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Stanford
Department of Philosophy
School of Humanities and Sciences

Courses

Title
Instructor
Quarter
Day, Time, Location

PHIL 1
Introduction to Philosophy

Wong-Taylor, G. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

PHIL 2
Introduction to Moral Philosophy (ETHICSOC 20)

Dowling, G. (TA)
Luo, A. (TA)
Madigan, T. (PI)
McGuthry, M. (TA)
Erhardt, R. (TA)
Van Steertegem, C. (TA)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM

PHIL 2
Introduction to Moral Philosophy (ETHICSOC 20)

Madigan, T. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM

PHIL 3
Democracy and Disagreement (COMM 3, CSRE 31, HISTORY 3C, POLISCI 31, PSYCH 31A, PUBLPOL 3, RELIGST 23X, SOC 13)

Brest, P. (PI)
Satz, D. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday
3:00 PM
4:50 PM

PHIL 6SI
Student Initiated Course: Agent-Based Modeling

Lawlor, K. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Friday
4:30 PM
5:20 PM

PHIL 11N
Skepticism

Lawlor, K. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Monday Wednesday
10:30 AM
11:20 AM

PHIL 13
Humanities Core: Great Books, Big Ideas -- Europe, Modern (FRENCH 13, HISTORY 239C, HUMCORE 13)

2024 - 2025
Spring

PHIL 14N
Why Games Matter: The Philosophy of Play

Cao, R. (PI)
ORourke, J. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

PHIL 15N
Frosh Seminar

2024 - 2025
Autumn

PHIL 16N
External World Skepticism

Hussain, N. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

PHIL 20N
Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence

Etchemendy, J. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

PHIL 24E
The Male Gaze in Cinema: Perspectives from Feminist Philosophy

Jaarte, M. (PI)
Benossi, L. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Friday
1:30 PM
2:45 PM

PHIL 24H
Tutorial: Philosophy of Large Language Models

Harding, J. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Friday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

PHIL 24K
GRAD TUTORIAL: Principle of Sufficient Reason

Kang, S. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Friday
11:30 AM
12:20 PM

PHIL 24Y
Grad Tutorial

Al-Amin, Y. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

PHIL 36
Dangerous Ideas (ARTHIST 36, COMPLIT 36A, EALC 36, ENGLISH 71, ETHICSOC 36X, FRENCH 36, HISTORY 3D, MUSIC 36H, POLISCI 70, RELIGST 36X, SLAVIC 36, TAPS 36)

Safran, G. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Tuesday
4:30 PM
5:50 PM

PHIL 49
Survey of Formal Methods

Bassett, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

PHIL 60
Introduction to Philosophy of Science (HPS 60)

Hussain, N. (PI)
Wang, Z. (TA)
Tricks, T. (TA)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

PHIL 72
Contemporary Moral Problems (ETHICSOC 185M, POLISCI 134P)

Mapps, M. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

PHIL 80
Mind, Matter, and Meaning

Konstantinou, K. (TA)
Jordan, S. (TA)
Bennett, S. (TA)
Peacocke, A. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Monday Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM

PHIL 80
Mind, Matter, and Meaning

Teitel, T. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Monday Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM

PHIL 81
Philosophy and Literature (CLASSICS 42, COMPLIT 181, ENGLISH 81, FRENCH 181, GERMAN 181, ILAC 181, ITALIAN 181, SLAVIC 181)

Tadmor, J. (TA)
Martinez Periset, F. (TA)
Starovoitov, S. (TA)
Landy, J. (PI)
Anderson, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Monday Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM

PHIL 82
Ethics, Public Policy, and Technological Change (COMM 180, CS 182, ETHICSOC 182, POLISCI 182, PUBLPOL 182)

2024 - 2025
Winter

PHIL 99
Minds and Machines (CS 24, LINGUIST 35, PSYCH 35, SYMSYS 1, SYMSYS 200)

Krejci, B. (PI)
Wu, J. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM

PHIL 100
The History of Ancient Greek Philosophy (CLASSICS 40)

