printer friendly pagePHIL 284: Epistemology (PHIL 184)
This is an advanced introduction to core topics in epistemology -- the philosophical study of knowledge. Questions covered will include: What is knowledge? Must all knowledge rest on secure foundations? What are the connections between knowledge and rationality? Can we answer skepticism and relativism? Should epistemology be primarily investigated from a naturalistic, normative, or social perspective? Prerequisite (for undergraduates):
PHIL 80 and
PHIL 150 or equivalent.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Lawlor, K. (PI)
;
Brophy, S. (TA)
PHIL 288A: Explanation (PHIL 188A)
We talk about explanations all the time whether in everyday conversations or in physics, chemistry, medicine, engineering, or economics. But what is an explanation? What is needed in order to have an explanation of something? Are there fundamentally different kinds of explanation? Are there distinctive forms of explanation in mathematics or metaphysics? Does all explanation have to do with causation? Do all explanations need to be backed by laws? Do explanatory relations determine the fundamental structure of reality? Instructor Permission Required. Prerequisites:
PHIL 60,
PHIL 80,
PHIL 150, and one course in contemporary theoretical philosophy (
PHIL 180 to
PHIL 189); or equivalent courses.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Hussain, N. (PI)
PHIL 297C: Curricular Practical Training
Students engage in internship work and integrate that work into their academic program. Following internship work, students complete a research report outlining work activity. Meets the requirements for curricular practical training for students on F-1 visas. Student is responsible for arranging own internship/employment and faculty sponsorship. Register under faculty sponsor's section number. Course may be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
4 times
(up to 1 units total)
Instructors:
Icard, T. (PI)
;
Wood, A. (PI)
PHIL 322: Hume
Hume's theoretical philosophy emphasizing skepticism and naturalism, the theory of ideas and belief, space and time, causation and necessity, induction and laws of nature, miracles, a priori reasoning, the external world, and the identity of the self. 2 unit option only for Philosophy PhD students beyond the relevant PhD distribution requirements. Prerequisites: Undergraduates wishing to take this course must have previously taken History of Modern Philosophy or the equivalent, and may only enroll with permission from the instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-4
Instructors:
De Pierris, G. (PI)
PHIL 325: Kant's Third Critique
2 unit option only for Philosophy PhD students beyond the second year.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-4
Instructors:
Hills, D. (PI)
PHIL 331M: Methodology in Ancient Greek Philosophy
Grad seminar. 2 unit option only for Philosophy PhD students beyond the second year.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 2-4
Instructors:
Code, A. (PI)
PHIL 359: Logic Spring Seminar
Topics in current research in logic, with an emphasis on information, computation, agency, and cognition. Guest presentations by Stanford faculty and advanced students, and colleagues from elsewhere. Course requirement: active participation plus paper.nPrerequisite: serious background in logic (at least 151 level). This course is repeatable.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-4
| Repeatable
5 times
(up to 20 units total)
Instructors:
van Benthem, J. (PI)
PHIL 377W: Values and Consequences
Previous coursework in philosophy is required. 2 unit option is only for Philosophy PhD students beyond the second year. A survey of classic and contemporary readings on Value Theory and on Consequentialism.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-4
Instructors:
Wenar, L. (PI)
PHIL 381: PhD Seminar: Topics in the Philosophy of Language
This class is open to all philosophy graduate students, and to other students only with instructor permission. The 2 unit option is only allowed for Philosophy PhD students who are beyond the second year.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-4
| Repeatable
4 times
(up to 16 units total)
Instructors:
Crimmins, M. (PI)
PHIL 387: Topics in Philosophy of Action. Time, Sociality, Institutions: The Core Capacity Conjecture
This year's topic is Time, Sociality, Institutions: The Core Capacity Conjecture. Our human agency involves multiple forms of mind-shaped practical organization. We act over time. We act together. We act within a social world shaped by social rules/social norms. We act within organized, rule-guided institutions with roles and offices. These multiple forms of mind-shaped practical organization should be a main target of philosophical theorizing about human agency. One conjecture is that our capacity for planning agency underlies our capacities for these inter-related forms of practical organization. This seminar will explore these themes.Enrollment is limited to graduate students in Philosophy and others by permission of instructor. 2-unit option is only for Philosophy PhD students beyond the second year.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-4
| Repeatable
9 times
Instructors:
Bratman, M. (PI)
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