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Undergraduate Courses

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Course # (Section) Title Day/Times Instructor Location Term Additional Details
AS.070.304 (01) Are We What We Eat?: Food, Ethics, and Religion Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM Kim, Sujung Mergenthaler 426 Spring 2026
  • Description: From Buddhist almsgiving and Christian fasting to Islamic halal laws and contemporary movements toward vegetarianism and veganism, this course examines how certain food practices articulate broader concerns about purity, taboo, hierarchy, sacrifice, ecology, and embodiment. Drawing on a wide range of religious texts, ethnographic case studies, and critical theory, students will engage with questions of religious identity and ethics to better understand the complex entanglement of food and morality in religious life.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/18
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.111 (01) Philosophic Classics MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM Connolly, Patrick Krieger 180; Gilman 119 Spring 2026
  • Description: The course introduces students to philosophy by critically examining selected texts in the Western philosophical tradition. Philosophers whose ideas will be examined include Plato, Boethius, Descartes, and Astell.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 0/20
  • Tags: PHIL-ANCIEN, PHIL-MODERN
AS.150.111 (02) Philosophic Classics MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM Connolly, Patrick Krieger 180; Gilman 119 Spring 2026
  • Description: The course introduces students to philosophy by critically examining selected texts in the Western philosophical tradition. Philosophers whose ideas will be examined include Plato, Boethius, Descartes, and Astell.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Canceled
  • Seats Available: 20/20
  • Tags: PHIL-ANCIEN, PHIL-MODERN
AS.150.118 (01) Introduction to Formal Logic MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM Dulani, Saakshi Gilman 132; Krieger 306 Spring 2026
  • Description: An introduction to symbolic logic and probability. In the first two parts of the course we study formal ways of determining whether a conclusion of an argument follows from its premises. Included are truth-functional logic and predicate logic. In the third part we study the basic rules of probability, and learn how to make probability calculations and decisions in life.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/20
  • Tags: PHIL-LOGSCI, COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.118 (02) Introduction to Formal Logic MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM Dulani, Saakshi Gilman 132; Gilman 55 Spring 2026
  • Description: An introduction to symbolic logic and probability. In the first two parts of the course we study formal ways of determining whether a conclusion of an argument follows from its premises. Included are truth-functional logic and predicate logic. In the third part we study the basic rules of probability, and learn how to make probability calculations and decisions in life.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 0/20
  • Tags: PHIL-LOGSCI, COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.125 (01) Life and Death MW 1:30PM - 2:20PM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM Holguín, Ben Gilman 132; Krieger 304 Spring 2026
  • Description: This course will address some of the Big Picture questions about human life using the methods of analytic philosophy. These questions include: What am I, and what kinds of things could happen to me before I'd no longer be me? Should I be afraid of death? Is it better to be than to never have been anything at all? When is it permissible to end a life? To what extent do I live my life freely?
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 7/20
  • Tags: PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.125 (02) Life and Death MW 1:30PM - 2:20PM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM Holguín, Ben Gilman 132; Gilman 277 Spring 2026
  • Description: This course will address some of the Big Picture questions about human life using the methods of analytic philosophy. These questions include: What am I, and what kinds of things could happen to me before I'd no longer be me? Should I be afraid of death? Is it better to be than to never have been anything at all? When is it permissible to end a life? To what extent do I live my life freely?
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Canceled
  • Seats Available: 15/15
  • Tags: PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.125 (03) Life and Death MW 1:30PM - 2:20PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM Holguín, Ben Gilman 132; Maryland 104 Spring 2026
  • Description: This course will address some of the Big Picture questions about human life using the methods of analytic philosophy. These questions include: What am I, and what kinds of things could happen to me before I'd no longer be me? Should I be afraid of death? Is it better to be than to never have been anything at all? When is it permissible to end a life? To what extent do I live my life freely?
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/20
  • Tags: PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.125 (04) Life and Death MW 1:30PM - 2:20PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM Holguín, Ben Gilman 132; Gilman 217 Spring 2026
  • Description: This course will address some of the Big Picture questions about human life using the methods of analytic philosophy. These questions include: What am I, and what kinds of things could happen to me before I'd no longer be me? Should I be afraid of death? Is it better to be than to never have been anything at all? When is it permissible to end a life? To what extent do I live my life freely?
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Canceled
  • Seats Available: 15/15
  • Tags: PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.139 (01) Introduction to Philosophy of Mind MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM Green, E. J. Gilman 132; Krieger Laverty Spring 2026
  • Description: Introduction to the philosophy of mind with special emphasis on the relationship between human minds and artificial machines. Questions to be discussed include: Is the mind the brain, or something over and above it? Can computers think, and if so, do they think the way we do? How do our thoughts get to be about things in the external world? What is the nature of conscious experience?
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 8/15
  • Tags: PHIL-MIND, COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.139 (02) Introduction to Philosophy of Mind MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM Green, E. J. Gilman 132; Gilman 313 Spring 2026
  • Description: Introduction to the philosophy of mind with special emphasis on the relationship between human minds and artificial machines. Questions to be discussed include: Is the mind the brain, or something over and above it? Can computers think, and if so, do they think the way we do? How do our thoughts get to be about things in the external world? What is the nature of conscious experience?
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 5/15
  • Tags: PHIL-MIND, COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.139 (03) Introduction to Philosophy of Mind MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM Green, E. J. Gilman 132; Gilman 381 Spring 2026
  • Description: Introduction to the philosophy of mind with special emphasis on the relationship between human minds and artificial machines. Questions to be discussed include: Is the mind the brain, or something over and above it? Can computers think, and if so, do they think the way we do? How do our thoughts get to be about things in the external world? What is the nature of conscious experience?
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 6/15
  • Tags: PHIL-MIND, COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.139 (04) Introduction to Philosophy of Mind MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM Green, E. J. Gilman 132; Gilman 413 Spring 2026
  • Description: Introduction to the philosophy of mind with special emphasis on the relationship between human minds and artificial machines. Questions to be discussed include: Is the mind the brain, or something over and above it? Can computers think, and if so, do they think the way we do? How do our thoughts get to be about things in the external world? What is the nature of conscious experience?
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 9/15
  • Tags: PHIL-MIND, COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.205 (01) Introduction to the History of Modern Philosophy MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM Melamed, Yitzhak Yohanan Gilman 50; Gilman 55 Spring 2026
  • Description: An overview of philosophical thought in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. We shall focus on fundamental questions in epistemology (knowledge, how we acquire it, its scope and limits), metaphysics (the ultimate nature of reality, the relation of mind and body, free will), and theology (the existence and nature of God, God’s relation to the world, whether knowledge of such things is possible): all questions that arose in dramatic ways as a result of the rise of modern science. The principal philosophers to be discussed are Descartes, Locke, Hume and Kant, though we shall also make the acquaintance of Spinoza, Leibniz and Berkeley.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 5/20
  • Tags: COGS-PHLMND, INST-PT, PHIL-MODERN, MSCH-HUM
AS.150.205 (02) Introduction to the History of Modern Philosophy MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM Melamed, Yitzhak Yohanan Gilman 50; Gilman 17 Spring 2026
  • Description: An overview of philosophical thought in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. We shall focus on fundamental questions in epistemology (knowledge, how we acquire it, its scope and limits), metaphysics (the ultimate nature of reality, the relation of mind and body, free will), and theology (the existence and nature of God, God’s relation to the world, whether knowledge of such things is possible): all questions that arose in dramatic ways as a result of the rise of modern science. The principal philosophers to be discussed are Descartes, Locke, Hume and Kant, though we shall also make the acquaintance of Spinoza, Leibniz and Berkeley.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 15/20
  • Tags: COGS-PHLMND, INST-PT, PHIL-MODERN, MSCH-HUM
AS.150.219 (01) Introduction to Bioethics MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM Rieder, Travis N Gilman 50; Krieger Laverty Spring 2026
  • Description: Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 2/20
  • Tags: PHIL-BIOETH, PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.219 (02) Introduction to Bioethics MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM Rieder, Travis N Gilman 50; Krieger Laverty Spring 2026
  • Description: Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Canceled
  • Seats Available: 15/15
  • Tags: PHIL-BIOETH, PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.219 (03) Introduction to Bioethics MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM Rieder, Travis N Gilman 50; Bloomberg 276 Spring 2026
  • Description: Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 2/20
  • Tags: PHIL-BIOETH, PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.219 (04) Introduction to Bioethics MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM Rieder, Travis N Gilman 50; Gilman 55 Spring 2026
  • Description: Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/20
  • Tags: PHIL-BIOETH, PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.219 (05) Introduction to Bioethics MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM Rieder, Travis N Gilman 50; Gilman 134 Spring 2026
  • Description: Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 7/15
  • Tags: PHIL-BIOETH, PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.219 (06) Introduction to Bioethics MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM Rieder, Travis N Gilman 50; Bloomberg 276 Spring 2026
  • Description: Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 7/15
  • Tags: PHIL-BIOETH, PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.219 (07) Introduction to Bioethics MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM Rieder, Travis N Gilman 50; Gilman 217 Spring 2026
  • Description: Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 9/15
  • Tags: PHIL-BIOETH, PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.219 (08) Introduction to Bioethics MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM Rieder, Travis N Gilman 50; Bloomberg 276 Spring 2026
  • Description: Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Canceled
  • Seats Available: 15/15
  • Tags: PHIL-BIOETH, PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.223 (01) Formal Methods of Philosophy TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM Bledin, Justin Ames 218 Spring 2026
  • Description: For better or for worse (and we think better), during the last century or so, philosophy has become infused with logic. Logic informs nearly every area of philosophy; it is part of our shared language and knowledge base. Vast segments of literature, especially in contemporary analytic philosophy, presuppose basic competence in logic and a familiarity with associated formal methods, particularly set theoretical. The standard philosophy curriculum should therefore guarantee a minimum level of logic literacy, thus enabling students to read the literature without it seeming like an impenetrable foreign tongue. This course is an introductory survey of the formal methods that a contemporary philosopher should be familiar with. It is not mathematically demanding in the way that more advanced courses in metalogic and specialized topics may be. The emphasis is on basic comprehension, not on mathematical virtuosity. The course is offered at two levels: a 200-level version and a more advanced 400/600-level option. All students will attend the same lectures and engage with the same core material, but the assignments and exams at the 400/600 level will be more challenging.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 4/14
  • Tags: PHIL-LOGSCI
AS.150.241 (01) Introduction to the History of Chinese Philosophy MW 3:00PM - 3:50PM, F 3:00PM - 3:50PM Dong, Hao Ames 234; Krieger 300 Spring 2026
  • Description: This is a survey of the main philosophers and philosophical schools in China from the classical age to the early modern age. Special focus is given to three historical periods: the pre-Qin era, the Wei-Jin era, and the Song-Ming era. We will see how Chinese philosophers tackled important questions such as what the world is like, are human beings special, how we should live our lives, and how we should construct a political community. Some of the philosophers surveyed are Confucius (Kongzi), Laozi, Mencius (Mengzi), Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Guo Xiang, Zhu Xi, and Wang Yangming..
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 9/20
  • Tags: PHIL-ANCIEN
AS.150.241 (02) Introduction to the History of Chinese Philosophy MW 3:00PM - 3:50PM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM Dong, Hao Ames 234; Gilman 186 Spring 2026
  • Description: This is a survey of the main philosophers and philosophical schools in China from the classical age to the early modern age. Special focus is given to three historical periods: the pre-Qin era, the Wei-Jin era, and the Song-Ming era. We will see how Chinese philosophers tackled important questions such as what the world is like, are human beings special, how we should live our lives, and how we should construct a political community. Some of the philosophers surveyed are Confucius (Kongzi), Laozi, Mencius (Mengzi), Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Guo Xiang, Zhu Xi, and Wang Yangming..
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 10/20
  • Tags: PHIL-ANCIEN
AS.150.300 (01) Prometheus Workshop W 7:15PM - 8:05PM Taylor, Elanor Jane Gilman 288 Spring 2026
  • Description: Prometheus is Johns Hopkins' undergraduate philosophical society. The society organizes a conference and publishes a journal each year and more generally provides a community for philosophically-minded students. The Prometheus workshop facilitates this through open philosophical discussion; interaction with faculty, graduate students, and other members of the Philosophy Department; and other activities. For more information, please visit . Prerequisite: MUST have taken one philosophy course
  • Credits: 1.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 0/25
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.301 (04) Majors Seminar: Greek Ethics TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM Bett, Richard Gilman 288 Spring 2026
  • Description: The topic for this Majors Seminar is ancient Greek ethics. We will look at a variety of texts from a range of historical periods, beginning with Plato and ending with Sextus Empiricus. Among the central goals of the course will be to see how far the ancient Greek philosophers share a common approach to ethics and, to the extent that they do, how this may differ from typical approaches to the subject at other times and places – including today, but we needn’t confine ourselves to the here and now. A few recurring themes that will be important are: a) the idea of a highest good; b) the orientation towards “happiness” (eudaimonia); and c) the importance given to “care of the soul” and related notions.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 0/15
  • Tags: PHIL-ANCIEN, PHIL-SEM
AS.150.336 (01) Philosophy and AI in Healthcare TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM Christy, Rooke Gilman 400 Spring 2026
  • Description: This course provides an introduction to current, ongoing debates around the use of AI in healthcare, as well as relevant philosophical problems. No prior knowledge in AI, healthcare, or philosophy required.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 0/18
  • Tags: PHIL-ETHICS, PHIL-BIOETH
AS.150.401 (01) Greek Philosophy: Plato and His Predecessors MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM Bett, Richard Gilman 288 Spring 2026
  • Description: A study of pre-Socratic philosophers, especially those to whom Plato reacted; also an examination of major dialogues of Plato with emphasis upon his principal theses and characteristic methods. Cross-listed with Classics.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 2/10
  • Tags: PHIL-ANCIEN
AS.150.417 (01) Kant's 'Critique Of Pure Reason' W 4:30PM - 7:00PM Allais, Lucy Gilman 288 Spring 2026
  • Description: An examination of the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, with emphasis on The Critique of Pure Reason.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 5/20
  • Tags: PHIL-MODERN
AS.150.433 (01) Philosophy of Space & Time TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM Rynasiewicz, Robert Alan Gilman 288 Spring 2026
  • Description: Is space an entity that exists independently of matter (substantivalism), or is it only an abstraction from spatial relations between bodies (relationism)? Is there a lapse of time even when nothing changes, or is time only a measure of motion? Are motion and rest contrary properties or states of a body, or are there only changes in the positions of bodies relative to one another? Philosophers and physicists have disputed these questions from antiquity to the present day. We survey the arguments and attempt to find a resolution. But there are further questions. What is the significance of incongruent counterparts (left hands vs. right hands)? Is there a fact of the matter as to the geometry of space (flat, hyperbolic or elliptical), or as to whether space-like separated events occur at the same time? What is the principle of relativity? Does Einstein’s theory have consequences for the substantivalist/relationist debate? What is the status of spacetime in current physics and cosmology? Why does time but not space have a “direction”? Are past, present and future objective features of reality, or are they merely “stubborn illusions”? Does time flow? If not, how do we account for our sense of the passage of time?
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 6/10
  • Tags: PHIL-LOGSCI
AS.150.434 (01) Formal Methods of Philosophy TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM Bledin, Justin Ames 218 Spring 2026
  • Description: For better or for worse (and we think better), during the last century or so, philosophy has become infused with logic. Logic informs nearly every area of philosophy; it is part of our shared language and knowledge base. Vast segments of literature, especially in contemporary analytic philosophy, presuppose basic competence in logic and a familiarity with associated formal methods, particularly set theoretical. The standard philosophy curriculum should therefore guarantee a minimum level of logic literacy, thus enabling students to read the literature without it seeming like an impenetrable foreign tongue. This course is an introductory survey of the formal methods that a contemporary philosopher should be familiar with. It is not mathematically demanding in the way that more advanced courses in metalogic and specialized topics may be. The emphasis is on basic comprehension, not on mathematical virtuosity. The course is offered at two levels: a 200-level version and a more advanced 400/600-level option. All students will attend the same lectures and engage with the same core material, but the assignments and exams at the 400/600 level will be more challenging.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 8/20
  • Tags: PHIL-LOGSCI
AS.150.482 (01) Food Ethics M 5:30PM - 8:00PM Barnhill, Anne Smokler Center 213 Spring 2026
  • Description: Eating is an essential human activity: we need to eat to survive. But how should we eat? In this course, we consider such ethical questions as: Is it morally wrong to make animals suffer and to kill them in order to eat them? What is the extent of hunger and food insecurity, in this country and globally, and what should we as individuals do about it? Should the government try to influence our food choices, to make them healthier?
