Courses for All IMA Students
Examines some of the most important philosophical ideas and developments in the “Continental” tradition in Europe in the twentieth century. After a review of some nineteenth-century developments, covers major works by Heidegger and Sartre, and some selection, determined by the instructor’s particular focus, of writings by such figures as Husserl, Gadamer, Arendt, Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty, Foucault, and Deleuze.
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 6 Weeks
A survey and analysis of social, political, and epistemological issues concerning sex and gender.
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 6 Weeks
Study of some of Immanuel Kant’s major works, including the Critique of Pure Reason, the Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics, the Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, and the Critique of Practical Reason.
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
We will investigate different approaches to understanding space and time, and how the account of space-time structure has evolved in physics. One of the main objectives is to have a clear and accurate understanding of the Special Theory of Relativity, detailed enough to allow the student to solve some physics problems. This will require a bit of mathematics, but not more than algebra. We will discuss the General Theory of Relativity in a more qualitative way, including an account of the structure of black holes. Philosophy students do not need any further background in physics or mathematics, and physics students will not benefit from greater mathematical sophistication. We will also study the relevant history of physics and philosophy, particularly the debate between Newton and Leibniz about the nature of space and time. There will be two lectures each week and a recitation section.
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
PHIL-UA 94-000 (19175)01/27/2020 – 05/11/2020 Mon,Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Maudlin, Tim
PHIL-UA 94-000 (19176)01/27/2020 – 05/11/2020 Tue9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Scambler, Christopher
PHIL-UA 94-000 (19177)01/27/2020 – 05/11/2020 Thu9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Scambler, Christopher
An introduction to the basic concepts and results of set theory.
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks
PHIL-UA 73-000 (19544)09/03/2019 – 12/13/2019 Tue,Thu4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Fine, Kit
PHIL-UA 73-000 (19545)09/03/2019 – 12/13/2019 Wed4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Scambler, Christopher
PHIL-UA 73-000 (19546)09/03/2019 – 12/13/2019 Tue9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Scambler, Christopher
Examines some of the most important philosophical ideas and developments in Ancient Greece and Rome. Covers major writings by Plato and Aristotle, and a selection of writings by such thinkers as the Presocratics, Stoics, Epicureans, and Skeptics.
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks
PHIL-UA 20-000 (8864)09/03/2019 – 12/13/2019 Tue,Thu3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Moss, Jessica
PHIL-UA 20-000 (8865)09/03/2019 – 12/13/2019 Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Lingle, Clara
PHIL-UA 20-000 (8866)09/03/2019 – 12/13/2019 Fri12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Lingle, Clara
PHIL-UA 20-000 (8867)09/03/2019 – 12/13/2019 Mon11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Beizaei, Banafsheh
PHIL-UA 20-000 (8868)09/03/2019 – 12/13/2019 Mon3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Beizaei, Banafsheh
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 6 Weeks
Examines some of the most important philosophical ideas and developments in Europe in the nineteenth century, preceded by a brief examination of some aspects of Kant’s philosophy. (Kant is examined in more detail in PHIL-UA 30.) Covers major writings by Hegel, and a selection of writings, determined by the special focus of the particular version of the course, from such thinkers as Fichte, Schelling, Feuerbach, Schopenhauer, Mill, Comte, Marx, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche.
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 6 Weeks
Examines some of the most important philosophical ideas and developments in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe. Covers some of the major writings of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, and Hume, and concludes with a brief examination of some aspects of Kant’s philosophy. (Kant is examined in more detail in PHIL-UA 30.) May also include writings of Hobbes, Malebranche, Elisabeth of Bohemia, Conway, Berkeley, and Shepherd, among others.
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
PHIL-UA 21-000 (8744)01/28/2019 – 05/13/2019 Mon,Wed11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by
PHIL-UA 21-000 (8745)01/28/2019 – 05/13/2019 Thu12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by
PHIL-UA 21-000 (8746)01/28/2019 – 05/13/2019 Thu2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by
PHIL-UA 21-000 (8747)01/28/2019 – 05/13/2019 Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by
PHIL-UA 21-000 (8748)01/28/2019 – 05/13/2019 Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by
Examines conceptual and empirical issues about consciousness. Issues covered may include the explanatory gap, the hard and harder problems of consciousness, concepts of consciousness, phenomenal concepts, the mind-body problem and neural correlates of consciousness, higher-order thought theories of consciousness, the inverted spectrum, views of phenomenality as representation, and arguments for dualism.
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
PHIL-UA 7-000 (19756)01/28/2019 – 05/13/2019 Tue,Thu12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by
PHIL-UA 7-000 (19771)01/28/2019 – 05/13/2019 Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by
PHIL-UA 7-000 (19772)01/28/2019 – 05/13/2019 Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by
PHIL-UA 7-000 (19773)01/28/2019 – 05/13/2019 Fri12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by
PHIL-UA 7-000 (19774)01/28/2019 – 05/13/2019 Mon12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by
An introduction to the basic concepts, methods, and results of metalogic, i.e., the formal study of systems of reasoning.
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
PHIL-UA 72-000 (20815)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Tue,Thu12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Dorr, Cian
PHIL-UA 72-000 (20816)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Roth, Richard
PHIL-UA 72-000 (20817)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Fri12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Roth, Richard
Examines various aspects of Plato’s philosophy: ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, psychology, and political philosophy. Aims to understand Plato’s ideas and to engage with them philosophically through careful readings of selected dialogues.
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 6 Weeks
Examination of philosophical issues about the natural sciences. Central questions include the following: What is the nature of scientific explanation? How does science differ from pseudoscience? What is a scientific law? How do experiments work?
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 6 Weeks
Discusses general questions concerning the nature of reality and truth. What kind of things exist? Are there minds or material bodies? Is change illusory? Are human actions free or causally determined? What is a person, and what, if anything, makes someone one and the same person?
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 6 Weeks
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 6 Weeks
PHIL-UA 93-000 (2685)05/23/2022 – 07/06/2022 Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Schlassa, Soren
Introduces problems raised by the nature of art, artworks, and aesthetic judgment. Considers the expressive and representational properties of artworks, aesthetic attention, and appreciation, as well as the creation, interpretation, and criticism of artworks. Readings from classical and contemporary sources.
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
PHIL-UA 60-000 (10283)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Tue,Thu3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Hopkins, Robert
Examines the nature and grounds of judgments about moral and/or nonmoral values. Are such judgments true or false? Can they be more or less justified? Are the values of which they speak objective or subjective?
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 6 Weeks
Examines fundamental issues concerning the justification of political institutions. Topics may include democratic theory, political obligation and liberty, criteria of a just society, human rights, and civil disobedience.
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 6 Weeks
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks
This course aims to accomplish two things. The first is to introduce three broad traditions of normative thinking about social issues from around the globe: a Confucian tradition, one based in Islamic legal traditions, and one derived from European liberalism. The second is to address three current areas of normative debate: about global economic inequality, about gender justice and human rights. We shall explore these first-order questions against the background of the three broad traditions. Our aim will be to understand some of differences of approach that shape the global conversation about these issues that concern people around the world.
Philosophy (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
PHIL-UA 6-000 (20339)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Appiah, Kwame Anthony
PHIL-UA 6-000 (20340)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Wed6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (Evening)at Washington SquareInstructed by Wu, Patrick
PHIL-UA 6-000 (20341)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Thu8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Wu, Patrick
PHIL-UA 6-000 (20342)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Zacek, Justin
PHIL-UA 6-000 (20343)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Zacek, Justin