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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.

2023

Monsoon 2023

PHI 1000 Intro to Philosophy Shevchenko RE
PHI 1060 Symbolic Logic Siantonas RE
PHI 2000 Metaphysics Kostochka CC
PHI 2091 Philosophy of Non-Violence: Jainism, Tolstoy, Gandhi Shevchenko IN
PHI 2100 Samkhya, Yoga, and Advaita Vedanta Shevchenko IN
PHI 2440 Ancient Greek Philosophy Harbin HW
PHI 2730 Introduction to Ethics Weltman CC
PHI 2871 Poetics in Indian Dance Johar EO
PHI 3095 Chinese Buddhist Philosophy Kostochka IN
PHI 3810 Political Philosophy and Public Policy Steuwer EO
PHI 3771 The Idea of Equality Steuwer CC
PHI 3910 Philosophy of Religion Saeedimehr EO
PHI 4430 Michel Foucault: History of Systems of Thought McDonald HW
PHI 4730 Advanced Ethics Weltman CC
PHI 4998 Capstone Research Weltman EO 

 

Note: Professor Saran, Professor Harbin, Professor McDonald, and Professor Saeedimehr taught FC Mind and Behaviour.

Spring 2023

PHI-1000 Intro to Philosophy Weltman RE
PHI-1000 Intro to Philosophy Kostochka RE
PHI-1060 Symbolic Logic Snyder RE
PHI-1060 Symbolic Logic Lossau RE
PHI-2300 Introduction to the Philosophy of Language Snyder CC
PHI-2360 Introduction to Indian Philosophy Shevchenko IN
PHI-2430/PHI-2230 Psychotherapy and the Philosophy of Mind Watson HW or EO but not both
PHI-2660 Bioethics Harbin CC
PHI-2678 AI Ethics Weltman EO
PHI-2679 Business Ethics Miller EO
PHI-2702 Moral Psychology Kostochka CC
PHI-2820 Philosophy of Race and Identity Miller EO
PHI-3190 Ethics of Belief Winokur CC
PHI-3250 The Philosophy of Computability Johannesson CC
PHI-3440/PHI-3880 Aesthetic Experience: Historical and Contemporary Approaches Harbin HW
PHI-4190 Recent Work in the Philosophy of Perception Saran CC
PHI-4240 The Philosophy of Probability and Statistics Johannesson CC
PHI-4998 Capstone Research Weltman  
PHI-5138 Independent Research Methodology Weltman  

Note: Professor Shevchenko will be teaching FC Indian Civilizations. Professors Winokur and Lossau will be teaching FC Mind and Behaviour. Professors Martin and Rosenhagen will be on sabbatical. 

 

2022

Monsoon 2022

PHI 1000 Intro to Philosophy Saran RE
PHI 1000 Intro to Philosophy Harbin RE
PHI 1060 Symbolic Logic Snyder RE
PHI 2090 Intro to Early Chinese Philosophy Kostochka IN
PHI-3380 Classical Indian Epistemology Shevchenko IN
PHI-2371 Contemporary Indian Philosophy Shevchenko IN
PHI-2241 Introduction to Philosophy of Mathematics Snyder CC
PHI-3630 Metaethics Johannesson CC
PHI-3450 Aim and Justification of Political Authority: Historical Approaches Harbin HW
PHI-2470 Philosophy of Religion: Historical Approaches Lossau HW
PHI-2240 Philosophy of Science Johannesson CC
PHI-3180 Advanced Philosophy of Mind Winokur CC
PHI-4777 Foundations of Government Miller CC
PHI-2010 Metaphysics and Epistemology Miller CC
PHI-4998 Capstone Research Weltman  
PHI-5138 Independent Research Methodology Weltman  

Note: Professor Saran, Professor Kostochka, Professor Lossau, Professor Winokur taught FC Mind and Behaviour. 

Summer 2022

PHI 2715 Philosophy of Love Rosenhagen EO

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

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 taught one section of FC Mind and Behaviour.

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

 

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