PHIL 100 : INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
Lect 10:00 MW/Disc 10:00 or 11:00 F/Instructor: Sutherland
This course will introduce you to philosophy by focusing on a few of the many issues that have engaged and perplexed philosophers. After introducing the basic logical concepts needed to recognize and evaluate arguments, we will examine two issues in epistemology and metaphysics. We will examine skepticism about the external world through the classic work of René Descartes. Further reading of Descartes will introduce us to the mind/body problem. The next section of the course will look more closely at the mind/body problem and contemporary approaches to it. We will then turn to ethics in the final section of the course, reviewing three dominant ethical theories: utilitarianism, Kantianism, and Aristotelianism. Each will be examined with respect to particular moral issues, such as famine and war. We will work from the texts, and it is imperative that, after the introductory section on logic, you bring your book every day to class. There will be two 3 to 5 page papers (25% each), an in-class exam (20%) and a final exam (30%). Required texts: to be announced.

PHIL 100 : INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
Lect 11:00 MW/Disc 10:00 or 11:00 or 12:00 F /Instructor: Hilbert
An introduction to the methods and problems of philosophy. The problems to be focused on include: Does God exist? Can we know anything about the external world? What is the nature of the human mind and its relation to the body? Attention will be paid not only to substantive answers to the questions but also to the methods available for assessing these answers. The readings are drawn from both classic texts and the contemporary literature. Required texts: Meditations on First Philosophy, Rene Descartes, (ed. Donald Cress) ; Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, David Hume, (ed. Richard H. Popkin); A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, George Berkeley (ed. Kenneth Winkler); A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality, John Perry.

PHIL 100 : INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
Lect 1:00 MW/Disc 12:00 or 1:00 F/Instructor: Downing
A survey of a number of traditional philosophical issues, stressing both their depth and their interconnection. Questions addressed will include the following: What makes an action morally right or wrong? Do we have free will? Under what conditions are we morally responsible for our actions? What is a mind and how is it related to the human brain/body? What is the fundamental nature of reality and how do we gain knowledge of it? Does God exist? Readings from historical and contemporary sources. Required texts: Introduction to Philosophy, Perry and Bratman.

PHIL 100 : INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
Lect 5:30-7:00 PM M/Disc 7:00-8:00 PM M/Instructor: Staff
A survey of traditional problems concerning the existence and nature of God, freedom, justification, morality, etc. Readings from historical or contemporary philosophers. Required texts: to be announced.

PHIL 102 : INTRODUCTORY LOGIC
Lect 12:30-1:20 TR/Disc 10:00 or 11:00 F/Instructor: Wilson
This course is an introduction to symbolic logic, specifically sentence logic and as much of predicate logic as time allows. Topics to be covered include basic concepts such as validity, consistency, and logical truth and logical falsity. A formal language will be developed in which English sentences and logical operators can be represented. Techniques for representing sentences of English in the formal language will be introduced. The use of truth tables to test for basic semantic properties and relations such as validity and invalidity, consistency and inconsistency, logical truth and logical falsity will be studied. Finally, we present a system of natural deduction rules by means of which conclusions can be derived from premises. Concepts relating to proof and derivation are explained and developed. The course syllabus and assignments will be distributed over my Philosophy 102 Web page. From the UIC home page click on "Faculty and Staff", then click on "Courses", then on "Class Materials Online", then click on "Philosophy", and then click on "Phil 102 -Intro to Logic - Prof. Kent Wilson". (Students might want to Bookmark the Home page to make it easy to access without going through this long routine each time.) Lecture notes and assignments can be accessed from the syllabus. Other computer-related materials will also be available, namely a mail and conferencing program called "FirstClass". A chat room will be set up for the class and there is a homework dropbox folder. Homework will count approximately 10% of the final grade. There will also be 3 exams, each counting 30% of the final grade. Required texts: Language, Proof and Logic, Barwise and Etchmendy.

PHIL 102 : INTRODUCTORY LOGIC
Lect 10:00 MW/Disc 11:00 or 12:00 or 1:00 F/Instructor: Jarrett
Sentential logic: representation of English using truth-functional connectives, truth table methods, natural deduction techniques. Introduction to predicate logic: representation of English using quantifiers. Decision methods for monadic predicate logic. Required texts: Understanding Symbolic Logic, Virginia Klenk.

PHIL 102 : INTRODUCTORY LOGIC
Lect 5:30-7:00 PM T/Disc 7:00 PM T//Instructor: Staff (Catalog description)
Sentential logic: representation of English using truth-functional connectives, truth table methods, natural deduction techniques. Introduction to predicate logic: representation of English using quantifiers. Decision methods for monadic predicate logic. Required texts: to be announced.

PHIL 103 : INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS
Lect 9:30-10:20 TR /Disc 9:00 or 10:00 F/Instructor: Laden
Almost everyone agrees that it is wrong to act in a racist or sexist manner. People disagree about the limits of what counts as a racist or sexist action, however. In this course, we will read a variety of authors who argue that race and gender are socially created systems of inequality, and that all actions which help to perpetuate these systems should count as racist and/or sexist. In so doing, we will encounter various ideas and concepts which play a role in moral philosophy beyond questions of race and gender. We will also learn to appreciate and understand complicated arguments in support of unfamiliar positions, and to think critically about our place in the world: the hallmarks of philosophy. Required texts: All readings are from contemporary sources and will be collected in a course packet on sale at the bookstore.

PHIL 104 : INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL/POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Lect 9:00 MW/Disc 9:00 or 10:00 F/Instructor: Fleischacker
Imagine yourself, together with a group of friends, trying to come up with a mode of government for a new country, one that you hope would be stable, efficient, and that would make for a fairer and more decent society than any other the world has yet seen. What theory of human nature, and of the goals of human life, would you adopt? How would you define "justice"? What rights would you proclaim? James Madison, Thomas Jefferson and the other founders of the United States found themselves in very much this position, of inventing a new mode of government for a new country. We live, that is, in a country whose government was explicitly formed by political philosophy, by people who were consciously thinking about what government is for, what rights individuals should retain against government, what "justice" means, and the like. Of course, while they may have thought deeply and well about some questions, they dealt very badly with others-how to end slavery, above all. But what they did represents extremely well why political philosophy is important, and how it can affect concrete political decisions. This introduction to political philosophy will therefore focus on the questions central to the founding of the United States, working outwards from sections of the Constitution to the philosophical writings that inspired those sections, or that those sections implicitly reject. In the end, we may come to some clearer understanding of such contested issues, today, as what "the right to bear arms" means, and what role the government should play vis-a-vis religion, education, and the economy. Required texts: readings will include works by Plato, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Adam Smith, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson.

PHIL 104 : INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL/POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Lect 9:30-10:20 TR/Disc 9:00 or 10:00 F/Instructor: Cronin
This course will examine some of the most pressing social and political problems confronting us today both on the national and the global level. The primary goal of the course will be to deepen our understanding of what is at stake in a range of controversial topics including: personal liberty and the problem of pornography; human rights; racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination; economic justice and poverty; and nationalism and multiculturalism. In addition to a wide range of contributions by contemporary philosophers and social thinkers, we will also examine how social and political questions have been dealt with by such major political philosophers as John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, J.S. Mill, Karl Marx, and Jeremey Bentham. Required texts: Applied Social and Political Philosophy, Elizabeth Smith and H. Gene Blocker.

PHIL 110 : PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE AND SEX
Lect 11:00 TR/Disc 11:00 or 12:00 F/Instructor: Bartky
What have the great philosophers said about love and sex? What is true love? Can we distinguish it from lust? from infatuation? How should philosophers go about constructing a viable sexual ethics for our time? What sorts of sex acts should be forbidden, and why? Is prostitution allowable? Is it desirable? Should it be legal? Does society have an interest in regulating pornography? Should society support homosexual marriage? Why are the traditional rule about we can do sexually so much narrower that rules surrounding, say, eating? Required texts: Philosophy of Sex and Love, Trevas, Zucker, and Borchert; Debating Sexual Corrections, Adele Stan.

PHIL 112 : MORALITY AND LAW
Lect 11:00 MW/Disc 10:00 or 11:00 F/Instructor: Chastain
Description: What moral justification is there for the limitations which the law puts on our freedom to do as we please? Proposed justifications that we will consider include preventing harm to others, producing benefits to others, suppressing offensive speech and "hate speech," punishing victimless crimes (crimes against morality as such), and preventing people from harming themselves (legal paternalism). We will concentrate on the last of these. Required Texts: Social Philosophy, Joel Feinberg; Harm to Self, Joel Feinberg.

PHIL 202 : PHILOSOPHY OF PSYCHOLOGY
Lect 1:00 MW/Disc 1:00 F/Instructor: Hilbert
The course will have two main and interrelated themes. First will be the mind-body problem: the question of the relation between psychological descriptions and explanations drawn from the physical and biological sciences. Second will be the conceptual structure of psychology itself: the analysis of the concepts and techniques used in psychological explanation. In both cases we will be concerned both with common-sense psychology and scientific psychology. The course requirements will be a mixture of tests and papers. Required text: The Place of Mind, Brian Cooney (ed.). Prerequisite: one course in philosophy; or junior or senior standing in the physical, biological, or social sciences; or consent of the instructor.

PHIL 203 : METAPHYSICS
Lect 10:00 MW/Disc 10:00 F/Instructor: Becker
An introduction to basic topics in metaphysics designed for beginning philosophy majors and non-majors with a minimal familiarity with philosophy. Required text: to be announced. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or consent of the instructor.

PHIL 204 INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Lect 11:00 MW/Disc 11:00 F/Instructor: Downing
A critical survey of philosophical views about how science works and what sort of knowledge science enables us to achieve. Issues addressed will include some of the following: Should scientific theories be understood as providing true descriptions of the world, or just as useful devices for making predictions? What is the relation between theory and observation? How does science explain? How do scientific theories change? Is physics the fundamental science to which other theories can, in principle, be reduced? Is science merely a social construction (and what does this mean)? What bearing does the history of science have on the philosophy of science? Required texts: Readings in the Philosophy of Science, Robert Klee. Prerequisite: One course in philosophy; or junior or senior standing in the physical, biological, or social sciences; or consent of the instructor.

PHIL 210 : SYMBOLIC LOGIC
Lect 9:30-10:15 TR/Disc 10:15-10:45/Instructor: Wilson
After a brief review of sentential logic and the basic concepts of logic, we will begin the study of predicate logic. The symbolic language used for sentence logic will be extended to include symbols for proper names, predicate expressions (representing common nouns, verb phrases, and expressions from some other parts of speech) including a symbol for the identity relation, and quantifiers 'All', 'Some', 'No', 'Only' and 'The'. A grammar will be developed for this language and some grammatical properties will be described. A semantics will then be developed. Problems of accurately representing the content of English sentences in our symbolic language will be investigated. Finally we will develop a system of deduction rules to be used to construct derivations and proofs. If time permits, a brief description of the relation between the semantical system and the proof-theoretic system will be offered. There will be 2 or 3 exams and weekly homework assignments. The homework will count approximately 10% of the final grade. The course syllabus can be accessed from my home page at http://www.uic.edu/~kentw. Other material for this course may be placed on the Web. Required texts: to be announced Prerequisite: Phil 102; a grade or B or better in Phil 102 is recommended.

PHIL 221 : ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY II: ARISTOTLE AND HIS SUCCESSORS
Lect 11:00-11:45 TR/Disc 11:45-12:15 TR/Instructor: Meinwald
Designed to acquaint students with Aristotle's philosophy. We will attain familiarity with his characteristic methods and results, and enter into philosophical debate with him. Topics include nature and explanation, change, the soul, ethics, and metaphysics. Required texts: The Basic Works of Aristotle, ed. Richard McKeon. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or consent of the instructor. It is recommended that Phil 220 and 221 be taken as a sequence in successive terms.

PHIL 224 : HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY II: KANT AND HIS PREDECESSORS
Lect 12:00 MW/Disc 12:00 F/Instructor: Sutherland
This course is designed to cover the second half of what is known as the early modern period of philosophy, which is from 1637 to 1787. Many aspects of early modern philosophy can be seen as developments of and responses to the dramatic changes taking place in the science of the day, that is, during the scientific revolution. To understand those developments and responses, one needs to have some appreciation for the accepted world view at the time the scientific revolution took place, and the scientific revolution itself. For that reason, we will begin with a week on the achievements of Isaac Newton. With that background in place, we will turn to the work of Leibniz and his attempt to find a rational metaphysics consistent with and supportive of the dramatic changes in the new understanding of the world emerging at the time. We will then consider two empiricists who provide a very different view of the world and our knowledge of it. Finally, we will examine the work of Immanuel Kant, whom many see as the culmination of the early modern period. These philosophers concerned themselves with a wide range of issues; we will focus on issues in metaphysics and epistemology, such as the nature of matter, mind, substance, mind, God and freedom, and the nature and limitations of human knowledge. We will do so with a particular eye to how mathematics and the evolving science played a part in their views. The course will not, however, presuppose any background in either mathematics or science. Friday discussion sections will elaborate on the topics covered during the lectures, and catch up where needed. On some occasions, I may assign additional readings for the Friday lectures. The entire course will be "text-driven," and built on discussion, so that Friday sections will not differ in format from the lectures. You must bring whatever text we are working on to class every lecture. The grading will be based on two short papers (3 to 5 pages) and one longer paper at the end of the semester (5 to 7). Required texts: to be announced. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or consent of the instructor. It is recommended that Phil 223 and 224 be taken as a sequence in successive terms.

PHIL 227 : CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY I: PHENOMENOLOGY AND EXISTENTIALISM
Lect 12:30-1:15 TR/Disc 1:15-1:45 TR/Instructor: Schechtman
This course will investigate Existentialism as a philosophical movement. We will read the works (non-fiction and fiction) of major Existentialist writers with an eye to uncovering and understanding basic Existentialist themes. In addition to close readings of figures like Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Camus and Sartre, we will address general questions about the historical context of Existentialism . We will also ask whether there is any genuine coherence to the group of philosophers labeled "Existentialists" or whether they are actually too diverse to constitute a genuine philosophical movement. Readings will be selected from Existentialist Philosophy: An Introduction edited by L. Nathan Oaklander. Written work will include three short papers. Required texts: Existentialist Philosophy: An Introduction, L. Nathan Oaklander, editor. Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of the instructor.

PHIL 230 : TOPICS IN ETHICS AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Lect 12:30-1:15 TR/Disc 1:15-1:45 TR/Instructor: Laden
Governments exercise coercive power over their citizens: they can be sent to war, locked up and even killed if the state sees fit. What could possibly justify anything having such awesome power over people? Philosophers in what is called the social contract tradition respond by saying that such power must be agreed to by citizens. This course will look at four of the most important philosophers in this tradition: Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and John Rawls, as well as a variety of criticisms of their approach, including from the point of view of feminism and race theory. Required texts: Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes; Second Treatise on Government, John Locke; Basic Political Writings, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or consent of the instructor. Phil 103 or 109 or 112 or 116 is recommended. PHIL 250 HOW CATHOLICS THINK Lect-D 9:00-10:15 MW/Instructor: Griffiths An introduction to Catholicism as a style of reasoning, with focus upon Catholic thought about god, death, sex, and politics. Readings from Catholic thinkers, ancient and modern. Required text: to be announced

PHIL 403 : METAPHYSICS
Lect-D 12:30-1:45 TR/Instructor: Edelberg
An advanced survey of selected topics in metaphysics: existence, properties, necessity and possibility, free will, causation, reduction, and realism versus antirealism. Required texts: Metaphysics: The Big Questions, Peter van Inwagen and Dean Zimmerman; Contemporary Metaphysics, Michael Jubien. Recommended texts: Metaphysics: An Anthology; Jaegwon Kim and Ernest Sosa; Contemporary Readings in the Foundations of Metaphysics, Stephen Laurence and Cynthia Macdonald. Prerequisite: Phil 203 or Phil 226 or Phil 426 or consent of the instructor. (Phil 102 and 210 are recommended.)

PHIL 404 : PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Lect-D 11:00 MWF/Instructor: Becker
This class will introduce students to the philosophic problems of quantum mechanics. It will then give a survey of the various attempts to interpret the theory. No knowledge of quantum mechanics is presumed, nor is any particular math background. But it is quantum mechanics, so mathematical and physical ideas are likely to come up. Required text: to be announced. Prerequisite: Phil 102 or Phil 210 and one 200-level course in philosophy; or consent of the instructor.

PHIL 417 : METALOGIC II
Lect-D 9:30-10:45 TR/Instructor: Hart
We will go through proofs, due basically to Gödel, of the incompleteness and undecidability of first order elementary number theory in detail. Time permitting we'll then go on to recursion theory, and Post's Problem. Required texts: Introduction to Mathematical Logic, 3rd edition, Elliott Mendelson. Prerequisite: Phil 416 or consent of the instructor.

PHIL 425 : STUDIES IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY PHILOSOPHY
Lect-D 11:00-12:15 TR/Instructor: Cronin
This course will focus on the thought of Hegel and on his major work in political philosophy, The Philosophy of Right, in particular. Some acquaintance with the philosophical culture of German Idealism and its response to Kant is essential for understanding the problems that motivate Hegel's philosophical project. Thus we will begin with a reading of one of the more accessible works of idealist thought before Hegel, Fichte's Vocation of Man, which addresses problems posed by Kant's epistemology and moral theory and the theory of the self that informs them. We will then examine some of the main ideas of Hegel's logic, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of history through selections from his major works and go on to examine how they shape his political thought in the Philosophy of Right. Hegel's dialectical model of historical development, the priority he accords communal ethical life over individual morality, and his controversial theory of the absolute state as the end of history continue to influence contemporary debates in political philosophy. Hegel exerted a profound influence on philosophy throughout the 19th century, but his most important successors criticized his conception of a unified rational philosophical system and his totalizing vision of history. In the remainder of the course we will examine Marx's appropriation and critique of Hegel's ideas, and, time permitting, the contrasting responses to Hegel of Kierkegaard and Nietzsche. Required texts: Nineteenth-Century Philosophy, Forrest E. Baird and Walter Kaufmann; The Vocation of Man, J. G. Fichte; Elements of the Philosophy of Right, G. W. F. Hegel; Hegel and Modern Society,Charles Taylor; The Gay Science, Friedrich Nietzsche. Prerequisite: one 200-level course in philosophy or consent of the instructor.

PHIL 432 : TOPICS IN ETHICS
Lect-D 2:00-3:15 TR/Instructor: Bartky
Do women have a distinct moral sensibility different from that of men? How should we evaluate the relative merits of an "ethic of care" and an "ethic of justice"? Can concepts of justice be applied fruitfully in the "private" spheres of the family, friendship and intimate relations? Feminists have been critical of the dominant traditions of Western ethics, e.g., utilitarianism and deontological ethics. How persuasive are these critiques? Are the dominant institutions of contemporary American society (e.g., the family, the church, the school, the military, the media, the corporations) harmful to women? Required texts: The Unnatural Lottery, Card; Feminists Rethink the Self, D. Myers, editor. Prerequisite: one 200-level course in philosophy or consent of the instructor. Credit in a course in moral, social, or political philosophy is recommended.

PHIL 441 : TOPICS IN PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
Lect-D 12:00 MWF/Instructor: Grossman
Topic: Mysticism and Eastern Philosophy
This course will consist of three inter-related components. First, an introduction to some basic philosophical concepts taken from Hinduism and Buddhism. Second, a sampling of selected writings from some of the great mystics from all traditions. And third, a philosophical analysis of ideas and concepts which appear to be common to most mystics. Required texts: The World's Religions, Huston Smith; History of Mysticism, Abahayananda; Mysticism and Philosophy, Walter Stace; and The Essential Plotinus, O'Brien. Prerequisite: Phil 241 or consent of the instructor.

PHIL 501 : SEMINAR: TOPICS IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
Disc 2:00-4:30 R/Instructor: Meinwald
Topic: Episodes in the History of the Idea of Consent
While consent/assent is a philosophical notion, literary, historical, and legal scholars tend to bracket the philosophical tradition. We will look at treatments of consent in Stoicism, Scepticism, and Augustine to see how they apply to cases taken from ancient literature and myth as well as our own times, including at least the Sermon on the Mount, and rape. Required texts: to be announced. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

PHIL 505 : SEMINAR IN MODERN PHILOSOPHY
Disc 11:00-1:30 T/Instructor: Fleischacker
We will examine the philosophical systems of Francis Hutcheson, David Hume, and Adam Smith-the most important moral and political philosophers, aside from Kant and Rousseau, in the Enlightenment. These three Scottish thinkers described good human character more realistically than most moral philosophers before or since, developed a deep and richly nuanced theory of what "society" consists in, and laid foundations for the social sciences: for political science, anthropology, history, and, of course, economics. (One questions we will consider is whether their conception of the social sciences has been adequately heeded in the subsequent practice of those disciplines.) They also had great influence on the founders of the United States, doing more than any other contemporary thinker to shape the conception of government shared by Madison, Jefferson, James Wilson, Benjamin Rush, and other central figures in the American founding. We will read substantial excerpts from their work, with special attention to three questions: 1) what is their account of human nature (what, in particular, is the place they give to self-love)? 2) how did they think philosophy should relate to the empirical study of human nature? and 3) how did they put their "moral sense" view of the virtues through with an account of justice, property rights, and the legitimate functions of government? The written work will consist of two very short (2-3 pages) papers, which should serve as preparatory studies for, and be incorporated into, a longer, research paper due at the end of the semester. Required texts: Philosophical Writings, Francis Hutcheson; Treatise of Human Nature and Enquiries, David Hume; Theory of Moral Sentiments, Lecture on Jurisprudence, and Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

PHIL 506 : TOPICS IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
Disc 2:00-4:30 M/Instructor: Chastain
The history of early modern philosophy isn't just Descartes-Hobbes-Spinoza-Leibniz-Locke-Berkeley-Hume-Kant. It is also Grotius, Cumberland, Pufendorf, Thomasius, Herbert of Cherbury, the Cambridge Platonists, Clarke, Mandeville, Hutcheson, and Butler. In "The Invention of Autonomy," J. B. Schneewind tells the long and fascinating story of how early modern moral philosophers, ending with Kant, developed the idea of morality as self-governance and led us to "a distinctively modern way of understanding ourselves as moral agents." (Although anyone interested in moral philosophy needs to read Schneewind's book, this is a seminar on the history of philosophy and will count for history distribution credit.) Required texts: The Invention of Autonomy: A History of Modern Moral Philosophy, Moral Philosophy from Montaigne to Kant: An Anthology, Volumes I and II, J. B. Schneewind. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

PHIL 506 : TOPICS IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
Disc 1:00-3:30 F/Instructor: Sinkler
The focus of the seminar will be medieval metaphysics. We will (a) attempt to trace the development of the medieval theory that some concepts (e.g., those of being, unity, truth, and goodness) can be applied to everything and therefore transcend the ten Aristotelian categories, and (b) attempt to discover some of the implications of the theory for other areas of philosophy. Required texts: to be announced. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

PHIL 512 : SOCIAL/POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Disc 2:00-4:30 T/Instructor: Mills
I am currently undecided as to what I should cover in this course, and so plan to put the matter to a grad student vote. There are two main alternatives: (a) I could do a course in the original Rawls (Theory of Justice) and some of the post-Rawls literatuare (e.g. the liberalism-communitarianism debate, Rawls's own theoretical evolution). This could be a more mainstream type of course. Alternatively: (b) I could do a course in contemporary radical/oppositional political theory, focusing on issues of class, gender, and race. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

PHIL 517 : SEMINAR ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Disc 11:00-1:30 R/Instructor: Jarrett
This will be a core seminar and will cover a broad range of standard topics. Among the topics to be addressed are the development and eventual demise of logical empiricism, scientific laws and explanation, realism and the nature of theories, and confirmation theory. We will also examine one or two topics in the foundations of physics in order to explore some connections between the special sciences and more general issues in the philosophy of science. A small selection of photocopied readings will supplement the text (see below). Required text: Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, Salmon, et. al. Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission of the instructor.

PHIL 590 : RESEARCH SEMINAR
Disc 2:30-5:00 R/Instructor: Edelberg
A workshop for philosophy graduate students working on their topical, prospectus, or dissertation project. Participants make at least one presentation, and join in the discussion of other student's work. Graded S/U. Prerequisite: graduate standing.