Philosophy Courses
Academic Year 2020-2021 Course Offerings
We are excited to introduce the Philosophy department’s new curriculum for Academic Year 2020-21. Students should note that this curriculum includes courses offered over three semesters (including Summer A/B), as well as several new immersive classes that will be offered over a 7-week period. Please note that this schedule may be subject to change, and students are encouraged not only to revisit this page but also to confirm the course listings in the online Directory of Classes.
Our departmental immersive courses will cover a semester’s worth of material in a shorter period of time and will meet for twice as many hours per week, allowing students to take fewer courses at the same time with a more sustained focus on course content.
Please contact the Philosophy Department Assistant, Maia Bernstein (mbernste@barnard.edu) if you have questions about the schedule.
Fall 2020
- Full semester courses will be held from Tuesday, September 8, 2020 – Wednesday December 23, 2020.
- Fall A courses will be held from Tuesday, September 8, 2020 – Friday, October 23, 2020.
- Fall B courses will be held from Monday, October 26, 2020 – Wednesday, December 23, 2020.
- Course descriptions, sections and times, can be found in the Directory of Classes.
Fall Full Semester Courses
|
Term |
Dept Code |
Course Number |
Course Name |
Instructor |
|
Fall Semester |
PHIL |
UN1001 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Russell, Francey |
|
Fall Semester |
PHIL |
UN1010 |
Methods and Problems |
Bilgrami, Akeel |
|
Fall Semester |
PHIL |
UN2101 |
History of Philosophy I: Pre-Socratics-Augustine |
Vogt, Katja |
|
Fall Semester |
PHIL |
UN3264 |
19th Century Philosophy: Hegel |
Neuhouser, Frederick |
|
Fall Semester |
PHIL |
UN3353 |
European Social Philosophy |
Honneth, Axel |
|
Fall Semester |
PHIL |
UN3411 |
Symbolic Logic |
Lando, Tamar |
|
Fall Semester |
PHIL |
UN3551 |
Philosophy of Science |
Ismael, Jenann |
|
Fall Semester |
PHIL |
UN3601 |
Metaphysics |
Clarke-Doane, Justin |
|
Fall Semester |
PHIL |
UN3716 |
Topics in Ethics: Moral Responsibility |
Russell, Francey |
|
Fall Semester |
PHIL |
UN3752 |
Philosophy of Law |
Moody-Adams, Michele |
|
Fall Semester |
PHIL |
UN3858 |
Cultivating Individuality |
Rogach, Nataliia |
|
Fall Semester |
PHIL |
BC4051 |
Senior Essay |
Morrison, John |
|
Fall Semester |
PHIL |
GU4424 |
Modal Logic |
Lando, Tamar |
|
Fall Semester |
PHIL |
GU4561 |
Probability and Decision Theory |
Collins, Jessica |
|
Fall Semester |
CSPH |
GU4802 |
Math Logic II |
Gaifman, Haim |
|
Fall Semester |
PHIL |
GU4900 |
Topics in Early Modern Philosophy: War and Peace |
Hasan, Aminah |
Fall A Courses
|
Term |
Dept Code |
Course Number |
Course Name |
Instructor |
|
Fall A |
PHIL |
UN1001 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Carman, Taylor |
|
Fall A |
PHIL |
UN3912 |
Seminar: Death and the Meaning of Life |
Ismael, Jenann |
Fall B Courses
|
Term |
Dept Code |
Course Number |
Course Name |
Instructor |
|
Fall B |
PHIL |
UN1401 |
Introduction to Logic |
Lewis, Karen |
|
Fall B |
PHIL |
UN3912 (014) |
Seminar: Rawls, Theory of Justice |
Neuhouser, Frederick |
|
Fall B |
PHIL |
UN4050 |
Senior Seminar |
Carman, Taylor |
|
Fall B |
PHIL |
UN4055 |
Aesthetics |
Goehr, Lydia |
Spring 2021
- Spring semester courses will be held from Monday, January 11, 2021 – Monday, April 26, 2021.
- Spring A courses will be held from Monday, January 11, 2021 – Friday, February 26, 2021.
- Spring B courses will be held from Monday, March 8, 2021 – Monday, April 26, 2021.
- Course descriptions, sections and times, will be available in advance of early registration in November 2020.
Spring Full Semester Courses
|
Term |
Dept Code |
Course Number |
Course Name |
Instructor |
|
Spring Semester |
PHIL |
UN1010 |
Methods and Problems |
Albert, David |
|
Spring Semester |
PHIL |
UN2108 |
Philosophy and History |
Goehr, Lydia |
|
Spring Semester |
PHIL |
UN2201 |
History of Philosophy II: Aquinas - Kant |
Morrison, John |
|
Spring Semester |
PHIL |
UN3411 |
Symbolic Logic |
Varzi, Achille |
|
Spring Semester |
PHIL |
UN3701 |
Ethics |
Moody-Adams, Michele |
|
Spring Semester |
PHIL |
UN3912 |
Seminar |
Varzi, Achille |
|
Spring Semester |
PHIL |
UN3751 |
Political Philosophy |
Honneth, Axel |
|
Spring Semester |
PHIL |
UN3960 |
Epistemology |
Clarke-Doane, Justin |
|
Spring Semester |
PHIL |
GU4142 |
Philosophy and Romanticism |
Mann, Wolfgang |
|
Spring Semester |
PHIL |
GU4481 |
Philosophy of Language |
Gaifman, Haim |
|
Spring Semester |
PHIL |
GU4809 |
Plato |
Vogt, Katja |
|
Spring Semester |
PHIL |
GU4950 |
Economics-Philosophy Seminar |
Collins, Jessica |
|
Spring Semester |
PHIL |
GU4xxx |
New course: Vagueness |
Gaifman, Haim |
|
Spring Semester |
PHIL |
GU4xxx |
New course: Feminist, Social and Political Philosophy of Language |
Lewis, Karen |
Spring A Courses
|
Term |
Dept Code |
Course Number |
Course Name |
Instructor |
|
Spring A |
PHIL |
UN1001 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Russell, Francey |
|
Spring A |
PHIL |
UN3912 |
Seminar |
Goehr, Lydia |
Spring B Courses
|
Term |
Dept Code |
Course Number |
Course Name |
Instructor |
|
Spring B |
PHIL |
GU4740 |
Islamic Philosophy |
Diagne, Souleymane Bachir |
Summer 2021
- Summer A courses will be held from Monday, May 3, 2021 – Friday, June 18, 2021.
- Summer B courses will be held from Monday, June 28, 2021 – Monday, August 16, 2021.
- Course descriptions, sections and times, will be available in advance of Summer registration in April 2021.
Summer A Courses
|
Term |
Dept Code |
Course Number |
Course Name |
Instructor |
|
Summer A |
PHIL |
UN1001 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Carman, Taylor |
|
Summer A |
PHIL |
UN1401 |
Introduction to Logic |
Lewis, Karen |
|
Summer A |
PHIL |
UN2655 |
Cognitive Science and Philosophy |
Morrison, John |
|
Summer A |
PHIL |
UN2685 |
Introduction to Philosophy of Language |
Lewis, Karen |
|
Summer A |
PHIL |
UN3251 |
Kant |
Kitcher, Patricia |
Summer B Courses
|
Term |
Dept Code |
Course Number |
Course Name |
Instructor |
|
Summer B |
PHIL |
UN3655 |
Topics in Cognitive Science and Philosophy |
Morrison, John |
Please note that Spring and Summer courses schedules are subject to change.
Please see the Columbia Directory of Classes and the Barnard Course Catalogue for additional information.
Fall 2019 Courses
|
Course Number |
Course Name |
Instructor |
|
PHIL UN1001 (001) |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Carman, Taylor |
|
PHIL UN1001 (002) |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Driggers, Kyle |
|
PHIL UN1001 (003) |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Driggers, Kyle |
|
PHIL UN1010 |
Methods and Problems |
Bilgrami, Akeel |
|
PHIL UN2100 |
Philosoph of Education |
Driggers, Kyle |
|
PHIL UN2101 |
History of Philosophy I: Pre-Socratics-Augustine |
Jagannathan, Dhananjay |
|
PHIL UN2110 |
Philosophy and Feminism |
Mercer, Christia |
|
PHIL UN2685 |
Introduction to Philosophy of Language |
Lewis, Karen |
|
PHIL UN3252 |
Philosophy of Language and Mind |
Peacocke, Christopher |
|
PHIL UN3353 |
European Social Philosophy |
Honneth, Axel |
|
PHIL UN3411 |
Symbolic Logic |
Lando, Tamar |
|
PHIL UN3411 |
Symbolic Logic |
Gaifman, Haim |
|
PHIL UN3601 |
Metaphysics |
Clarke-Doane, Justin |
|
PHIL UN3701 |
Ethics |
Rovane, Carol |
|
PHIL UN3912 (003) |
Seminar: Death and the Meaning of Life |
Ismael, Jenann |
|
PHIL UN3912 (004) |
Seminar: Ultimate Knowledge |
Mercer, Christia |
|
PHIL UN3912 (014) |
Seminar: Dissent, Protest, and Disobedience |
Moody-Adams, Michele |
|
PHL UN3912 (019) |
Seminar: Philosophy of Music, Film, and Photography |
Goehr, Lydia |
|
PHIL BC4050 |
Senior Seminar |
Lewis, Karen |
|
PHIL BC4051 |
Senior Essay |
Carman, Taylor |
|
PHIL GU4089 |
Aristotle |
Vogt, Katja |
|
PHIL GU4424 |
Modal Logic |
Lando, Tamar |
|
PHIL GU4451 |
History of Logic: Frege |
Gaifman, Haim |
|
PHIL GU4471 |
Philosophy of Mathematics |
Clarke-Doane, Justin |
|
PHIL GU4561 |
Probability and Decision Theory |
Collins, Jessica |
Spring 2020 Courses
|
Course Number |
Course Name |
Instructor |
|
PHIL UN1001 (001) |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Driggers, Kyle |
|
PHIL UN1001 (002) |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Russell, Francey |
|
PHIL UN1001 (003) |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Russell, Francey |
|
PHIL UN1010 |
Methods and Problems |
Clarke-Doane, Justin |
|
PHIL UN1401 |
Introduction to Logic |
Morrison, John |
|
PHIL UN2201 |
History of Philosophy II: Aquinas - Kant |
Driggers, Kyle |
|
PHIL UN2301 |
History of Philosophy III: Kant - Nietzsche |
Carman, Taylor |
|
PHIL UN3251 |
Kant |
Kitcher, Patricia |
|
PHIL UN3411 |
Symbolic Logic |
Lando, Tamar |
|
PHIL UN3576 |
Physics and Philosophy |
Albert, David |
|
PHIL UN3654 |
Philosophy of Psychology |
Morrison, John |
|
PHIL UN3751 |
Political Philosophy |
Honneth, Axel |
|
PHIL UN3800 |
Philosophy, Justice, and Social Activism |
Mercer, Christia |
|
PHIL UN3912 (004) |
Seminar: History of Philosophy |
Hasan, Aminah |
|
PHIL UN3912 (005) |
Seminar: Realism and Relativism in the Arts and Sciences |
Carman, Taylor |
|
PHIL UN3960 |
Epistemology |
Collins, Jessica |
|
PHIL GU4260 |
Kant's Ethics |
Kitcher, Patricia |
|
PHIL GU4675 |
The Direction of Time |
Albert, David |
|
PHIL GU4810 |
Lattices and Boolean Algebra |
Lando, Tamar |
|
PHIL GU4900 |
Topics in Early Modern Philosophy |
Mercer, Christia |
Fall 2018 Courses
|
Course Number |
Course Name |
Instructor |
|
PHIL UN1001 (001) |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Driggers, Kyle |
|
PHIL UN1001 (002) |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Dershowitz, Naomi |
|
PHIL UN1001 (003) |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Dershowitz, Naomi |
|
PHIL UN1010 |
Methods and Problems |
Bilgrami, Akeel |
|
PHIL UN2003 |
Introduction to Philosophy of Art |
Goehr, Lydia |
|
PHIL UN2100 |
Philosophy of Education |
Driggers, Kyle |
|
PHIL UN2101 |
History of Philosophy I: Pre-Socratics - Augustine |
Jagannathan, Dhananjay |
|
PHIL UN3252 |
Philosophy of Language & Mind |
Peacocke, Christopher |
|
PHIL UN3264 |
Neuhouser, Frederick |
|
|
PHIL UN3411 |
Symbolic Logic |
Lando, Tamar |
|
PHIL UN3551 |
Philosophy of Science |
Albert, David |
|
PHIL UN3601 |
Metaphysics |
Varzi, Achille |
|
PHIL UN3701 |
Ethics |
Vogt, Katja |
|
PHIL UN3751 |
Political Philosophy |
Dershowitz, Naomi |
|
PHIL UN3752 |
Philosophy of Law |
Moody-Adams, Michele |
|
PHIL UN3840 |
Nature and Significance of Animals Minds |
Brown, Simon |
|
PHIL UN3912 (005) |
Seminar: Metaphysics |
Clarke-Doane, Justin |
|
PHIL UN3912 (014) |
Seminar: Political Philosophy |
Gooding-Williams, Robert |
|
PHIL BC4050 |
Lewis, Karen |
|
|
PHIL GU4100 |
Paradoxes |
Gaifman, Haim |
|
PHIL GU4424 |
Modal Logic |
Lando, Tamar |
|
PHIL GU4515 |
Topics in Formal Epistemology |
Fusco, Melissa |
|
PHIL GU4561 |
Probability and Decision Theory |
Gaifman |
Spring 2019 Courses
|
Course Number |
Course Name |
Instructor |
|
PHIL UN1001 (001) |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Dershowitz, Naomi |
|
PHIL UN1001 (002) |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Driggers, Kyle |
|
PHIL UN1001 (003) |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Driggers, Kyle |
|
PHIL UN1010 |
Methods and Problems |
Fusco, Melissa |
|
PHIL UN2201 |
History of Philosophy II: Aquinas - Kant |
Driggers, Kyle |
|
PHIL UN2685 |
Introduction to Philosophy of Language |
Lewis, Karen |
|
PHIL UN3251 |
Kant |
Kitcher, Patricia |
|
PHIL UN3352 |
Twentieth Century European Philosophy |
Carman, Taylor |
|
PHIL UN3411 |
Symbolic Logic |
Varzi, Achille |
|
PHIL UN3701 |
Ethics |
Moody-Adams, Michele |
|
PHIL UN3912 (005) |
Seminar: Metaphysics |
Dershowitz, Naomi |
|
PHIL UN3912 (018) |
Seminar: Analytic Philosophy |
Varzi, Achille |
|
PHIL UN3960 |
Epistemology |
Clarke-Doane, Justin |
|
PHIL BC4052 |
Senior Essay |
Carman, Taylor |
|
PHIL GU4140 |
Hellenistic Philosophy |
Vogt, Katja |
|
PHIL GU4331 |
Classical American Philosophy |
Kitcher, Philip |
|
PHIL GU4495 |
Perception |
Peacocke, Christopher |
|
PHIL GU4740 |
Islamic Philosophy |
Diagne, Souleymane Bachir |
|
PHIL GU4810 |
Lattices and Boolean Algebra |
Lando, Tamar |
Fall 2017 Courses
|
Course Number |
Course Name |
Instructor |
|
PHIL BC1001 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Carman, Taylor |
|
PHIL BC1001 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Lewis, Karen |
|
PHIL UN1010 |
Methods & Problems of Philosophical Thought |
Fusco, Melissa |
|
PHIL UN2100 |
Philosophy of Education |
Carman, Taylor |
|
PHIL UN2101 |
History of Philosophy I: Pre-Socratics - Augustine |
Vogt, Katja |
|
PHIL UN2110 |
Philosophy & Feminism |
Mercer, Christia |
|
PHIL UN3131 |
Aristotle |
Jagannathan, Dhananjay |
|
PHIL UN3252 |
Philosophy of Language and Mind |
Peacocke, Christopher |
|
PHIL UN3264 |
19th Century Philosophy: Hegel |
Honneth, Axel |
|
PHIL UN3278 |
Nietzsche |
Gooding-Williams, Robert |
|
PHIL UN3353 |
European Social Philosophy |
Neuhouser, Frederick |
|
PHIL UN3411 |
Symbolic Logic |
Lando, Tamar |
|
PHIL UN3551 |
Philosophy of Science |
Albert, David |
|
PHIL UN3601 |
Metaphysics |
Varzi, Achille |
|
PHIL UN3751 |
Political Philosophy |
Honneth, Axel |
|
PHIL UN3752 |
Philosophy of Law |
Moody-Adams, Michele |
|
PHIL UN3856 |
Political Realism & Social Justice |
Landau, Aaron |
|
PHIL UN3867 |
Jane Austen and Moral Philosophy |
Kopajtic, Lauren |
|
PHIL UN3912 (004) |
Seminar: History of Epistemology |
Paul, Elliot |
|
PHIL UN3912 (014) |
Seminar: Political Philosophy |
Moody-Adams, Michele |
|
PHIL UN3912 (018) |
Seminar: Analytic Philosophy |
Gaifman, Haim |
|
PHIL UN3912 (019) |
Seminar: Philosophy of Music |
Goehr, Lydia |
|
PHIL BC4050 |
Senior Seminar |
Morrison, John |
|
PHIL BC4051 |
Senior Essay |
Carman, Taylor |
|
PHIL GU4424 |
Modal Logic |
Lando, Tamar |
|
PHIL GU4471 |
Philosophy of Mathematics |
Gaifman, Haim |
|
PHIL GU4490 |
Language & Mind |
Stojnic, Una |
|
PHIL GU4561 |
Probability & Decision Theory |
Collins, John |
|
PHIL GU4675 |
The Direction of Time |
Albert, David |
Spring 2018 Courses
|
Course Number |
Course Name |
Instructor |
|
PHIL BC1001 (001) |
Paul, Elliot |
|
|
PHIL BC1001 (002) |
Paul, Elliot |
|
|
PHIL UN1010 |
Methods & Problems of Philosophical Thought |
Bilgrami, Akeel |
|
PHIL UN1401 |
Introduction to Logic |
Morrison, John |
|
PHIL UN2108 |
Philosophy and History |
Goehr, Lydia |
|
PHIL UN2201 |
History of Philosophy II: Aquinas - Kant |
Morrison, John |
|
PHIL UN2301 |
Neuhouser, Frederick |
|
|
PHIL UN2702 |
Contemporary Moral Problems |
Kitcher, Philip |
|
PHIL UN3251 |
Kant |
Kitcher, Patricia |
|
PHIL UN3351 |
Carman, Taylor |
|
|
PHIL UN3411 (001) |
Symbolic Logic |
Varzi, Achille |
|
PHIL UN3411 (002) |
Symbolic Logic |
Gaifman, Haim |
|
PHIL UN3685 |
Lewis, Karen |
|
|
PHIL UN3701 |
Ethics |
Moody-Adams, Michele |
|
PHIL UN3800 |
Philosophy, Justice, and Social Activism |
Mercer, Christia |
|
PHIL UN3857 |
The Public and the Private |
Martin, Laura |
|
PHIL UN3912 (004) |
Seminar: Actions and Passions |
Tabb, Kathryn |
|
PHIL UN3912 (005) |
Seminar: Transcendental Idealism |
Rovane, Carol |
|
PHIL UN3960 |
Epistemology |
Collins, John |
|
PHIL BC4052 |
Senior Essay |
Carman, Taylor |
|
AFAS GU4080 |
Topics in the Black Experience: Du Bois at 150 |
Gooding-Williams, Robert and Hartman, Saidiya |
|
PHIL GU4137 |
Non-Classical Logics |
Varzi, Achille |
|
PHIL GU4431 |
Introduction to Set Theory |
Gaifman, Haim |
|
PHIL GU4491 |
William James's Principles of Psychology |
Rovane, Carol |
|
PHIL GU4495 |
Perception |
Peacocke, Christopher |
|
PHIL GU4810 |
Lattices and Boolean Algebra |
Lando, Tamar |
|
PHIL GU4900 |
Topics in Early Modern Philosophy |
Mercer, Christia |
|
ECPH GU4950 |
Economics / Philosophy Seminar |
Kitcher, Philip |
Fall 2016 Courses
|
PHIL BC1001 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Friedell, David |
|
PHIL BC1001 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Carman, Taylor |
|
PHIL UN1010 |
Methods & Problems of Philosophical Thought |
Vogt, Katja |
|
PHIL UN2003 |
Philosophy of Art |
Goehr, Lydia |
|
PHIL UN2101 |
History of Philosophy I: Pre-Socratics - Augustine |
Mann, Wolfgang |
|
PHIL UN2110 |
Philosophy & Feminism |
Mercer, Christia |
|
PHIL UN2702 |
Contemporary Moral Problems |
Kitcher, Philip |
|
PHIL UN3252 |
Language & Mind |
Rovane, Carol |
|
PHIL UN3264 |
19th Century Philosophy: Hegel |
Neuhouser, Frederick |
|
PHIL UN3411 |
Symbolic Logic |
Lando, Tamar |
|
PHIL UN3601 |
Metaphysics |
Varzi, Achille |
|
PHIL UN3860 |
Contests Between Tragedy & Philosophy |
Fine, Jonathan |
|
PHIL C3912 |
Seminar: Critical Theory |
Honneth, Axel |
|
PHIL C3912 |
Seminar: Descartes |
Mercer, Christia |
|
PHIL C3912 |
Seminar: Political Philosophy |
Bilgrami, Akeel |
|
PHIL GU4055 |
Aesthetics: Modern Survey |
Goehr, Lydia |
|
PHIL GU4415 |
Symbolic Logic |
Lando, Tamar |
|
PHIL GU4495 |
Perception |
Morrison, John |
|
PHIL GU4561 |
Probability & Decision Theory |
Collins, John |
|
PHIL GU4569 |
Critical Social Theory |
Neuhouser, Frederick |
|
PHIL GU4801 |
Math Logic I |
Lando, Tamar |
|
PHIL GU4910 |
Topics in Metaphysics |
Friedell, David |
Spring 2017 Courses
|
PHIL BC1001 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Friedell, David |
|
PHIL BC1001 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Friedell, David |
|
PHIL UN1010 |
Methods & Problems of Philosophical Thought |
Clarke-Doane, Justin |
|
PHIL UN1401 |
Introduction to Logic |
Morrison, John |
|
PHIL UN2100 |
Philosophy of Education |
Nieuwejaar, Kiersten |
|
PHIL UN2201 |
History of Philosophy II: Aquinas - Kant |
Morrison, John |
|
PHIL UN3248 |
Darwin |
Tabb, Kathryn |
|
PHIL UN3251 |
Kant |
Kitcher, Patricia |
|
PHIL UN3352 |
20th Century European Philosophy |
Carman, Taylor |
|
PHIL UN3411 |
Symbolic Logic |
Varzi, Achille |
|
PHIL UN3551 |
Philosophy of Science |
Cloud, Daniel |
|
PHIL UN3685 |
Philosophy of Language |
Fusco, Melissa |
|
PHIL UN3701 |
Ethics |
Moody-Adams, Michele |
|
PHIL UN3800 |
Philosophy, Justice and Social Activism |
Mercer, Christia |
|
PHIL UN3855 |
The Potential and Actual Infinite |
Finley, James Robert |
|
PHIL UN3912 (002) |
Seminar: Epistemology |
Lando, Tamar |
|
PHIL UN3912 (010) |
Seminar: Self-Knowledge |
Peacocke, Christopher |
|
PHIL UN3960 |
Epistemology |
Friedell, David |
|
PHIL BC4052 |
Senior Essay |
Morrison, John |
|
PHIL GU4100 |
Paradoxes |
Gaifman, Haim |
|
PHIL GU4455 |
Modal Logic |
Lando, Tamar |
|
PHIL GU4740 |
Islamic Philosophy |
Diagne, Souleymane Bachir |
|
PHIL GU4802 |
Math Logic II |
Gaifman, Haim |
|
PHIL GU4900 |
Topics in Early Modern Philosophy |
Mercer, Christia |
|
ECPH UN4950 |
Economics / Philosophy Seminar |
Kitcher, Philip |