Fall 2025 COURSES
The following courses are offered during the Fall 2025 semester. Please view the Â鶹¹û¶³ Course Catalog for a complete listing of the Philosophy Department course offerings.
Fall 2025 Schedule
| Course Code | Title | Instructor | Days | Start Time | End Time | LinC |
| PHIL 120 A | Introduction to Philosophy | Baker | Mon, Wed | 10:30 a.m. | 11:40 a.m. | M3 |
| PHIL 130 A | Hip Hop Music, Spoken Word and Philosophy | Moeller | Tue, Thu Hybrid | 3:00 p.m. | 4:10 p.m. | |
| PHIL 220 A | Advanced Logic: Sentential and Predicate Logic | Naraghi | Mon, Wed | 3:00 p.m. | 4:10 p.m. | |
| PHIL 226.2 | Ethics Bowl 1 | Naraghi | Tue, Thu Online Synchronous | 10:30 a.m. | 11:40 a.m. | |
| PHIL 250 | Environmental Ethics | Naraghi | Mon, Wed | 1:30 p.m. | 2:40 p.m. | U2 |
| PHIL 252 A | Philosophy of Technology | Baker | Mon, Wed | 1:30 p.m. | 2:40 p.m. | U1 |
| PHIL 255 A | Social and Political Philosophy | Moeller | Tue, Thu Hybrid | 9:00 a.m. | 10:10 a.m. | U2 |
| PHIL 255 B | Social and Political Philosophy | Moeller | Tue, Thu Hybrid | 10:30 a.m. | 11:40 a.m. | U2 |
| PHIL 291 A | Philosophy of Science | Baker | Tue, Thu | 1:30 p.m. | 2:40 p.m. | U1 |
100-Level Courses
PHIL 120 A and B: Introduction to Philosophy
Tasks and the subject matters of philosophy, including the major theories of reality, knowledge, religion, morality and social justice. Attention to several classic philosophical texts as primary source readings. (M3)
PHIL 130 A: Hip Hop Music, Spoken Word and Philosophy
We will investigate how some Hip Hop music and Spoken Word works engage with classic Western philosophical themes and questions, including those of knowledge, metaphysics, ethics, love, and justice. How do some contribute to knowledge and some perpetuate injustice, sexism, and violence? How does Rakim relate to Augustine's arguments on God, Gil Scot-Heron to Kant on punishment, Lil' Kim to Sartre on 'the objectifying gaze'? Students will be required to attend two spoken work workshops or performances, and to view and listen to material outside of class.
200-Level Courses
PHIL 220: Advanced Logic: Sentential and Predicate Logic
A study of advanced topics in logic, including propositional and predicate logic. (Paths to Knowledge: Logic Reasoning) (TAGS: Critical Reading)
PHIL 226.2: Ethics Bowl
This course examines, within teams, ethical cases with the purpose of developing ethical positions supported by arguments, debated at the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Competition. Prerequisite: PHIL 222 or PHIL 224 or permission of the instructor. (TAGS: Public Speaking)
PHIL 250: Environmental Ethics
This course examines contemporary environmental ethical issues that arise in understanding humanity's complex relationship with the natural world. The course will explore environmental ethics from a wide range of philosophical and theological methods and perspectives. (U2)
PHIL 252: Philosophy of Technology
An examination of how technology shapes our understanding of ourselves and our world as well as the moral dilemmas that it presents for us. (U1)
PHIL 255 A & B: Social and Political Philosophy
An examination of central issues in social political thought such as: What is justice? How can considerations of justice negotiate our great differences of culture, identity, and circumstance? How are non-Western and Western approaches to philosophy to engage productively, across such historical legacies as imperialism, colonialism, and neo-colonialism? (U2)
PHIL 291: Philosophy of Science
A study of what is science, how it works, what distinguishes it from other disciplines, and what is the nature and value of scientific theories. More specifically, in this course, you study the following topics: Different theories/conceptions on the nature of science and scientific methods, The relation between science and society and how science can influence society and how it can be influenced by social norms and values. The relation between science and gender, and more specifically, how feminism challenges and changes our conception of science. And finally, the major philosophical problems in Physics, Biology, and Psychology. (U1). Open to juniors and seniors only.