Courses Past- Philosophy

Syllabus Archive

An archive of every syllabus from every course taught by Ashoka Philosophy faculty can be found at this Google Drive folder (an Ashoka Google account is required to access the folder). Below is a list of all past courses.

2022

Spring 2022

PHI 1000	Intro to Philosophy	Snyder	RE
PHI 1000	Intro to Philosophy	Watson	RE
PHI 1060	Symbolic Logic	Snyder	RE
PHI 2000	Metaphysics	Kostochka	CC
PHI 2420	Ancient Philosophy	Harbin	HW
PA 3014 / PHI 2871	The Sensory Body: Desire, Permission, Transgression	Johar	EO
PHI 2880 / ENG 2311	Philosophy and Literature	Berry	EO
PHI 3361	Buddhist Ethics	Kostochka	IN
PHI 3400	Topics in Indian Philosophy	Watson	IN
PHI 3546	History of Early Analytic Philosophy	Berry	HW
PHI 4776 / POL 3801	Global Justice	Harbin	CC
PHI 4180	Topics in Philosophy of Mind	Saran	CC

 

Note: Professor Saran teaches one section of FC Mind and Behaviour, Professor Weltman is on sabbatical, Professor Rosenhagen on leave due to administrative duties.

2021

Monsoon 2021

PHI 1000	Intro to Philosophy	Saran	RE
PHI 1060	Symbolic Logic	Rosenhagen	RE
PHI 2450	Early Modern Philosophy	Berry	HW
PHI 2770	Political Philosophy	Weltman	CC
PHI 3180	Advanced Philosophy of Mind	Snyder	CC
PHI 3776	War and Violence	Harbin	CC
PHI 3695	Personal Identity and Ethics	Weltman	CC
PHI 4380	Classical Indian Epistemology	Shevchenko	IN
PHI 3630/4630	Metaethics	Berry	CC

 

Note: Professors Harbin, Saran, & Snyder taught a section of the FC Mind and Behaviour each.

Summer 2021

PHI 2715

Philosophy of Love

Rosenhagen

EO

 

Note: Professor Rosenhagen also taught one FC Principles of Science.

Spring 2021

PHI 1000	Intro to Philosophy	Lima	RE
PHI 1000	Intro to Philosophy	Saran	RE
PHI 1000	Intro to Philosophy	Watson	RE
PHI 1000	Intro to Philosophy	Weltman	RE
PHI 1060	Symbolic Logic	Snyder	RE
PHI 2120	Epistemology	Rosenhagen	CC
PHI 2240	Philosophy of Science	Dixon	CC
PHI 2615 / PHI 2570	Existentialism and Ethics	Martin	CC or HW, not both
PHI 3241	Philosophy of Mathematics	Snyder	CC
PHI 3401	Indian Philosophy through the Eyes of Bimal Matilal	Watson	IN
PHI 3486	Kant’s Political Philosophy	Weltman	HW
PHI 3530	19th Century Philosophy	Martin	HW
PHI 4000	Topics in Advanced Metaphysics	Dixon	CC
PHI 4631	Philosophy of Action	Lima	CC

 

Note: Professor Saran taught one FC Mind and Behaviour.

2020

Monsoon 2020

PHI 1000	Intro to Philosophy	Snyder	RE
PHI 1060	Symbolic Logic	Rosenhagen	RE
PHI 2000	Intro to Metaphysics	Dixon	CC
PHI 2401 / PHI 2701	Moral Psychology of Emotions, taught comparatively	Chakrabarti	CC or IN, not both
PHI 2730	Intro to Ethics	Weltman	CC
PHI 3605	Care Ethics	Dalmiya	CC
PHI 3300	Advanced Philosophy of Language	Snyder	CC
PHI 4423	Advanced Plato: Republic	Chaturvedi	HW
PHI 4730	Advanced Ethics	Weltman	CC

 

Note: Professors Chaturvedi, Dixon, and Saran taught one FC Mind and Behaviour each, and Professor Chakrabarti one FC Indian Civilizations.

Summer 2020

PHI 2715

Philosophy of Love

Rosenhagen

EO

 

Note: Professor Chaturvedi also taught one FC: Mind and Behaviour.

Spring 2020

PHI 1000	Introduction to Philosophy	Weltman	RE
PHI 1000	Introduction to Philosophy	Saran	RE
PHI 2615	Existentialism and Ethics	Martin	CC
PHI 2391	Classical Indian Metaphysics	Siderits	IN
PHI 2300	Intro to Philosophy of Language	Lima	CC
PHI 3540	American Philosophy	Haitos	HW
PHI 3774	Political Theory; How We May All Live Together	Miller	CC
PHI 4190	Topics in the Philosophy of Perception	Rosenhagen	CC
PHI 4402	Metacognition in Indian Philosophy (with input from contemporary Cognitive Science)	Siderits	IN
—	Ethics and Technology	Weltman	CTS
—	Thinking and Arguing Critically: How the Philosophers do it	Miller	CTS
—	The Philosophy of Art and Beauty	Haitos	CTS
—	Philosophy of Mind	Lima	CTS

 

Note: Professors Martin and Saran also taught one FC each, 1x Indian Civilizations (Martin, with Prof. Rita Kothari), 1x Mind and Behaviour (Saran).

2019

Monsoon 2019

PHI 1060	Symbolic Logic	Rosenhagen	RE
PHI-2546 (HW) / PHI-2807 (CC)	The Creation and Destruction of States: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives.	Weltman	HW or CC, not both
PHI 2450	Early Modern Philosophy	Chaturvedi	HW
PHI 2772	Gandhi, Law & Civil Rights Movement: Globalizing Nonviolence	Bilimoria	CC
PHI 3403	Philosophies of India: Comparative Perspectives	Bilimoria	IN
PHI 4180	Topics in Philosophy of Mind	Saran	CC

Note: Professors Chaturvedi, Saran, Watson, and Weltman also teach one Foundation Course each: 1x Great Books (Chaturvedi), 2x Indian Civilizations (Saran, Watson), and 1x Environmental Studies (Weltman).

Summer 2019

CTS 167 / PHI 2870

Bad Music

Chaturvedi

EO

Note: Professor Chaturvedi also offered a Foundation Course (Mind and Behaviour).

Spring 2019

PHI 1000	Introduction to Philosophy	Saran	RE
PHI 2000	Metaphysics	Rosenhagen	CC
PHI 2120	Epistemology	Rosenhagen	CC
PHI 2547 / PHI 2610	How to be Free and Happy	Martin	HW or CC, not both
CTS 153 / PHI 2665	Ethics and Technology	Weltman	CC
CTS 167 / PHI 2870	Bad Music	Chaturvedi	EO
CTS 152 / PHI 2951	Bullshit	Chaturvedi	EO
PHI 3360	Buddhist Philosophy	Watson	IN
PHI 3630	Metaethics	Weltman	CC
PHI 4549 / PHI 4831	Philosophy and Literature	Martin	HW or CC, not both

 

2018

Monsoon 2018

PHI 102	Introduction to Indian Ontology and Epistemology	Balcerowicz	IN
PHI 103	Symbolic Logic	Rosenhagen	RE
PHI 204	Philosophy of Mind	Saran	CC
PHI 214	Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy	Chaturvedi	HW
PHI 215	Philosophy of Science	Rosenhagen	CC
PHI 310	Normative Ethics	Weltman	CC
PHI 404	Political Philosophy	Weltman	CC
PHI 406	Indian Epistemology	Balcerowicz	IN

 

Spring 2018

CTS 135	Human Flourishing	Watson
PHI 101	Introduction to Philosophy	Chaturvedi	RE
PHI 211	Existentialism and Ethics	Martin	HW or CC, not both
PHI 212	Political Philosophy	Perrett	CC
PHI 213	Critical Theory	Gordon	HW
PHI 401	Philosophy of Liberalism	Gordon	CC
PHI 402	Nineteenth Century Philosophy	Martin	HW
PHI 403	Classical Indian Metaphysics	Perrett	IN

 

2017

Monsoon 2017

CTS 227	Theories of Emotion	Gordon	–
CTS 230	Buddhist Philosophy	Perrett	IN
PHI 103	Symbolic Logic	Dixon	RE
PHI 201	Metaphysics	Perrett	CC
PHI 208/408	Ancient Political Philosophy	Chaturvedi	HW
PHI 209	Intro to Ethics and Global Citizenship	Gordon	CC
PHi 305/405	The Self in Indian Philosophy	Watson	IN

 

Spring 2017

CTS 149	Philosophy of Science	Fedyk	–
PHI 101	Introduction to Philosophy	Saran	RE
PHI 203	Themes in Indian Philosophy	Watson	IN
PHI 204	Philosophy of Mind	Saran	CC
PHI 205	Epistemology	Dixon	CC
PHI 206	Kant	Chaturvedi	HW
PHI 207	Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art	Chaturvedi	EO
PHI 304	Moral Psychology	Fedyk	EO

 

2016

Monsoon 2016

CTS 220	Philosophy of Film	Perrett	EO
CTS 221	Early Modern Philosophy	Chaturvedi	HW
PHI 103	Introduction to Logic	Dixon	RE
PHI 105	Introduction to Ancient Greek and Roman Philosopy	Chaturvedi	HW
PHI 301	Vedanta	Watson	IN
PHI 302	Ethics	Perrett	CC
PHI 303	Philosophy of Perception	Saran	EO

 

Spring 2016

CTS 114	Buddhist Philosophy	Perrett	CTS
PHI 101	Introduction to Philosophy	Saran	RE
PHI 201	Metaphysics	Dixon	CC
PHI 202	Philosophy of Language	Dixon	CC
PHI 203	Themes in Indian Philosophy	Perrett	IN

 

2015

Monsoon 2015

CTS 206	Philosophy of Mind	Saran	CTS
PHI 102	Introduction to Indian Philosophy	Watson	IN
PHI 103	Symbolic Logic	Dixon	RE

 

Spring 2015

CTS 007	Existentialism	Lin	CTS
PHI 001	Introduction to Philosophy	Saran	RE