1999-2000 Undergraduate Calendar Programs | ||
1999 - 2000 UNDERGRADUATE CALENDAR | ||
Carleton University |
2123 Dunton Tower
Telephone: 520-2110
Chair, Jay Drydyk
Supervisor of Graduate Studies, Marvin Glass
Supervisor of Undergraduate Studies, Diane E. Dubrule
Professor Emeritus
James C.S. Wernham, M.A. (Aberdeen, Cambridge) S.T.M. (Union)
J. Andrew Brook, B.A., M.A. (Alberta), D.Phil. (Oxford) Peter Emberley, B.A. (British Columbia), M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (London School of Economics) Geraldine Finn, B.A. (Keele), M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Ottawa) Waller R. Newell, B.A., M.A. (Toronto), M.Phil, Ph.D. (Yale)
Wendy Donner, B.A. (Manitoba), M.A., Ph.D., (Toronto) Jay Drydyk, B.A. (Chicago), M.A. (Notre Dame), Ph.D. (Toronto) Béla I Egyed, B.A. (Sir George Williams), M.A., Ph.D. (McGill) Marvin Glass, M.A. (Manitoba) Randal R.A. Marlin, A.B. (Princeton), M.A. (McGill), Ph.D. (Toronto) Robert J.H. Stainton, B.A. (York), Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Diane E. Dubrule, A.B. (Cornell), B.C.S. (Carleton), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto) Rebecca Kukla, B.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Pittsburgh) Richard N. Manning, B.A., J.D., Ph.D. (Northwestern)
Louis Charland Christine Koggel Will Kymlicka Hilmar Lorentz Joseph McDonald
Stanley G. Clarke Andrew Jeffrey John W. Leyden
Stephen Talmage James M. Thompson
Julian Wolfe
In order to graduate, students must fulfill all University graduation Regulations (see p. 48) , all Faculty regulations including those for First Year Seminars and Breadth requirements (see p. 63), in addition to all Major regulations and requirements as set out below.
The following courses are open to First-year students: Philosophy 32.110, 32.150, 32.160 (full credits); 32.101*, 32.102*, 32.151*, 32.184*, 32.201*, 32.203* (half-credits). Please note that not all of these courses are offered each year. No more than 2.0 credits at the 100-level may be used to satisfy requirements for graduation in any degree program.
The Honours program may be entered at the beginning of the First year or by transfer from the B.A. program. Students intending to enter the Honours program are advised to include 1.0 credit in Philosophy at the 100-level in the First-year program. In certain circumstances this requirement will be waived for students entering the Honours or Combined Honours program after the First year, who may be permitted to substitute an upper-year credit in Philosophy.
The Honours program consists of 20.0 credits with at least 10.0 credits in Philosophy. A minimum of 9.0 credits in Philosophy must be beyond the 100-level. The program for the Second and subsequent years is planned in consultation with the Department. Courses must be chosen according to the following requirements:
1. 3.0 credits in the history of philosophy: 32.206*, 32.209*, 32.304*, and 32.306* and 1.0 additional credit;
2. 2.0 credits in ethics, society and aesthetics;
3. 2.0 credits in language, mind and knowledge;
4. 2.0 credits at the 400-level or above in Philosophy.
Courses falling within the foregoing groups are:
History of Philosophy: 32.206*, 32.207*, 32.208*, 32.209*, 32.222*, 32.223*, 32.301*, 32.304*, 32.306*, 32.307*, 32.308*, 32.314*, 32.315*;
Ethics, Society and Aesthetics: 32.211*, 32.212*, 32.214*, 32.221*, 32.236*, 32.237*, 32.284*, 32.286*, 32.287*, 32.311*, 32.312*, 32.313*, 32.330, 32.340, 32.341*, 32.342*, 32.348*;
Language, Mind and Knowledge: 32.201*, 32.231*, 32.245*, 32.251*, 32.252*, 32.254*, 32.331*, 32.332*, 32.336*, 32.351*, 32.354*, 32.356*.
Combined Honours Programs
In Combined Honours programs the Philosophy requirements are 7.0 credits, to
include 6.0 credits beyond the 100-level of which 1.0 credit must be at the
400-level or above and must be taken at Carleton. Details of the specific requirements
for these programs must be obtained from the Department. Combined Honours programs
are available in Philosophy with the following subjects: Art History, Biology,
Economics, English, French, History, Human Rights, Journalism, Law, Linguistics
and Applied Language Studies, Mathematics, Political Science, Psychology, Religion,
Sociology-Anthropology and Women's Studies. Special arrangements may be made
for other combinations. Students proposing other
combinations must consult the Supervisor of Undergraduate Studies.
Specialization in Philosophy, Ethics and Public Affairs
A student may take up to 12.0 credits in Philosophy and up to 3.0 additional credits in Political Science towards a B.A. (Honours) Specialization in Philosophy, Ethics and Public Affairs. Students intending to take this Specialization are strongly encouraged to include either a First Year Seminar in Philosophy or a 1.0 Philosophy credit at the 100-level (especially 32.150) in their First year program. The requirements are:
1. 32.211*, 32.212*, 32.313*, 32.330.
2. at least 2.0 credits chosen from: 32.150, 32.184*, 32.213*, 32.214*, 32.221*, 32.222*, 32.236*, 32.237*, 32.284*, 32.290, 32.311*, 32.312*, 32.348*.
3. Political Science 47.230 and 2.0 Political Science credits chosen from: 47.319*, 47.333, 47.334, 47.335*, 47.431*, 47.432*, 47.434, 47.436*, 47.437*.
4. 1.5 credits in History of Philosophy (see list on p. 374);
5. 1.0 credit in Language, Mind and Knowledge (see list on p. 374);
6. 2.0 credits at the 400-level or above in Philosophy.
Students in the B.A. program in Philosophy will present a minimum of 6.0 credits in Philosophy including 5.0 credits beyond the 100-level.
These credits must be chosen to include 1.0 credit in History of Philosophy. History of Philosophy courses are: 32.206*, 32.207*, 32.208*, 32.209*, 32.222*, 32.223*, 32.301*, 32.304*, 32.306*, 32.307*, 32.308*, 32.309*, 32.314*, 32.315*.
All B.A. program students will arrange their programs in consultation with the Department.
A minor in Philosophy will consist of 4.0 credits in Philosophy, to include at least 3.0 credits beyond the 100-level.
The above requirements may be met by choosing one of the following patterns of courses:
Philosophy, Ethics and Public Affairs: 4.0 credits chosen from courses in the philosophy, ethics and public affairs group, to include:
1. Philosophy 32.150 or Political Science 47.230;
2. 32.211* and 32.212*;
3. 32.330;
4. 1.0 credit chosen from: 32.184*, 32.213*, 32.214*, 32.221*, 32.222*, 32.236*, 32.237*, 32.284*, 32.311*, 32.312*, 32.313*, 32.348*.
History of Philosophy: 4.0 credits in Philosophy to include:
1. 32.110 or 32.160;
2. 32.206* and 32.209*;
3. 32.304* and 32.306*;
4. 1.0 credit chosen from: 32.207*, 32.208*, 32.211*, 32.221*, 32.222*, 32.223*, 32.301*, 32.307*, 32.308*, 32.314*, 32.315*.
Philosophy of Mind: 4.0 credits in Philosophy to include:
1. 32.151* and 32.201*;
2. 32.231* and 32.254*;
3. 32.251* and 32.252*;
4. 1.0 credit chosen from: 32.209*, 32.231*, 32.304*, 32.306*, 32.314*, 32.315*, 32.331*, 32.332*, 32.351*.
Philosophy of Language: 4.0 credits to include:
1. 32.151*;
2. 32.201*, 32.232*, 32.254*, 32.354* and 32.356*;
3. 1.0 credits chosen from: 32.308*, 32.314*, 32.315*, or 32.336*.
Philosophy of Journalism and Mass Communication: 4.0 credits in Philosophy to include:
1. 1.0 credit chosen from 100-level courses in Philosophy;
2. 32.290;
3. 32.254* and 32.203*;
4. A further 1.0 credit chosen from: 32.184*, 32.211*, 32.212*, 32.221*, 32.231*, 32.236*, 32.237*, 32.284*, 32.330, 32.332*, or 32.348*.
Students in the B.A. (Honours) or B.A. program in Philosophy may qualify for the notation "Mention: français" by fulfilling the requirements outlined. Those wishing to pursue this path should consult with the Department's Undergraduate Supervisor, whose approval is required for all courses under the "Mention: français."
