PHILOSOPHY (PHIL)

Summer Session I: May 26 – July 1, 2026

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Session

Format

Online

Subject Area

School of Arts and Sciences

Course Number

PHIL 1800 910

Course Code

PHIL1800910

Course Key

88522

Schedule

Tuesday 5:15pm-6:45pm

Thursday 5:15pm-6:45pm

Day(s)

Tuesday

Thursday

Time

5:15pm-6:45pm

Instructor

GEBAUER, MAXIMILIAN JAMES

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Fulfills

COL-SECTOR-Nat Sci Across Disc

Course Description

What counts as a scientific theory? What counts as evidence for a scientific theory? Are scientific inferences justified? Does science give us truths or approximate truths about a world that exists independently of us? How can we know? Does it matter? These are all perennial questions in the philosophy of science, and the goal of this course is to look at how philosophers have answered these questions since the scientific revolution. In addition to reading classic work by philosophers of science, we will read material from living and dead scientists in order to gain a deeper appreciation of the philosophical questions that have troubled the most brilliant scientists in Western science.

Subject Area Vocab

The Social Contract

lpscps_user — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 05:36:32 +0000

The Social Contract

Term

Summer Session II: July 2 – August 7, 2026

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Session

Format

Online

Subject Area

Course Number

PHIL 1433 920

Course Code

PHIL1433920

Course Key

88521

Schedule

Tuesday 5:15pm-9:05pm

Thursday 5:15pm-9:05pm

Day(s)

Tuesday

Thursday

Time

5:15pm-9:05pm

Instructor

VERGARA, EZEKIEL

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Fulfills

COL-SECTOR-Society

Course Description

This is a critical survey of the history of western modern political philosophy, beginning from the Early Modern period and concluding with the 19th or 20th Century. Our study typically begins with Hobbes and ends with Mill or Rawls. The organizing theme of our investigation will be the idea of the Social Contract. We will examine different contract theories as well as criticisms and proposed alternatives to the contract idea, such as utilitarianism. Besides the above, examples of authors we will read are Locke, Rousseau, Hume, Mill and Marx.

Subject Area Vocab

Ethics

lpscps_user — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 05:36:32 +0000

Ethics

Term

Summer Session II: July 2 – August 7, 2026

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Session

Format

On Campus

Subject Area

Course Number

PHIL 1330 920

Course Code

PHIL1330920

Course Key

89007

Schedule

Monday 12:00pm-3:50pm

Wednesday 12:00pm-3:50pm

Day(s)

Monday

Wednesday

Time

12:00pm-3:50pm

Instructor

ROEBKE, GWENDALYNN CARLENE

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Fulfills

COL-SECTOR-Society

Course Description

Ethics is the study of right and wrong. This introductory course will introduce students to major ethical theories, the possible sources of normativity, and specific ethical problems and questions. Topics may include euthanasia, abortion, animal rights, the family, sexuality, bioethics, crime and punishment, and war.

Subject Area Vocab

Introduction to Philosophy

lpscps_user — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 05:36:32 +0000

Introduction to Philosophy

Term

Summer Session I: May 26 – July 1, 2026

lpscps_user Wed, 01/07/2026 - 00:36

Session

Format

Online

Subject Area

Course Number

PHIL 1000 910

Course Code

PHIL1000910

Course Key

88518

Schedule

Tuesday 5:15pm-7:45pm

Thursday 5:15pm-7:45pm

Day(s)

Tuesday

Thursday

Time

5:15pm-7:45pm

Instructor

HERNANDEZ, SHAWN XAVIER

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Fulfills

COL-SECTOR-Humanities&Soc Sci

Course Description

Philosophers ask difficult questions about the most basic issues in human life. Does God exist? What can we know about the world? What does it mean to have a mind? How should I treat non-human animals? Do I have free will? This course is an introduction to some of these questions and to the methods philosophers have developed for thinking clearly about them.

Subject Area Vocab

The Social Contract

lpscps_user — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 04:36:16 +0000

The Social Contract

Term

Spring 2026

lpscps_user Fri, 09/26/2025 - 00:36

Format

On Campus

Subject Area

Course Number

PHIL 1433 601

Course Code

PHIL1433601

Course Key

88243

Schedule

Tuesday 5:15pm-8:15pm

Day(s)

Tuesday

Time

5:15pm-8:15pm

Instructor

ZIMMERMAN, CALEB H

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Young Scholars Program

Fulfills

Society Sector (All Classes)

Course Description

Subject Area Vocab

Philosophy of Religion

lpscps_user — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 04:33:50 +0000

Philosophy of Religion

Term

Spring 2026

lpscps_user Tue, 09/23/2025 - 00:33

Format

On Campus

Subject Area

Course Number

PHIL 5991 640

Course Code

PHIL5991640

Course Key

88185

Schedule

Tuesday 5:15pm-8:15pm

Day(s)

Tuesday

Time

5:15pm-8:15pm

Instructor

STEINBERG, STEPHEN

Primary Program

Master of Liberal Arts

Course Description

This MLA seminar course is an introduction to the philosophical examination of questions regarding the nature of religious experiences and beliefs; the classical arguments for and against the existence of God; the problem of evil; the relationships of faith, reason, and science; the possibility of religious knowledge; the psychological origins of religious belief; the role of religious communities; and rational responses and reinterpretations of the problems posed by religious belief. Readings from the history of philosophy, 20th century and contemporary analytic philosophy, and the European phenomenological, existential, and hermeneutic traditions.
- Seminar.
- No prerequisites.
- No previous knowledge of philosophy or the philosophy of religion required.
- Requires student use of Canvas, Zoom, and possibly other online applications.

Subject Area Vocab

Ethics

lpscps_user — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 04:32:48 +0000

Ethics

Term

Fall 2025

lpscps_user Tue, 08/05/2025 - 00:32

Format

On Campus

Subject Area

Course Number

PHIL 1330 601

Course Code

PHIL1330601

Course Key

86585

Schedule

Tuesday 5:15pm-6:45pm

Thursday 5:15pm-6:45pm

Day(s)

Tuesday

Thursday

Time

5:15pm-6:45pm

Instructor

MEYER, MILTON W.

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Young Scholars Program

Fulfills

COL-SECTOR-Society

Course Description

Subject Area Vocab

Introduction to Philosophy

lpscps_user — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 04:32:48 +0000

Introduction to Philosophy

Term

Fall 2025

lpscps_user Tue, 08/05/2025 - 00:32

Format

On Campus

Subject Area

Course Number

PHIL 1000 601

Course Code

PHIL1000601

Course Key

86584

Schedule

Monday 5:15pm-6:45pm

Wednesday 5:15pm-6:45pm

Day(s)

Monday

Wednesday

Time

5:15pm-6:45pm

Instructor

ZIMMERMAN, CALEB H

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Young Scholars Program

Fulfills

COL-SECTOR-Humanities&Soc Sci

Course Description

Subject Area Vocab

Summer Session I: May 27 – July 2, 2025

Philosophy of Science

lpscps_user — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 05:39:08 +0000

Philosophy of Science

Term

Summer 2025

lpscps_user Sat, 02/22/2025 - 00:39

Session

Format

Online

Subject Area

School of Arts and Sciences

Course Number

PHIL 1800 910

Course Code

PHIL1800910

Course Key

86767

Schedule

Tuesday 5:15pm-6:45pm

Thursday 5:15pm-6:45pm

Day(s)

Tuesday

Thursday

Time

5:15pm-6:45pm

Instructor

SIDZINSKA, MAJA

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Fulfills

COL-SECTOR-Nat Sci Across Disc

Course Description

Subject Area Vocab

Summer Session II: July 3 – August 8, 2025

History of Modern Philosophy

lpscps_user — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 05:39:08 +0000

History of Modern Philosophy

Term

Summer 2025

lpscps_user Sat, 02/22/2025 - 00:39

Session

Format

On Campus

Subject Area

School of Arts and Sciences

Course Number

PHIL 1170 920

Course Code

PHIL1170920

Course Key

86251

Schedule

Tuesday 5:15pm-7:35pm

Thursday 5:15pm-7:35pm

Day(s)

Tuesday

Thursday

Time

5:15pm-7:35pm

Instructor

RE, TYLER

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Fulfills

COL-SECTOR-History & Tradition

Course Description

This course is an introduction to a few central themes in philosophy in the 17th and 18th centuries, and to some of the crucial thinkers who addressed those themes. Topics to be covered may include, among others, the nature of the human being (including the human mind), the relationship between God and the created world, the nature of freedom, and the relations among natural sciences, philosophy and theology in this rich period of human history.

Subject Area Vocab