PhiL433 Aesthetics (3 units) Description: Classical and contemporary theories of art; the aesthetic experience, form and content, meaning, problems in interpretation ...
PhiL533 Aesthetics (3 units) Description: Classical and contemporary theories of art; the aesthetic experience, form and content, meaning, problems in interpretation ...
PhiL222 African American Studies: A History of Ideas (3 units) Description: The theoretical and philosophical ideas expressed by thinkers of the African world ...
PhiL260 Ancient Philosophy (3 units) Description: Survey of Greek philosophy, from the pre Socratic philosophers through Plato and Aristotle to post Aristotelian ...
PhiL472A Ancient Philosophy (3 units) Description: A philosophical introduction to the major works of Plato. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this ...
PhiL472B Ancient Philosophy (3 units) Description: A philosophical introduction to the major works of Aristotle. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for ...
PhiL572A Ancient Philosophy (3 units) Description: A philosophical introduction to the major works of Plato. Graduate level requirements include an in depth ...
PhiL572B Ancient Philosophy (3 units) Description: A philosophical introduction to the major works of Aristotle. Graduate level requirements include an in depth ...
Philosophy: in Applied Philosophy A degree in Philosophy is excellent preparation for work in fields like business and medicine, and applied ethics is one of the fastest ...
I (ShaughanLavine) put together this classification fast and without much thought to provide a basis for discussion. There is probably something in it to offend every ...
PhiL322 Business Ethics (3 units) Description: Selected ethical issues in business, including corporate responsibility, preferential hiring and reverse discrimination ...
Philosophy: in Classics A degree in Philosophy, along with study in classical languages, literature, and history, is excellent preparation for advanced study in Greek ...
Philosophy: in Computers Mathematics A degree in Philosophy is excellent preparation for work and advanced study in fields like computer science and mathematics ...
Quine76 Core Reading List in Philosophical Logic We distinguish between philosophical logic, technical work in logic that is motivated by or influential on philosophy ...
Core Reading List in Philosophy of Mathematics Final agreement on a reading list is to be made with your committee. ShaughanLavine 09 May 2007 modal interpretations ...
Quine76 Core Reading List in Philosophical Logic We distinguish between philosophical logic, technical work in logic that is motivated by or influential on philosophy ...
Curriculum Committee The curriculum committee is ShaughanLavine (chair), Richard Healey (ex officio, Director of Graduate Studies), and Jason Matteson (ex officio ...
PhiL920 Dissertation (1 9 units) Description: Research for the doctoral dissertation (whether library research, laboratory or field observation or research, ...
PhiL467 Early Analytic Philosophy (3 units) Description: The 50 year rise of analytic philosophy from Frege through early Russell to Wittgenstein's Tractatus ...
PhiL567 Early Analytic Philosophy (3 units) Description: The 50 year rise of analytic philosophy from Frege through early Russell to Wittgenstein's Tractatus ...
PhiL262 Early Modern Philosophy (3 units) Description: Survey of major 17th and 18th century British and European philosophers, chosen from Descartes, Spinoza ...
PhiL323 Environmental Ethics (3 units) Description: Do we have an obligation to recycle? What can and what should we do about the quality of our air and water ...
PhiL596C Epistemology (3 units) Description: The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall ...
PhiL430A Ethical Theory (3 units) Description: Meta ethics meaning of moral terms, relativism, subjectivism, ethics and science, social contract theory. Grading ...
PhiL530A Ethical Theory (3 units) Description: Meta ethics meaning of moral terms, relativism, subjectivism, ethics and science, social contract theory. Graduate ...
PhiL596A Ethics596A (3 units) Description: The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist ...
PhiL245 Existential Problems (3 units) Description: Exploration of central problems of the human condition, such as meaning of life; death; self deception; authenticity ...
PhiL564 Formal Semantics (3 units) Description: Introduction to model theoretic investigations of natural language interpretation, including coordination, quantification ...
PhiL403 Foundations of Mathematics (3 units) Description: Taught alternate years 2003 2004 Topics in set theory such as functions, relations, direct products ...
PhiL503 Foundations of Mathematics (3 units) Description: Taught alternate years 2003 2004 Topics in set theory such as functions, relations, direct products ...
PhiL263 From Hegel Nietzsche: 19th Century Philosophy (3 units) Description: Survey of influential 19th century philosophers, including Hegel, Marx, J.S. Mill ...
PhiL436 Games and Decisions (3 units) Description: Classical theory of subjective probability, utility, and rational choice, with applications to games theory ...
PhiL536 Games and Decisions (3 units) Description: Classical theory of subjective probability, utility, and rational choice, with applications to games theory ...
and Guidelines for the Graduate Program in Philosophy COURSE REQUIREMENTS CREDIT REQUIREMENTS 48 units of graduate level course work (16 semester courses ...
PhiL470 Greek Philosophy (3 units) Description: Topics in Greek philosophy. May be selected from the pre Socratics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and post Aristotelian ...
PhiL570 Greek Philosophy (3 units) Description: Topics in Greek philosophy. May be selected from the pre Socratics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and post Aristotelian ...
Philosophy: in History A degree in Philosophy, along with studies in History, is excellent preparation for advanced study in History. Below are courses of study recommended ...
PhiL410A History of Moral and Political Philosophy (3 units) Description: Reading and analysis of selected texts from the Greeks to the present. Course focuses ...
PhiL410B History of Moral and Political Philosophy (3 units) Description: Reading and analysis of selected texts from the Greeks to the present. Course focuses ...
PhiL510A History of Moral and Political Philosophy (3 units) Description: Reading and analysis of selected texts from the Greeks to the present. Course focuses ...
PhiL510B History of Moral and Political Philosophy (3 units) Description: Reading and analysis of selected texts from the Greeks to the present. Course focuses ...
PhiL596P History of Philosophy: Ancient (3 units) Description: The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope ...
PhiL596Q History of Philosophy: Recent (3 units) Description: The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope ...
PhiL299H Honors Independent Study (1 2 units) Description: Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such ...
PhiL399H Honors Independent Study (1 3 units) Description: Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such ...
PhiL499H Honors Independent Study (3 units) Description: Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such ...
PhiL396H Honors Proseminar (3 units) Description: The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work ...
PhiL498H Honors Thesis (3 units) Description: An honors thesis is required of all the students graduating with honors. Students ordinarily sign up for this course ...
PhiL199 Independent Study (1 4 units) Description: Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. ...
PhiL299 Independent Study (2 4 units) Description: Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. ...
PhiL399 Independent Study (1 4 units) Description: Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. ...
PhiL499 Independent Study (1 4 units) Description: Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. ...
PhiL599 Independent Study (1 4 units) Description: Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. ...
PhiL419 Induction and Probability (3 units) Description: Basic philosophical problems concerning justification of induction, confirmation of scientific hypotheses ...
PhiL519 Induction and Probability (3 units) Description: Basic philosophical problems concerning justification of induction, confirmation of scientific hypotheses ...
PhiL113 Introduction to Moral and Social Philosophy (3 units) Description: Introduction to moral and political theory, and problems of practical ethics. Readings ...
PhiL111 Introduction to Philosophy (3 units) Description: Selected basic philosophical areas and problems: knowledge, belief and truth; the world and God; nature ...
PhiL305 Introduction to Philosophy of Science (3 units) Description: Basic issues in the logic of science: scientific concepts and their meaning, testing of ...
PhiL202 Introduction to Symbolic Logic (3 units) Description: Truth functional logic and quantification theory; deductive techniques and translation into symbolic ...
PhiL376 Introduction to the Philosophy of Language (3 units) Description: A survey of basic issues in the philosophy of language. Grading: Regular grades ...
PhiL344 Issues and Methods in Analytic Philosophy (3 units) Description: Designed to improve ability to think analytically, with emphasis on analytic methodology ...
TraD104 Topics in Culture and Civilization (3 units) Description: Explores select topics in human culture in the context of how humans, as historical beings ...
PhiL442 Knowledge and Cognition (3 units) Description: Issues in philosophy and psychology of knowledge, with emphasis on cognitive mechanisms. Perception, memory ...
PhiL443 Knowledge and Society (3 units) Description: Social and interpersonal processes affecting the acquisition and diffusion of knowledge. Emphasis on philosophical ...
PhiL543 Knowledge and Society (3 units) Description: Social and interpersonal processes affecting the acquisition and diffusion of knowledge. Emphasis on philosophical ...
PhiL493L Legislative Internship (1 6 units) Description: Working experience at the Arizona State Legislature; responsibilities draw upon student's area of major ...
PhiL593L Legislative Internship (1 9 units) Description: Working experience at the Arizona State Legislature; responsibilities draw upon student's area of major ...
PhiL522 Lexical Semantics (3 units) Description: Study of word and sentence meaning, relationship between the lexicon and the grammar, idioms, metaphor, etymology ...
Philosophy: in Liberal Eduction A degree in Philosophy is an excellent way to receive a solid liberal education, and to study our world and ourselves. Below are courses ...
PhiL110 Logic and Critical Thinking (3 units) Description: Designed to improve ability to reason and think critically; emphasis on evaluating and presenting ...
PhiL211 Meaning in Language and Society (3 units) Description: Introduction to linguistic, psychological, philosophical and social aspects; meaning structures ...
PhiL321 Medical Ethics (3 units) Description: Ethical issues that arise in relation to medicine and health care: abortion, euthanasia, the allocation of scarce ...
PhiL261 Medieval Philosophy (3 units) Description: The course focuses on three important thinkers in the Christian medieval tradition Augustine, Anselm, and ...
PhiL440 Metaphysics (3 units) Description: Topics include free will and determinism; causation; personal identity; necessity and essence; truth, realism and ...
PhiL540 Metaphysics (3 units) Description: Topics include free will and determinism; causation; personal identity; necessity and essence; truth, realism and ...
PhiL596B Metaphysics (3 units) Description: The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall ...
TraD104 Topics in Culture and Civilization (3 units) Description: Explores select topics in human culture in the context of how humans, as historical beings ...
PhiL346 Minds, Brains and Computers (3 units) Description: An introduction to cognitive science; current issues relating to minds as computers, neuroscience ...
PhiL445 Neural Network Models (3 units) Description: Hands on introduction to artificial neural networks. The basic principles and tools required to develop ...
PhiL545 Neural Network Models (3 units) Description: Hands on introduction to artificial neural networks. The basic principles and tools required to develop ...
IndV102 Social Interactions and Relationships (3 units) Description: Explores the central questions about the nature of human beings in social context. Course ...
PhiL121 Philosophical Foundations of Western Civilization: Justice and Virtue (3 units) Description: Classical, medieval and modern moral and political thought ...
PhiL414 Philosophical Logic (3 units) Description: Introduction to modal logic; problems of interpretation and application; extensions to such areas as tense ...
IndV103 Societal and Institutional Systems (3 units) Description: Explores the nature of human beings and their individual experiences in a social context. Course ...
IndV101 Mind, Self and Language (3 units) Description: Explores the central questions about the nature of human beings, focusing on the individual experience ...
PhiL455 Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence (3 units) Description: Interdisciplinary problems lying at the interface of philosophy and artificial intelligence ...
PhiL555 Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence (3 units) Description: Interdisciplinary problems lying at the interface of philosophy and artificial intelligence ...
PhiL596V Philosophy and Cognitive Science (3 units) Description: The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The ...
PhiL451 Philosophy and Psychology (3 units) Description: Investigation of philosophical issues arising from current work in psychology including perception, ...
PhiL551 Philosophy and Psychology (3 units) Description: Investigation of philosophical issues arising from current work in psychology including perception, ...
Philosophy: in Philosophy Science A degree in Philosophy is an excellent complement to undergraduate studies in Science in preparation for advanced study in science ...
PhiL238 Philosophy in Literature (3 units) Description: Philosophical analysis of selected literary works. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course ...
PhiL320 Philosophy of Freedom (3 units) Description: To examine the philosophical foundations of market society's implicit commitment to individual liberty and ...
PhiL463 Philosophy of Language (3 units) Description: Survey of basic issues in the philosophy of language such as: speech acts, reference, meaning, logical ...
PhiL563 Philosophy of Language (3 units) Description: Survey of basic issues in the philosophy of language such as: speech acts, reference, meaning, logical ...
PhiL596L Philosophy of Language (3 units) Description: The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of ...
PhiL438A Philosophy of Law (3 units) Description: Nature and validity of law; law and morality, judicial reasoning, law and liberty. Grading: Regular grades ...
PhiL538A Philosophy of Law (3 units) Description: Nature and validity of law; law and morality, judicial reasoning, law and liberty. Graduate level requirements ...
PhiL596G Philosophy of Law (3 units) Description: The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work ...
PhiL416 Philosophy of Mathematics (3 units) Description: Problems at the foundations of geometry and set theory. Logicism, formalism, and intuitionism. Nominalism ...
PhiL516 Philosophy of Mathematics (3 units) Description: Problems at the foundations of geometry and set theory. Logicism, formalism, and intuitionism. Nominalism ...
PhiL596S Philosophy of Mathematics (3 units) Description: The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope ...
PhiL450 Philosophy of Mind (3 units) Description: Topics include the nature of mental states; the relation between mind and brain; and analysis of perception ...
PhiL550 Philosophy of Mind (3 units) Description: Topics include the nature of mental states; the relation between mind and brain; and analysis of perception ...
PhiL596K Philosophy of Mind (3 units) Description: The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work ...
PhiL596H Philosophy of Physical Science (3 units) Description: The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope ...
PhiL233 Philosophy of Religion (3 units) Description: Nature of religion; existence and nature of God; religion and meaning, values and knowledge. Grading ...
PhiL420 Philosophy of Science (3 units) Description: Problems arising from reflection on the sciences. Topics may include explanation, structure and evaluation ...
PhiL520 Philosophy of Science (3 units) Description: Problems arising from reflection on the sciences. Topics may include explanation, structure and evaluation ...
PhiL421 Philosophy of the Biological Sciences (3 units) Description: Laws and models in biology, structure of evolutionary theory, teleological explanations ...
PhiL521 Philosophy of the Biological Sciences (3 units) Description: Laws and models in biology, structure of evolutionary theory, teleological explanations ...
PhiL426 Philosophy of the Physical Sciences (3 units) Description: Philosophical problems of space, time, and motion. Topics may include the nature of geometrical ...
PhiL526 Philosophy of the Physical Sciences (3 units) Description: Philosophical problems of space, time, and motion. Topics may include the nature of geometrical ...
PhiL465 Pragmatics (3 units) Description: Study of language use, its relationship to language structure and context; topics such as speech acts, presupposition ...
PhiL565 Pragmatics (3 units) Description: Study of language use, its relationship to language structure and context; topics such as speech acts, presupposition ...
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Philosophy: in Psychology Cognitive Science A degree in Philosophy, along with undergraduate studies in psychology, is excellent preparation for advanced study in ...
PhiL432 Psychology of Language (3 units) Description: Introduction to language processing. The psychological processes involved in the comprehension and production ...
PhiL532 Psychology of Language (3 units) Description: Introduction to language processing. The psychological processes involved in the comprehension and production ...
PhiL471A Rationalism and Empiricism (3 units) Description: Rationalists of the 17th and 18th centuries: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, and Kant. Grading: Regular ...
PhiL471B Rationalism and Empiricism (3 units) Description: Empiricists of the 17th and 18th centuries: Locke, Berkeley, Hume. Grading: Regular grades are ...
PhiL571A Rationalism and Empiricism (3 units) Description: Rationalists of the 17th and 18th centuries: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, and Kant. Graduate level ...
PhiL571B Rationalism and Empiricism (3 units) Description: Empiricists of the 17th and 18th centuries: Locke, Berkeley, Hume. Graduate level requirements include ...
PhiL412 Readings in Greek Philosophy (3 units) Description: Extensive readings in Greek in one of the following areas of Greek philosophy: the pre Socratics ...
PhiL512 Readings in Greek Philosophy (3 units) Description: Extensive readings in Greek in one of the following areas of Greek philosophy: the pre Socratics ...
PhiL900 Research (1 4 units) Description: Individual research, not related to thesis or dissertation preparation, by graduate students. Grading: Alternative ...
TraD104 Topics in Culture and Civilization (3 units) Description: Explores select topics in human culture in the context of how humans, as historical beings ...
PhiL596Z Seminar in Philosophy (3 units) Description: The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work ...
PhiL498 Senior Capstone (3 units) Description: A culminating experience for majors involving a substantive project that demonstrates a synthesis of learning ...
PhiL434 Social and Political Philosophy (3 units) Description: Fundamental concepts of politics; leading social and political theories, such as anarchism, social ...
PhiL534 Social and Political Philosophy (3 units) Description: Fundamental concepts of politics; leading social and political theories, such as anarchism, social ...
PhiL596F Social and Political Philosophy (3 units) Description: The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The ...
Philosophy: in Society and Law A degree in Philosophy is excellent preparation for work in law, social service, government, public administration, and public policy ...
PhiL400 Special Topics in Philosophy (3 units) Description: Topic varies according to the research interests and specialization of the instructor. Grading ...
PhiL500 Special Topics in Philosophy (3 units) Description: Topic varies according to the research interests and specialization of the instructor. Graduate level ...
PhiL930 Supplementary Registration (1 9 units) Description: For students who have completed all course requirements for their advanced degree programs. May be ...
PhiL441 Theory of Knowledge (3 units) Description: Critical examination of some of the major problems concerning evidence, justification, knowledge, memory, ...
PhiL541 Theory of Knowledge (3 units) Description: Critical examination of some of the major problems concerning evidence, justification, knowledge, memory, ...
PhiL910 Thesis (1 4 units) Description: Research for the master's thesis (whether library research, laboratory or field observation or research, artistic creation ...
PhiL596D Topics in Linguistics and Philosophy (3 units) Description: The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting ...
PhiL195A Topics in Philosophy (1 unit) Description: Instruction often includes lectures by several different persons, usually in a small group setting. Designed ...
PhiL264 20th Century Philosophy (3 units) Description: Survey of major analytic and continental philosophers of the 20th century including Peirce, Dewey, James ...
Undergraduate Major: The undergraduate major includes course work from each of the following groups: history of ancient philosophy; history of medieval philosophy ...
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