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Courses in the Department of Philosophy combine deep intellectual analyses of important thinkers with a robust and comprehensive survey of their important thoughts. Through studying both, students learn underlying concepts and examine bigger intellectual implications.

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GPHI5012

Greek/Latin Reading Group

This reading group is meant for students who wish to improve their proficiency in reading philosophical ancient Greek/Latin or to prepare for the Greek/Latin language exam in the philosophy department. Reasonably good reading skills are required for active participation. However, those who are less ...
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GPHI5013

French Language Group

The purpose of this group is to assist students in improving their reading skills, enriching their vocabulary, and refreshing their knowledge of French grammar in order to prepare for the French language exam required by the philosophy department. Texts are chosen mainly from 17th-century thinkers (...
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GPHI5014

German Reading Group

This group is devoted to the translation and discussion of philosophical texts in German. The course is suitable for all students who wish to prepare for the German language exam in the philosophy department or who simply want to practice and improve their proficiency in reading philosophical German...
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GPHI5015

Ancient Greek, Beginner Language Study

This course will introduce the grammar and syntax of the Ancient Greek language. Beginners will encounter Greek through sentences selected from Ancient Greek authors, alongside a systematic introduction of grammatical principles. The aim will be to acquire an essential foundation of vocabulary and g...
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GPHI5016

Modern Deductive Logic

This course offers an introduction to the concepts and methods of sentential and first-order logic. Students will learn how to translate sentences and arguments from natural language into a formal system, determine validity and invalidity, identify logical equivalences, tautologies, and contradictio...
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GPHI5017

Introductory Proseminar

Proseminar is an introductory course for first-year graduate students; and is designed to help new students make the transition to graduate study at the Philosophy department. To this end, we intersperse discussions from department faculty with presentation of resources and activities available for ...
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GPHI5020

Spanish Reading Group

This group is devoted to the translation and discussion of philosophical texts in Spanish. The course is suitable for students with reasonably good reading skills who wish to improve their proficiency in reading philosophical works originally written in Spanish, or who need to prepare for the Spanis...
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GPHI6548

Prospectus Seminar

The course is designed to take students through the various steps involved in constructing a plan of research in order to write a PhD dissertation. By the completion of the course, all students will be expected to have produced an acceptable dissertation prospectus. This course is required for all P...
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