Philosophy (PHIL) Courses
Special Topic in Philosophy
A detailed study of a special topic in philosophy. Topics may vary from year to year.
Tutorial in the History of Philosophy I
Detailed study of a period or issue in the history of philosophy.
Tutorial in the History of Philosophy II
Detailed study of a period or issue in the history of philosophy.
Tutorial in the Work of an Individual Philosopher I
A critical and systematic study of the work of an individual philosopher.
Tutorial in the Work of an Individual Philosopher II
A critical and systematic study of the work of an individual philosopher.
Topics in Philosophy of Mind or Philosophy of Language
A detailed study of an issue or the work of selected philosophers in the general area of philosophy of mind and/or philosophy of language. Topics may vary from year to year.
Tutorial in Logic, Epistemology, or Metaphysics I
An attempt to find a solution to a specific problem in logic, epistemology, or metaphysics.
Tutorial in Logic, Epistemology, or Metaphysics II
An attempt to find a solution to a specific problem in logic, epistemology, or metaphysics.
Topics in Logic, Epistemology, Metaphysics or Philosophy of Science
A detailed study of an issue or the work of selected philosophers in the general areas of logic, epistemology, metaphysics or philosophy of science. Topics may vary from year to year.
Topics in Value Theory
A detailed study of an issue or the work of selected philosophers in the general area of value theory. Topics may vary from year to year.
Tutorial in Selected Problems of Philosophy I
An attempt to find a solution to a specific problem in some area other than logic, epistemology, or metaphysics.
Tutorial in Selected Problems of Philosophy II
An attempt to find a solution to a specific problem in some area other than logic, epistemology, or metaphysics.
Topics in Ethics or Political Philosophy
A detailed study of an issue or the work of selected philosophers in the general areas of ethics or political philosophy. Topics may vary from year to year.
Topics in Contemporary Philosophy
A detailed study of an issue or the work of selected philosophers in contemporary philosophy. Topics may vary from year to year.
Topics in the History of Philosophy
A detailed study within the history of philosophy: a period, an issue or the work of selected philosophers. Topics may vary from year to year.
Semantics
A graduate seminar in contemporary semantics.
Lexical Semantics
Study of the meaning of words. Topics may include lexical decomposition, meaning variation, lexical relations, and lexical aspect.
Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as LING 4510 and PHIL 4055, for which additional credit is precluded.
Fall Colloquium
Students attend each talk in the departmental colloquium series, preparing by doing mandatory background readings, and submit in writing a critical analysis of some aspect of the presentation.
Winter Colloquium
Students attend each talk in the departmental colloquium series, preparing by doing mandatory background readings, and submit in writing a critical analysis of some aspect of the presentation.
Proseminar
Students in this seminar will engage with contemporary philosophical research by exploring relations and interactions between two broad fields: philosophy of mind, language, and knowledge; and moral, social, and political philosophy. Specific topics will vary from year to year.
Research Seminar
Students select a contemporary philosophical position or historical interpretation and the surrounding debate in the philosophical or scholarly literature upon which to base a thesis proposal using literature review and an essay.
Research Essay
M.A. Thesis
Note: Not all courses listed are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for the current session and to determine the term of offering, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca.
Summer session: some of the courses listed in this Calendar are offered during the summer. Hours and scheduling for summer session courses will differ significantly from those reported in the fall/winter Calendar. To determine the scheduling and hours for summer session classes, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca