Courses in Philosophy

Introductory

Courses numbered 59 and below meet the general education requirement in philosophy.

• PHIL030 CM - Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophical Questions
• PHIL033 CM - Introduction to Philosophy: Political Philosophy
• PHIL034 CM - Introduction to Philosophy: Moral and Political Issues
• PHIL036 CM - Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophy of Religion
• PHIL037 CM - Introduction to Philosophy: Happiness, Meaning, Morality
• PHIL038 CM - Introduction to Philosophy: Reason and Reality
• PHIL095 CM - Fundamentals of Logic

History of Philosophy

• PHIL100A CM - Classical Philosophy
• PHIL100C CM - Early Modern Philosophy
• PHIL100D CM - 19th-Century Philosophy
• PHIL100E CM - Special Topics in History of Philosophy
• PHIL101B CM - Classical Ethical Theory: Plato
• PHIL101C CM - Classical Ethical Theory: Aristotle
• PHIL101D CM - Classical Ethical Theory: Stoics, Skeptics, and Epicureans
• PHIL103 CM - Nietzsche
• PHIL106 CM - Kant
• PHIL108 CM - Hegel

Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Philosophy of Mind

• PHIL126 CM - Metaphysics
• PHIL127 CM - History of Metaphysics
• PHIL128 CM - The Metaphysics of Persons
• PHIL134 CM - Special Topics in Metaphysics and Epistemology
• PHIL135 CM - Philosophy of Mind
• PHIL136 CM - Belief, Justification, and Religion
• PHIL137 CM - Skepticism
• PHIL138 CM - Epistemology
• PHIL139 CM - Language and Reality
• PHIL141 CM - Free Will, Responsibility, and Determinism

Ethics, Political Philosophy, and Value Theory

• PHIL158 CM - Ethical Theory
• PHIL159 CM - Metaethics
• PHIL160 CM - Special Topics in Value Theory
• PHIL164 CM - Political Philosophy: Current Debates
• PHIL166 CM - Political Philosophy: The Social Contract Tradition
• PHIL167 CM - Moral Psychology

Other Courses

• PHIL176 CM - Philosophy of Law
• PHIL177 CM - Global Ethics
• PHIL178 CM - Special Topics in Philosophy
• PHIL180 CM - Health, Measurement, and Justice
• PHIL182 CM - Aesthetics
• PHIL183 CM - Aesthetics of Literature
• PHIL185 CM - Life, Death, and Survival of Death
• PHIL186 CM - Bioethics
• PHIL188 CM - Philosophy Through Science Fiction
• PHIL189 CM - Business Ethics
• PHIL198 CM - Advanced Seminar in Philosophy
• PHIL199 CM - Independent Study in Philosophy

Courses at the Other Claremont Colleges and Other Academic Institutions

Students may count no more than three non-CMC courses toward their philosophy major. Students who wish to count non-CMC courses toward their major must receive approval in advance from the department chair.