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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Major writings of Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and others are read and discussed for the purpose of discerning interrelations between ontological and epistemological principles. The stress is on problems that are crucial in the history of Western philosophy. Prerequisites: 6 units in philosophy, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
An in-depth investigation of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, one of the most important books in the history of Western philosophy. Some supplementary readings from other philosophers are used to situate Kant's work in a systematic and historical context, to present some Kantian positions in current philosophy, and to bring in some important contrasting views and criticisms. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy at the 300 level, graduate standing, or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
An in-depth examination of Kant's practical philosophy: his moral and political theory. Readings include the Critique of Practical Reason, parts of the Metaphysics of Morals, Perpetual Peace, and other writings. Supplementary readings are used to situate Kant's work in its systematic and historical context, to provide orientation in the world of Kant scholarship, and to introduce important contrasting views and criticisms. We also discuss recent reformulations of Kantian themes in the works of contemporary philosophers. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy at the 300 level, graduate standing, or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A study of selected texts by such major figures of 20th-century continental philosophy as Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, de Beauvoir, Levinas, Habermas, Foucault, Derrida, and Irigaray. Such topics as phenomenology, hermeneutics, existentialism, critical theory, structuralism and post-structuralism are investigated. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy at the 300 level, graduate standing, or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Study of individual philosophers or themes from the ancient, medieval, and/or modern periods. Examples: Spinoza, St. Thomas Aquinas, neo-Platonism, universals in ancient and medieval thought, ancient and modern theories of space and time. Prerequisites: 6 units in philosophy or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Same as WGSS 475
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3.00 Credits
Focus on the work of a single contemporary analytic philosopher such as Davidson, Putnam, or Strawson, or a central problem area such as epistemological relativism or the problem of the identity of physical objects. Prerequisite: one course in epistemology, philosophy of language, or analytic philosophy, or permission of instructor.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
Prerequisite: permission of the department.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: senior standing, a 3.5 minimum grade point average overall, a 3.5 minimum grade point average in philosophy courses, and the permission of the department. Applications and further information are available in the Department of Philosophy. See further: artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/undergrad/honors.html.
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3.00 Credits
Why is the sky blue? How can a baseball curve? Natural and manmade phenomena can be understood by simple and basic ideas of physics. This course illustrates these underlying principles by using examples from everyday life as well as from physics and other fields. Because the phenomena are many and the principles are few we find that apparently very different events sometimes have similar explanations; we come to understand how the stretching of a rubber band is related to ice skating, and how the blue of the sky is related to the red of the sunset and the white color of milk. No prerequisites.
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