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/13
  • Tags: PHIL-ETHICS, PHIL-BIOETH, CES-LE
AS.150.485 (01) Ethics In The Dungeon W 1:30PM - 4:00PM Lebron, Christopher Joseph San Martin Center 200B Spring 2026
  • Description: This course explores the role of imagination and communication in ethics through a combination of readings and D&D roleplaying.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/10
  • Tags: PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.487 (01) Philosophies of History W 1:30PM - 4:00PM Moyar, Dean Gilman 55 Spring 2026
  • Description: Is there a purpose to history? Under what descriptions does history make sense? This course will examine the idea of philosophy of history as it arose in classic German philosophy (esp. Kant and Hegel) and was transformed by radical thinkers in reaction to that original program (Marx, Nietzsche). The last part of the course will examine twentieth century philosophies of history, including those of Spengler, Toynbee, Koselleck, and Fukuyama.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 3/10
  • Tags: PHIL-MODERN, PHIL-ETHICS, CES-LSO
AS.150.512 (01) Directed Study Allais, Lucy Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.512 (02) Directed Study Pickard, Hanna Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.512 (03) Directed Study Gross, Steven Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.512 (04) Directed Study Moyar, Dean Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.512 (05) Directed Study Rynasiewicz, Robert Alan Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.512 (06) Directed Study Lebron, Christopher Joseph Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.512 (07) Directed Study Dong, Hao Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.512 (08) Directed Study Bett, Richard Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.512 (09) Directed Study Williams, Michael Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.512 (10) Directed Study Bledin, Justin Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.512 (11) Directed Study Achinstein, Peter Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.512 (12) Directed Study Melamed, Yitzhak Yohanan Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.512 (13) Directed Study Taylor, Elanor Jane Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.512 (14) Directed Study Phillips, Ian B Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.512 (15) Directed Study Holguín, Ben Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.512 (16) Directed Study Ismael, Jenann T Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.512 (17) Directed Study Carroll, Sean Michael Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.512 (18) Directed Study Velleman, James David Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.512 (19) Directed Study Connolly, Patrick Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.512 (20) Directed Study Kraus, Katharina Teresa Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.512 (21) Directed Study Goodman, Jeremy Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.512 (22) Directed Study Green, E. J. Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.512 (23) Directed Study Wonderly, Monique Lisa Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 4/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.552 (01) Honors Project Allais, Lucy Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.552 (02) Honors Project Pickard, Hanna Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.552 (03) Honors Project Gross, Steven Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.552 (04) Honors Project Moyar, Dean Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.552 (05) Honors Project Rynasiewicz, Robert Alan Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.552 (06) Honors Project Lebron, Christopher Joseph Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.552 (07) Honors Project Dong, Hao Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.552 (08) Honors Project Bett, Richard Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.552 (09) Honors Project Williams, Michael Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.552 (10) Honors Project Bledin, Justin Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.552 (11) Honors Project Achinstein, Peter Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.552 (12) Honors Project Melamed, Yitzhak Yohanan Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.552 (13) Honors Project Taylor, Elanor Jane Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.552 (14) Honors Project Phillips, Ian B Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/1
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.552 (15) Honors Project Holguín, Ben Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.552 (16) Honors Project Ismael, Jenann T Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.552 (17) Honors Project Carroll, Sean Michael Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.552 (18) Honors Project Velleman, James David Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.552 (19) Honors Project Connolly, Patrick Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.552 (20) Honors Project Goodman, Jeremy Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 4/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.552 (21) Honors Project Kraus, Katharina Teresa Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.552 (22) Honors Project Green, E. J. Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.552 (23) Honors Project Wonderly, Monique Lisa Spring 2026
  • Description: By special arrangement, at the discretion of the Instructor.
  • Credits: 1.00 - 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.211.438 (01) On Tyranny: Theory, Literature, History W 1:00PM - 3:30PM Frey, Christiane; Roller, Matthew Gilman 108 Spring 2026
  • Description: Despotism, authoritarianism, autocracy, dictatorship: the terms for tyranny are legion. But what exactly do we mean by tyranny, and how are we to understand it? This seminar will explore what literature, philosophy, and political theory, ancient and modern, have to say about both this (protean) concept and its many historically charged avatars. A deeper look into the history of “tyranny” reveals unexpected complexities, from affirmative uses of the term to radical critiques. To better understand this complex history and what it is we mean when we oppose political repression today, we will read classic works from political theory, philosophy, and literature (e.g. Plato’s “Apology of Socrates,” “Republic” VIII-IX; Xenophon’s “Hiero”; Livy’s “Ab Urbe Condita” 1-2; Seneca the Younger’s “De Clementia”), early modern (e.g. Machiavelli’s “Prince”; La Boétie’s “On Voluntary Servitude”; Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”; Schiller’s “Fiesco”) and modern works (e.g. Strauss on Xenophon, followed by Kojève’s Commentary; Arendt’s “Origins of Totalitarianism”).
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 2/18
  • Tags: INST-PT
AS.211.438 (02) On Tyranny: Theory, Literature, History F 4:00PM - 5:00PM, W 1:00PM - 3:30PM Frey, Christiane; Roller, Matthew Gilman 108; Gilman 443 Spring 2026
  • Description: (For German majors.) Despotism, authoritarianism, autocracy, dictatorship: the terms for tyranny are legion. But what exactly do we mean by tyranny, and how are we to understand it? This seminar will explore what literature, philosophy, and political theory, ancient and modern, have to say about both this (protean) concept and its many historically charged avatars. A deeper look into the history of “tyranny” reveals unexpected complexities, from affirmative uses of the term to radical critiques. To better understand this complex history and what it is we mean when we oppose political repression today, we will read classic works from political theory, philosophy, and literature (e.g. Plato’s “Apology of Socrates,” “Republic” VIII-IX; Xenophon’s “Hiero”; Livy’s “Ab Urbe Condita” 1-2; Seneca the Younger’s “De Clementia”), early modern (e.g. Machiavelli’s “Prince”; La Boétie’s “On Voluntary Servitude”; Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”; Schiller’s “Fiesco”) and modern works (e.g. Strauss on Xenophon, followed by Kojève’s Commentary; Arendt’s “Origins of Totalitarianism”).
  • Credits: 4.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 2/4
  • Tags: INST-PT
AS.213.384 (01) Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness, Mind: Thinking in the 21st Century WF 12:00PM - 1:15PM Tobias, Rochelle Gilman 413 Spring 2026
  • Description: The advent of artificial intelligence has brought to the fore how much we have taken the idea of thinking for granted in the past fifty years. This course will trace the development of the notion of mind in ancient Greece through the exploration of consciousness in eighteenth-century German thought and physiological explanations of thought beginning with Nietzsche in the nineteenth century. We will compare these historical accounts to the statistical models and neural network theories that dominate today. We will also read a selection of short(er) literary works in which the question of who, or what, is speaking brings the traditional aesthetic concept of mimesis into contact with mimetic theory in machine learning.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 3/15
  • Tags: n/a
AS.213.446 (01) Nature and Ecology in German Literature and Thought T 1:30PM - 4:00PM Gosetti, Jennifer Anna Gilman 10 Spring 2026
  • Description: Nature and Ecology in German Literature and Thought examines the representation of the natural world and ecological thinking in literary works and aesthetic theory from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Themes include the aesthetics of nature, poetic reverence for nature, anthropocentric depictions of nature, the thematization of landscape, the representation of animal life and environment, the impact of technology, urbanization, and industrialization on our sense of nature. Readings may include works from poetry, novels, or short fiction and fairy tale, as well as philosophy and theory. Readings may include poetry by Goethe, Novalis, Hölderlin, Rainer Maria Rilke, and WG Sebald, fairy tales or Märchen by the brothers Grimm, and fiction by Adalbert Stifter, Wilhelm Raabe, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Horst Sternn and Christa Wolf, along with theoretical works by Goethe, Kant, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Jakob von Uexküll, Hans Jonas, and Gernot Böhme, and contemporary German ecocriticism. The course is taught in English with texts in English translation; German speakers will be invited to use original texts.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 0/10
  • Tags: ENVS-MAJOR, ENVS-MINOR, CTAL-CONCEPT
AS.225.410 (01) Theater and Philosophy T 1:30PM - 4:00PM Lichtenberg, Drew Merrick 105 Spring 2026
  • Description: This course focuses on a powerful current in theater and thought from ancient works to the modern day: plays that self-consciously use the means of theater, such as a play-within-the-play, to represent the world. This type of play, along with its close relative, the Dream Play, traces its origin more to Plato and his motif of the Theatrum Mundi (the theater of the world/the world as theater) than to Aristotelian mimesis (the imitation of reality), and poses an alternative to the realist tradition. An ancient, alternate modality, this non-realistic line is also a modern one, recurring throughout history. By the 20th century, this “secret smuggler’s path” becomes a dominant language for theater itself, posing an alternate dialectics, an alternate metaphysics, an alternate hermeneutics for our ability to understand reality as well as illusion. This course—which lies at the intersection of both disciplines—will be cross listed between Theatre Arts and Philosophy. We will read plays from across histories as well as philosophical and theoretical texts, unearthing surprising correspondences in the two overlapping (Shakespeare would say "undistinguishable") fields.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 3/10
  • Tags: n/a
AS.377.274 (01) Philosophy of History and Science in Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM Juharyan, Victoria Krieger 180 Spring 2026
  • Description: This course is a study of philosophy of history and science primarily through a reading of Leo Tolstoy’s works and his epic War and Peace (1863-69). Over seven years, Tolstoy wrote a massive work that he refused to call a novel—but what was it? War and philosophy are more vital to it than peace or love stories. We entertain the idea that Tolstoy's radical ideas on narrative have a counterpart in his radical ideas on history, causation, freedom and necessity, catastrophe, commitment, and the formation of a moral self. To frame War and Peace and our discussions of philosophy, we will read Jeff Love’s studies on Tolstoy’s use of calculus for the development of his philosophy of history, “Tolstoy’s Integration Metaphor from War and Peace” by Stephen T. Ahearn as well as excerpts from philosophers like Plato, Kant, and Hegel that Tolstoy addresses in his writings. We will also study shorter works by Tolstoy, fictional and non-fictional, written before and after War and Peace, which attempt to answer huge questions with succinct definitions free of irony or reservation: What is war? courage? human experience? family? love? art? faith? death? freedom? Before War and Peace, Tolstoy poses these questions covertly and searchingly. After 1880 he answers them overtly and categorically—so much so that no authoritative text was safe. In this context, we will also read Tolstoy’s philosophical works Confession (1882), On Life (1888), and Isaiah Berlin’s The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy's View of History.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 26/48
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.523 (07) Undergraduate Independent study Dong, Hao Summer 2026
  • Description: Independent study in philosophy.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 4/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.001.121 (01) FYS: Socrates and his Intellectual Context TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM Bett, Richard Gilman 134 Fall 2026
  • Description: This First-Year Seminar will focus on the figure of Socrates. Socrates wrote nothing, so we depend on others for our knowledge of him. We will examine the ways he is portrayed by several different authors, including Plato. We will also examine some other ideas around in his time - some of which were pretty radical - and consider how he may have reacted to them. Finally, we will examine his influence on later thought.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 12/12
  • Tags: n/a
AS.040.372 (01) Plato’s Mathematical Cosmos Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM Staff Gilman 108 Fall 2026
  • Description: The Timaeus is often seen today as one of Plato’s more mysterious and puzzling dialogues. But it was also historically one of his most influential. Its account of creation, the cosmos, and its numerical ordering formed the foundation for considerable work at the junctures of science, mathematics, and philosophy, from Antiquity through the Middle Ages and Renaissance. This course will explore the complex and fascinating story told in the Timaeus together with its long-reaching legacy. We will read the dialogue in translation in its entirety as well as select later thinkers who build on its picture of the cosmos and its important mathematical, philosophical, and theological themes.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 8/16
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.111 (01) Philosophic Classics MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM Connolly, Patrick Bloomberg 278; Krieger 304 Fall 2026
  • Description: This course introduces students to philosophy by critically examining selected texts in the Western philosophical tradition. Philosophers whose ideas will be examined include Plato, Boethius, Descartes, and Cordova.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 3/20
  • Tags: PHIL-ANCIEN
AS.150.111 (02) Philosophic Classics MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM Connolly, Patrick Bloomberg 278; Krieger 304 Fall 2026
  • Description: This course introduces students to philosophy by critically examining selected texts in the Western philosophical tradition. Philosophers whose ideas will be examined include Plato, Boethius, Descartes, and Cordova.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 17/20
  • Tags: PHIL-ANCIEN
AS.150.125 (01) Life and Death MW 1:30PM - 2:20PM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM Holguín, Ben Gilman 50; Ames 218 Fall 2026
  • Description: This course will address some of the Big Picture questions about human life using the methods of analytic philosophy. These questions include: What am I, and what kinds of things could happen to me before I'd no longer be me? Should I be afraid of death? Is it better to be than to never have been anything at all? When is it permissible to end a life? To what extent do I live my life freely?
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 1/20
  • Tags: PHIL-ETHICS, PHIL-BIOETH
AS.150.125 (02) Life and Death MW 1:30PM - 2:20PM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM Holguín, Ben Gilman 50; Gilman 75 Fall 2026
  • Description: This course will address some of the Big Picture questions about human life using the methods of analytic philosophy. These questions include: What am I, and what kinds of things could happen to me before I'd no longer be me? Should I be afraid of death? Is it better to be than to never have been anything at all? When is it permissible to end a life? To what extent do I live my life freely?
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 11/20
  • Tags: PHIL-ETHICS, PHIL-BIOETH
AS.150.125 (03) Life and Death MW 1:30PM - 2:20PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM Holguín, Ben Gilman 50; Hodson 301 Fall 2026
  • Description: This course will address some of the Big Picture questions about human life using the methods of analytic philosophy. These questions include: What am I, and what kinds of things could happen to me before I'd no longer be me? Should I be afraid of death? Is it better to be than to never have been anything at all? When is it permissible to end a life? To what extent do I live my life freely?
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 11/20
  • Tags: PHIL-ETHICS, PHIL-BIOETH
AS.150.125 (04) Life and Death MW 1:30PM - 2:20PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM Holguín, Ben Gilman 50; Shaffer 202 Fall 2026
  • Description: This course will address some of the Big Picture questions about human life using the methods of analytic philosophy. These questions include: What am I, and what kinds of things could happen to me before I'd no longer be me? Should I be afraid of death? Is it better to be than to never have been anything at all? When is it permissible to end a life? To what extent do I live my life freely?
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 16/20
  • Tags: PHIL-ETHICS, PHIL-BIOETH
AS.150.201 (01) Introduction To Greek Philosophy MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM Bett, Richard Gilman 132; Gilman 132 Fall 2026
  • Description: A survey of the earlier phase of Greek philosophy. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle will be discussed, as well as two groups of thinkers who preceded them, usually known as the pre-Socratics and the Sophists.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Waitlist Only
  • Seats Available: 0/19
  • Tags: PHIL-ANCIEN
AS.150.201 (02) Introduction To Greek Philosophy MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM Bett, Richard Gilman 132; Gilman 132 Fall 2026
  • Description: A survey of the earlier phase of Greek philosophy. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle will be discussed, as well as two groups of thinkers who preceded them, usually known as the pre-Socratics and the Sophists.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Waitlist Only
  • Seats Available: 0/19
  • Tags: PHIL-ANCIEN
AS.150.219 (01) Introduction to Bioethics MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM Rieder, Travis N Remsen Hall 233; Bloomberg 276 Fall 2026
  • Description: Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Reserved Open
  • Seats Available: 4/14
  • Tags: PHIL-BIOETH, PHIL-ETHICS, AGRI-ELECT
AS.150.219 (02) Introduction to Bioethics MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM Rieder, Travis N Remsen Hall 233; Krieger 308 Fall 2026
  • Description: Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Reserved Open
  • Seats Available: 4/14
  • Tags: PHIL-BIOETH, PHIL-ETHICS, AGRI-ELECT
AS.150.219 (03) Introduction to Bioethics MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM Rieder, Travis N Remsen Hall 233; Maryland 309 Fall 2026
  • Description: Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Reserved Open
  • Seats Available: 4/14
  • Tags: PHIL-BIOETH, PHIL-ETHICS, AGRI-ELECT
AS.150.219 (04) Introduction to Bioethics MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM Rieder, Travis N Remsen Hall 233; Ames 218 Fall 2026
  • Description: Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Reserved Open
  • Seats Available: 7/14
  • Tags: PHIL-BIOETH, PHIL-ETHICS, AGRI-ELECT
AS.150.219 (05) Introduction to Bioethics MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM Rieder, Travis N Remsen Hall 233; Shaffer 301 Fall 2026
  • Description: Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Reserved Open
  • Seats Available: 9/14
  • Tags: PHIL-BIOETH, PHIL-ETHICS, AGRI-ELECT
AS.150.219 (06) Introduction to Bioethics MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM Rieder, Travis N Remsen Hall 233; Shaffer 303 Fall 2026
  • Description: Introduction to a wide range of moral issues arising in the biomedical fields, e.g. physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, abortion, surrogacy, and human subjects research. Cross listed with Public Health Studies.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Reserved Open
  • Seats Available: 7/14
  • Tags: PHIL-BIOETH, PHIL-ETHICS, AGRI-ELECT
AS.150.246 (01) Introduction to Philosophy and AI MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM Gross, Steven Hodson 311; Gilman 119 Fall 2026
  • Description: This course provides an introduction to philosophical issues raised by developments in Artificial Intelligence. For example, can a machine be conscious? (What is consciousness?) What light, if any, do developments in AI shed on age-old debates about nature vs. nurture? If an AI model can think, do we have ethical obligations towards it? (Note: specific topics change from year to year.)
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Waitlist Only
  • Seats Available: 0/20
  • Tags: PHIL-MIND, COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.246 (02) Introduction to Philosophy and AI MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM Gross, Steven Hodson 311; Gilman 219 Fall 2026
  • Description: This course provides an introduction to philosophical issues raised by developments in Artificial Intelligence. For example, can a machine be conscious? (What is consciousness?) What light, if any, do developments in AI shed on age-old debates about nature vs. nurture? If an AI model can think, do we have ethical obligations towards it? (Note: specific topics change from year to year.)
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 1/20
  • Tags: PHIL-MIND, COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.300 (01) Prometheus Workshop W 7:15PM - 8:05PM Taylor, Elanor Jane Gilman 288 Fall 2026
  • Description: Prometheus is Johns Hopkins' undergraduate philosophical society. The society organizes a conference and publishes a journal each year and more generally provides a community for philosophically-minded students. The Prometheus workshop facilitates this through open philosophical discussion; interaction with faculty, graduate students, and other members of the Philosophy Department; and other activities. For more information, please visit . Prerequisite: MUST have taken one philosophy course
  • Credits: 1.00
  • Status: Waitlist Only
  • Seats Available: 0/30
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.376 (01) Philosophy of Perception TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM Green, E. J. Gilman 288 Fall 2026
  • Description: A discussion of central issues in the philosophy of perception, including but not limited to: Do we perceive external objects directly? What is the distinction between seeing and thinking? How do we distinguish the various sense modalities (vision, hearing, touch, etc.)?
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Waitlist Only
  • Seats Available: 0/15
  • Tags: PHIL-MIND, COGS-PHLMND
AS.150.420 (01) Mathematical Logic I TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM Rynasiewicz, Robert Alan Gilman 288 Fall 2026
  • Description: Mathematical Logic I (H,Q) is the first semester of a year long course studying the logical methods used in mathematical reasoning. The first semester explores the construction of formal languages in which to cast mathematical discourse, introduces systems of proof for deriving propositions from assumptions, and develops a formal semantics that provides a precise criterion of logical consequence. We expect a system of proof to allow the derivation only of propositions that are logical consequences of the assumptions (soundness). A principal result establishes the converse: these systems of proof are such that any logical consequence is derivable (completeness). This provides us with a purely mathematical characterization of logic within which mathematical theories can be formulated and their properties studied (decidability, axiomatizability, consistency, completeness), a pursuit commonly known as metamathematics.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Waitlist Only
  • Seats Available: 0/10
  • Tags: PHIL-LOGSCI
AS.150.470 (01) Philosophical Naturalism MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM Carroll, Sean Michael Gilman 288 Fall 2026
  • Description: Naturalism, in the philosophical sense, is the claim that the natural world is the entire world -- there is no need for anything supernatural or non-natural in our best understanding of reality. This course will discuss varieties of philosophical naturalism as well as the related notions of materialism and physicalism. We will investigate challenges to naturalism from a variety of sources -- the origin of the universe, the origin of life, consciousness, morality, and meaning -- and how they might be overcome. We will also touch on the ontological status of mathematical objects, laws of physics, and other worlds. The course is aimed at students with some background in philosophy.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Waitlist Only
  • Seats Available: 0/10
  • Tags: PHIL-LOGSCI
AS.150.485 (01) Ethics In The Dungeon T 1:30PM - 4:00PM Lebron, Christopher Joseph Smokler Center Library Fall 2026
  • Description: This course explores the role of imagination and communication in ethics through a combination of readings and D&D roleplaying.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 0/10
  • Tags: PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.486 (01) Spinoza on the Good Life, Salvation and Eternity M 4:30PM - 7:00PM Melamed, Yitzhak Yohanan Gilman 288 Fall 2026
  • Description: The class will study Parts IV and V of Spinoza's Ethics in which he develops some of his most reknown doctrines such as mind eternity and divine intellectual love. The first month will be dedicated to an overview of the first three parts of the Ethics.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Waitlist Only
  • Seats Available: 0/10
  • Tags: PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.491 (01) Readings in Medieval Hebrew Philosophy W 4:30PM - 7:00PM Melamed, Yitzhak Yohanan Gilman 288 Fall 2026
  • Description: The class is a study of medieval Hebrew philosophical texts in the original Hebrew (knowledge of at aleast two years of college Hebrew is required). We will read works by Maimonides, Gersonides, Crescas, and others.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 9/10
  • Tags: PHIL-MODERN, PHIL-ETHICS
AS.150.511 (01) Directed Study Allais, Lucy Fall 2026
  • Description: Individual study of special topics, under regular supervision of a faculty member. Special permission is required.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.511 (02) Directed Study Pickard, Hanna Fall 2026
  • Description: Individual study of special topics, under regular supervision of a faculty member. Special permission is required.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.511 (03) Directed Study Gross, Steven Fall 2026
  • Description: Individual study of special topics, under regular supervision of a faculty member. Special permission is required.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.511 (04) Directed Study Moyar, Dean Fall 2026
  • Description: Individual study of special topics, under regular supervision of a faculty member. Special permission is required.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.511 (05) Directed Study Rynasiewicz, Robert Alan Fall 2026
  • Description: Individual study of special topics, under regular supervision of a faculty member. Special permission is required.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.511 (06) Directed Study Lebron, Christopher Joseph Fall 2026
  • Description: Individual study of special topics, under regular supervision of a faculty member. Special permission is required.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.511 (07) Directed Study Dong, Hao Fall 2026
  • Description: Individual study of special topics, under regular supervision of a faculty member. Special permission is required.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.511 (08) Directed Study Bett, Richard Fall 2026
  • Description: Individual study of special topics, under regular supervision of a faculty member. Special permission is required.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.511 (09) Directed Study Williams, Michael Fall 2026
  • Description: Individual study of special topics, under regular supervision of a faculty member. Special permission is required.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.511 (10) Directed Study Bledin, Justin Fall 2026
  • Description: Individual study of special topics, under regular supervision of a faculty member. Special permission is required.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.511 (12) Directed Study Melamed, Yitzhak Yohanan Fall 2026
  • Description: Individual study of special topics, under regular supervision of a faculty member. Special permission is required.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.511 (13) Directed Study Taylor, Elanor Jane Fall 2026
  • Description: Individual study of special topics, under regular supervision of a faculty member. Special permission is required.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.511 (14) Directed Study Phillips, Ian B Fall 2026
  • Description: Individual study of special topics, under regular supervision of a faculty member. Special permission is required.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.511 (15) Directed Study Holguín, Ben Fall 2026
  • Description: Individual study of special topics, under regular supervision of a faculty member. Special permission is required.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.511 (16) Directed Study Ismael, Jenann T Fall 2026
  • Description: Individual study of special topics, under regular supervision of a faculty member. Special permission is required.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.511 (17) Directed Study Carroll, Sean Michael Fall 2026
  • Description: Individual study of special topics, under regular supervision of a faculty member. Special permission is required.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.511 (19) Directed Study Connolly, Patrick Fall 2026
  • Description: Individual study of special topics, under regular supervision of a faculty member. Special permission is required.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.511 (20) Directed Study Kraus, Katharina Teresa Fall 2026
  • Description: Individual study of special topics, under regular supervision of a faculty member. Special permission is required.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.511 (21) Directed Study Goodman, Jeremy Fall 2026
  • Description: Individual study of special topics, under regular supervision of a faculty member. Special permission is required.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.511 (22) Directed Study Green, E. J. Fall 2026
  • Description: Individual study of special topics, under regular supervision of a faculty member. Special permission is required.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.511 (23) Directed Study Wonderly, Monique Lisa Fall 2026
  • Description: Individual study of special topics, under regular supervision of a faculty member. Special permission is required.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.551 (01) Honors Project Allais, Lucy Fall 2026
  • Description: See departmental major adviser.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.551 (02) Honors Project Pickard, Hanna Fall 2026
  • Description: See departmental major adviser.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.551 (03) Honors Project Gross, Steven Fall 2026
  • Description: See departmental major adviser.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.551 (04) Honors Project Moyar, Dean Fall 2026
  • Description: See departmental major adviser.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.551 (05) Honors Project Rynasiewicz, Robert Alan Fall 2026
  • Description: See departmental major adviser.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.551 (06) Honors Project Lebron, Christopher Joseph Fall 2026
  • Description: See departmental major adviser.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.551 (07) Honors Project Bok, Hilary Fall 2026
  • Description: See departmental major adviser.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.551 (08) Honors Project Bett, Richard Fall 2026
  • Description: See departmental major adviser.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.551 (09) Honors Project Williams, Michael Fall 2026
  • Description: See departmental major adviser.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.551 (10) Honors Project Bledin, Justin Fall 2026
  • Description: See departmental major adviser.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.551 (12) Honors Project Melamed, Yitzhak Yohanan Fall 2026
  • Description: See departmental major adviser.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.551 (13) Honors Project Taylor, Elanor Jane Fall 2026
  • Description: See departmental major adviser.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.150.551 (21) Honors Project Goodman, Jeremy Fall 2026
  • Description: See departmental major adviser.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Approval Required
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • Tags: n/a
AS.300.399 (01) Cinema and Philosophy MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM Marrati, Paola Gilman 208 Fall 2026
  • Description: What do films and philosophy have in common? Do films express, with their own means, philosophical problems that are relevant to our experience of ourselves and the world we live in? This term we will study such issues with a particular focus on questions of justice, truth, revenge, forgiveness, hope, hate, and fear.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 7/10
  • Tags: n/a
AS.377.264 (01) Disciplines Without Borders’ and Multidisciplinarity in Literature, Art, and Science TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM Juharyan, Victoria Krieger 307 Fall 2026
  • Description: This introductory course will explore the intersections between literary texts, scientific discoveries, and art. We will study Geometry, Calculus, Probability Theory, Philosophy, Cognitive Science, Physics, Medicine, and Ecology in Russian Literature. We will read novels, poems, and plays by Goethe, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Akhmatova, and Nabokov, among others, with relevant chapters from Hegel, Literature, and the Problem of Agency by Allen Speight; The Mathematical Mind of F. M. Dostoevsky: Imaginary Numbers, Non-Euclidean Geometry, and Infinity by Michael Marsh-Soloway; Russian Literature and Cognitive Science edited by Tom Dolack, “which applies the newest insights from cognitive psychology to the study of Russian literature;” Medical Storyworlds: Health, Illness, and Bodies in Russian and European Literature at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Elena Fratto; Jeff Love’s studies on Tolstoy’s use of calculus for the development of his philosophy of history, “Tolstoy’s Integration Metaphor from War and Peace” by Stephen T. Ahearn as well as other scientific studies that engage with literature such as Yuri Manin’s Mathematics as Metaphor, Sarah Hart’s Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature, and Carlo Rovelli’s Seven Brief Lessons in Physics. In addition to the reading materials, assignments will include expository writings as well as philosophical games and illustrations of the connections between science and art, mind and matter. We will also have guest lecturers from the departments of philosophy, mathematics, and cognitive science as we consider philosophy as science and science as art and explore multidisciplinarity and the many ways in which sciences can transform our understanding of art and literature and vice versa. No prerequisites either in humanities or sciences.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 15/24
  • Tags: n/a
AS.030.201 (01) Theory and Practice of Alchemy: From Hermes to Isaac Newton TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM Bassen, Gregory Neil Maryland 114 Spring 2026
  • Description: This course will serve as an introduction to alchemy and its development into modern chemistry beginning with its Greco-Egyptian origins. A strong emphasis of the course will be placed on understanding the philosophy and practice of notable alchemists, such as through their synthesis and pursuit of the mythical ‘philosopher’s stone.’ We will analyze how alchemists of the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period, like Basil Valentine, Paracelsus, and Isaac Newton, sought to understand the natural world through alchemical theories, experimental methods, symbolic representation, and metaphysical reflections. We will explore the philosophical underpinnings of these alchemical theories, with a focus on the Aristotelian, Neoplatonic, and Hermetic influences. Through writing assignments, students will engage critically with texts and alchemical iconography. Finally, the course includes a laboratory component in which we will reproduce alchemical procedures and analyze the products using modern solid-state characterization techniques. This course is intended for students of all majors and backgrounds.
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Status: Closed
  • Seats Available: 1/15
  • Tags: n/a