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GEOFFREY SAYRE-MCCORD, Chair
Dorit Bar-On (29) Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology
Bernard Boxill (26) Social and Political Philosophy, African American Philosophy
Geoffrey Brennan, Political Philosophy, Economics, Rationality
Thomas E. Hill Jr. (24) Ethics, Political Philosophy
Marc Lange (44) Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics, Epistemology
William G. Lycan (22) Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language, Epistemology
Alan Nelson, History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
Douglas MacLean (38) Moral Theory, Social and Political Philosophy
Gerald J. Postema (20) Legal Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Ethics
C. D. C. Reeve (39) Ancient Philosophy, Metaphysics, Moral Psychology, Ethics
Jay F. Rosenberg (12) Epistemology, Metaphysics, Recent Analytic Philosophy
Geoffrey Sayre-McCord (25) Moral Theory, Metaethics, Epistemology, History of Modern Philosophy
Keith Simmons (27) Logic, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind
Susan Wolf (40) Moral Theory and Moral Psychology
Jesse Prinz (42) Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science
John T. Roberts (37) Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Physics, Metaphysics
Thomas Hofweber (42) Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Epistemology, Philosophy of Mathematics
Joshua Knobe (46) Cognitive Science, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Psychology
Ram Neta (43) Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind
Warren A. Nord (34) Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Education
Jeanette M. Boxill (33) Social and Political Philosophy, Feminism
Michael Corrado, Philosophy of Law
Rebecca Walker, Bioethics, Ethical Theory
Edward Galligan
Douglas Long
Stanley Munsat
Michael Resnik
George Schlesinger
Richard A. Smyth
Robert D. Vance
The graduate courses in philosophy are designed to present and discuss classics, current literature, and basic problems; to stimulate critical and original philosophical thought; and to prepare students for college and university positions in philosophy.
The Department of Philosophy offers a program of study leading to the degrees of master of arts and doctor of philosophy. Prerequisite for admission to graduate work in the department is a BA degree or equivalent, typically with a major in philosophy, with a broad range of courses.
Candidates for the master's degree must satisfactorily complete thirty semester hours of graduate work. They are normally required to participate in a first-year program including PHIL 700 and PHIL 455; there may be adjustments with the consent of the department. Successfully completing an MA thesis is a condition for receiving the degree of master of arts.
Candidates for the doctoral degree must satisfactorily complete sixty semester hours of graduate work, including six hours of PhD dissertation credit.
The candidate for the degree of doctor of philosophy must pass two examinations. First, there is the Admission to Candidacy examination, which itself has two parts, a written general portion and a special oral portion. The written portion, normally taken in the spring term of the third year, is in the student's field of specialization. The oral portion tests the feasibility of the dissertation proposal and is normally taken in the fall term of the fourth year. Second, there is an oral defense of the completed dissertation. For further details on degree requirements, see the Graduate Degree Requirements section of this catalog.
The department offers several non-service fellowships. These include the Graham Kenan Fellowship and the Horace Williams, Mary Taylor Williams, and Bertha Colton Williams Fellowships. The department has available teaching assistantships with stipends of $14,000. In addition, The Graduate School offers a variety of fellowships and assistantships with stipends up to $18,000 that are open to students in philosophy.
The department maintains close relations with the Department of Philosophy at Duke University. Graduate students in either institution may register for credit in graduate courses or seminars at the other institution for a nominal fee and without special matriculation. Library facilities are available to students at each institution.
(Prerequisite, one course below 400 or consent of the instructor.)
411 [151] ARISTOTLE (3) Fall or spring. Reeve.
412 [150] PLATO (3). Fall or spring. Reeve.
415 [152] TOPICS IN MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY (3). Spring.
421 [153] CONTINENTAL RATIONALISM (3). Fall or spring. Nelson.
422 [154] BRITISH EMPIRICISM (3). Fall or spring. Nelson, Sayre-McCord.
423 [155] KANT (3). Fall or spring. Rosenberg, Hill.
427 [156] HEGEL (3). Fall or spring. Postema.
428 [159] TOPICS IN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY (3). Fall or spring. B. Boxill.
432 [114] THE BEGINNINGS OF ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY (3). Fall or spring. Neta, Rosenberg, Lycan.
433 [116] CURRENT ISSUES IN ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY (3). Fall or spring. Bar-On, Lycan, Prinz, Rosenberg.
440 [117] PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (3). Fall or spring. Bar-On, Lycan, Neta, Prinz.
445 [110] PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE (LING 445) (3). Fall or spring. Lycan, Bar-On.
450 [108] PHILOSOPHY OF NATURAL SCIENCES (3). Fall or spring. Lange, Roberts.
451 [122] PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS (3). Fall or spring. Lange, Roberts.
452 [123] PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY (3) Fall or spring. Lange, Roberts.
453 [109] PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS IN PSYCHOLOGY (3). Fall or spring. Knobe, Prinz.
