PHL113H5F Introduction to Philosophy: Persons and Values
Instructor: Shahdah Mahhouk M 9-11 AM / W 9-11 AM Delivery Mode: In Person
This introductory course explores philosophical theories of human nature, morality, justice, the good life, freedom, and responsibility. A variety of traditional and contemporary perspectives will be considered.
Note: Students may take either or both PHL113H5 and PHL103H5, in any order or simultaneously. The two courses differ only in the philosophical topics they cover.
Exclusions: PHL105Y5 or PHL102H5 or PHL100Y1 or PHL101Y1 or PHL201H1 or PHLA10H3
PHL221H5F Philosophy at the Movies
Instructor: Andrew Doppenberg T 5-8 PM/ R 5-8 PM Delivery Mode: Online Synchronous
This course considers fundamental philosophical themes – the meaning of life and death, the nature of responsibility, fate and agency, knowledge and illusion, personal identity, alienation and belonging, love and sex, politics, ethics, and morality, among others – through film. The course also considers some questions about film as a philosophical genre: of the medium of film as an alternative medium (an alternative to language and explicit argument) of philosophical expression; of whether and how film may convey philosophical insight otherwise unavailable; and of the role of interpretation in understanding film philosophically.
Prerequisites: PHL101H5 or PHL102H5 or PHL103H5 or PHL105Y5 or PHL113H5 or 4.0 credits.
PHL240H5S Minds and Machines
Instructor: Elliot Carter T 9 AM – 12 PM / R 9 AM – 12 PM Delivery Mode: In Person
Can machines think and feel? Are human beings simply very complicated organic machines? These questions are discussed in the light of recent work on the simulation of intelligence and purposive behaviour.
Prerequisites: PHL101H5 or PHL102H5 or PHL103H5 or PHL105Y5 or PHL113H5 or 4.0 credits. .
Exclusions: PHL342H5 or PHLB81H3
PHL243H5S Philosophy of Human Sexuality
Instructor: Valentin Wey M 9 AM – 12 PM / W 9 AM – 12 PM Delivery Mode: Online Synchronous
Philosophical issues about sex and sexual identity in the light of biological, psychological, and ethical theories of sex and gender. The concept of gender; male and female sex roles; theories of psycho-sexual development; sexual morality; “natural,” “normal,” and “perverse” sex; sexual liberation; love and sexuality.
Prerequisites: PHL101H5 or PHL102H5 or PHL103H5 or PHL105Y5 or PHL113H5 or 4.0 credits.
Exclusions: PHLB12H3
PHL245H5Y Modern Symbolic Logic
Instructor: Logan Fletcher M 5 – 7 PM/ W 5 – 6 PM Delivery Mode: Hybrid
Note: This half credit (0.5) course is offered over the full academic session.
An introduction to formal deductive logic. Semantics, symbolization, and techniques of natural deduction in sentential logic. Symbolization, natural deduction, and models in monadic predicate logic. Symbolization and natural deduction with polyadic predicates. Introduction to advanced concepts in first-order logic, such as operations, identity, and models.
Exclusions: PHL245H1 and PHLB50H3
Recommended Preparation: PHL103H5 or PHL113H5
PHL370H5S Issues in Philosophy of Law
Instructor: Emily Baron M 1 – 4 PM / W M 1 – 4 PM Delivery Mode: In Person
A study of major issues in the philosophy of law such as the nature of law, responsibility and punishment, the obligation to obey the law, and the moral underpinnings of particular areas of law (e.g. criminal, tort, contract).
Prerequisites: 1.5 credits in PHL
Recommended Preparation: PHL271H5 or PHL277Y5
PHL374H5F Issues in Normative Ethics
Instructor: Nicolas Nicola T 3 – 6 PM/ R 3 – 6 PM Delivery Mode: In Person
Normative Ethics concerns general questions about what makes actions right or wrong. Topics include, among others, the plausibility of various ethical theories such as consequentialism, deontology, and virtue ethics, and questions about the moral significance of distinctions such as doing vs allowing and intending vs foreseeing.
Prerequisites: 1.5 credits in PHL
Exclusions: PHL375H5 or PHL376H1 or PHLC05H3 or PHLC06H3
Recommended Preparation: PHL275H5 or PHL277Y5
PHL498Y5Y Individual Studies
Instructor: Philip Clark Delivery Mode: In Person
Contact Undergraduate Advisor. Individual study courses are aimed at highly motivated students. They are not intended to duplicate course offerings already available. A student seeking to do an independent course must secure a faculty supervisor. Regular meetings between student and supervisor are required, and the workload should be the same as a fourth-year philosophy seminar.
Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor