Courses

Fall Term 2023

Course Number Course Title Instructor Date/Time/Location

PHILOSOP 9117

Cross-listed: 
POLITICS 4206F/9762
Theories of Global Justice C. Jones TH 12:30 - 2:30
PHILOSOP 9245 Philosophy of Science Survey
Area: SCI
W. Myrvold -
- Cartesian and Non-Cartesian Theories of Mind in the Early Modern Era
Area: HIST
B. Hill -
- Trust and Social Bonds
Area: FEM / MPL
C. McLeod -
- Survey in Contemporary Philosophy of Language
Area: M&L
R. Stainton -
- Ethics in 12 Arguments
Area: MPL
A. Skelton -
PHILOSOP 9653 Proseminar R. DiSalle -



Winter Term 2024

Course Number  Course Title Instructor Date/Time/Location

PHILOSOP 9128

Cross-listed: 
POLITICS 9503
Central Problems in Political Theory C. Jones TU 3:30 - 5:30
- Title TBA
Area: HIST (Ancient)
D. Henry -

PHILOSOP 9232

Cross-listed: 
STATS 9940 / ECE 9660 / COMPSCI 9147
Ethical & Societal Implications of A.I.
Area: SCI / MPL
TBA -
- Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception
Area: FEM
H. Fielding -
- Physics and Reality
Area: SCI
R. DiSalle -
- Measurement
Area: SCI
C. Smeenk -
PHILOSOP 9900 Prospectus J. Sullivan -

Historical Graduate Course Offerings

2022-23

Fall Term 2022

Course Number Course Title Instructor Date/Time/Location
Philosophy 9015A / 4051F Kant's 'Critique of Practical Reason'
Area: HIST
C. Dyck W 11:30 - 2:30
STVH 3166
Philosophy 9062A Personal Identity
Area: HIST
B. Hill W 2:30 - 5:30
STVH 1145
Philosophy 9117A /
PoliSci 9762A / 4206F
Theories of Global Justice
Area: MPL
R. Vernon Th 12:30 - 2:30
SSC 7200
Philosophy 9128A /
PoliSci 9503A
Central Problems in Political Theory
Area: MPL
C. Jones T 3:30 - 5:30
SSC 7200
Philosophy 9131A Ross' Ethics
Area: MPL, HIST
A. Skelton M 11:30 - 2:30
STVH 1145
Philosophy 9605A / 4410F Concepts
Area: M&L
C. Viger T 8:30 - 11:30
UCC 65
Philosophy 9653A Proseminar R. DiSalle Th 2:30 - 5:30
STVH 1145
Philosophy 9703A / 4431F Women and Science
Area: FEM, SCI
F. Vidotto Th 8:30 - 11:30
SH 3307



Winter Term 2023

Course Number  Course Title Instructor Date/Time/Location
Philosophy 9043B Plato on Justice and Knowledge
Area: HIST
D. Henry T 11:30 - 2:30
STVH 1145
Philosophy 9221B Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics
Area: SCI
W. Myrvold M 11:30 - 2:30
STVH 1145
Philosophy 9230B /
Psychol 9230B
Issues in Philosophy, Psychology
and Neuroscience
Area: M&L
M. Anderson M 2:30 - 5:30
STVH 1145

Philosophy 9232B

Cross-listed: 
STATS 9940B / ECE 9660B / COMPSCI 9147B

Ethical & Societal Implications of A.I.
Area: SCI / MPL
C. Smeenk Th 11:30- 2:30
WL 258
Philosophy 9408B The Puzzle of Consciousness
Area: M&L
D. Bourget W 8:30 - 11:30
STVH 1145
Philosophy 9602B / 4037G Metaphysics: Leibniz to Kant
Area: HIST
R. DiSalle W 2:30 - 5:30
STVH 1145
Philosophy 9900B Prospectus J. Sullivan Th 2:30 - 5:30
STVH 1145

2021-22

Fall Term 2021

Course Number Course Title Instructor Date/Time/Location
Philosophy 9703A/4331F Women and Science
Area: Science, Feminism
F. Vidotto M 2:30 - 5:30
NCB 293
Philosophy 9236A/ 4310F Synthetic Biology
Area: Science
E. Desjardins F 9:30 - 12:30
STVH 1145
Philosophy 9653A Pro-seminar
Area: History, M & L
R. DiSalle Tu 2:30 - 5:30
STVH 1145
Philosophy 9128A/ PoliSci Central Problems in Political Theory
Area: MPL
C. Jones Tu 3:30 - 5:30
SSC 4112
Philosophy 9168A Collective Responsibility
Area: MPL, Feminism
T. Isaacs W 9:30 - 12:30
STVH 1145
Philosophy 9066A Schopenhauer Area: History C. Dyck Th 11:30 - 2:30
STVH 1145

Winter Term 2022

Course Number Course Title Instructor Date/Time/Location
Philosophy 9107B/ 4751G Gender and Race
Area: Feminism, MPL
C. McLeod M 11:30 - 2:30
UC 1110
Philosophy 9234B/ Compsci AI Ethics: A Comprehensive Intro
Area: Science, MPL
M. Barnes
M. Katchabaw
Tu 9:30 - 12:30
STVH 1145
Philosophy 9900B Prospectus J. Sullivan Tu 2:30 - 5:30
STVH 1145
Philosophy 9237B Physics and Reality
Area: Science
R. DiSalle W 11:30 - 2:30
UC 2105
Philosophy 9067B Empiricism Across Early Modern
Philosophy
Area: History
B. Hill W 2:30 - 5:30
STVH 1145
Philosophy 9284B Effective Field Theories
Area: Science
C. Smeenk Th 11:30 - 2:30
AHB 1B08
Philosophy 9408B The Puzzle of Consciousness
Area: M&L
D. Bourget F 10:30 - 1:30
STVH 1145
Philosophy 9042B/ 4007G Classical Virtue Ethics
Area: History, MPL
D. Henry Tu 2:30 - 5:30
PAB 150
Philosophy 9121B/
PoliSci9762B
Theories of Global Justice R. Vernon Th 12:30 - 2:30
SSC 4112

 

2020-21

Fall Term 2020

Course Number Course Title Instructor Date/Time/Location
Philosophy 9129A Trust and Social Bonds
Area: MPL, Feminist
C. McLeod M 11:30 - 2:30
Th 2:30 - 5:30
Philosophy 9703A Women and Science
Area: Science, Feminist
F. Vidotto M 2:30 - 5:30
Philosophy 9207A Topics in the Philosophy of Psychiatry
Area: M&L
L. Charland Tu 11:30 - 2:30
Philosophy 9228A/
Psychol 9230A
Philosophy, Psychology & Neuroscience
Area: M&L
M. Anderson Tu 2:30 - 5:30
Philosophy 9128A Central Problems in Political Theory
Area: MPL
C. Jones Tu 3:30 - 5:30
Philosophy 9102A Sidgwick's Ethics
Area: MPL, History
A. Skelton W 11:30 - 2:30
Philosophy 9130A George Berkeley's Social & Political Philosophy
Area: MPL
A. Luis W 2:30 - 5:30
Philosophy 9653A Pro-seminar
Area: M&L, History
R. DiSalle W 2:30 - 5:30
Philosophy 9224A Philosophy of Cosmology
Area: Science
C. Smeenk Th 11:30 - 2:30

