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| PHIL 1000 | Introduction to Philosophy (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces a broad spectrum of philosophical problems and approaches. Topics include basic questions concerning morality, skepticism and the foundations of knowledge, the mind and its relation to the body, and the existence of God. Readings are drawn from classics in the history of philosophy and/or contemporary sources. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/ Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHIL 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| PHIL 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| PHIL 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to PHILorical Perspectives. | |
| PHIL 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| PHIL 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, PHILematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| PHIL 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| PHIL 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| PHIL 1330 | Virtual Worlds and Philosophy (3) |
| This class explores the intersection of philosophy with issues concerning VR, computer simulation, AI, etc. Can traditional philosophical problems be seen through the lens of VR and AI- and do VR and AI raise new and distinctive philosophical issues? This will show how reflection on modern technologies can help with ancient philosophical questions and how philosophy can help in the development of new technologies and society's response to them. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024 | |
| PHIL 1410 | Forms of Reasoning (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Analyzes the structure of informal arguments and fallacies that are commonly committed in everyday reasoning. The course will not cover symbolic logic in any detail. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHIL 1510 | Introductory Philosophy Seminars (3) |
| Discussion groups devoted to some philosophical writing or topic. Information on the specific topic can be obtained from the philosophy department at course enrollment time. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PHIL 1710 | Human Nature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Examines a wide variety of theories of human nature, with the aim of understanding how we can fulfill our nature and thereby live good, satisfying and meaningful lives. Focuses on the questions of whether it is in our nature to be rational, moral and/or social beings. Readings are taken from contemporary and historical sources. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2009 |
| PHIL 1730 | Introduction to Moral and Political Philosophy (3) |
| Examines some of the central problems of moral philosophy and their sources in human life and thought. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PHIL 1740 | Issues of Life and Death (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the fundamental principles underlying contemporary and historical discussions of such issues as abortion, euthanasia, suicide, pacifism, and political terror. Examines Utilitarian and anti-Utilitarian modes of thought about human life and the significance of death. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| PHIL 2060 | Philosophical Problems in Law (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Examines and evaluates some basic practices and principles of Anglo-American law. Discusses the justification of punishment, the death penalty, legal liability, good samaritan laws, and the legal enforcement of morality. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| PHIL 2110 | History of Philosophy: Ancient and Medieval (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Survey of the history of philosophy from the Pre-Socratic period through the Middle Ages. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. |
| PHIL 2120 | History of Philosophy: Modern (3) |
| Surveys the history of modern philosophy, beginning with Descartes and extending up to the nineteenth century. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHIL 2350 | Minds, Machines, and Persons (3) |
| This course surveys foundational issues in the philosophy of cognitive science. Part 1 asks, what is a mind? Are minds brains? Computers? Do minds extend into the body & environment? What it would take to make a machine with a mind? Part 2 turns to the problem of personal identity over time. Once you were a kid, now you're an adult, and one day you'll grow old. What (if anything) makes you the same person over your life. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| PHIL 2420 | Introduction to Symbolic Logic (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the concepts and techniques of modern formal logic, including both sentential and quantifier logic, as well as proof, interpretation, translation, and validity. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHIL 2500 | Survey on a Philosophical Topic (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A lecture series on the various topics central to Philosophy. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015 |
| PHIL 2510 | Seminar in Philosophy (3) |
| Seminars aimed at showing how philosophical problems arise in connection with subjects of general interest. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PHIL 2520 | Seminar in Bioethics (3) |
| Topics vary annually. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. | |
| PHIL 2640 | Rational Choice and Happiness (3) |
| In this class, we will examine philosophical puzzles about our ability to make rational choices that affect or determine our own happiness. How can we rationally decide to undergo a significant experience - such as having a child or moving to a new country - when have no way of knowing what that experience will be like? How can we rationally choose to make decisions about our future? Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017 | |
| PHIL 2652 | Animal Minds and Animal Ethics (3) |
| Other species seem to represent objects in their environments, think about the thoughts of their conspecifics, and perhaps even use language. Some seem to have long-term memory, emotion, and self-awareness. Do they in fact do all of these things, and if so, how, and in what sense? We will engage philosophically with the best scientific evidence available to answer these and similar questions before considering their ethical implications. | |
| PHIL 2660 | Philosophy of Religion (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Considers the problems raised by arguments for and against the existence of God; discussion of such related topics as evil, evidence for miracles, and the relation between philosophy and theology. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHIL 2780 | Ancient Political Thought (3) |
| A survey of the political ideas and theories of the ancient Greeks and Romans, including such works as Plato's REPUBLIC, Aristotle's POLITICS and Cicero's DE RE PUBLICA. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. | |
| PHIL 2820 | Philosophy of Health and Health Care (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | In this class, we'll discuss philosophical theories of health and explore difficult issues in the measurement and treatment of health-related issues |
| PHIL 3010 | Darwin and Philosophy (3) |
| This course investigates the history and the scientific and philosophical implications of Darwin's revolutionary idea that the wholly unguided process of natural selection could explain the magnificent variety and adaptedness of living things and their descent from a common ancestor. One of the philosophical topics we will explore is how scientific theories are supported by evidence and how science yields knowledge Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2016 | |
| PHIL 3110 | Plato (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the philosophy of Plato through careful examination of selected Platonic dialogues. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. |
| PHIL 3120 | Aristotle (3) |
| An introduction to the philosophy of Aristotle, covering his major works in ethics, political philosophy, metaphysics, theory of knowledge, and literary theory. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHIL 3140 | History of Medieval Philosophy (3) |
| Examines the continued development of philosophy from after Aristotle to the end of the Middle Ages. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. | |
| PHIL 3150 | 17th Century Philosophy (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the central philosophers in the rationalist tradition. |
| PHIL 3160 | 18th Century Philosophy (3) |
| Studies the central philosophers in the empiricist tradition. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHIL 3180 | Nietzsche (3) |
| A comprehensive study of the philosophy of Nietzsche, with an examination of his views on life, truth, philosophy, art, morality, nihilism, values and their creation, will to power, eternal recurrence, and more. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Prerequisite: instructor permission (previous course in philosophy preferred) Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| PHIL 3310 | Metaphysics (3) |
| Examines central metaphysical issues such as time, the existence of God, causality and determinism, universals, possibility and necessity, identity, and the nature of metaphysics. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PHIL 3320 | Epistemology (3) |
| Studies problems concerned with the foundations of knowledge, perception, and rational belief. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHIL 3330 | Philosophy of Mind (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies some basic problems of philosophical psychology. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHIL 3400 | Introduction to Non-Classical Logic (3) |
| An introduction to systems of non-classical logic, including both extensions and revisions to classical logic. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| PHIL 3500 | Seminar in Philosophy (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Topics change from semester to semester and year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2010 |
| PHIL 3520 | Topics in Contemporary Philosophy (3) |
| Studies some recent contemporary philosophical movement, writing, or topic. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. | |
| PHIL 3559 | New Course: PHIL (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of philosophy. | |
| PHIL 3620 | Science Fiction & Philosophy (3) |
| Science fiction is a distinctively philosophical genre. Science fiction stories can cause us to question the bounds of what is possible, explore ethical questions that arise in alien circumstances, explore the nature of the self and the very nature of reality, and so on. This course will investigate philosophical questions via science fiction literature, and use philosophy to explore the nature of science fiction. | |
| PHIL 3640 | Political Philosophy (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will consider three central questions in political philosophy: Why do political societies exist? What kind of political society is best? And, what is the proper role of the state in the social and economic affairs of its citizens? Rather than a comprehensive overview of the subject, this course will offer a chance to carefully examine some of the most influential attempts to answer to these core questions. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020 |
| PHIL 3710 | Ethics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | History of modern ethical theory (Hobbes to Mill) with especial emphasis on the texts of Hume (Treatise, Book III) and Kant, (Grundlegung), which will be studied carefully and critically. Among the topics to be considered: Is morality based on reason? Is it necessarily irrational not to act morally? Are moral standards objective? Are they conventional? Is it a matter of luck whether we are morally virtuous? Is the morally responsible will a free will? Are all reasons for acting dependent on desires? For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2011, Fall 2009 |
| PHIL 3720 | Contemporary Ethics (3) |
| Studies Anglo-American ethics since 1900. While there are selected readings from G. E. Moore, W. D. Ross, A. J. Ayer, C. L. Stevenson and R. M. Hare, emphasis is on more recent work. Among the topics to be considered: Are there moral facts? Are moral values relative? Are moral judgments universalizable? Are they prescriptive? Are they cognitive? What is to be said for utilitarianism as a moral theory? What against it? And what are the alternatives? For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PHIL 3730 | Ancient Ethical Theory (3) |
| For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. | |
| PHIL 3800 | Feminist Philosophy (3) |
| In this class, we'll first examine the question 'What is gender?' Then we'll look at ways in which gender can interact with traditional philosophical topics, including epistemology, philosophy of language, political philosophy, etc. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| PHIL 3810 | Sex, Sexuality, and Gender (3) |
| In this class, we'll be talking about philosophical issues at the intersection of sexuality, sexual experience, and gender experience. What is sexual consent? What is the relationship between sexual consent and sexual morality? What is sexual orientation, and what is its relationship to sex and gender? Is there such a thing as biological sex? Is there a difference between sex and gender? | |
| PHIL 3830 | Philosophy of Mental Health (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This class explores philosophical issues in the nature of mental health and mental illness. Topics may include: What is the difference between a mental illness and a physical illness? How do we understand the difference between mental difference and mental dysfunction? Does our current approach to understanding mental health overly pathologize or medicalize people? What is a social contagion? What does it mean to be mentally healthy? Course was offered Fall 2024 |
| PHIL 3999 | Philosophical Perspectives on Liberty (3) |
| Examination of the nature and function of liberty in social theorists such as Adam Smith, JJ Rousseau, Ayn Rand, John Rawls, Robert Nozick. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. | |
| PHIL 4010 | Seminar for Majors (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Topic changes from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Prerequisite: Philosophy majors. |
| PHIL 4020 | Seminar for Majors (3) |
| For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHIL 4500 | Special Topics in Philosophy (3) |
| For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PHIL 4993 | Directed Reading and Research (1 - 3) |
| Independent study under the direction of a faculty member. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PHIL 4995 | Directed Reading and Research (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent study under the direction of a faculty member. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHIL 4999 | Senior Thesis (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| PHIL 5510 | Seminar on an Ancient History of Philosophy Topic (3) |
| A survey of the political ideas and theories of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2019, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| PHIL 5520 | Seminar on a Medieval History of Philosophy Topic (3) |
| A survey of the most important philosophers of the Middle Ages. | |
| PHIL 5530 | Seminar on a Modern History of Philosophy Topic (3) |
| A survey of the most important philosophers of the Modern Age. | |
| PHIL 5540 | Seminar on an Ethics Topic (3) |
| Seminar on an Ethics Topic Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2020 | |
| PHIL 5550 | Seminar on a Philosophy of Bioethics Topic (3) |
| A seminar on the ethical implications of biomedical research. Course was offered Fall 2018 | |
| PHIL 5560 | Seminar on a Political Philosophy Topic (3) |
| A seminar on political theory and how the topics of rights and freedoms are incorporated. | |
| PHIL 5570 | Seminar on a Metaphysics Topic (3) |
| A seminar on the nature of being and the world Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2019 | |
| PHIL 5580 | Seminar on a Epistemology Topic (3) |
| A seminar on the nature and scope of knowledge. | |
| PHIL 5590 | Seminar on a Logic Topic (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A seminar on logic features and reasoning. |
| PHIL 7500 | First Year Seminar (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Seminar for First Yr graduate students. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. |
| PHIL 7501 | Tutorial Instruction (3) |
| Tutorial instruction. The student will attend lectures and cover the subjects of an undergraduate course, but will do additional reading and/or written work to strengthen their understanding of that philosophical area. Course was offered Spring 2016, Fall 2014 | |
| PHIL 7502 | Readings in Philosophy (3) |
| With the permission of the instructor, a student may arrange to take an undergraduate course for graduate credit under this designation. The student will attend lectures and cover the subjects of the undergraduate course, but will do additional reading and/or written work; the student's work in the course will be graded on a scale appropriate for graduate course work. | |
| PHIL 7510 | Seminar on an Ancient History of Philosophy Topic (3) |
| A survey of the political ideas and theories of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PHIL 7520 | Seminar on a Medieval History of Philosophy Topic (3) |
| A survey of the most important philosophers of the Middle Ages. Course was offered Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PHIL 7530 | Seminar on a Modern History of Philosophy Topic (3) |
| A survey of the most important philosophers of the Modern Age. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2013 | |
| PHIL 7540 | Seminar on a Philosophy of Ethics Topic (3) |
| A survey of ethical theory and moral status. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 | |
| PHIL 7550 | Seminar on a Philosophy of Bioethics Topic (3) |
| A seminar on the ethical implications of biomedical research. | |
| PHIL 7560 | Seminar on a Political Philosophy Topic (3) |
| A seminar on political theory and how the topics of rights and freedoms are incorporated. Course was offered Spring 2019 | |
| PHIL 7570 | Seminar on a Metaphysics Topic (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A seminar on the nature of being and the world |
| PHIL 7575 | Seminar on the Philosophy of Science Topic (3) |
| A seminar on the various topics with in the Philosophy of Science. | |
| PHIL 7580 | Seminar on a Epistemology Topic (3) |
| A seminar on the nature and scope of knowledge. | |
| PHIL 7590 | Seminar on a Logic Topic (3) |
| A seminar on logic features and reasoning. Course was offered Spring 2019, Fall 2016 | |
| PHIL 7995 | Supervised Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHIL 8320 | Contemporary Epistemology (3) |
| For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| PHIL 8360 | Experience (3) |
| The course addresses recent literature on the following questions: (1) what is the ontological nature of experience? (sense-data theories vs. state theories vs. disjunctivism); (2) is the phenomenal character of experience exhausted by its representational content? (representationalism vs. qualia realism); (3) does experience contain any nonconceptual representational content? (4) are the intrinsic features of experience introspectible? | |
| PHIL 8510 | Seminar on an Ancient History of Philosophy Topic (3) |
| A survey of the political ideas and theories of the ancient Greeks and Romans. | |
| PHIL 8520 | Seminar on a Medieval History of Philosophy Topic (3) |
| A survey of the most important philoosphers of the Middle Ages. | |
| PHIL 8530 | Seminar on a Modern History of Philosophy Topic (3) |
| A survey of the most important philosophers of the Modern Age. | |
| PHIL 8540 | Seminar on a Philosophy of Ethics Topic (3) |
| A survey of ethical theory and moral status. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015 | |
| PHIL 8550 | Seminar on a Philosophy of Bioethics Topic (3) |
| A seminar on the ethical implications of biomedical research. | |
| PHIL 8560 | Seminar on a Political Philosophy Topic (3) |
| A seminar on political theory and how the topics of rights and freedoms are incorporated. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| PHIL 8570 | Seminar on a Metaphysics Topic (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A seminar on the nature of being and the world Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015 |
| PHIL 8580 | Seminar on a Epistemology Topic (3) |
| A seminar on the nature and scope of knowledge. Course was offered Spring 2018 | |
| PHIL 8590 | Seminar on a Logic Topic (3) |
| A seminar on logic features and reasoning. | |
| PHIL 8995 | Supervised Research (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHIL 9700 | Dissertation Seminar (3) |
| This course is designed for graduate students in their third or fourth year. It focuses on dissertation writing and the various skills relevant to professional development. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| PHIL 9998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHIL 9999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |