Skip to main content

Spring 2021

Contents

Details about modes of instruction may be found here.

What is posted in ConnectCarolina is live, and is the Registrar’s
official record in real-time.

The course information below should match what you see in ConnectCarolina.
If it does not, please kindly email us at philosophy@unc.edu!

******************************************

last updated January 7, 2021

PHIL 61.001 – FYS: The Self: Aspiration and Transformation

Instructor: Jennifer Morton. This course meets TR 2:00 – 3:15 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 75.001 – FYS: Evil

Instructor: Susan Wolf. This course meets W 3:35 – 6:05 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 89.002 –  FYS: Special Topics (Experimenting on Humans and Animals: Ethics and History)

Instructor: Rebecca Walker. This course meets TR 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 101.001 – Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas

Instructor: Mariska Leunissen. This course meets TR 9:30 – 10:45 a.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 105.001 – How to Reason and Argue: An Introduction to Critical Thinking

Instructor: Chris Blake-Turner. This course meets MWF 8:00 – 8:50 a.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL/RELI 134/126.001 – Reason, Faith, and God: Philosophy of Western Religion

Instructor: Nevin Johnson. This course meets MWF 9:05 – 9:55 a.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 140.001 – Knowledge and Society

Instructor: Aliosha Barranco Lopez. This course meets TR 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. via mostly asynchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 140H.001 – Honors: Knowledge and Society

Instructor: Alex Worsnip. This course meets TR 9:30 – 10:45 a.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 143H.001 – Honors: AI and the Future of Humanity: Philosophical Issues about Technology and Human Survival

Instructor: Francesco Nappo. This course meets TR 5:00 – 6:15 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL/LING 145.001 – Language, Communication, and Human and Animal Minds

Instructor: Simon Varey. This course meets MWF 11:15 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 150.001 – Theory, Evidence, and Understanding in Science

Instructor: Marc Lange. This course meets MW 10:10 – 11:00 a.m. via synchronous remote instruction, with a synchronous remote instruction recitation on Fridays.

Recitation Schedule
(all via synchronous remote instruction)

Subject Course Section Location Start End Day Instructor
PHIL 150 601 sync remote instruction 9:05 AM 9:55 AM F Hulsey, Gabriella
PHIL 150 602 sync remote instruction 11:15 AM 12:05 PM F Hulsey, Gabriella
PHIL 150 603 sync remote instruction 10:10 AM 11:00 AM F Thieme, Aaron
PHIL 150 604 sync remote instruction 12:20 PM 1:10 PM F Thieme, Aaron

PHIL 155.001 – Truth and Proof: Introduction to Mathematical Logic

Instructor: Min Tang. This course meets via all asynchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 155H.001 – Honors: Truth and Proof: Introduction to Mathematical Logic

Instructor: Sarah Stroud. This course meets MW 3:35 – 4:50 p.m. in PH 335 via in-person (on-campus learners) instruction.

PHIL 160.001 –  Virtue, Value, and Happiness: An Introduction to Moral Theory

Instructor: Alfredo Watkins. This course meets MWF 9:05 – 9:55 a.m. via mostly asynchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 160H.001 – Honors: Virtue, Value, and Happiness: An Introduction to Moral Theory

Instructor: Fabian Wendt. This course meets TR 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 163H.001 – Honors: Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live

Instructor: Tom Dougherty. This course meets TR 2:00 – 3:15 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 165.001 – Bioethics

Instructor: Alex Marcoci. This course meets TR 8:00 – 9:15 a.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 165.002 – Bioethics

Instructor: Alex Marcoci. This course meets TR 9:30 – 10:45 a.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 185.001 – Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art

Instructor: Zach Thornton. This course meets MWF 10:10 – 11:00 a.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 210.001 – Wonder, Myth, and Reason: Introduction to Ancient Greek Science and Philosophy

Instructor: Ben Schwartz. This course meets TR 8:00 – 9:15 a.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 210H.001 – Honors: Wonder, Myth, and Reason: Introduction to Ancient Greek Science and Philosophy

Instructor: C.D.C. Reeve. This course meets MW 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 213.001 – Asian Philosophy

Instructor: Yifan Li. This course meets MWF 9:05 – 9:55 a.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 215.001 – Medieval Philosophy

Instructor: Z Quanbeck. This course meets MWF 9:05 – 9:55 a.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 220H.001 – Honors: 17th and 18th Century Western Philosophy

Instructor: Markus Kohl. This course meets TR 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 224.001 – Existential Philosophy and the Meaning(lessness) of Life

Instructor: Markus Kohl. This course meets TR 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 230.001 – Mind, Matter, and Metaphysics: the Philosophy of Experience and Reality

Instructor: Michaela Tiller. This course meets MWF 1:25 – 2:15 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL/POLI/PWAD 272.001 – The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense*

Instructor: Jeff Spinner-Halev. This course meets MW 10:10 – 11:00 a.m. via synchronous remote instruction, with a required recitation.
*This section is scheduled and controlled by the Political Science Department; its recitation schedule is available in ConnectCarolina.

PHIL 273.001 – Justice, Rights, and the Common Good: Philosophical Perspectives on Social and Economic Issues

Instructor: Asya Passinsky. This course meets MWF 11:15 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 273.002 – Justice, Rights, and the Common Good: Philosophical Perspectives on Social and Economic Issues

Instructor: Asya Passinsky. This course meets MWF 12:20 – 1:10 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 274.001 – Race, Racism, and Social Justice: African-American Political Philosophy

Instructor: DeeAnn Spicer. This course meets TR 8:00 – 9:15 a.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL/WGST 275.001 – Moral and Philosophical Issues of Gender in Society

Instructor: Alex Campbell. This course meets MWF 8:00 – 8:50 a.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 280.001 – Morality, Law, and Justice: Issues in Legal Philosophy

Instructor: Ian Cruise. This course meets MWF 1:25 – 2:15 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 282.001 – Human Rights: Philosophical Interrogations

Instructor: Brielle Balance. This course meets MWF 11:15 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 292.001 – Field Work in Philosophy (Intergenerational Philosophy)

Instructor: Michael Vazquez. This course meets TR 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 330.001 – Metaphysics

Instructor: Carla Merino-Rajme. This course meets TR 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 335.001 – Theory of Knowledge

Instructor: Ram Neta. This course meets TR 9:30 – 10:45 a.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL/ENEC 368.001 – Living Things, Wilderness, and Ecosystems: An Introduction to Environmental Ethics

Instructor: Douglas MacLean. This course meets MW 10:10 – 11:00 a.m. via synchronous remote instruction, with a synchronous remote instruction recitation on Fridays.

Recitation Schedule
(all via synchronous remote instruction)

Subject Course Section Location Start End Day Instructor
PHIL/ENEC 368 601 sync remote instruction 10:10 AM 11:00 AM F Thull, Delaney
PHIL/ENEC 368 602 sync remote instruction 12:20 PM 1:10 PM F Thull, Delaney
PHIL/ENEC 368 603 sync remote instruction 11:15 AM 12:05 PM F Schultz, Conner
PHIL/ENEC 368 604 sync remote instruction 1:25 PM 2:15 PM F Schultz, Conner

PHIL/POLI/ECON 384.001 – Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

Instructor: Tom Dougherty. This course meets TR 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL/POLI/ECON 384.002 – Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

Instructor: Jeff Spinner-Halev. This course meets MWF 1:25 – 2:15 p.m. in MY G202 via in-person (on-campus learners) instruction.

PHIL/POLI/ECON 384.003 – Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

Instructors: Jason Roberts and Fabian Wendt. This course meets TR 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 390.001 – Seminar in Selected Topics (philosophy at the margins)

Instructor: Mariska Leunissen. This course meets R 2:00 – 4:30 p.m. in CH 220 via in-person (on-campus learners) instruction.

PHIL 390.002 – Seminar in Selected Topics (love and Human Nature)

Instructor: Alan Nelson. This course meets M 3:35 – 6:05 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL/LING 455.001 – SYMBOLIC LOGIC

Instructor: John T. Roberts. This course meets MW 10:10 – 11:25 a.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL 462.001 – CONTEMPORARY MORAL PHILOSOPHY

Instructor: Geoffrey Sayre-McCord. This course meets M 3:00 – 5:30 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL/POLI/ECON 698.001 – Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course

Instructor: Jennifer Morton. This course meets TR 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL/POLI/ECON 698.002 – Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course

Instructor: Kirun Sankaran. This course meets MW 3:35 – 4:50 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.

PHIL/POLI/ECON 698.003 – Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course

Instructor: Kirun Sankaran. This course meets TR 2:00 – 3:15 p.m. via synchronous remote instruction.