Spring 2021

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(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 remote synchronous (RS) instruction.

PHIL 75.001 – FYS: Evil
Instructor: Susan Wolf. This course meets W 3:35 – 6:05 p.m. via remote synchronous (RS) 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 remote synchronous (RS) 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 remote synchronous (RS) 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 remote synchronous (RS) 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 remote synchronous (RS) 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 (RM) instruction.

PHIL 140H.001 – Honors: Knowledge and Society
Instructor: Alex Worsnip. This course meets TR 9:30 – 10:45 a.m. via remote synchronous (RS) 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 remote synchronous (RS) 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 remote synchronous (RS) instruction.

PHIL 150.001 – Theory, Evidence, and Understanding in Science
Instructor: Marc Lange. This course meets MW 10:10 – 11:00 a.m. via remote synchronous (RS) instruction, with a remote synchronous (RS) recitation on Fridays. The recitation schedule is as follows:

PHIL 155.001 – Truth and Proof: Introduction to Mathematical Logic
Instructor: Min Tang. This course meets via all asynchronous remote (RA) 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 (IP) 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 (RM) 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 remote synchronous (RS) 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 remote synchronous (RS) instruction.

PHIL 165.001 – Bioethics
Instructor: Alex Marcoci. This course meets TR 8:00 – 9:15 a.m. via remote synchronous (RS) instruction.

PHIL 165.002 – Bioethics
Instructor: Alex Marcoci. This course meets TR 9:30 – 10:45 a.m. via remote synchronous (RS) instruction.

PHIL 185.001 – Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art
Instructor: Zach Thornton. This course meets MWF 10:10 – 11:00 a.m. via remote synchronous (RS) 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 remote synchronous (RS) 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 remote synchronous (RS) instruction.

PHIL 213.001 – Asian Philosophy
Instructor: Yifan Li. This course meets MWF 9:05 – 9:55 a.m. via remote synchronous (RS) instruction.

PHIL 215.001 – Medieval Philosophy
Instructor: Z Quanbeck. This course meets MWF 9:05 – 9:55 a.m. via remote synchronous (RS) 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 remote synchronous (RS) 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 remote synchronous (RS) 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 remote synchronous (RS) 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 remote synchronous (RS) 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 remote synchronous (RS) 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 remote synchronous (RS) 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 remote synchronous (RS) 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 remote synchronous (RS) 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 remote synchronous (RS) instruction.

PHIL 282.001 – Human Rights: Philosophical Interrogations
Instructor: Brielle Balance. This course meets MWF 11:15 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. via remote synchronous (RS) instruction.

PHIL 292.001 – Field Work in Philosophy (Intergenerational Philosophy)
Instructor: Michael Vazquez. This course meets TR 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. via remote synchronous (RS) instruction.

PHIL 330.001 – Metaphysics
Instructor: Carla Merino-Rajme. This course meets TR 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. via remote synchronous (RS) instruction.

PHIL 335.001 – Theory of Knowledge
Instructor: Ram Neta. This course meets TR 9:30 – 10:45 a.m. via remote synchronous (RS) 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 remote synchronous (RS) instruction, with a remote synchronous (RS) recitation on Fridays. The recitation schedule is as follows:

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 remote synchronous (RS) 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 (IP) 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 remote synchronous (RS) 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 (IP) 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 remote synchronous (RS) instruction.

PHIL/LING 455.001 – Symbolic Logic
Instructor: John T. Roberts. This course meets MW 10:10 – 11:25 a.m. via remote synchronous (RS) instruction.

PHIL 462.001 – Contemporary Moral Philosophy
Instructor: Geoffrey Sayre-McCord. This course meets M 3:00 – 5:30 p.m. via remote synchronous (RS) 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 remote synchronous (RS) 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 remote synchronous (RS) 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 remote synchronous (RS) instruction.