Winter Term 2021

Course Number Course Title Instructor Date/Time/Location
Philosophy 9122B Toleration
Area: MPL
R. Vernon M 9:30 - 11:30
Philosophy 9900B Prospectus Course A. Skelton M 9:15 - 10:30
12:30 - 1:25
Philosophy 9215B Philosophy of Probability
Area: Science
W. Myrvold M 2:30 - 5:30
Philosophy 9234B/ 9232B Implications of AI
Area: Science
M. Katchabaw
B. Chomanski
Tu 9:30 - 11:30
Philosophy 9061B Leibniz as Critic of Locke
Area: History
B. Hill W F 9:30 - 11:00
Philosophy 9041B Kant
Area: History
R. DiSalle W 11:30 - 2:30
Philosophy 9010B Ancient Ethics: From Socrates to Epicurus
Area: History
D. Henry W 2:30 - 5:30
Philosophy 9121B/ PoliSci Global Justice
Area: MPL
R. Vernon Th 11:30 - 1:30
Philosophy 9231B Philosophy of Scientific Experimentation
Area: Science
J. Sullivan Th 2:30 - 5:30
Philosophy 9622B Consciousness & Thought
Area: M&L
D. Bourget Th 6:30 - 9:00pm

Summer Term 2021

Course Number Course Title Instructor Date/Time/Location
Philosophy 9400L History of the Philosophy of Language
Area: M&L, History
R. Stainton Tu W Th 4:30 - 6:30pm
Philosophy 9617L Mental Representation
Area: M&L
A. Mendelovici W 10:00am - 1:00pm /
M F 10:00am - 1:00pm

2019-20

Fall Term 2019

Philosophy 9245A: Myrvold: Survey of Philosophy of Science (Sci)
Philosophy 9119A: Jones: Human Rights (MPL)
Philosophy 9802A: Charland: Topics in the Philosophy of Emotion (Tu 2:30-5:30, Mind & Lang)
Philosophy 9608A: Viger: Consciousness (W 11:30-2:30, Mind & Lang)
Philosophy 9615A: Fielding: Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Perception (Th 11:30-230, Mind & Lang)
Philosophy 9127A: Klimchuk: Aristotle’s Legal Theory (F 9:30-12:30, Hist or MPL)

Winter Term 2020

Philosophy 9122B: Vernon: Toleration (M 9:30-11:30, MPL)
Philosophy 9230B: Anderson: Issues in Philosophy, Psychology and Neuroscience (M 2:30-5:30, Mind & Lang)
Philosophy 9040B: Dyck: Race and Philosophy in the 18th Century (Tu 11:30-2:30, Hist)
Philosophy 9212B: DiSalle: Philosophical Foundations of Modern Physics (Th 11:30-2:30, Sci of Hist)
Philosophy 9121B: Vernon: Global Justice (Th 11:30-1:30, MPL)
Philosophy 9225B: Psillos: Scientific Realism (TBA-accelerated, Sci)

Summer Term 2020

Philosophy 9400L: Stainton: Survey of Philosophy of Language (TBA, Mind & Lang)

2018-19

Fall Term 2018

Philosophy 9013A: CELEBRATED TEXTS OF ARISTOTLE (Thorp)
Philosophy 9018A:EARLY MODERN PHIL OF LANGUAGE (Hill)
Philosophy 9114A: TRUST & TESTIMONY (McLeod)
Philosophy 9117A: THEORIES OF GLOBAL JUSTICE (Vernon)
Philosophy 9125A: POLITICAL THEORY - EQUALITY (Jones)
Philosophy 9126A: WELL-BEING (Skelton)
Philosophy 9620A: EMPIRICISM & THEORY STRUCTURE (Smeenk)
Philosophy 9653A: PRO-SEMINAR (Stainton)
Philosophy 9750A: PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY (Barker)

Winter Term 2019

Philosophy 9033B:KANT'S THEORY OF COGNITION (Dyck)
Philosophy 9037B: PLATO'S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (Henry)
Philosophy 9122B: TOLERATION (Vernon)
Philosophy 9124B: SOCIAL CONTRACT PLATO TO RAWLS (Klimchuk)
Philosophy 9221B: PHIL OF QUANTUM MECHANICS (Myrvold)
Philosophy 9230B: ISSUES IN PHIL & NEUROSCIENCE (Anderson)
Philosophy 9231B: PHIL OF SCI EXPERIMENTATION (Sullivan)
Philosophy 9232B: IMPLICATIONS OF AI (Smeenk)
Philosophy 9233B: WHAT IS A LAW OF NATURE? (Psillos)
Philosophy 9605B: CONCEPTS (Viger)
Philosophy 9614B: PHIL OF LANGUAGE SURVEY (Stainton)
Philosophy 9730B: FEMINIST BIOETHICS (McLeod)
Philosophy 9900B: PROSPECTUS COURSE (Desjardins)

2017-18

Fall Term 2017

Philosophy 9029A: From Natural Law to Moral Sense: Moral Philosophy 1550-1780 (Survey--History/Value Theory)
Philosophy 9215A: Probability
Philosophy 9102A: Sidgwick's Ethics
Philosophy 9504A: What’s love got to do with it?: A survey of feminist thinking about romance, children, and the family (Survey--Feminism/Value Theory) - cross-listed with WS 9533A
Philosophy 9227A: Philosophy of Space and Time
Philosophy 9030A: Aristotle's Ethics
Philosophy 9008A: Kant's First Critique
Philosophy 9653A: Proseminar (Survey--Mind & Language)
Philosophy 9617A: Survey of Philosophy of Mind: Mental Representation (Survey--Mind & Language)
Philosophy 9122A: Political Theory: Toleration - cross-listed with POLISCI 9503A (Survey--Value Theory)

Winter Term 2018

Philosophy 9209B: Empiricism in the Philosophy of Science
Philosophy 9031B: Survey of early modern theories of temporal experience and spatial awareness (Survey--History)
Philosophy 9200B: Twentieth-century Philosophy of Science (Survey--Phil of Science)
Philosophy 9300B: Philosophy of Mathematics (Survey--Phil of Science)
Philosophy 9400B: Survey of Philosophy of Language (Survey--Mind & Language)
Philosophy 9900B: Prospectus Course
Philosophy 9032B: The 'Sophist' and the Sophists
Philosophy 9121B: Theories of Global Justice - cross-listed with POLISCI 9762B/4206G
Philosophy 9123B: Political Theory: Justice Between Generations - cross-listed with POLISCI 9505B
Philosophy 9500B: Survey of Feminist Philosophy (Survey--Feminism)
Philosophy 9230B: Issues in Philosophy, Psychology & Neuroscience
Philosophy 9039B: Survey in 18th Century German Philosophy (Survey - History)

2016-17

Fall Term 2016

Philosophy 9653A: Pro-seminar - R. Stainton (M&E)
Philosophy 9035A: Aristotle's Metaphysics - J. Thorp (HIST/M&E)
Philosophy 9036A: Thinking Matter in the Seventeenth Century - B. Hill (HIST)
Philosophy 9119A: Human Rights - C. Jones (MPL)
Philosophy 9618A: Philosophy of Mind - C. Viger (M&E)
Philosophy 9245A: Survey of Philosophy of Science - R. DiSalle (SCI/HIST)
Philosophy 9224A: Cosmology - C. Smeenk (SCI)
Philosophy 9225A: Scientific Realism - Intensive Course - S. Psillos (SCI)
Philosophy 9730A: Feminist Bioethics - C. McLeod (MPL)

Winter Term 2017

Philosophy 9037B: The Development of Plato's Political Philosophy - D. Henry (HIST/MPL)
Philosophy 9038B: Grotius and Hobbes - D. Klimchuk (HIST/MPL)
Philosophy 9121B: Theories of Global Justice - R. Vernon MPL
Philosophy 9122B: Toleration - R. Vernon (MPL)
Philosophy 9900B: Prospectus Course - C. McLeod
Philosophy 9226B: Epistemology of Experimentation - J. Sullivan (SCI/M&E)
Philosophy 9750B: Philosophy of Biology (outline updated Dec 22) - G. Barker (SCI)
Philosophy 9619B: Problems in Philosophy of Language - R. Stainton (M&E)

2015-16

Fall Term 2015

The Sophists and “The Sophist” (Thorp)—History (Ancient)
Hume and Reid on Ethics and the Passions (Falkenstein)—History/MPL (CX w/ Phil 4108)
Proseminar (DiSalle)—M&E
Survey of Phil of Mind (Mendelovici)—M&E (CX w/ Phil 4410)
General Phil of Science (Smeenk)—Science
Phil of Math (Bell)—Science
Egalitarianism (Brennan)—MPL (CX w/ Phil 4810)
Markets & Morals (Hoffmaster)—MPL (CX w/ Phil 4071)

Winter Term 2016

De Anima (Henry)—History (Ancient)
Kant’s First Critique (Dyck)—History (CX w/ Phil 4050)
Phil of Neuroscience (Sullivan)—M&E/Science
Phil of Ecology (Desjardins)—Science
Phil of Quantum Mechanics (Myrvold)—Science
Feminist Critiques of Science (Okruhlik)—Science/MPL (CX w/ Phil 4530)
Theories of Content (Bayne)—M&E
Prospectus Course (Dyck)

2014-15

Fall Term 2014

Philosophy 9022A: Classics in the History of the Free Will Debate (Falkenstein) - Area: History
Philosophy 9613A: Kripke (Marti/Stainton) - Area: M & E
Philosophy 9653A: Pro-seminar (DiSalle)
Philosophy 9113A: Property (Klimchuk) - Area: MPL
Philosophy 9023A: Interpretations of Kant's Transcendental Idealism (Dyck) - Area: History
Philosophy 9114A: Trust and Testimony (McLeod) - Area: MPL
Philosophy 9024A: The Stoics and Stoicism (Lagerlund) - Area: History (Ancient)
Philosophy 9217A: Philosophy of Biology: Recent Trends (Barker) - Area: Science

Winter Term 2015

Philosophy 9218B: Epistemology of Experimentation (Sullivan) - Area: Science
Philosophy 9250B: Philosophy of Physics (DiSalle) - Area: Science
Philosophy 9614B: Philosophy of Language Survey (Stainton) - Area: M & E / Cross-listed with LING 9453B
Philosophy 9115B: Contemporary Feminist Ethics (Brennan) - Area: MPL
Philosophy 9219B: History of Twentieth-Century Phil. of Science (Okruhlik) - Area: Science
Philosophy 9615B: Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Perception (Fielding) - Area: M & E
Philosophy 9025B: Plato’s Theory of Forms (Thorp) - Area: History (Ancient)
Philosophy 9026B: John Locke’s Theory of Ideas (Hill) - Area: History
Philosophy 9616B: Consciousness (Bourget) - Area: M & E

2013-14

Fall Term 2013

9215A: Philosophy of Probability (Hoefer) - Area: Sci
9653A: Proseminar (Smeenk) - Area: n/a
4530F/9278A: Feminist Critiques of Science (Okruhlik) - Area: Sci
9214A: Philosophy of Science (Psillos) - Area: Sci
9019A: The Epicureans (Thorp) - Area: Hist
4071F/9111A: Advanced Topics in Ethics: “Markets and Morals” (Hoffmaster) - Area: MPL
4035F/9020A: Descartes (Hill) - Area: Hist

Winter Term 2014

9109B: Politcal Philosophy (Milde) - Area: MPL
4410F/9611A: Contemporary Issues in the Phil. of Mind (Mendelovici) - Area: M&E
9110B: Ethics (Brennan) - Area: MPL
9212B: Phil. Foundations of Modern Physics (DiSalle) - Area:Hist, Sci
9021B: Plato’s Theaetetus (Henry) - Area: Hist
9300B: Philosophy of Mathematics (Bell) - Area: Sc
9213B: Philosophy of Neuroscience (Sullivan) - Area: Sc, M&E
9112B: Utility, Liberty, Equality: The Case of J. S. Mill (Skelton) - Area: MPL, Hist
4210G/9612B: Problems in Phil of Language: Possible World Semantics (Bourget) - Area: M&E