Philosophy

                         Graduate Faculty 2007-2008
Chair: R. D’Amico. Graduate Coordinator: K. Ludwig. Professors: R. Baum; J. Biro; D. Copp; R. D’Amico; E. Haring (Emerita); M. Jubien;C. Liu; K. Ludwig; J. Zeman (Emeritus). Associate Professors: T. Auxter; M. Aydede; R. Haynes; M. Oshana; J. Palmer; G. Ray; D. Witmer. Assistant Professors: S. Duncan; J. Műller; J. Tresan.

The Department offers the Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Complete descriptions of the general requirements for these degrees are provided in the General Information section of this catalog.

Admission to the program requires a bachelor’s degree in philosophy or sufficient course work in philosophy, as determined by the department. Applicants are evaluated on the basis of academic achievement, GRE scores, three letters of recommendation, a statement of purpose, and a sample essay in philosophy. Students may be admitted as for a terminal M.A. degree or for the Ph.D. Program.

The M.A. degree requires a thesis as well as course work. All graduate students take foundational courses in their first four semesters in Philosophical Methods (PHI 5935), The History of Philosophy (PHH 5405 and PHH 5406; PHP 5005 or PHP 5015), Logic (PHI 5135), and Analytic Philosophy (PHP 5785), or Continental Philosophy (PHH 5605). One research seminar is required for the M.A., and six for the Ph.D. The Ph.D. requires a course in epistemology (PHI 5365) and ethics (PHI 5665), and both PHP 5785 and PHH 5606.
Further information about the department's programs and admissions can be obtained on the department's website or by contacting the Graduate Coordinator, 330 Griffin-Floyd Hall, (352)392-2084 x 303, gradcoord@phil.ufl.edu.

PHH 5405: Modern Philosophy I (3) Close reading of central text of the rationalists in the early modern period, especially Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz.
PHH 5406: Modern Philosophy II (3) Close reading of central texts of the empiricists in the modern period, especially Locke, Berkeley, and Hume.
PHH 5605: Studies in Continental Philosophy (3) Close reading of central texts of the major figures in the European continental tradition, such as Husserl, Heidegger, and Sartre.
PHH 6105: Seminar in Ancient Philosophy(3; max: 18) Prereq: PHP 5005 or 5015, depending on topic. Advanced study of particular topics or themes in the philosophy of Greek and Roman antiquity.
PHH 6425: Seminar in Modern Philosophy (3; max: 18) Prereq: PHH 5406 or consent of instructor. Advanced study of particular topics or themes in philosophy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
PHI 5135: Graduate Logic (3) Propositional calculus, quantificational logic through completeness, and an introduction to modal logic.
PHI 5225: Philosophy of Language (3) Advanced survey of central issues in contemporary philosophy of language, such as the theory of meaning, compositionality, reference, truth, and logical form.
PHI 5325: Philosophy of Mind (3) Advanced survey of central issues in contemporary philosophy of mind, such as approaches to the mind-body problem, theories of mental content and consciousness, mental causation, and methodology in psychology.
PHI 5365: Epistemology (3) Advanced survey of central issues in contemporary epistemology such as major theories of knowledge, justification, and truth.
PHI 5405: Philosophy of Science (3) Advanced survey of central issues in the philosophy of science, such as the nature of the scientific method, and the differences between the natural and social sciences.
PHI 5425: Philosophy of Social Science (3) Advanced survey of the central issues in the philosophy of social science, such as reduction, covering laws, rational reconstruction, interpretation, and causation.
PHI 5505: Metaphysics (3) Advanced survey of issues in contemporary metaphysics, such as existence, identity, universals and abstract objects, the nature of particulars, modalities, and causation.
PHI 5665: Ethical Theory (3) Advanced survey of central issues in ethical theory, such as consequentialism and deontology, theories of justice, and moral skepticism.
PHI 5905: Individual Work (1-6; max: 6) Prereq: Consent of instructor, graduate coordinator, and chair. Problem, author, or topic not treated in available courses.
PHI 5934: Topics in Philosophy (3; max: 18) Rotating topics may focus upon any area of philosophy not covered by other 5000-level courses.
PHI 5935: Proseminar (3) Mandatory for entering students. Methods of inquiry and research. S/U.
PHI 6105: Seminar in Logic (3; max: 18) Prereq: PHI 5135. Advanced seminar in logic, covering topics in model theory and recursion theory, beyond level of PHI 5135, including a careful treatment of Godel's incompleteness theorems and a modest study of undecidability.
PHI 6226: Seminar in Philosophy of Language (3; max: 18) Advanced study of particular topics or themes in the philosophy of language, such as compositionality, pragmatics, speech act theory, semantics of attitude reports or deflationary theories of truth.
PHI 6306: Seminar in Epistemology (3; max: 18) Prereq: PHI 5365 or PHP 5785. Advanced study of particular topics in epistemology, such as, epistemic justification, skepticism, or foundationalism.
PHI 6326: Seminar in Philosophy of Mind (3; max: 18) Advanced study of particular topic or theme in philosophy of mind, such as theories of mental representation, the mind-body explanatory gap, nativism, or the problem of mental causation.
PHI 6406: Seminar in Philosophy of Science (3; max: 18) Prereq: PHI 5136 and 5405. Advanced study of particular topics or themes in the philosophy of science, such as the scientific explanation, laws, and theories of space and time.
PHI 6506: Seminar in Metaphysics (3; max: 18) Advanced study of particular topics or themes in contemporary metaphysics, such as identity, Platonism and nominalism, the nature of particulars, necessity and possibility, events and facts, and the nature of causation.
PHI 6667: Seminar in Ethics (3; max: 18) Advanced study of particular topics or themes in ethical theory, such as noncognitivism, moral realism, virtue ethics, and consequentialism.
PHI 6787: Seminar in Continental Philosophy (3; max: 18) Prereq: PHH 5505, 5406, or 5405. Advanced study of particular topics or figures of the 20th-century continental tradition.
PHI 6905: Individual Work(1-9; max: 9) Prereq: Consent of instructor, graduate coordinator, and chair. Advanced study of author or topic not treated in available courses.
PHI 6910: Supervised Research (1-5; max: 5) S/U.
PHI 6934: Special Topics (1-4; max: 18) Special research topics falling outside of the scope of other research seminars.
PHI 6940: Supervised Teaching (1-5; max: 5) S/U.
PHI 6971: Research for Master's Thesis (1-9) S/U.
PHI 7979: Advanced Research (1-12) Prereq: consent of the graduate committee. Research for doctoral students before admission to candidacy. Designed for students with a master's degree in the field of study or for students who have been accepted for a doctoral program. Not appropriate for students who have been admitted to candidacy. S/U.
PHI 7980: Research for Doctoral Dissertation (1-12) S/U.
PHP 5005: Ancient Philosophy I (3) Examination of central themes in Plato's thought through close reading of several major dialogues.
PHP 5015: Ancient Philosophy II (3) Historical and critical study of major aspects of Aristotle's logic, epistemology, physics, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind, through a close reading of central texts.
PHP 5785: Foundations of Analytic Philosophy (3) Foundational readings in analytic philosophy from Frege to Quine.
PHP 6415: Seminar in Kant (3; max: 18) Prereq: PHH 5406 or consent of instructor. Intensive examination of the first Critique and selections from other major works.
PHP 6795: Seminar in Analytic Philosophy (3; max: 18) Advanced study of the work of a particular philosopher or philosophical problem from the analytic perspective.
PHP 6930: Seminar in a School or Thinker (3; max: 18) Advanced study of the work of one or more, usually pre-twentieth century, thinkers.