Standpoint Theory | A. Wylie |
| PHIL 403 | Ancient Studies: Cosmology | J. Feke |
| PHIL 447 | Cognitive Science Seminar | J. Turri |
| PHIL 452 | Social Epistemology and Conspiracy Theory | J. Saul |
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Winter 2024 (tentative) Online course offerings
| Course code | Title | Instructor |
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| PHIL 110B | Ethics and Values | TBD |
| PHIL 240 | Intro to Formal Logic | TBD |
| PHIL 251 | Metaphysics and Epistemology | TBD |
| PHIL 256 | Intro to Cognitive Science | TBD |
| PHIL 265 | The Existential Experience | TBD |
| PHIL 324 | Social and Political Philosophy | TBD |
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