Philosophy courses presented in fulfillment of the "Mention: français" requirements can double as courses to satisfy Philosophy B.A. or B.A. (Honours) requirements.
B.A. (Honours) or Combined B.A. (Honours)
To graduate with the notation "Mention: français", students must include in their program the following:
1. 1.0 credit in French language chosen in consultation with the Department of French for the purpose of perfecting the student's French language skills.
2. 1.0 credit from the following list of courses taught in French at Carleton and concerned with the study of the heritage and culture of French Canada: French (20.270, 20.372*, 20.373*).
3. 1.0 credit from among 32.391*, 32.391*, 32.393*, 32.396*, 32.397*, 32.398* (Independent Study) with philosophical works read in French and papers submitted in French to be assessed by two members of the Department of Philosophy knowledgeable in the language, or 1.0 credit in Philosophy at the 300-level taught in French at another university and acceptable to the Department of Philosophy.
4. 1.0 credit from among special projects (Philosophy 32.490, 32.491*, 32.492*, 32.493*, 32.494*, 32.496* Tutorial) in French, supervised by a member of the Department of Philosophy, or earned in a Philosophy seminar or seminars at the 400-level taught in French at another university and acceptable to the Department of Philosophy. Students must, in addition, satisfy the Honours requirement of 2.0 Carleton credits at the 400-or 500-level in Philosophy (1.0 for Combined Honours).
5. Combined Honours students must meet the "Mention: français" requirements of both Honours disciplines.
B.A. Program
To graduate with the notation "Mention: français", students must include in the program the following:
1. same as 1 above
2. same as 2 above
3. same as 3 above
The Department of Philosophy offers studies leading to the degree of Master of Arts. For information see the Graduate Studies and Research Calendar, or consult the departmental Graduate Studies Supervisor.
Category for Breadth | Courses in this unit |
The temporal dimension of human societies, analyzing times before the present era or societies other than our own |
(32.)160, 206*, 207*, 208*, 209*, 222*, 301*, 304*, 306*, 307*, 01.130 |
The artifacts of the imagination in literature and/or other forms, or that addresses the life of the imagination and culture. |
(32.)223*, 286*, 287*, 340, 342* |
The understanding of social, technological and/or natural processes and the ways in which that understanding is obtained in science and social science. |
(32.)102*, 110, 151*, 201*, 203*, 231*, 232*, 237*, 245*, 251*, 252*, 254*, 256*, 308*, 314*, 315*, 331*, 332*, 336*, 354*, 356*, 01.128 |
Matters of human values, ethics and social responsibilities | (32.)101*, 150, 184*, 211*, 212*, 213*, 214*, 221*, 236* 261*, 284*, 290, 311*, 312*, 313*, 330, 348*, 01.129 |
Not all of the following courses are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for 1999-2000, please consult the Registration Instructions and Class Schedule booklet published in the summer.
An examination of the following: What is logical thinking? Does God exist? Are values relative? Do we have responsibilities? What is a just society? Do we have free will? What is the mind? What is the nature of reality? Limited enrolment.
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.110.
Prerequisite: Normally restricted to students entering the First year of a B.A. program.
Seminars three hours a week.
Philosophical problems associated with such topical issues as feminism; atheism vs. Theism; the meaning of life; moral relativism vs. moral objectivism; egoistic vc. Non-egoistic ethics; euthanasia and capital punishment; legal paternalism; freedom of the will. Limited enrolment.
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.150.
Prerequisite: Normally restricted to students entering the First year of a B.A. program.
Seminars three hours a week.
The major figures and developments in philosophy from the early Greeks to the present. A primarily descriptive and comparative approach, through critical reasoning is included for comprehending philosophic development. Provides a background from which to understand the philosophical aspects of other disciplines. Limited enrolment.
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.160.
Prerequisite: Normally restricted to students entering the First year of a B.A. program.
Seminars three hours a week.
An examination of arguments for and against the existence of God; the nature of religious language and the meaning and justification of moral judgments.
Lectures three hours a week.
Philosophy 32.102*
Topics include the nature and definition of knowledge, perception and the nature of the external world, the status of necessary truths and of scientific knowledge.
Lectures three hours a week.
Introduction to philosophy: the nature of logical thinking; the existence of God; the objectivity of values; the meaning of life; free will; determinism and responsibility; the relation between the mind and body; immortality and the possibility of knowledge.
This course is not intended for Majors (B.A. or B.A.(Honours)) in Philosophy.
Precludes additional credit for First-Year Seminar 01.128.
Lectures three hours a week.
Moral theories, atheism or theism, feminism, and free will. Moral arguments concerning abortion, affirmative action, racism, human rights, children's rights, world hunger, capital punishment, euthanasia, censorship, pornography, legal paternalism, animal rights and environmental protection.
Precludes additional credit for First-Year Seminar 01.129.
Lectures three hours a week.
An introduction to philosophy of mind and philosophy's contribution to cognitive science. Topics include: how mind is related to body; what free choice is and whether it is possible; what truth is and how philosophical truths differ from truths of psychology.
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.106*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Major figures and developments in philosophy from the early Greeks to the present. Descriptive and comparative approach, providing an understanding of the place of philosophers in the history of thought. Appreciation of critical reasoning is included for comprehending philosophical developments.
Precludes additional credit for First-Year Seminar 01.130.
Lectures three hours a week.
An introduction to major questions in environmental ethics, including: How should human beings view their relationship to the rest of nature? Is responsible stewardship of the environment compatible with current technology? Do distinct forms of life, for example endangered species, have value? Do animals, other life-forms, ecosystems and/or the biosphere have rights? Is the right to liberty and property compatible with protecting the environment and meeting our obligations to future generations?
Lectures three hours a week.
An introduction to the techniques and philosophical implications of formal logic with emphasis on the following issues: translation of expressions into symbolic form, testing for logical correctness, the formulation and application of rules of inference, and the relation between logic and language.
Open to First-year students.
Lectures three hours a week.
Assessment of reasoning and the development of cogent patterns of thinking. Reference to formal logic is minimal. Practice in criticizing examples of reasoning and in formulating one's own reasons correctly and clearly.
Open to First-year students.
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.120.
Lectures three hours a week.
A study, both historical and critical, of some central issues in the philosophy of Plato and of Aristotle. (This course is also listed as Classical Civilization 13.206*)
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.205.
Prerequisite: At least 0.5 credit in Philosophy or Second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
The evolution of western philosophy from the fourth through the twelfth century: theories of human nature, knowledge and reality are traced from the Hellenistic philosophers through the early medieval syntheses of reason with Christianity. Several thinkers (e.g. Plotinus, Augustine and Anselm) are studied in depth. (Also listed as Classical Civilization 13.207*)
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.225.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 32.206* or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
The evolution of western philosophy from the scholasticism of the high middle ages to the humanism of the Renaissance and the scepticism and fideism of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation period. Several thinkers such as Aquinas, Montaigne and Francis Bacon are studied in depth.
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.225.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 32.206* or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
European philosophy of the seventeenth and early eighteenth century. Representative works of writers such as Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz.
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.215.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 32.206*, 32.207* or 32.208*; or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Philosophy 32.211*
An introduction to ethical theories through a study of some of the major figures in moral philosophy, such as Aristotle, Hume, Kant and Mill.
Prerequisite: At least 0.5 credit in Philosophy or Second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Critical study of the main types of modern ethical theories, their views on the nature of morality and the justification of moral claims. Topics utilitarianism, libertarianism, communitarianism, egoism, neo-Kantianism, virtue ethics, social contract ethics, feminist ethics, and moral rights.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 32.211* or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
A philosophical introduction to human rights: their sources, concepts, justifications, consequences, and challenges to them. Evolution of selected human rights as (a) demands made in political struggles; (b) declarations supported by moral or political principles and arguments; (c) codes ratified and implemented by governments and international organizations.
Prerequisite: A course in Philosophy or Second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Ethical issues arising from computing. The influence of computers on work, social power, privacy, computer crime, intellectual property rights. Ethical problems posed by research areas such as artificial intelligence, artificial life, expert systems, neural nets, virtual reality and robotics.
Prerequisite: A course in Philosophy or Second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
The evolution of Marx's social and political views in the setting of 18th and 19th century anarchism, liberalism and conservativism. Themes of humanism, freedom, rights, the state, democracy, alienation, and inequality, primarily as they develop into the theory of historical materialism.
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.220.
Prerequisite: At least 0.5 credit in Philosophy or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
The dialectical materialism of Marx, Engels, and Lenin is compared with traditional materialist, idealist, and mechanist philosophy. Marxist views on justice, equality, ethical objectivity, and human well-being. Contemporary issues such as the former Soviet Union and racism and censorship.
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.220.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 32.221* or at least 0.5 credit in the history of philosophy at the 200-level or above.
Lectures three hours a week.
A study of the views of such writers as Kierkegaard, Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Heidegger and Sartre.
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.270.
Prerequisite: At least 0.5 credit in the history of philosophy at the
200-level or above or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
The scientific view of the world, scientific revolutions and the growth of knowledge and objectivity. Specific attention to fundamental concepts such as observations, explanation, causation and induction.
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.200.
Prerequisite: A course in Philosophy or Second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
A study of philosophical issues arising from feminism. The course includes discussions of the relations between feminism, reason and ideological commitment, as well as critical evaluation of contemporary views on selected topics (e.g. abortion, pornography and censorship, affirmative action, and beauty).
Prerequisite: At least 0.5 credit in Philosophy or Second-year standing.
Lectures two and one half hours a week.
An examination of issues such as science and gender, feminist epistemology, feminism and post modernism, and feminist ethics. In connection with these issues, practical applications are given consideration.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 32.236* or permission of the Department.
Lectures two and one half hours a week.
Examination of claims, concepts, theories and methods in parapsychology. Their scientific character and the relation of paranormal phenomena to philosophical issues such as survival of death, human nature, time, space, causality and perception.
Prerequisite: At least 0.5 credit in Philosophy or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Personal identity and the relation of mind to body. Different meanings of `personal identity' in philosophy and psychology. Leading contemporary views of the mind/body problem and the problem of our knowledge of other minds, with special emphasis on problems with introspection.
Prerequisite: At least 0.5 credit in Philosophy or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Contemporary work on major philosophical issues concerning human cognition and the role of philosophy in cognitive science. Topics include: the mind as an intentional system and as a representational system; mental realism; consciousness; artificial intelligence; the concept of mental illness.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 32.106*, 32.151* or 32.251*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Some of the central topics in the study of language and communication as pursued by linguists and philosophers. The nature of meaning; the connections between language, communication and cognition; language as a social activity. (Also listed as Mass Communication 27.254* and Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 29.254*)
Precludes additional credit for Mass Communication 27.280, Linguistics 29.280 and Philosophy 32.280.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
A philosophical examination of some characteristic concepts of religion, such as faith, hope, worship, revelation, miracle, God. (Also listed as Religion 34.361.)
Prerequisite: A course in Philosophy or Second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
An advanced treatment of some ethical issues concerning technology and the built and natural environment, including: sustainable development and the idea of progress, women and the environment, the value of biological diversity, the relation of human beings to the rest of the natural world, whether non-human beings have intrinsic value or rights, triage and distributive justice, obligations to future generations, and the conflict between liberty and equality.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 32.184* or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
A survey of theories that have shaped the Western approach to art and art criticism, including Plato, Aquinas, Kant, Hegel and Nietzsche. (Also listed as Art History 11.286*.)
Lectures three hours a week.
A survey of theories that have shaped the Western approach to art and art criticism including psychological, sociological, phenomenological, semiotic and aesthetic approaches and including such thinkers as Freud, Arnheim, Marx, Heidegger, Barthes and Bell. (Also listed as Art History 11.287*.)
Lectures three hours a week.
Ancient and modern techniques of persuasion from analytical, ethical and jurisprudential perspectives. Objectivity and bias, advertising and public relations ethics, the viability of democracy in the light of pressures on and within the modern mass media. (Also listed as Mass Communication 27.290.)
Prerequisite: At least 0.5 credit in Philosophy or Second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
A study of the presocratic Greek philosophers and of the Sophists and Socrates. (Also listed as Classical Civilization 13.301*).
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.205.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 32.206* or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
British philosophy of the late seventeenth and eighteenth century. Representative works of writers such as Locke, Berkeley and Hume.
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.215.
Prerequisite: At least 0.5 credit in the history of philosophy at the 200-level or above, or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
The development of German idealism from Kant to Hegel.
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.305.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
A comparative study of reactions to German Idealism through examination of authors such as Schopenhauer and Nietzsche.
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.305.
Prerequisite: At least 0.5 credit in the history of philosophy at the 200-level or above or permission of the Department.
Lectures and seminar three hours a week.
A study of the views of such writers as Gadamer, Habermas, Foucault and Derrida.
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.270.
Prerequisite: At least 0.5 credit in the history of philosophy at the
200-level or above or permission of the Department.
Lectures and seminar three hours a week.
This course examines the concept of law, and of those concepts that are commonly associated with it, viz. rules, obligations, authority, coercion, and force. (Also listed as Law 51.311*.)
Prerequisite: At least 0.5 credit in Philosophy or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
This course examines legal reasoning and analyzes concepts of particular significance to the law. These include justice, rights and duties, liability, punishment, ownership and possession. (Also listed as Law 51.312*.)
Prerequisite: Philosophy 32.311* or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Moral discourse and language use, focusing on how moral claims may be justified and whether moral knowledge is possible. Topics may include: theories of moral communication and justification; objectivity; realism and relativism; the role of community and culture; Eurocentrism; morality and gender.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 32.211* or 32.212* or permission of the Department
Lectures three hours a week.
In the context of the work of such writers as Frege and Bradley, adiscussion of early philosophical works of Russell, Moore and Wittgenstein. In addition some early representatives of positivism and pragmatism will be examined.
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.380.
Prerequisite: At least 2.0 credits in the history of philosophy at the 200-level or above or permission of the Department.
Lectures and seminar three hours a week.
Works of representative writers since 1945, including Quine, Wittgenstein and more recent figures.
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.380.
Prerequisite: At least 2.0 credits in the history of philosophy at the
200-level or above or permission of the Department.
Lecture and seminar three hours a week.
A critical examination of major perspectives in social and political philosophy, such as classical and contemporary liberalism, theories of solidarity and general will, feminism, contractarianism, Marxism, libertarianism, and communitarianism. The course will explore the bearing of these views on topics such as the state, political power and authority, democracy, majority rule, rights, human rights, justice, equality, freedom, the public and the private, and international relations.
Prerequisite: At least 0.5 credit in Philosophy or permission of the Department.
Lectures two and one half hours a week.
A study of the main currents of post-positivist philosophy of science. Philosophical problems arising from concepts of truth, meaning, testability, theory-ladenness, progress, induction, objectivity, rationality, explanation and paradigms.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 32.231* or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Theoretical and practical issues arising in the study of social phenomena, including the uniqueness of the social sciences, the features they share with the natural sciences, and criteria for their success. Positivism, structuralism, and critical theory will be discussed.
Prerequisite: A course in Philosophy or Second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
A review of the basic techniques of propositional and predicate logic. Natural deduction and consistency trees. Soundness and completeness. Alternative semantics. Extensions to basic logic: identity, modal logic with possible world semantics, three valued systems, deontic logic.
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.335.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 32.201* or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Analysis of problems in the description, interpretation and evaluation of works of art, including music, literature and the visual arts, together with the study of types of aesthetic theory.
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.240.
Prerequisite: At least 0.5 credit in Philosophy or Second-year standing.
Seminar two hours a week.
The first half of Philosophy 32.340, Aesthetics. (For Architecture students only.)
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.241*.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Department. Only for students who will take Philosophy 32.342* in a later year.
Seminar two hours a week.
Philosophy 32.342*
The second half of Philosophy 32.340, Aesthetics.
Precludes additional credit for Philosophy 32.242*.
Prerequisite: At least 0.5 credit in Philosophy or Second-year standing.
Seminar two hours a week.
Philosophy 32.348*
Philosophical topics such as the nature and implications of personhood, privacy, and rights in the context of medical practice and health care.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 32.211* or 32.212*; or permission of the
Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Theoretical issues connected with computer science. How computers can help answer philosophical questions and philosophical issues that arise from computing. Issues surrounding machine cognition such as theoretical limits to computing, symbolic vs. connectionist models, and whether computers can think.
Prerequisite: 1.0 credit in Philosophy or Second-year standing in Computer Science.
Seminar two hours a week.
The theoretical study of language use, as pursued by linguists and philosophers. Conversational implicature, deixis; the semantics-pragmatics boundary; speaker's reference; speech acts. (Also listed as Mass Communication 27.354* and Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 29.354*.)
Precludes additional credit for Mass Communication 27.280, Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 29.280 and Philosophy 32.280.
Prerequisite: At least 0.5 credits in Philosophy or Linguistics and Applied Language Studies or Second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
The study of meaning as a part of the study of communication. Organization of the semantic structure of language, and the relation of this structure to the lexicon. (Also listed as Linguisticsand Applied Language Studies 29.356*.)
Prerequisite: At least 0.5 credit in Philosophy or Linguistics; or permission of the department.
Lecture three hours a week.
Essays and/or examinations based on a list of readings provided by the instructor.
Prerequisite: Normally restricted to students with at least 3.0 credits in Philosophy and with high standing in Philosophy courses and permission of the Department.
Essays and/or examinations based on a list of readings provided by the instructor.
Prerequisite: Normally restricted to students with at least 3.0 credits in Philosophy and with high standing in Philosophy courses and permission of the Department.
Essays and/or examinations based on a list of readings provided by the instructor.
Prerequisite: Normally restricted to students with at least 3.0 credits in Philosophy and with high standing in Philosophy courses and permission of the Department.
Essays and/or examinations based on a bibliography constructed
by the student in consultation with the instructor.
Prerequisite: Normally restricted to students with at least 3.0 credits in Philosophy and with high standing in Philosophy courses and permission of the Department.
Essays and/or examinations based on a bibliography constructed by the student in consultation with the instructor.
Prerequisite: Normally restricted to students with at least 3.0 credits in Philosophy and with high standing in Philosophy courses and permission of the Department.
Essays and/or examinations based on a bibliography constructed by the student in consultation with the instructor.
Prerequisite: Normally restricted to students with at least 3.0 credits in Philosophy and with high standing in Philosophy courses and permission of the Department.
Philosophy 32.403*
Detailed study of selected philosophers or issues in philosophy before the modern period.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in a Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of selected philosophers or issues in philosophy before the modern period.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in a Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of selected philosophers or issues in modern philosophy.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in a Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of selected philosophers or issues in modern philosophy. Also offered at the graduate level, with additional or different requirements, as Philosophy 32.540, for which additional credit is precluded.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in a Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of selected philosophers or issues in contemporary philosophy.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in a Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of selected philosophers or issues in contemporary philosophy.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in a Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of selected issues or the work of selected philosophers in philosophy of language or mind. Also offered at the graduate level, with additional or different requirements, as Philosophy 32.520, for which additional credit is precluded.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in a Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of selected issues or the work of selected philosophers in philosophy of language or mind. Also offered at the graduate level, with additional or different requirements, as Philosophy 32.520 , for which additional credit is precluded.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in a Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of selected issues or the work of selected philosophers in moral or political philosophy. Also offered at the graduate level, with additional or different requirements, as Philosophy 32.530, for which additional credit is precluded.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in a Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of selected issues or the work of selected philosophers in moral or political philosophy. Also offered at the graduate level, with additional or different requirements, as Philosophy 32.530, for which additional credit is precluded.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in a Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of a special topic in epistemology.
Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing in a Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of a special topic in epistemology.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in a Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of a special topic in feminist philosophy.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in a Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of a special topic in feminist philosophy.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in a Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of a special topic in Logic.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in a Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of a special topic in Logic.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in a Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in a Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of a special topic in Philosophical Logic.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in a Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of a special topic in applied ethics.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in a Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of a special topic in applied ethics.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in a Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of a special topic in philosophy of law.
(Also listed as Law 51.413*)
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in a Law or Philosophy Honours program or permission of either Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of a special topic in philosophy of law.
(Also listed as Law 51.414*)
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in a Law or Philosophy Honours program or permission of either Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of a special topic in philosophy of computing.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of a special topic in philosophy of computing.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of a special topic in philosophy of science.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of a special topic in philosophy of science.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of a special topic in philosophy of science.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Detailed study of a special topic in philosophy of science.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for Fourth-year standing in Philosophy Honours program or permission of the Department.
Seminar two hours a week.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Department.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Department. Note: Students who wish to enroll in a tutorial course must consult the Undergraduate Supervisor, before registration.
Philosophy 32.492*
Prerequisite: Permission of the Department. Note: Students who wish to enroll in a tutorial course must consult the Undergraduate Supervisor, before registration.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Department. Note: Students who wish to enroll in a tutorial course must consult the Undergraduate Supervisor, before registration.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Department. Note: Students who wish to enroll in a tutorial course must consult the Undergraduate Supervisor, before registration.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Department. Note: Students who wish to enroll in a tutorial course must consult the Undergraduate Supervisor, before registration.