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PHIL 200. Introduction to Philosophy 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
A course treating some of the central problems of philosophy: the mind-body problem, freedom, scepticism and certainty, fate, time, and the existence of God.
- Philosophy students may use either PHIL 200 or PHIL 201 towards their program requirements, but not both. Students may, however, take both for credit (using the second as an elective), as the content in PHIL 201 does not overlap with PHIL 200
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PHIL 201. Introduction to Philosophy 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
An introduction to some of the major problems of philosophy. This course does not duplicate .
- Philosophy students may use either PHIL 200 or PHIL 201 towards their program requirements, but not both. Students may, however, take both for credit (using the second as an elective), as the content in PHIL 201 does not overlap with PHIL 200
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PHIL 202. The Good Life.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Explores how philosophers from Socrates to Sartre wrestle with the question of how we should live, including ancient philosophers who present their teachings as pathways to happiness, virtue, and peace of mind; medieval philosophers who seek to understand God鈥檚 will; and modern philosophers who grapple with the tension between community and freedom. Analyzes debates of fundamental moral and existential questions: What things really matter? Does it pay to be good? What constitutes the best society? Can we escape the roller coaster of our emotions? Examines how answers are intertwined with beliefs about God, nature, knowledge, the soul, and politics.
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PHIL 202 - Fall 2024
PHIL 203. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Ethics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to several important debates in the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI), including: artificial general intelligence, artificial consciousness, existential risk, and the moral status of advanced AI systems, to practical ethical and political issues raised by the uses of AI systems, including opacity, discrimination, privacy,disinformation and impacts on work and wealth distribution.
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PHIL 210. Introduction to Deductive Logic 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025
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Description
An introduction to propositional and predicate logic; formalization of arguments, truth tables, systems of deduction, elementary metaresults, and related topics.
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 318
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PHIL 210 - Fall 2024
PHIL 221. Introduction to History and Philosophy of Science 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
A survey of the development of modern science since the Eighteenth Century.
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PHIL 221 - Fall 2024
PHIL 230. Introduction to Moral Philosophy 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
A survey of a number of historically important and influential theories. Philosophers to be discussed may include Aristotle, Hume, Kant, Bentham, Mill, and Moore.
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PHIL 230 - Fall 2024
PHIL 237. Contemporary Moral Issues.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Winter 2026
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Description
An introductory discussion of central ethical questions (the value of persons, or the relationship of rights and utilities, for example) through the investigation of currently disputed social and political issues. Specific issues to be discussed may include pornography and censorship, affirmative action, civil disobedience, punishment, abortion, and euthanasia.
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PHIL 237 - Summer 2023
PHIL 240. Political Philosophy 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
An introduction to contemporary philosophy of politics by concentrating on a number of contested concepts, such as freedom, justice and equality, in contemporary political philosophy and practice.
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PHIL 240 course description
PHIL 242. Introduction to Feminist Theory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
An introduction to feminist theory as political theory. Emphasis is placed on the plurality of analyses and proposals that constitute contemporary feminist thought. Some of the following are considered: liberal feminism, marxist and socialist feminism, radical feminism, postmodern feminism, francophone feminism, and the contributions to feminist theory by women of colour and lesbians.
- Note: Since this course is being taught abroad, the Victoria Day statutory holiday will not be taken into consideration. Therefore, students are expected to attend their lecture on Monday, May 19, 2014.
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PHIL 242 course description