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General List of Seminars
Courses Offered Fall 2008 (includes course descriptions)
Past Courses (Listed by Semester) This site provides a general list of the regularly offered PhD seminars. Following a general list of courses, there is a list of the courses that are scheduled to be taught in the Fall 2007 semester. Courses that have been taught in past semesters are also listed (by semester) to indicate the scope of course topics that have been taught recently in our department. †7001-8001. Proseminar. (3).
†7002-8002. Teaching Skills for Graduate Assistants. (3). Topics vary in all of the following courses. They are announced in the online course listing and described in the departmental course outline booklet. Some of these courses may be repeated for credit if not to improve a previous grade. (†Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.) 7020-8020. Seminar in Major Figures. (3).
7030-8030. Seminar in Continental Philosophy. (3). May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
7040-8040. Seminar in Normative Philosophy. (3). May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
7201-8201. Seminar in Classical Philosophy. (3). May be repeated.
7203-8203. Seminar in Contemporary Philosophy. (3). May be repeated.
7301-8301. Seminar in Modern Philosophy. (3-6). May be repeated.
7414-8414. Seminar in Metaphysics. (3).
7421-8421. Seminar in Epistemology. (3).
7442-8442. Seminar on Heidegger. (3).
7541-8541. Seminar in Social and Political Philosophy. (3).
7551-8551. Seminar in Ethical Theory. (3).
7800-7810–8800-8810. Special Topics in Philosophy. (3).
†7994. Reading and Research. (1-9). May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
†7996. Thesis. (1-9). May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
8051. Colloquium on Philosophical Problems. (3).
†8071. Research in Progress Seminar. (1-12). May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
8252. Seminar on Aristotle. (3).
†8994. Advanced Reading and Research. (1-12). May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
†9000. Dissertation. (1-12). May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
4/6311
Studies in Modern Philosophy – Berkeley, Hume, and Reid
Dr. John Tienson
A study of the metaphysics and epistemology of George Berkeley (1685-1753), David Hume (1711-1776), and Thomas Reid (1710-1796). Berkeley was an idealist; Hume was an avowed skeptic. Reid originated the common picture according to which Hume saw that Berkeley’s arguments apply to mind as well as matter, so that Hume’s skepticism is the reduction ad absurdum of notions already present in the philosophy of Descartes and Locke—especially their notion of ideas. 4/6441
Recent Continental Philosophy: Being and Time
Dr. Tom Nenon
This course will concentrate on central passages from Heidegger’s Being and Time that should provide a solid introduction to the basic positions developed by Heidegger in this ground-breaking work. We will be stressing both this work’s indebtedness to philosophical predecessors and the ways it redirects philosophical thinking in important new directions. 4/6551
Social and Political Philosophy: Slavery, Douglass, & the Future of Race in the United States
Dr. Bill E. Lawson
Slaves in the United States certainly ranked among the most powerless and oppressed people in modern times. Contrary to popular opinion, slaves reflected deeply on every aspect of the miserable state of affairs that they were forced to endure. In the writings of slaves and former slaves, we find discussion and speculation on such concepts as oppression, paternalism, resistance, political obligation, citizenship and forgiveness. These concepts are important for understanding what it means for a society to be just. Philosophers have traditionally examined these questions from the perspective of the powerful. Blacks held in the bondage of American chattel slavery also reflected on the nature of justice. What does a reading of the narratives of slaves tell us about the nature of justice? That question will be central to our understanding of the texts for this course. This course will use a variety of texts, historical, literary, and philosophical, to examine the problem of justice and slavery. We will focus on the life and writings of Frederick Douglass. Douglass’s writings address many of the issues that impact on our appreciation and understanding of liberal political philosophy. 7001/8001
Proseminar
Dr. Pleshette DeArmitt
7002/8002
Teaching Skills
Dr. Deborah Tollefsen
This course is designed to impart the skills necessary for both serving as a teaching assistant as well as for designing and teaching one’s own philosophy course. May be repeated for up to 12 hours.
7020/8020
Seminar Major Figures - Sartre And Fanon
Dr. Robert Bernasconi
The main aim of this course is to engage with two classical works of twentieth-century political philosophy: Jean-Paul Sartre’s Critique of Dialectical Reason and Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth. In an effort to understand their relation to each other, we will also briefly look back at Fanon’s Critique of Sartre in Black Skin, White Masks. The main themes of the course are: philosophical method, the individualism-communitarianism debate, violence, race, colonialism, and political action.
7030/8030
Seminar in Continental Philosophy: “Kristeva: Sexed Singularities”
Dr. Pleshette DeArmitt
In this course, we will try make sense of Kristeva’s resistance to mass feminist movements coupled with her call to rethink women’s rights, as well as human rights, in terms of the 13th Century scholastic philosopher Duns Scotus’ notion of haecceitas or “thisness,” which she renders as “singularity.” In Kristeva’s gloss on the Scotist concept, she conceives of each singularity as sexed. Thus, we will sketch out her thought of “sexed singularities” from her early writing to some of her more recent work and will examine a number of interrelated themes, including the semiotic and the symbolic, the maternal, temporality, revolt, and genius.
7/8201
Seminar in Classical Philosophy: Ancient And Modern Conceptions Of Well-Being
Dr. Tim Roche
The first half or two-thirds of the course is an intensive study of Aristotle’s conception of the human good or happiness (eudaimonia) as it is developed in his Nicomachean Ethics. The remainder of the course involves the study of various modern treatments of well-being, some very critical of the ancient accounts and others more congenial to them. The purpose of the course is to compare and contrast the ancient and modern accounts of well-being with the aim of establishing, first, what these accounts are and how they are defended, and secondly, whether the ancient accounts are more or less philosophically compelling than the modern ones.
7/8203
Seminar in Epistemology - Testimony, Trust, and Epistemic Injustice
Dr. Deborah Tollefsen
Most of our knowledge is gained through the testimony of others but it is only recently that contemporary epistemology has turned its gaze to this issue. After general discussion of the nature of testimony and theories of the justification of testimonial belief, this seminar will focus on a book by Miranda Fricker called Epistemic Injustice (Oxford, 2007).
7/8551
Kant’s Moral Philosophy
Dr. Sarah Miller
This course offers a comprehensive and close examination of the basic structure and themes of Kant’s moral philosophy as found in the Groundwork, the Metaphysics of Morals (especially the Tugendlehre), the Critique of Practical Reason and the Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason. Readings of Kant’s texts will be paired with recent commentaries, criticisms and extensions of his work (encountered through both reading assignments and lectures). top of page
2007 Fall6311
Studies in Modern Philosophy (Critique of Pure Reason)
Taught by Hoke Robinson 6441
Recent Continental Philosophy: Husserl
Taught by Tom Nenon 6551
Social and Political Philosophy
Taught by Bill Lawson 7001/8000
Proseminar
Taught by John Tienson 7002/8002
Teaching Skills
Taught by Deborah Tollefsen 7030-8030
Seminar in Continental Philosophy: Blanchot and Nancy
Taught by Kas Saghafi 7201/8201
Seminar in Classical Philosophy: Plato's Republic
Taught by Tim Roche 7203-8203
Seminar in Contemporary Philosophy: Collective Action
Taught by Deborah Tollefsen 7551/8551
Seminar Ethical Theory: Global Ethics and Multiculturalism
Taught by Sarah Clark Miller 8051 (Open to MA & PhD students)
Colloquium in Philosophical Problems: Deleuze
Taught by Len Lawlor 8071
Research In Progress
Taught by Deborah Tollefsen 2007 Fall
6311
Studies in Modern Philosophy (Critique of Pure Reason)
Taught by Hoke Robinson6441
Recent Continental Philosophy: Husserl
Taught by Tom Nenon 6551
Social and Political Philosophy
Taught by Bill Lawson 7001/8000
Proseminar
Taught by John Tienson 7002/8002
Teaching Skills
Taught by Deborah Tollefsen 7030-8030
Seminar in Continental Philosophy: Blanchot and Nancy
Taught by Kas Saghafi 7201/8201
Seminar in Classical Philosophy: Plato's Republic
Taught by Tim Roche 7203-8203
Seminar in Contemporary Philosophy: Collective Action
Taught by DeborahTollefsen 7551/8551
Seminar Ethical Theory: Global Ethics and Multiculturalism
Taught by Sarah Clark Miller 8051 (Open to MA & PhD students)
Colloquium in Philosophical Problems: Deleuze
Taught by Len Lawlor 8071
Research In Progress
Taught by Deborah Tollefsen 2007 Spring7020/8020
Seminar – Major Figures: The Phenomenology of Spirit
Taught by Robert Bernasconi 7030/8030
Seminar – Continental Philosophy: Freud and French Philosophy
Taught by Pleshette DeArmitt 7203/8203
Seminar – Contemporary Philosophy: Philosophy of Gender and Sexuality
Taught by Mary Beth Mader 7414/8414
Seminar – Metaphysics: Intentionality
Taught by John Tienson 8051
Colloquium: Africana Philosophy
Taught by Bill Lawson 8071
Research in Progress
Taught by David Henderson
2006 Fall7001/8001
Proseminar
Taught by John Tienson 7002/8002
Teaching Skills
Taught by David Henderson 7030/8030
Seminar – Continental Philosophy: Difference and Nature in Contemporary French Philosophy
Taught by Mary Beth Mader 7201/8201
Seminar – Classical Philosophy: Aristotle’s Ethics
Taught by Tim Roche 7203/8203
Seminar – Contemporary Philosophy: Animal Cognition
Taught by Deborah Tollefsen 7541/8541
Seminar – Social & Political Philosophy: Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau, Nosick, and Rawls
Taught by Bill Lawson 8051
Colloquium: Race Theory
Taught by Robert Bernasconi 8071
Research in Progress
2006 Spring7002/8002
Teaching Skills
Taught by David Henderson 7020/8020
Seminar – Major Figures: Hegel and History
Taught by Robert Bernasconi 7030/8030
Seminar – Continental Philosophy: Derrida
Taught by Len Lawlor 7421/8421
Seminar – Epistemology: Relativism/Anti-Relativism
Taught by David Henderson 7551/8551
Seminar – Ethical Theory: Kant’s Ethics
Taught by Sarah Miller 8071
Research in Progress
Taught by David Henderson
2005 Fall7001/8001
Proseminar
Taught by John Tienson 7002/8002
Teaching Skills
Taught by David Henderson 7030/8030
Seminar – Continental Philosophy: Being and Time
Taught by Tom Nenon 7040/8040
Seminar – Normative Philosophy: Feminist Ethics
Taught by Sarah Miller 7201/8201
Seminar – Classical Philosophy: Ancient Physics
Taught by Alan Kim 203/8203
Seminar Contemporary Philosophy: Philosophy of Mind
Taught by John Tienson 8051
Colloquium – Philosophical Problems: Nietzsche and Biology
Taught by Robert Bernasconi 8071
Research in Progress
2005 Spring7002/8002
Teaching Skills
Taught by David Henderson 7020/8020
Seminar – Major Figures: Leibniz
Taught by Jack Davidson 7030/8030
Seminar – continental Philosophy: Levinas with Derrida
Taught by Robert Bernasconi 7030/8030
Seminar – Continental Philosophy: Genera, Generation and Genealogy: Deleuze, Foucault and French Philosophy of Science
Taught by Mary Beth Mader 7421/8421
Seminar – Epistemology: The Point of Epistemology
Taught by David Henderson 8071
Research in Progress
Taught by David Henderson
2004 Fall7001/8001
Proseminar
Taught by John Tienson 7002/8002
Teaching Skills
Taught by David Henderson 7020/8020
Seminar – Major Figures: Wittgenstein
Taught by Deborah Tollefsen 7030/8030
Seminar – Continental Philosophy: Husserl
Taught by Tom Nenon 7040/8040
Seminar – Normative Philosophy: Agency, Well-Being and Care
Taught by Sarah Miller 7201/8201
Seminar – Classical Philosophy: Aristotle’s De Anima
Taught by Tim Roche 8051
Colloquium – Philosophical Problems: The Problem of Vision in 20th Century French Thought
Taught by Len Lawlor 8071
Research in Progress
Taught by David Henderson
2004 Spring7002/8002
Teaching Skills
Taught by David Henderson 7020/8020
Seminar – Major Figures: Deleuze
Taught by Mary Beth Mader 7040/8040
Seminar – Normative Philosophy: Ethics without Principles
Taught by Mark Timmons 7301/8301
Seminar – Modern Philosophy: Phenomenology of Spirit
Taught by Sara Beardsworth 7241/8241
Seminar – Epistemology: Testimony
Taught by David Henderson 8051
Colloquium – Philosophical Problems: Later Heidegger
Taught by Robert Bernasconi 8071
Research in Progress
Taught by David Henderson
2003 Fall7001/8001
Proseminar
Taught by John Tienson 7002/8002
Teaching Skills
Taught by David Henderson 7030/8030
Seminar – Continental Philosophy: Nietzsche’s French Reception
Taught by Mary Beth Mader 7201/8210
Seminar – Classical Philosophy: Aristotle’s Metaphysics
Taught by John Ellis 7421/8421
Seminar – Epistemology: Feminist Epistemology
Taught by Deborah Tollefsen 7442/8442
Seminar – Heidegger: Being and Time
Taught by Tom Nenon 8071
Research in Progress
Taught by David Henderson
2003 Spring7002/8002
Teaching Skills
David Henderson 7030/8030
Seminar – Continental Philosophy: Kristeva
Sara Beardsworth 7040/8040
Seminar – Normative Philosophy: Normative Ethics
Crystal Thorpe 7203/8203
Seminar – Modern Philosophy: Leibniz
Hoke Robinson 7421/8421
Seminar – Epistemology
David Henderson 8051
Colloquium – Philosophical Problems
Robert Bernasconi 8070
Research in Progress
2002 Fall7001/8001
Proseminar
Taught by John Tienson 7002/8002
Teaching Skills
Taught by David Henderson 7020/8020
Seminar- Major Figures: Foucault
Taught by Len Lawlor 7201/8201
Seminar – Classical Philosophy: Aristotle’s Ethics and Politics
Taught by Tim Roche 7551/8551
Seminar – Ethical Theory: Kant’s Ethics
Taught by Mark Timmons 7800/8800
African American Philosophy
Taught by Ron Sundstrum 8051
Colloquium – Philosophical Problems: Multiculturalism
Taught by Mary Beth Mader 8071
Research in Progress
Taught by David Henderson
2002 Spring7002/8002
Teaching Skills
Taught by David Henderson 7020/8020
Seminar – Major Figures: Bergson
Taught by Len Lawlor 7203/8203
Seminar- Contemporary Philosophy: Mental Causation
Taught by Terry Horgan 7301/8301
Seminar- Modern Philosophy: Hume
Taught by John Tienson 7442/8442
Seminar – Heidegger
Taught by Tom Nenon 8051
Colloquium – Philosophical Problems: Levinas
Taught by Robert Bernasconi 8071
Research in Progress 2001 Fall7001/8001
Teaching Skills
Taught by John Tienson 7030/8030
Seminar – Continental Philosophy: Critical Theory
Taught by Sara Beardsworth 7201/8201
Seminar – Classical Philosophy: Aristotle on Nature
Taught by Alan Kim 7414/8414
Seminar – Metaphysics Friedman’s A Parting of the Ways
Taught by John Tienson and Alan Kim 7551/8551
Seminar – Ethical Theory: 20th Century Metaethics
Taught by Mark Timmons 8051
Colloquium – Philosophical Problems: Race Theory
Taught by Robert Bernasconi 8070
Research in Progress
Taught by John Tienson 2001 Spring7002/8002
Teaching Skills
Taught by David Henderson 7020/8020
Seminar – Major Figures: Derrida
Taught by Len Lawlor 7301/8301
Seminar – Modern Philosophy: Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit
Taught by Sara Beardsworth 7421/8421
Seminar – Epistemology
Taught by Terry Horgan 7551/8551
Seminar – Ethical Theory
Taught by Mark Timmons 8051
Colloquium – Philosophical Problems: Sartre and his Contemporaries
Taught by Robert Bernasconi 8071
Research in Progress
Taught by David Henderson 7001/8001
Proseminar
Taught by John Tienson 7002/8002
Teaching Skills
Taught by David Henderson 7020/8020
Seminar – Major Figures: Foucault’s Archeology
Taught by Len Lawlor 7201/8201
Seminar – Classical Philosophy: Plato and Aristotle on Love and Friendship
Taught by Tim Roche 7203/8203
Seminar – Contemporary Philosophy: Feminist Theories
Taught by Mary Beth Mader 7301/8301
Seminar – Modern Philosophy: Origins of Analytic Philosophy
Taught by John Tienson 8051
Colloquium – Philosophical Problems: Race Theory
Taught by Robert Bernasconi 8071
Research in Progress 2000 Spring7020/8020
Seminar – Major Figures: Hegel’s Philosophy of Right
Tom Nenon 7203/8203
Seminar- Contemporary Philosophy: Philosophy of Mind
Taught by Terry Horgan 7541/8541
Seminar – Social & Political Philosophy: Sartre’s Political Thought
Taught by Robert Bernasconi 7551/8551
Seminar – Normative Philosophy: Ethical Theory
Taught by Mark Timmons 8051
Colloquium – Philosophical Problems: Psychoanalysis and Culture
Taught by Sara Beardsworth 8071
Research in Progress
Taught by David Henderson
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