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The Greek words from which “Philosophy” is formed mean “love of wisdom” and all great philosophers have been moved by an intense devotion to the search for wisdom. Philosophy takes no belief for granted, but examines the grounds for those beliefs which make up people’s
fundamental views of the world. Philosophers think about these beliefs as thoroughly
and systematically as possible, using methods of conceptual analysis, reasoning,
and detailed description.
What distinguishes Philosophy from the physical and
social sciences is its concern not only with the truths which are discovered
by means of specialized methods of investigation, but with the implications
that such discoveries have for human beings in their relations with one
another and
the world. Moreover, Philosophy has an abiding interest in those basic assumptions
about the nature of the physical and social world, and about the nature of
enquiry itself, which underlie our scientific and practical endeavours.
The Philosophy Department at the University of Toronto offers courses in
the main periods and areas of Philosophy, which are listed here with a
typical
question or the name of one or two central figures: Ancient Philosophy (Plato,
Aristotle); Mediaeval Philosophy (Augustine, Aquinas); Early Modern Philosophy
(Descartes, Hume, Kant); Nineteenth-Century Philosophy and Marxism (Hegel,
Mill, Marx); Continental Philosophy and Phenomenology (Husserl, Heidegger,
Sartre); Analytic Philosophy (Quine, Russell, Wittgenstein); Epistemology
and Metaphysics (What can be known? What is the ultimate nature of reality?);
Philosophy
of Religion (Does God exist? How could one prove it?); Philosophy of Mind
(What is mind? Is there free will?); Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics
(What is
sound reasoning? Do numbers exist?); Philosophy of Language (What is the
meaning of “meaning”?);
Philosophy of Natural Science (What is scientific method?); Philosophy of Social
Science and History (Can there be a science of humans?); Social and Political
Philosophy (What justifies the state?); Moral Philosophy (How should we argue
rationally about right and wrong?); Aesthetics (What is art? Must it be beautiful?).
In addition, the Department offers Seminars (numbered PHL400H1-489H1) and Individual Studies courses (numbered PHL490Y1, PHL495H1-PHL499H1).
Counselling is available in the main departmental office, 170 St.
George St., 4th floor. In particular, students may wish to get advice about
how
best to
combine philosophy programs with other majors or minors, given that the
various co-specialist programs with other disciplines have been discontinued.
In
addition, the Department publishes an annual Bulletin. It contains full
and up-to-date
information on programs and courses, including names of instructors and
descriptions of particular course sections. The Bulletin is published in
the spring (for
the succeeding year) and is available on the Department’s
website and at 170 St. George Street, and from all College registrars.
Undergraduate Coordinator:Mark Kingwell, 170 St. George Street, room 404 (416-978-3314), undergrad.phil@utoronto.ca
Undergraduate Counsellor: Ms. Leanne Dawkins, 170 St. George Street, room 403
(416-978-3314), leanne.dawkins@utoronto.ca
Website:http://philosophy.utoronto.ca
Philosophy Programs
Enrolment in Philosophy programs is open to students who have completed
four courses; no minimum GPA required.
NOTE: No more than one individual studies full course can be counted
towards any philosophy program. Normally, no more than one-half individual
studies
course can be counted towards the 400-level course requirement for any
Specialist or Combined Specialist.
Bioethics: see end of Philosophy program listing
Philosophy (Arts program)
Specialist program:
(10 full courses or their equivalent, including PHL100Y1 if
taken)
First year (recommended):
PHL100Y1
Higher Years (required):
1. Two full courses from the following: PHL200Y1 / PHL205H1 / PHL206H1 / PHL210Y1
2. One full course from the following: PHL217H1 / PHL232H1 / PHL240H1
3. PHL265H1 / PHL275H1
4. PHL245H1 /
PHPHL246H1
5. Additional philosophy courses, to a total of 10, including four
full courses at the 300+ level, of which one full course must be at
the 400
level.
Major program:
(7 full courses or their equivalent, including PHL100Y1 if
taken)
First year (recommended):
PHL100Y1
Higher Years (required):
1. One full course from the following: PHL200Y1 / PHL205H1 / PHL206H1 / PHL210Y1
2. One full course from the following: PHL217H1 / PHL232H1 / PHL240H1
3. PHL265H1 / PHL275H1
4. PHL245H1 /
PHPHL246H1
5. Additional philosophy courses, to a total of seven, including two
full courses at the 300+ level, of which one half course must be at the
400 level.
Minor program:
(4 full courses or their equivalent, including PHL100Y1 if
taken)
1. One full course from the following: PHL200Y1 / PHL205H1 / PHL206H1 / PHL210Y1
2. Additional philosophy courses, to a total of four, including one
full course at the 300+ level.
Philosophy and Mathematics: see Mathematics
Philosophy and Physics: see Physics
Philosophy of Science (Arts Program)
Specialist program:
(10 full courses or their equivalent, at least four of which must be
at the 300-level or above, including at least one fULL 400-series PHL
course)
First Year:
Required: One full science
course, normally at the 100-level, from, CHM, CSC, GLG, BIO, JMB, PSY,
MAT, PHY, STA
Note: Courses listed under “Science Courses for Humanities and Social Science Students” (see pp.24-25) cannot be counted towards this requirement.
Recommended: PHL100Y1, HPS100H1
Higher Years:
1. HPS250H1, PHL232H1, PHL245H1, HPS, 350H1, PHL355H1
2. One of HPS322H1/PHL346H1/PHL356H1/PHL357H1
3. One of PHL331H1/PHL332H1
4. 4 to 5.5 additional full courses in Philosophy (depending on whether PHL100Y1 and HPS100H1 are taken in first year). It is highly recommended that these courses include the following: HPS210H1, HPS211H1, PHL210Y1, PHL246H1, one of PHL415H1 or PHL482H1. (For the purposes of this requirement, HPS210H1 and HPS211H1 are counted as Philosophy courses).
Bioethics (Arts program)
Specialist program:
(10 full courses or their equivalent, including PHL100Y1 if
taken)
First year (recommended):
PHL100Y1
BIO150Y1
Higher Years (required):
1. PHL281H1, PHL271H1, PHL275H1
2. PHL245H1/PHL246H1
3. 1.5 full courses from Group 1 (Advanced Bioethics)
4. 1.0 full course from Group 2 (Value Theory)
5. 0.5 full course from Group 3 (Metaphysics and Epistemology).
6. Additional philosophy courses to a total of 10 including at least
1.0 FCE at the 400 level; or else additional philosphy courses to a total
of nine including at least 1.0 FCE at the 400 level, plus one full course
from Group 4 (Interdisciplinary).
Major program:
(7 full courses or their equivalent, at least
two of which must be 300+ series PHL courses)
First year (recommended):
PHL100Y1
BIO150Y1
Higher Years (required):
1. PHL281H1
2. PHL245H1/PHL2461H
3. 1.0 full course from Group 1 (Advanced Bioethics)
4. 1.5 full courses from PHL271H1 / PHL275H1 /
Group 2 (Value Theory)
5. 0.5 course from Group 3 (Metaphysics and Epistemology).
6. Additional philosophy courses to a total of seven including at least
0.5 FCE at the 400 level; or else additional philosophy courses to a
total of 6.5 including at least 0.5 FCE at the 400 level, plus one half
course
from Group 4 (Interdisciplinary).
Minor program:
(4 full courses or their equivalent)
1. PHL281H1
2. PHL245H1/PHL246H1
3. One half course from Group 1 (Advanced Bioethics)
4. One full course from PHL271H1 / PHL275H1 /
Group 2 (Value Theory)
5. Additional philosophy courses to a total of four.
Group 1 Advanced Bioethics
PHL380H1, PHL381H1, PHL382H1, PHL383H1, PHL384H1, PHL440H1, PHL470H1
Group 2 Value Theory
PHL265H1, PHL295H1, PHL365H1, PHL370H1, PHL375H1, PHL407H1, PHL412H1, PHL413H1, PHL483H1
Group 3 Metaphysics and Epistemology
PHL232H1, PHL240H1, PHL331H1, PHL332H1, PHL340H1, PHL341H1, PHL342H1, PHL355H1, PHL357H1, HPS250H1, HPS350H1.
Group 4 Interdisciplinary
NOTE: Many of these courses have prerequisites; students who wish
to use these courses for their Bioethics program must fulfill
all those prerequisites as required by the departments concerned:ANT348Y1, ECO369Y1,
GGR450H1, GGR451H1, HIS423H1, HIS459H1, HIS463H1, HIS489H1, HPS318H1, HPS319H1, HPS323H1, HMB201H1, HMB202H1, INI341H1, JFP450H1, NEW261Y1, NEW366H1, NEW367H1, SMC370H1, SOC242Y1, SOC309Y1, SOC327Y1, SOC351Y1, SOC363H1
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