Apsel, L. (TA)
Bobonich, C. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM

PHIL 102
Modern Philosophy, Descartes to Kant

Klingspor, J. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Monday Wednesday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

PHIL 109A
Special Topics in Ancient Philosophy: Logic and Metaphysics in Ancient Greek Philosophy (PHIL 209A)

Code, A. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Monday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

PHIL 113E
Hellenistic Ethics (PHIL 213E)

Bobonich, C. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM

PHIL 115A
Ancient Democratic Theory and Contemporary Problems of Latin American Democracy (PHIL 215A)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
6:00 PM
7:20 PM

PHIL 119
Spinoza's Metaphysics (PHIL 219)

Klingspor, J. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Monday Wednesday
11:30 AM
12:50 PM

PHIL 125
Kant's First Critique (PHIL 225)

De Pierris, G. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday
12:00 PM
2:50 PM

PHIL 131
Introduction to Phenomenology (PHIL 231)

Jackson, G. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

PHIL 132
Phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty (PHIL 232)

Jackson, G. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM

PHIL 138
Parting of the Ways: Origins of the Analytic/Continental Divide (PHIL 238)

Wong-Taylor, G. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

PHIL 148
Taboo Topics: Adventures in Critical Thinking

Etchemendy, J. (PI)
Warren, J. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

PHIL 150
Mathematical Logic (PHIL 250)

Lawrence, P. (TA)
Bassett, R. (PI)
Bible, M. (TA)
Tilton, S. (TA)
Forster, M. (TA)
Liang, S. (TA)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

PHIL 151
Metalogic (PHIL 251)

Sommer, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM

PHIL 152
Computability and Logic (PHIL 252)

Icard, T. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

PHIL 154
Modal Logic (PHIL 254)

van Benthem, J. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

PHIL 158
Philosophy of Logic (PHIL 258)

Warren, J. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM

PHIL 165
Philosophy of Physics: Philosophical Issues in Quantum Mechanics (PHIL 265)

Ryckman, T. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

PHIL 167D
Philosophy of Neuroscience (PHIL 267D, SYMSYS 167D)

Cao, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

PHIL 167E
Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology (PHIL 267E)

Sober, E. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

PHIL 170
Ethical Theory (ETHICSOC 170, PHIL 270)

Madigan, T. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
4:30 PM
5:50 PM

PHIL 171
Justice (ETHICSOC 171, POLISCI 103, POLISCI 336S, PUBLPOL 103C)

Coyne, B. (PI)
Amaral, J. (TA)
Stowell, C. (TA)
Wu, Q. (TA)
Owen, M. (TA)
Biondo, A. (TA)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

PHIL 171P
Liberalism and its Critics (ETHICSOC 130, POLISCI 130)

Coyne, B. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

PHIL 172
History of Modern Moral Philosophy (ETHICSOC 172, PHIL 272)

Hills, D. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

PHIL 173
The Birth of Modern Moral Philosophy (PHIL 273)

Bobonich, C. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM

PHIL 174L
Justice Across Borders (ETHICSOC 174L)

2024 - 2025
Winter

PHIL 176A
Classical Seminar: Origins of Political Thought (CLASSICS 181, CLASSICS 381, ETHICSOC 130A, PHIL 276A, POLISCI 230A, POLISCI 330A)

Ober, J. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM

PHIL 176M
Meritocracy (PHIL 276M)

Madigan, T. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
4:30 PM
5:50 PM

PHIL 176P
Democratic Theory (ETHICSOC 234, POLISCI 234)

Coyne, B. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

PHIL 178
Ethics in Society Honors Seminar (ETHICSOC 190)

Coyne, B. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Wednesday
1:30 PM
3:20 PM

PHIL 178M
Introduction to Environmental Ethics (EARTHSYS 178M, ETHICSOC 178M, ETHICSOC 278M, PHIL 278M, POLISCI 134L)

