PHI1101 |
Reasoning and Critical Thinking |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Development of fundamental skills in reasoning and critical thinking through the study of argument types, logical structures, criteria used in the evaluation of arguments, and forms of fallacious reasoning. |
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PHI1102 |
Moral Reasoning |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Development of fundamental skills in moral reasoning through the study of ethical issues and the criteria used in justifying or evaluating actions. |
Prerequisite: PHI1101 or permission of the Faculty. |
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PHI1103 |
Fundamental Philosophical Questions |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
A critical examination of fundamental philosophical problems such as the mind and body distinction, the possibility of knowledge of the external world, freedom and determinism, the definition of the concept of truth and the meaning of life. |
Prerequisite: PHI1101 or permission of the Faculty. |
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PHI1104 |
Great Philosophers |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
An historical introduction to philosophy through the study of writings of major Western philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Sartre. (HP) |
Prerequisite: PHI1101 or permission of the Faculty. |
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PHI1370 |
Philosophical Issues in Health Care |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Basic philosophical questions and theories about the nature of human beings and the meaning of life. Special emphasis on how such questions arise in the context of the health-care professions. Readings from classical and contemporary sources. |
Course reserved for students of the Faculty of Health Sciences. |
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PHI1501 |
Raisonnement et pens�e critique |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Acquisition de comp�tences fondamentales en raisonnement et analyse critique des argumentations par l'�tude des types d'argumentation, des structures logiques, des crit�res employ�s dans l'�valuation des arguments et des sophismes. |
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PHI1502 |
Raisonnement moral |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Acquisition de comp�tences fondamentales en raisonnement moral par l'�tude de questions �thiques et de crit�res par lesquels on juge ou justifie les actions. |
Pr�alable: PHI 1501 ou permission de la Facult� |
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PHI1503 |
Les grandes questions philosophiques |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Examen critique de probl�mes philosophiques fondamentaux tels que la distinction entre corps et esprit, la possibilit� d'une connaissance du monde ext�rieur, la question du d�terminisme et du libre arbitre, la d�finition du concept de v�rit� et la question du sens de la vie. |
Pr�alable: PHI 1501 ou permission de la Facult�. |
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PHI1504 |
Les grands philosophes |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Introduction historique � la philosophie par l'�tude des oeuvres de grands philosophes occidentaux tels que Platon, Aristote, Thomas d'Aquin, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Sarte. (HP) |
Pr�alable: PHI 1501 ou permission de la Facult�. |
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PHI1770 |
Probl�mes philosophiques li�s aux soins de sant� |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Questions philosophiques fondamentales relatives � la nature humaine et au sens de la vie. L'accent est mis sur la fa�on dont les professions de la sant� sont confront�es � ces questions. �tude de textes classiques et contemporains. |
Ce cours est r�serv� aux �tudiant(e)s de la Facult� des sciences de la sant�. |
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PHI2170 |
Logic I |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Provides foundations for formal treatment of argumentation and validity. Topics include formalized languages, interpretation, translation, sentential calculus and quantification theory. |
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PHI2172 |
Philosophy of Mind |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Study of the main answers to the mind-body problem and or related questions such as: How to determine that other beings have thoughts? Can machines think? What is consciousness? |
(ME). |
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PHI2174 |
Ethics |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Study of the major traditions in moral philosophy. Are there grounds for distinguishing between right and wrong? What is the relation between morality and custom, law and personal fulfilment? |
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PHI2183 |
Political Philosophy |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Study of the major traditions in social and political philosophy. The roots of modern theories. Readings from writers such as Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant. |
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PHI2197 |
Philosophy of History |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
History as a type of knowledge and inquiry. Special reference to problems of explanation, objectivity, and causal analysis. |
(ME). (HIS 2197). |
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PHI2312 |
Greek Wisdom |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Philosophy in Antiquity: an art of living, an ideal of life and knowledge and a search for the meaning of life. A study of the main currents of Greek wisdom from Socrates to Marcus Aurelius : cynicism, scepticism, epicureanism and stoicism. |
(HP). |
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PHI2380 |
Greek Philosophy or the Birth of Philosophy |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
The birth of philosophy in Ancient Greece and its development, from the 6th to the 4th century B.C. Introduction to the originality and specificity of philosophical discourse through the study of Heraclitus, Parmenides, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, Democritus, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. |
(HP). |
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PHI2381 |
Arab Philosophy |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Introduction to the systems of thought of the important figures of Arabic and Muslim philosophy, such as Kindi, Farabi, Ghazali, Ibn Tufayl, Averroes and Avicenna. |
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PHI2382 |
Medieval Philosophy |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
The encounter of philosophy with the Christian, Islamic and Jewish traditions of thought from the 4th to the 15th century. Among topics to be studied: The development of a Christian metaphysics, the reinterpretation of Aristotle, the debate about universals. |
(HP). |
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PHI2383 |
Modern Philosophy |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Introduction to major philosophers, from Descartes to Kant, and philosophical systems (Rationalism, Empiricism) of the 17th and 18th centuries, with emphasis on developments in epistemology and metaphysics. |
(HP) |
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PHI2386 |
Existentialism |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Study of a philosophical tradition which has shaped contemporary thought. Existentialism questions the idea of human nature and emphasizes subjectivity, consciousness, freedom, finitude and the meaning of human existence. Readings from philosophers such as Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Jaspers, Sartre, Camus and Merleau-Ponty. |
(HP). |
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PHI2389 |
Asian Philosophy |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Study of some of the basic principles and themes of Asian traditions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism. |
(HP) |
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PHI2390 |
Philosophical Issues in Women's Studies |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Critical examination of some questions raised by women's studies. Topics will vary from year to year and may include moral issues such as abortion and equality, problems of ideology in psychology and art, or feminism as a political theory. |
(EP). |
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PHI2392 |
Esthetics and Philosophy of Art |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Study of questions of esthetics such as: What is an esthetic property? Can one speak of esthetic knowledge through emotions? Is there an esthetic attitude? Study of philosophical questions relative to works of art, their production and their value. |
(EP). |
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PHI2393 |
Philosophy of Culture |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Culture considered as the sum of all aspects of human activities that are socially transmitted. The Romantic reaction (Herder) to Enlightenment, the rejection of universal criteria and the cultural relativity of values. |
(EP). |
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PHI2394 |
Scientific Thought and Social Values |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
The nature of scientific thought and the relationships between science and culture, religion, politics, technology and society at large. |
(EP). |
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PHI2396 |
Bioethics |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Study of moral issues in medical research and health care. Possible topics include human and animal experimentation; the rights and duties of health professionals and patients; euthanasia, abortion, reproductive technologies, genetic screening; funding and allocation decisions. Role of moral theories and concepts in addressing these problems. |
(EP). |
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PHI2397 |
Business Ethics |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Within the context of the diminishing role of the state and of globalization, study of ethical issues in business such as: The social responsibility of firms, the rights and obligations of employees and employers, the problem of discrimination. |
(EP). |
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PHI2398 |
Environmental Ethics |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Study of ethical questions concerning the preservation of species and natural objects, animal rights, and our obligations towards future generations. Study of theoretical frameworks such as deep ecology (Naess) and of environmental ethics (Carlson). |
(EP). |
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PHI2570 |
Logique I |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Initiation au traitement formel des raisonnements et de la validit�. Langages formalis�s, interpr�tations, traduction, calcul des propositions et th�orie des quantificateurs. |
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PHI2572 |
Philosophie de l'esprit |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude des principales solutions au probl�me de la relation corps-esprit et de questions connexes telles que : comment d�termine-t-on que d'autres �tres ont des pens�es? Est-ce qu'une machine pourrait penser? Qu'est-ce que la conscience? |
(ME). |
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PHI2574 |
�thique |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude des grands courants de la philosophie morale. Le rapport entre la morale, la loi et les moeurs. |
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PHI2583 |
Philosophie politique |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude des grands courants de la philosophie sociale et politique. Origines de th�ories contemporaines. �tude des principaux auteurs tels que Platon, Aristote, Machiavel, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant. |
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PHI2597 |
Philosophie de l'histoire |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
L'histoire comme discipline; son �pist�mologie sp�cifique. �tude, en particulier, de probl�mes tels que l'explication historique, l'objectivit� et l'analyse causale. |
(ME). (Aussi offert sous la cote HIS2597). |
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PHI2712 |
La sagesse grecque |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
La philosophie dans l'Antiquit� : un art de vivre, un id�al de vie et de connaissance et la recherche du sens de la vie. �tude des principaux courants de la sagesse grecque de Socrate � Marc-Aur�le : cynisme, scepticisme, �picurisme et sto�cisme. |
(HP). |
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PHI2780 |
La Philosophie grecque ou la naissance de la philosophie |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
La naissance de la philosophie dans la Gr�ce antique et son d�veloppement, du 6e si�cle au 4e si�cle avant notre �re. Introduction � l'originalit� et � la sp�cificit� du discours philosophique par l'�tude de H�raclite, Parm�nide, Emp�docle, Anaxagore, D�mocrite, Socrate, Platon et Aristote. |
(HP) |
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PHI2781 |
Philosophie arabe |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Introduction aux syst�mes de pens�e des grands repr�sentants de la philosophie arabo-musulmane, tels que Kindi, Farabi, Ghazali, Ibn Tufayl, Averro�s et Avicenne. |
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PHI2782 |
Philosophie m�di�vale |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Rencontre de la philosophie avec la pens�e chr�tienne, islamique et juive, du 4e au 15e si�cle. Parmi les th�mes �tudi�s : l'�laboration d'une m�taphysique chr�tienne, la relecture d'Aristote, la querelle des universaux. |
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PHI2783 |
Philosophie moderne |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Introduction aux grands auteurs, de Descartes � Kant, ainsi qu'aux grands syst�mes philosophiques (rationalisme, empirisme) des 17e et 18e si�cles et, en particulier, aux d�veloppements de l'�pist�mologie et de la m�taphysique. |
(HP). |
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PHI2786 |
Existentialisme |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude d'un courant philosophique qui a marqu� la pens�e contemporaine. L'existentialisme remet en question le concept de la nature humaine et souligne l'importance de la subjectivit�, de la conscience, de la libert�, de la finitude et du sens de l'existence. �tude de philosophes tels que Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Jaspers, Sartre, Camus et Merleau-Ponty. |
(HP). |
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PHI2789 |
Philosophie asiatique |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude de certains des principes et th�mes des traditions asiatiques, telles que l'hindouisme, le bouddhisme, le confucianisme et le tao�sme. |
(HP) |
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PHI2790 |
Aspects philosophiques du f�minisme |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Examen critique de questions soulev�es par le f�minisme. Les diverses approches, appel�es � varier d'une ann�e � l'autre, aux probl�mes moraux comme l'avortement et l'�galit� des droits, aux questions d'id�ologie impliqu�es dans l'art et la psychologie, ou au f�minisme en tant que th�orie politique. |
(EP). |
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PHI2792 |
Esth�tique et philosophie de l'art |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude des questions d'esth�tique telles que : qu'est-ce qu'une propri�t� esth�tique? Peut-on parler d'une connaissance esth�tique par les �motions? Existe-t-il une attitude esth�tique? �tude des questions philosophiques li�es � la nature des oeuvres d'art, � leur mode de production et � leur valeur. |
(EP). |
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PHI2793 |
Philosophie de la culture |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
La culture en tant qu'ensemble des aspects de l'activit� humaine qui sont transmis socialement. La r�action romantique aux Lumi�res (Herder), le rejet des crit�res universels et la relativit� culturelle des valeurs. |
(EP). |
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PHI2794 |
Pens�e scientifique et valeurs sociales |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
L'univers du savoir et les probl�mes qu'il soul�ve; nature des connaissances, classification des savoirs, rapports entre les diff�rents modes de connaissance. Science et soci�t�, science et culture, science et avenir du monde. |
(EP). |
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PHI2796 |
Bio�thique |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude des probl�mes �thiques propres � la recherche m�dicale et aux soins de sant� : exp�rimentation humaine et animale; droits et devoirs des professionnels de la sant� et des patients; euthanasie, avortement, techniques de reproduction assist�e, d�pistage g�n�tique; priorit�s en mati�re de fonds et de subventions. R�le des th�ories et des concepts �thiques dans la r�solution de ces probl�mes. |
(EP). |
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PHI2797 |
�thique des affaires |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Dans le contexte de la diminution du r�le de l'�tat et de la mondalisation, �tude des questions d'�thique dans le monde des affaires telles que la responsabilit� sociale de l'entreprise, les droits et les obligations des employ�s et des employeurs et le probl�me de la discrimination. |
(EP). |
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PHI2798 |
L'�thique environnementale |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude de questions �thiques sur la pr�servation des esp�ces et des objets naturels, sur les droits des animaux, sur l'obligation envers les g�n�rations futures. Examen de cadres th�oriques tels que l'�cologie profonde (Naess) et l'esth�tique environnementale (Carlson). |
(EP). |
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PHI3105 |
Phenomenology |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Phenomenology as the attempt to overcome the distinction between appearance and reality by going back to the things themselves and by developing a new descriptive method. Study of texts from the precursors, Husserl, and his legacy, from Heidegger to French phenomenology. |
Prerequisite: PHI3377. (ME). |
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PHI3108 |
Texts in Modern Philosophy |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Readings from 17th and 18th century philosophers such as Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Malebranche, Locke, Berkeley, Hume. |
Prerequisite: PHI2383. (HP). |
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PHI3125 |
Philosophy of Psychology |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Study of fundamental themes such as the mind-body problem, the question of the appropriate method for a science of the mind, the knowledge of one's own mind and of other minds, the language of thought and mental imagery, innate vs acquired, and the status of "folk psychology". |
Course reserved for students of the School of Psychology. |
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PHI3164 |
Contemporary Ethical Theories |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Study of meta-ethical issues. The metaphysical and epistemological foundations of contemporary normative theory. |
Strongly recommended: at least one of PHI 2174, PHI 2183, PHI 2394, PHI 2396, PHI 2397 or PHI 2398. |
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PHI3170 |
Theory of Knowledge |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Analysis of the concept of knowledge and of the distinctions between a priori and a posteriori and between analytic and synthetic knowledge. Study of the issues relative to the possibility of a knowledge of the external world and to the challenge of scepticism, and study of the debate between rationalism and empiricism. |
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PHI3171 |
Logic II |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Topics covered may include advanced quantification theory, axiomatic systems, set theory, metatheory of first-order logic with soundness and completeness theorems, model theory, G del's incompleteness theorems. |
Prerequisites: PHI2170. PHI1101, one of PHI1102, 1103 or 1104 (or the equivalent), and three PHI credits (total of nine credits). (ME). (Previously: PHI2171) |
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PHI3174 |
Metaphysics: The Structure of Reality |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Introduction to the study of questions relative to the structure of reality, to questions concerning the fundamental concepts of time, space, cause, identity and to the debate between realism and idealism. |
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PHI3370 |
Plato: the Philosopher as Legislator |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Introduction to the philosophy of Plato through a study of his political philosophy: The philosophical reform of the state and the philosopher as a legislator and as a dialectician. Analysis of the political mission of the philosopher as related to the nature of philosophy. |
Prerequisite: PHI2380. (HP). |
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PHI3377 |
Contemporary Continental Philosophy |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Survey of the major trends in 20th-century European philosophy: existentialism, phenomenology, hermeneutics, critical theory, structuralism, and poststructuralism. |
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PHI3380 |
Aristotle or the Search for Happiness |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Introduction to the main concepts of Aristotle's philosophy, in particular, to his ethics (happiness, virtue), through the study of his theory of knowledge and of his analysis of contingency in the theory of action. |
Prerequisite: PHI2380. (HP). |
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PHI3382 |
Kant and critical philosophy |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Kant and the autonomy of human beings, that is to say the possibility of discovering the principles of knowledge and action with the help of reason alone. Introduction to his philosophy through the reading of the "Critique of Pure Reason", which sets out a theory of knowledge and a critique of metaphysics. |
Prerequisite: PHI2383. (HP). |
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PHI3386 |
19th Century Philosophy |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Study of key philosophers from the 19th century, such as Fichte, Schelling, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Darwin, Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche and Mach. |
(HP) |
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PHI3387 |
Philosophy of the Enlightenment |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
The catchword of Enlightenment: Think for oneself. Study of the topics that follow from it: the autonomy of reason, liberty of thought, tolerance, the critique of religion, naturalism, universalism. Readings from authors such as Locke, Hume, Burke, Smith, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, Kant, Lessing. |
Prerequisite: PHI2383. (HP). |
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PHI3390 |
Philosophy of Logic |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Extensions and alternatives to classical first-order logic, such as second-order logic, type theory, modal logic, many-valued, constructive or paraconsistent logics. Investigation of philosophical issues connected with logic such as theories of truth, logical consequence, conditionals and paradoxes. |
Prerequisites: PHI 2170. PHI1101, one of PHI1102, 1103 or 1104 (or the equivalent), and three PHI credits (total of nine credits). (ME). (Previously: PHI 2171) |
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PHI3391 |
Philosophy of Language |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Study of themes common to linguistics and philosophy. The formal approach to syntax and semantics and current approaches to pragmatics. Study of questions pertaining to the epistemology of linguistics and relative to the cognitive (language-thought) and ontological (language-world) aspects of language. |
(ME). (LIN3391). |
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PHI3393 |
Philosophy of Religion |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Study of the various philosophical justifications and critiques of religious experience, of problems linked to the idea of a transcendent being and to the problem of evil. Study of authors such as Aquinas, Pascal, Kant, Hegel, Feuerbach, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Freud, James. |
(ME). |
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PHI3394 |
Philosophy of Science |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Study of the rationality and objectivity of science through an analysis of the structure and function of scientific theories and of the development of scientific knowledge. |
(ME). |
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PHI3395 |
Philosophy of Law |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Study of the nature and origins of rights and of the foundations of human rights through a survey of the major currents of the philosophy of rights (natural rights, positivism, historicism, Kantianism, utilitarianism) and the study of legal cases. |
(EP). |
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PHI3396 |
Philosophy of the Social Sciences |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Study of the epistemological presuppositions of the social sciences, of the theoretical approaches to sociology (materialism, functionalism, structuralism, hermeneutics and sociobiology) and of the phenomena of Modernity as the fundamental category of sociological thought. |
(EP). |
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PHI3397 |
Origins of Analytic Philosophy |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Study of major contributors to the development of analytic philosophy from its nineteenth-century origins to the mid-twentieth century. Readings from authors such as Frege, Russell, Carnap and Quine. |
Prerequisites: PHI1101, one of PHI1102, 1103 or 1104 (or the equivalent), and three PHI credits (total of nine credits). (Previously: PHI 3378) |
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PHI3398 |
Contemporary Analytic Philosophy |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Study of major debates and currents in analytic philosophy, with focus on the core theoretical areas of philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, epistemology and metaphysics |
Prerequisites: PHI1101, one of PHI1102, 1103 or 1104 (or the equivalent), and three PHI credits (total of nine credits). (Previously PHI3378) |
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PHI3505 |
La Ph�nom�nologie |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
La ph�nom�nologie comme tentative de d�passement de la distinction entre �tre et appara�tre par un retour aux choses elles-m�mes et le d�veloppement d'une nouvelle m�thode descriptive. �tudes de textes des pr�curseurs, de Husserl et de ses suites, de Heidegger � la ph�nom�nologie fran�aise. |
Pr�alable : PHI3777. (ME). |
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PHI3508 |
Textes en philosophie moderne |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude de textes de philosophes des 17e et 18e si�cles, dont Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Malebranche, Locke, Berkeley, Hume. |
Pr�alable : PHI2783. (HP). |
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PHI3525 |
Philosophie de la psychologie |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude de th�mes fondamentaux tels que la relation corps-esprit, la question de la m�thode appropri�e d'une science de l'esprit, la connaissance de son propre esprit et de celui des autres, le langage de la pens�e et les images mentales, la part de l'inn� et de l'acquis, le statut de la "psychologie ordinaire". |
Cours r�serv� aux �tudiants de l'�cole de psychologie. |
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PHI3564 |
Th�ories �thiques contemporaines |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude de questions en m�ta-�thique. Les fondements m�taphysiques et �pist�mologiques de th�ories normatives contemporaines. |
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PHI3570 |
Th�orie de la connaissance |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Analyse du concept de connaissance et des distinctions entre connaissance � priori et � posteriori, entre analytique et synth�tique. �tude de questions relatives � la possibilit� d'une connaissance du monde ext�rieur et au d�fi du scepticisme ainsi que du d�bat entre rationalisme et empirisme. |
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PHI3571 |
Logique II |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude de sujets tels que la th�orie de la quantification, les syst�mes axiomatiques, la m�tath�orie de la logique du premier ordre avec les th�or�mes de validit� et de compl�tude, la th�orie des mod�les, et les th�or�mes d'incompl�tude de G del. |
Pr�alable : PHI2570. PHI1501, un de PHI1502, 1503 ou 1504 (ou l'�quivalent) et trois autres cr�dits PHI (total neuf cr�dits). (ME). (Ant�rieurement : PHI2571) |
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PHI3574 |
M�taphysique : la structure de la r�alit� |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Introduction � l'�tude des questions relatives � la structure de la r�alit�, aux questions relatives aux concepts fondamentaux de temps, d'espace, de cause et d'identit�, et au d�bat entre r�alisme et id�alisme. |
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PHI3770 |
Platon : le philosophe l�gislateur |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Introduction � la philosophie de Platon par l'�tude de sa philosophie politique : la r�forme politique de la cit� et le philosophe en tant que l�gislateur et dialecticien. Analyse de la mission politique du philosophe comme inh�rente � la philosophie elle-m�me. |
Pr�alable : PHI2780. (HP). |
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PHI3777 |
Philosophie continentale contemporaine |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Examen des principaux courants de la philosophie europ�enne au XXe si�cle: existentialisme, ph�nom�nologie, herm�neutique, th�orie critique, structuralisme et poststructuralisme. |
(HP). |
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PHI3780 |
Aristote ou la recherche du bonheur |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Introduction aux principaux concepts de la philosophie d'Aristote, en particulier de son �thique (bonheur, vertu). �tude de sa th�orie de la connaissance et de son analyse de la contingence dans la th�orie de l'action. |
Pr�alable : PHI2780. (HP). |
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PHI3782 |
Kant et la philosophie critique |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Kant et la pens�e de l'autonomie de l'�tre humain, c'est-�-dire la possibilit� de d�couvrir les principes de la raison et de l'action par notre seule raison. Introduction � sa philosophie par la lecture de la "Critique de la raison pure", o� sont pos�es une th�orie de la connaissance et une critique de la m�taphysique. |
Pr�alable : PHI2783. (HP). |
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PHI3786 |
Philosophie du XIXe si�cle |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude de philosophes-cl�s du XIXe si�cle, tels que Fichte, Schelling, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Darwin, Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche et Mach. |
(HP) |
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PHI3787 |
La philosophie des lumi�res |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Le mot d'ordre des Lumi�res : penser par soi-m�me. �tude des th�mes qui en d�coulent : l'autonomie de la raison, la libert� de pens�e, la tol�rance, la critique de la religion, le naturalisme, l'universalisme. �tude d'auteurs tels que Locke, Hume, Burke, Smith, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Voltaire, Kant, Lessing. |
Pr�alable : PHI2783. (HP). |
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PHI3790 |
Logique philosophique |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Extensions et alternatives � la logique classique du premier ordre, telles que la logique du deuxi�me ordre, la th�orie des types, la cons�quence logique, la logique modale, et les logiques de plusieurs valeurs, constructivistes ou paracoh�rentes. �tude de questions de logique philosophique telles que les th�ories de la v�rit�, les conditionnelles et les paradoxes. |
Pr�alables : PHI 2570. PHI1501, un de PHI1502, 1503 ou 1504 (ou l'�quivalent) et trois autres cr�dits PHI (total neuf cr�dits). (ME). (Ant�rieurement : PHI2571) |
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PHI3791 |
Philosophie du langage |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude de th�mes communs � la linguistique et � la philosophie du langage. L'approche formelle de la syntaxe et de la s�mantique et les courants actuels en pragmatique. �tude des questions relatives � l'�pist�mologie de la linguistique, des questions d'ordre cognitif (rapport langage-pens�e) et ontologique (rapport langage-monde). |
(ME). (LIN3791). |
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PHI3793 |
Philosophie de la religion |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude des diverses justifications et critiques philosophiques de l'exp�rience religieuse, des probl�mes li�s � l'id�e d'un �tre transcendant et du probl�me du mal. Lecture d'auteurs tels que Thomas D'Aquin, Pascal, Kant, Hegel, Feuerbach, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Freud, James. |
(ME). |
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PHI3794 |
Philosophie des sciences |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude de la rationalit� et de l'objectivit� scientifique par le biais d'une analyse de la structure et de la fonction des th�ories scientifiques et du mode d'accroissement des savoirs scientifiques. |
(ME). |
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PHI3795 |
Philosophie du droit |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude de la nature et de l'origine du droit, des fondements des droits de l'�tre humain par l'examen des principaux courants de la philosophie du droit (jusnaturalisme, positivisme, historicisme, kantisme, utilitarisme) et l'examen de cas juridiques. |
(EP). |
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PHI3796 |
Philosophie des sciences sociales |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude des pr�suppos�s �pist�mologiques des sciences sociales et des approches th�oriques de la sociologie (mat�rialisme, fonctionnalisme, structuralisme, herm�neutique et sociobiologie) et du ph�nom�ne de la modernit� comme cat�gorie premi�re de la r�flexion sociologique. |
(EP). |
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PHI3797 |
Origines de la philosophie analytique |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude d'auteurs qui ont jou� un r�le important dans le d�veloppement de la philosophie analytique d�s son commencement au XIXe si�cle jusqu'au 1950. Lecture d'auteurs tels que Frege, Russell, Carnap, Quine. |
(Ant�rieurement : PHI 3778) |
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PHI3798 |
Philosophie analytique contemporaine |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude des d�bats et mouvements importants en philosophie analytique contemporaine, particuli�rement dans les domaines de la philosophie de l'esprit, la philosophie du langage, la th�orie de la connaissance, et la m�taphysique. |
(Ant�rieurement : PHI3778) |
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PHI4160 |
Philosophical Greek |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Study of a Greek philosophical text in the original language. |
Prerequisite: LCL3551 or permission of the Department. (Also offered as LCL4160) |
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PHI4164 |
Seminar in Ethics |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Advanced study of contemporary normative theory. Recent debates, such as those involving utilitarianism, virtue ethics, deontological ethics. |
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PHI4307 |
Texts in French Philosophy |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Study of one or more of the major currents in 19th-and 20th-century French philosophy, such as utopism, positivism, reflexive philosophy, existentialism, structuralism and post-modernism. |
Prerequisite: PHI3377. (HP). |
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PHI4308 |
Texts in American Philosophy |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Readings of representatives of the major currents of American philosophy in the 19th and 20th centuries, such as pragmatism (Pierce, James, Dewey) and Analytical Philosophy (Quine, Putnam, Kripke, Davidson). |
Prerequisite: PHI3378. (ME). |
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PHI4309 |
Wittgenstein |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Study of Wittgenstein's thoughts on logic, language and mind, of his principal arguments such as those on private language and following a rule, and of key notions such as that of language-game. |
Prerequisite: PHI3378. (ME). |
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PHI4311 |
Problems in Contemporary Political Philosophy |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Analysis of current debates such as those concerning liberalism vs cultural diversity, social justice, and the critique of liberal democracy. Readings from authors such as Rawls, Habermas, Taylor. |
Prerequisite: PHI2183. (EP). |
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PHI4312 |
Problems in Contemporary Ethics |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Ethics as it faces the challenges of relativism and scepticism, and the problems linked with new developments in science and information technologies. Study of major currents of contemporary ethics such as the ethics of discussion (Habermas, Apel), utilitarianism (Singer), the ethics of responsibility (Jonas), the ethics of virtue (MacIntyre). |
Prerequisite: PHI2174. (EP). |
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PHI4384 |
Philosophical Texts |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Readings of philosophical texts not covered in the program. |
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PHI4385 |
Hegel and German Idealism |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Hegel's absolute idealism as a synthesis of the systems of Fichte and Schelling. Study of the "Phenomenology of Spirit" and the movement of the experience of consciousness towards "absolute knowledge", within which a logic, a philosophy of nature, a philosophy of mind and an influential philosophy of right are developed. |
Prerequisite: PHI2383. (HP). (Previously: PHI3383.) |
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PHI4396 |
Philosophical Questions |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Study of philosophical topics not covered in the program. |
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PHI4560 |
Grec philosophique |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude d'un texte philosophique grec dans la langue originale. |
Pr�alable : LCL3551 ou permission du d�partement. (Aussi offert sous la cote LCL4560) |
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PHI4564 |
S�minaire en �thique |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude avanc�e de th�ories normatives contemporaines. D�bats r�cents autour de th�ories telles que l'utilitarisme, l'�thique de la vertu, l'�thique d�ontologique. |
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PHI4707 |
Textes en philosophie fran�aise |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude d'un ou de plusieurs des principaux courants de la philosophie fran�aise aux 19e et 20e si�cles, tels que l'utopisme, le positivisme, la philosophie r�flexive, l'existentialisme, le structuralisme et le postmodernisme. |
Pr�alable : PHI3777. (HP). |
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PHI4708 |
Textes en philosophie am�ricaine |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tudes d'auteurs repr�sentant les grands courants de la philosophie am�ricaine aux 19e et 20e si�cles, tels que le pragmatisme (Pierce, James, Dewey) et la philosophie analytique (Quine, Putnam, Kripke, Davidson). |
Pr�alable : PHI3778. (ME). |
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PHI4709 |
Wittgenstein |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude de la pens�e de Wittgenstein sur la logique, le langage et l'esprit, de ses principaux arguments tels sur le langage priv� et suivre une r�gle, ainsi que de notions-cl�s telles que celle de jeu de langage. |
Pr�alable : PHI3778. (ME). |
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PHI4711 |
Probl�mes de philosophie politique contemporaine |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Analyse de d�bats contemporains tels que ceux du lib�ralisme face � la diversit� culturelle, de la justice sociale et de la critique de la d�mocratie lib�rale. Lecture d'auteurs tels que Rawls, Habermas, Taylor. |
Pr�alable : PHI2583. (EP). |
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PHI4712 |
Probl�mes d'�thique contemporaine |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
L'�thique face aux d�fis du relativisme et du scepticisme et aux probl�mes li�s aux r�cents d�veloppements des sciences et des technologies de l'information. �tude des principaux courants contemporains, tels que l'�thique de la discussion (Habermas, Apel), l'utilitarisme (Singer), l'�thique de la responsabilit� (Jonas) et les �thiques de la vertu (MacIntyre). |
Pr�alable : PHI2574. (EP). |
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PHI4784 |
Textes philosophiques |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
Lecture de textes philosophiques qui ne figurent pas au programme. |
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PHI4785 |
Hegel et l'id�alisme allemand |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
L'id�alisme absolu de Hegel comme synth�se des syst�mes de Fichte et Schelling. �tude de la Ph�nom�nologie de l'esprit{ et du mouvement de l'exp�rience de la conscience s'achevant dans un savoir absolu{, dans lequel se d�veloppent une logique, une philosophie de la nature, une philosophie de l'esprit et une influente philosophie du droit. |
Pr�alable : PHI2783. (HP). (Ant�rieurement : PHI3783.) |
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PHI4796 |
Probl�mes philosophiques |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
�tude de probl�mes philosophiques qui ne figurent pas au programme. |
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