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PHIL 713

Seminar in Philosophical Problems

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelGraduate
Average gradeA-
StandardRepeatable up to 9 credits

Overview

Description

Intensive analysis of major topic or issue in philosophy.

Units

Lecture3

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Attributes

StandardRepeatable up to 9 credits

Learning Outcomes

  • summarize current research and critically review the secondary literature for a set of contemporary problems in philosophy.
  • explain and interpret the ideas associated with the seminar topic in a research paper, with reference to historical texts or the contemporary philosophical literature.
  • distinguish better and worse reasoning, and recognize conceptual relationships, in contemporary texts dealing with the seminar topic.
  • show how the seminar topic is connected to broader philosophical concerns, and show what is at stake in its investigation.