Except where specified, the courses listed may be offered in any semester, subject to student demand and the availability of an instructor.
PHIL*6060 Logic Unspecified [0.50]
A course designed to bring the individual student to the level of competence in logical techniques and theory required for graduate studies.
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6120 Philosophy of Mind Unspecified [0.50]
A study of contemporary theories of mind and philosophies of psychology.
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6140 Contemporary European Philosophy I Unspecified [0.50]
A study of the historical and contemporary origins of existentialism, phenomenology and post-modernism, concentrating on one or several of the classic texts.
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6150 Contemporary European Philosophy II Unspecified [0.50]
A study of the historical and contemporary origins of existentialism, phenomenology and post-modernism, concentrating on texts not covered in PHIL*6140 in the same year.
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6200 Problems of Contemporary Philosophy Unspecified [0.50]
A study of a particular set of problems in contemporary philosophy.
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6210 Metaphysics Unspecified [0.50]
A critical examination of some selected major works or central problems in metaphysics.
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6220 Epistemology Unspecified [0.50]
A critical examination of some selected major works or central problems in epistemology.
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6230 Ethics Unspecified [0.50]
A critical examination of some selected contemporary works or problems in ethical theory.
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6320 Medieval Philosophy Unspecified [0.50]
A close examination of particular problems and texts of the medieval period
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6340 Modern Philosophy Unspecified [0.50]
An examination of major texts, from Descartes to Mill.
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6400 Ethics of Data Science Unspecified [0.50]
A study of the philosophical implications (ethical, legal, social, political, epistemological, etc.) of recent developments in data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
PHIL*6410 Philosophy of Computation Fall Only [0.50]
Computation has far-reaching implications for ethics, social and political philosophy, epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of technology, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of science, and logic. This course introduces students to different issues in the philosophy of computation-how philosophers have thought about computation from a variety of different perspectives.
Offering(s): Annually
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6530 Kant Unspecified [0.50]
A critical examination of the works of Immanuel Kant.
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6600 Social and Political Philosophy I Unspecified [0.50]
A critical examination of selected works or central problems in the fields of social or political philosophy.
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6610 Social and Political Philosophy II Unspecified [0.50]
A critical examination of selected works or central problems in the field of social and political philosophy not covered in PHIL*6600.
Offering(s): Occasional years
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6620 Feminist Philosophy Unspecified [0.50]
A critical examination of selected works or central problems in feminist philosophy.
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6700 Ancient Philosophy Unspecified [0.50]
An examination of a text or a topic in ancient philosophy.
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6730 Philosophy of Science Unspecified [0.50]
An examination of selected works or central problems in philosophy of science.
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6740 Philosophy of Biology Unspecified [0.50]
A general introduction to the history and philosophy of biology.
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6760 Science and Ethics Unspecified [0.50]
A consideration of the problems which arise in the conjunction of science and ethics.
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6900 Reading Course Unspecified [0.50]
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6930 Selected Topics I Unspecified [0.50]
Topics in this course will vary from offering to offering.
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6940 Selected Topics II Unspecified [0.50]
Topics in this course will vary from offering to offering.
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6950 MA Seminar Fall Only [0.25]
A seminar course in which students work on developing a range of academic skills for doing professional philosophy. This course is pass/fail and is mandatory for all incoming MA students. Please refer to the Philosophy Department website for a comprehensive description of this course.
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6960 PhD Seminar Fall and Winter [0.50]
A seminar course in which students work on developing a range of academic skills for doing professional philosophy. This course is pass/fail and is mandatory for all first year PhD students. Please refer to the Philosophy Department website for a comprehensive description of this course.
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6970 PhD Thesis Research Unspecified [0.50]
This is a mandatory course for all PhD students in Philosophy. It is taught by the student's Advisor, in consultation with the student's Advisory Committee. The primary purpose of this course is the development of exegetical skills relative to the core readings in the student's general area of research. The Advisor, Committee members, and the student will determine a list of core readings and peripheral readings. The student will write a paper that answers a set number of questions that integrate concepts and discussion found in the readings and central to the student's general area of research in one of the sub-areas of philosophy.
Restriction(s): Instructor consent required.
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
PHIL*6990 Major Research Project Unspecified [1.00]
A major research project undertaken by students doing an MA by course work, under the supervision of a faculty member.
Department(s): Department of Philosophy
Location(s): Guelph
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