Fall 2025 COURSES
The following courses are offered during the Fall 2025 semester. Please view the ΢ÃÜÆƽâ 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 220 | 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 | 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 A | Social and Political Philosophy | Moeller | Tue, Thu Hybrid | 10:30 a.m. | 11:40 a.m. | U2 |
| PHIL 267 | West African Philosophy: Akan Ethics | Moeller | Tue, Thu Hybrid | 3:00 p.m. | 4:10 p.m. | M5 |
| PHIL 291 | 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)
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 267: West African Philosophy: Akan Ethics
Through study of philosophical texts, writings, proverbs, and other sources, we shall explore West African values. The focus will be both traditional and contemporary, primarily oriented toward the Akan people of what is now Ghana. Among the first nations to achieve political independence in the de-colonization movements, Ghana has kept traditional values alive, not in isolation from the rest of the world, but in active engagement with it. What do the values of the Akan have to teach us? (M5)
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.