454 [107] PHILOSOPHY, HISTORY, AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES (3). Fall or spring.
455 [101] SYMBOLIC LOGIC (LING 455) (3). Fall. Hofweber, Simmons.
456 [111] ADVANCED SYMBOLIC LOGIC (3). Fall or spring. Simmons.
457 [190] SET THEORY AND LOGIC (3). Fall or spring. Hofweber, Simmons.
459 [106] PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS (3). Prerequisite, PHIL 455 or equivalent background in logic or mathematics. Fall or spring. Hofweber, Simmons.
460 [102] SELECTED TOPICS IN THE HISTORY OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY (3). Fall. Hill, Maclean, Reeve, Sayre-McCord, Wolf.
462 [112] CONTEMPORARY MORAL PHILOSOPHY (3). Fall of spring. Hill, Sayre-McCord, Wolf.
463 [120] CONTEMPORARY MORAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS (3). Fall or spring. B. Boxill, Brennan, Hill, MacLean, Sayre-McCord.
465 [175] JUSTICE IN HEALTH CARE (3). Spring. Walker.
468 [168] RISK AND SOCIETY (3). Spring. Maclean.
470 [105] POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY FROM HOBBES TO ROUSSEAU (3). Fall or spring. B. Boxill, Hill, Postema.
471 [104] HEGEL, MARX, AND THE PHILOSOPHICAL CRITIQUE OF SOCIETY (3). Fall or spring. Postema.
473 [160] AMERICAN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (3). Fall or spring. B. Boxill
475 [165] FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY (WMST 475) (3). J. Boxill.
476 [130] RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (3). Spring. B. Boxill, Brennan, MacLean, Postema.
480 [113] PHILOSOPHY OF LAW (3). Fall or spring. Postema.
482 [142] PHILOSOPHY IN LITERATURE (CMPL 142) (3). Fall or spring. Reeve.
485 [103] PHILOSOPHY OF ART (3). Fall or spring.
494 [158] EXISTENTIALISM AND PHENOMENOLOGY (3). Fall or spring.
495 [178] HEALTH CARE, SCIENCE, AND PHILOSOPHY (3). Walker.
700 [200] PROTO-SEMINAR IN PHILOSOPHY (3).
705 [205] ADVANCED STUDIES IN SYSTEMATIC PHILOSOPHY (3).
710 [210] ADVANCED STUDIES IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY (3).
715 [215] ADVANCED STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY (3).
720 [220] ADVANCED STUDIES IN MODERN PHILOSOPHY (3).
725 [225] ADVANCED STUDIES IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY PHILOSOPHY (3).
730 [230] ADVANCED STUDIES IN METAPHYSICS (3).
735 [235] ADVANCED STUDIES IN EPISTEMOLOGY (3).
740 [240] ADVANCED STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (3).
745 [245] ADVANCED STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE (LING 745) (3).
750 [250] ADVANCED STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (3).
755 [255] ADVANCED STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY OF LOGIC (3).
760 [260] ADVANCED STUDIES IN MORAL THEORY (3).
765 [265] ADVANCED STUDIES IN VALUE THEORY (3).
770 [270] ADVANCED STUDIES IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (3).
775 [275] ADVANCED STUDIES IN FEMINISM (WMST 775) (3).
780 [280] ADVANCED STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY OF LAW (3).
790 [290] COLLOQUIUM SERIES SEMINAR (3).
800 [300] PRE-DISSERTATION SEMINAR IN PHILOSOPHY (3).
805 [305] RESEARCH SEMINAR IN SYSTEMATIC PHILOSOPHY (3).
810 [310] RESEARCH SEMINAR IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY (3).
815 [315] RESEARCH SEMINAR IN MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY (3).
820 [320] RESEARCH SEMINAR IN MODERN PHILOSOPHY (3).
825 [325] RESEARCH SEMINAR IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY PHILOSOPHY (3).
830 [330] RESEARCH SEMINAR IN METAPHYSICS (3).
835 [335] RESEARCH SEMINAR IN EPISTEMOLOGY (3).
840 [340] RESEARCH SEMINAR IN PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (3).
845 [345] RESEARCH SEMINAR IN PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE (3).
850 [350] RESEARCH SEMINAR IN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (3).
855 [355] RESEARCH SEMINAR IN PHILOSOPHY OF LOGIC (3).
860 [360] RESEARCH SEMINAR IN MORAL THEORY (3).
865 [365] RESEARCH SEMINAR IN VALUE THEORY (3).
870 [370] RESEARCH SEMINAR IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (3).
880 [380] RESEARCH SEMINAR IN PHILOSOPHY OF LAW (3).
890 [390] CURRENT RESEARCH GROUP SEMINAR (3).
993 [393] MASTER'S THESIS.
994 [394] DOCTORAL DISSERTATION.