2024 - 2025
Winter

PHIL 180
Metaphysics (PHIL 280)

Teitel, T. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Monday Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM

PHIL 181A
Philosophy of Language (PHIL 281A)

Nowak, E. (PI)
Kajercline, H. (TA)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Monday Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM

PHIL 181B
Topics in Philosophy of Language (PHIL 281B)

Crimmins, M. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Monday Wednesday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

PHIL 181C
Social and Political Philosophy of Language

Nowak, E. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM

PHIL 182H
Truth (PHIL 282H)

Hills, D. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Monday Wednesday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

PHIL 186
Philosophy of Mind (PHIL 286)

ORourke, J. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM

PHIL 187
Philosophy of Action (PHIL 287)

Gottlieb, D. (TA)
Sugarman, E. (TA)
Bratman, M. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

PHIL 189
Reduction and Grounding (PHIL 289)

Hussain, N. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

PHIL 194A
Capstone seminar: Imagination in Fiction and Philosophy

Peacocke, A. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Monday Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM

PHIL 194J
Capstone Seminar: Other Minds

Jackson, G. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Thursday
9:00 AM
11:50 AM

PHIL 194K
Capstone Seminar: The Metaphysics of Consciousness

ORourke, J. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Monday Wednesday
11:30 AM
12:50 PM

PHIL 194Y
Capstone seminar: Metaphilosophy

Lawlor, K. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

PHIL 196
Tutorial, Senior Year

Anderson, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

PHIL 196
Tutorial, Senior Year

Anderson, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

PHIL 196
Tutorial, Senior Year

Anderson, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

PHIL 197
Individual Work, Undergraduate

Anderson, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

PHIL 197
Individual Work, Undergraduate

Anderson, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

PHIL 197
Individual Work, Undergraduate

Anderson, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

PHIL 198
The Dualist

Hazel, A. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Friday
2:30 PM
3:20 PM

PHIL 198
The Dualist

Hazel, A. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Friday
11:30 AM
12:20 PM

PHIL 198
The Dualist

Hazel, A. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Friday
2:30 PM
3:20 PM

PHIL 199
Seminar for Prospective Honors Students

2024 - 2025
Spring

Friday
11:30 AM
12:20 PM

PHIL 213E
Hellenistic Ethics (PHIL 113E)

Bobonich, C. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM

PHIL 225
Kant's First Critique (PHIL 125)

De Pierris, G. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday
12:00 PM
2:50 PM

PHIL 231
Introduction to Phenomenology (PHIL 131)

Jackson, G. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

PHIL 239
Teaching Methods in Philosophy

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Friday
12:30 PM
1:20 PM

PHIL 239
Teaching Methods in Philosophy

2024 - 2025
Spring

Friday
12:30 PM
1:20 PM

PHIL 240
Individual Work for Graduate Students

Anderson, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

PHIL 240
Individual Work for Graduate Students

Anderson, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

PHIL 240
Individual Work for Graduate Students

Anderson, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

PHIL 250
Mathematical Logic (PHIL 150)

Lawrence, P. (TA)
Bassett, R. (PI)
Bible, M. (TA)
Tilton, S. (TA)
Forster, M. (TA)
Liang, S. (TA)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

PHIL 251
Metalogic (PHIL 151)

Sommer, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM

PHIL 252
Computability and Logic (PHIL 152)

Icard, T. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

PHIL 254
Modal Logic (PHIL 154)

van Benthem, J. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

PHIL 265
Philosophy of Physics: Philosophical Issues in Quantum Mechanics (PHIL 165)

Ryckman, T. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

PHIL 267D
Philosophy of Neuroscience (PHIL 167D, SYMSYS 167D)

Cao, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

PHIL 267E
Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology (PHIL 167E)

Sober, E. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

PHIL 270
Ethical Theory (ETHICSOC 170, PHIL 170)

Madigan, T. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
4:30 PM
5:50 PM

PHIL 276A
Classical Seminar: Origins of Political Thought (CLASSICS 181, CLASSICS 381, ETHICSOC 130A, PHIL 176A, POLISCI 230A, POLISCI 330A)

Ober, J. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM

PHIL 276M
Meritocracy (PHIL 176M)

Madigan, T. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
4:30 PM
5:50 PM

PHIL 278M
Introduction to Environmental Ethics (EARTHSYS 178M, ETHICSOC 178M, ETHICSOC 278M, PHIL 178M, POLISCI 134L)

2024 - 2025
Winter

PHIL 280
Metaphysics (PHIL 180)

Teitel, T. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Monday Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM

PHIL 281A
Philosophy of Language (PHIL 181A)

Nowak, E. (PI)
Kajercline, H. (TA)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Monday Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM

PHIL 281B
Topics in Philosophy of Language (PHIL 181B)

Crimmins, M. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Monday Wednesday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

PHIL 286
Philosophy of Mind (PHIL 186)

ORourke, J. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM

PHIL 287
Philosophy of Action (PHIL 187)

Gottlieb, D. (TA)
Sugarman, E. (TA)
Bratman, M. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

PHIL 289
Reduction and Grounding (PHIL 189)

Hussain, N. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

PHIL 300
Proseminar

Hussain, N. (PI)
Warren, J. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Tuesday
10:30 AM
1:20 PM

PHIL 301
Dissertation Development Proseminar

Crimmins, M. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM

PHIL 301
Dissertation Development Proseminar

Crimmins, M. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

PHIL 317B
Plato's Political Philosophy

Bobonich, C. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday
3:00 PM
5:50 PM

PHIL 333
Philosophy, Literature, and the Arts Core Seminar (DLCL 333, ENGLISH 333, MUSIC 332)

Anderson, R. (PI)
Quayson, A. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Wednesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

PHIL 359
Logic Spring Seminar

Icard, T. (PI)
van Benthem, J. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM

PHIL 365
Seminar in Philosophy of Physics

Ryckman, T. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday
3:00 PM
5:50 PM

PHIL 368A
Explanation in Neuroscience

Cao, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

PHIL 369D
Parsimony

Sober, E. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Wednesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

PHIL 370B
Metaphor

Hills, D. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Monday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

PHIL 372W
Race, System, and Structure (ETHICSOC 372W)

Wenar, L. (PI)
Salkin, W. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Wednesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

PHIL 381
PhD Seminar: Topics in the Philosophy of Language

Crimmins, M. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Thursday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

PHIL 381E
PhD Seminar: Topics in the Philosophy of Language

Nowak, E. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Thursday
3:00 PM
5:50 PM

PHIL 383
Advanced Topics in Epistemology

Lawlor, K. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Monday
3:00 PM
5:50 PM

PHIL 384J
Topics in Epistemology: The Problem of Induction

Warren, J. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Wednesday
6:30 PM
9:20 PM

PHIL 386
Qualitativism: Objects, Structure, and Ontology

Teitel, T. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Monday
3:00 PM
5:50 PM

PHIL 386P
Mental Action

Peacocke, A. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Wednesday
3:00 PM
5:50 PM

PHIL 387
Topics in Philosophy of Action. Time, Sociality, Institutions: The Core Capacity Conjecture

Bratman, M. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Tuesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

PHIL 391
Seminar on Logic & Formal Philosophy (CS 353)

Icard, T. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Wednesday
4:30 PM
6:20 PM

PHIL 400
How to be a Phil Pro: Professionalization in Academic Philosophy

Peacocke, A. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Wednesday
4:30 PM
6:20 PM

PHIL 450
Thesis

Anderson, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

PHIL 450
Thesis

Anderson, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

PHIL 450
Thesis

Anderson, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

PHIL 801
TGR Project

Anderson, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

PHIL 801
TGR Project

Anderson, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

PHIL 801
TGR Project

Anderson, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

PHIL 802
TGR Dissertation

Anderson, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

PHIL 802
TGR Dissertation

Anderson, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

PHIL 802
TGR Dissertation

Anderson, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring