Philosophy (C042)
GEC Coordinator: Lauren Ashwell
This concentration introduces students to the reflective enterprise that is philosophy. There is a sense in which philosophy is the original interdisciplinary subject. In the words of the twentieth-century American philosopher Wilfrid Sellars: "The aim of philosophy, abstractly formulated, is to understand how things in the broadest possible sense of the term hang together in the broadest possible sense of the term." As such, philosophy attempts to understand how all of the many descriptions and explanations of things that are given by the other disciplines are related to one another.
Complete any four courses in Philosophy or designated with the (C042) GEC attribute. Two non-Bates courses may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval. This concentration is not open to students who have declared a Philosophy major or minor.
Active course offerings include:
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 323E | Philosophy of Evolution |
| CMS 271 | Ancient Philosophy |
| DCS S29 | Logic: Possibility, Proofs, and Paradox |
| DCS 252 | Philosophy of Cognitive Science |
| ENVR 214 | Environmental Ethics |
| FYS 288 | Moral Luck and Social Identity |
| GSS 262 | Feminist Philosophy |
| NRSC 252 | Philosophy of Cognitive Science |
| NRSC 372 | Consciousness in Science |
| PHIL S17 | The Ethics of Care |
| PHIL S21 | The Late Wittgenstein |
| PHIL S29 | Logic: Possibility, Proofs, and Paradox |
| PHIL S32 | Teaching Philosophy: Course Design and Classroom Instruction |
| PHIL S34 | What is Philosophy? Metaphilosophy and Philosophical Methodology |
| PHIL S50 | Independent Study |
| PHIL 150 | Philosophies to Live By |
| PHIL 195 | Introduction to Logic |
| PHIL 210 | Philosophy of Cognitive Science |
| PHIL 211 | Philosophy of Science |
| PHIL 213 | Biomedical Ethics |
| PHIL 214 | Environmental Ethics |
| PHIL 233 | Making Moral Minds: Nature, Nurture, and the Sources of Morality |
| PHIL 235 | Philosophy of Mind |
| PHIL 236 | Theory of Knowledge |
| PHIL 245 | Metaphysics |
| PHIL 255 | Human Nature, Politics, and Morals |
| PHIL 256 | Moral Philosophy |
| PHIL 257 | Moral Luck and Social Identity |
| PHIL 258 | Philosophy of Law |
| PHIL 260 | Philosophy of Religion |
| PHIL 262 | Feminist Philosophy |
| PHIL 268 | Capitalism and Its Critics |
| PHIL 271 | Ancient Philosophy |
| PHIL 272 | Philosophy in the Modern Era (1600-1800) |
| PHIL 273 | Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century: Persons, Power, and Freedom |
| PHIL 274 | 20th C European Philosophy: Consciousness and Reality |
| PHIL 310 | Buddhist Philosophy |
| PHIL 321L | Topics in Contemporary Mind and Language: Language and Power |
| PHIL 323E | Philosophy of Evolution |
| PHIL 324A | Seminar: Kantian Ethics |
| PHIL 324C | Liberty, Equality, and Community |
| PHIL 324E | Virtue and Emotions |
| PHIL 325C | Moral Realism and Irrealism |
| PHIL 341 | Aristotelian Ethics |
| PHIL 350B | Seminar on Major Thinkers: Nietzsche's Philosophy of Music |
| PHIL 350C | Seminar on Major Thinkers: Plato on Love, Death, & the Soul |
| PHIL 360 | Independent Study |
| PHIL 362 | Consciousness in Science |
| PHIL 365D | Reparations and Responsibility |
| PHIL 457 | Senior Thesis |
| PHIL 458 | Senior Thesis |
| PSYC 234 | Philosophy of Mind |
| REL 260 | Philosophy of Religion |