PHIL courses at Stanford

165 PHIL courses in Stanford’s catalog, with ratings and hours per week from real student evaluations.

• PHIL 1: Introduction to Philosophy4 units · 4.0/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• PHIL 2: Introduction to Moral Philosophy (ETHICSOC 20)5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• PHIL 7N: Philosophy and Science Fiction3 units
• PHIL 10N: Science: Mathematical Abstraction, Human Experience3 units
• PHIL 11N: Skepticism3 units · 4.0/5 rating · 5 hrs/wk
• PHIL 12N: Animal Cognition (SYMSYS 12N)3 units · 5.0/5 rating · 6 hrs/wk
• PHIL 14N: Why Games Matter: The Philosophy of Play3 units
• PHIL 15N: Thinking About Death3 units
• PHIL 22M: Grad Tutorial: The Philosophy of Music2 units
• PHIL 30: Democracy and Disagreement (COMM 3, CSRE 31, HISTORY 3C, POLISCI 31, PSYCH 31A, PUBLPOL 3, RELIGST 23X, SOC 13)1-2 units
• PHIL 49: Survey of Formal Methods4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• PHIL 72: Contemporary Moral Problems (ETHICSOC 185M, POLISCI 134P)4-5 units
• PHIL 73W: Is Morality a Sham?4 units
• PHIL 74A: Ethics in a Human Life (ETHICSOC 174, HUMBIO 174A)4 units
• PHIL 74E: Ethics of Climate Change4 units
• PHIL 80: Mind, Matter, and Meaning5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• PHIL 81: Philosophy and Literature (CLASSICS 42, COMPLIT 181, ENGLISH 81, FRENCH 181, GERMAN 181, ILAC 181, ITALIAN 181, SLAVIC 181)3-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• PHIL 82: Ethics, Public Policy, and Technological Change (COMM 180, CS 182, ETHICSOC 182, POLISCI 182, PUBLPOL 182)5 units
• PHIL 99: Minds and Machines (CS 24, LINGUIST 35, PSYCH 35, SYMSYS 1, SYMSYS 200)4 units · 4.0/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• PHIL 100: The History of Ancient Greek Philosophy (CLASSICS 40)4 units · 4.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• PHIL 102: Modern Philosophy, Descartes to Kant4 units · 4.5/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• PHIL 107B: Plato's Later Metaphysics and Epistemology (PHIL 207B)4 units
• PHIL 108A: Logic, Language, and Material Text in the Aristotelian Tradition (CLASSICS 108A, PHIL 208A)4 units
• PHIL 108B: Aristotle's Physics Book One (PHIL 208B)4 units
• PHIL 113A: Porphyry's Introduction to Logic (PHIL 213A)4 units
• PHIL 116C: Happiness and Tragedy in Ancient and Modern Philosophy (PHIL 216C)4 units
• PHIL 124P: What Makes You Tick? An Introduction to Affective Science (PSYCH 124)3 units
• PHIL 125: Kant's First Critique (PHIL 225)4 units
• PHIL 127A: Kant's Value Theory (PHIL 227A)4 units
• PHIL 128: Kant and German Idealism (PHIL 228)4 units
• PHIL 131: Introduction to Phenomenology (PHIL 231)4 units
• PHIL 132: Phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty (PHIL 232)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• PHIL 134A: Phenomenology: Animals (PHIL 234A)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• PHIL 135N: Nietzsche (PHIL 235N)4 units
• PHIL 137: Wittgenstein (PHIL 237)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 11 hrs/wk
• PHIL 138W: The History of Analytic Philosophy, 1884-1950 (PHIL 238W)4 units
• PHIL 138Y: The History of Early Analytic Philosophy: 1950-1970 (PHIL 238Y)4 units
• PHIL 148: Taboo Topics: Adventures in Critical Thinking4 units
• PHIL 150: Mathematical Logic (PHIL 250)4 units · 4.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• PHIL 151: Metalogic (PHIL 251)4 units · 4.5/5 rating · 12 hrs/wk
• PHIL 152: Computability and Logic (PHIL 252)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• PHIL 154: Modal Logic (PHIL 254)4 units · 4.8/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• PHIL 160: Philosophy of Science (PHIL 260)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• PHIL 161C: What Makes a Good Explanation? Philosophical, Psychological and Computational Perspectives (PHIL 261C)4 units
• PHIL 162: Philosophy of Mathematics (PHIL 262)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• PHIL 165: Philosophy of Physics: Philosophical Issues in Quantum Mechanics (PHIL 265)4 units · 4.5/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• PHIL 167D: Philosophy of Neuroscience (PHIL 267D, SYMSYS 167D)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• PHIL 167E: Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology (PHIL 267E)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• PHIL 170: Ethical Theory (ETHICSOC 170, PHIL 270)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• PHIL 171: Justice (ETHICSOC 171, INTNLREL 103, POLISCI 103, POLISCI 336S, PUBLPOL 103C)4-5 units
• PHIL 171P: Liberalism and its Critics (ETHICSOC 130, POLISCI 130)5 units
• PHIL 172B: The History of Early Modern Political Philosophy: Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Locke (PHIL 272B)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 13 hrs/wk
• PHIL 173A: Moral Psychology (PHIL 273A)4 units
• PHIL 173C: Topics in Metaethics: Moral Error Theory (PHIL 273C)4 units
• PHIL 174: Ethics Beyond Consequences (PHIL 274)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• PHIL 174L: Justice Across Borders (ETHICSOC 174L)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• PHIL 175W: Philosophy of Law: Protest, Punishment, and Racial Justice (CSRE 175W, ETHICSOC 175W, PHIL 275W, POLISCI 137, POLISCI 337)4 units
• PHIL 176: Political Philosophy: The Social Contract Tradition (ETHICSOC 176, PHIL 276, POLISCI 137A, POLISCI 337A)4 units
• PHIL 176A: Classical Seminar: Origins of Political Thought (CLASSICS 181, CLASSICS 381, ETHICSOC 130A, PHIL 276A, POLISCI 230A, POLISCI 330A)3-5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 15 hrs/wk
• PHIL 176L: That Mortal God: Deifying the Political in Early Modern Politics (JEWISHST 176L, JEWISHST 276L, PHIL 276L, RELIGST 176X)4 units
• PHIL 176P: Democratic Theory (ETHICSOC 234, POLISCI 234)5 units
• PHIL 176T: Moral Responsibility & Free Will (PHIL 276T)4 units · 4.5/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• PHIL 176W: Law and Philosophy Workshop (PHIL 276W)4 units
• PHIL 178: Ethics in Society Honors Seminar (ETHICSOC 190)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 12 hrs/wk
• PHIL 179B: Feminist Ethics (FEMGEN 179B, PHIL 279B)4 units
• PHIL 179R: Feminist Philosophy (FEMGEN 179R, PHIL 279R)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 11 hrs/wk
• PHIL 180: Metaphysics (PHIL 280)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• PHIL 181A: Philosophy of Language (PHIL 281A)4 units · 4.5/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• PHIL 181B: Topics in Philosophy of Language (PHIL 281B)4 units
• PHIL 181C: Linguistic Justice (PHIL 281C)4 units
• PHIL 182H: Truth (PHIL 282H)4 units
• PHIL 184: Epistemology (PHIL 284)4 units · 4.5/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• PHIL 186: Philosophy of Mind (PHIL 286)4 units · 4.5/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• PHIL 187: Philosophy of Action (PHIL 287)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• PHIL 187B: Responsibility and the Criminal Law (PHIL 287B)4 units
• PHIL 187C: Thinking and Acting Together (PHIL 287C)4 units
• PHIL 188A: Explanation (PHIL 288A)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 6 hrs/wk
• PHIL 193C: Film & Philosophy (ENGLISH 154F, FRENCH 154, ITALIAN 154)3 units
• PHIL 194A: Capstone seminar: Imagination in Fiction and Philosophy4 units
• PHIL 194E: Capstone Seminar: When Bad People Create Beautiful Things4 units
• PHIL 194F: Capstone seminar: Beauty and Other Forms of Value4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 6 hrs/wk
• PHIL 194J: Capstone Seminar: Other Minds4 units
• PHIL 196: Honors Tutorial, Senior Year1-5 units
• PHIL 197: Individual Work, Undergraduate1-15 units
• PHIL 199: Seminar for Prospective Honors Students2 units · 4.5/5 rating · 4 hrs/wk
• PHIL 207B: Plato's Later Metaphysics and Epistemology (PHIL 107B)4 units
• PHIL 208A: Logic, Language, and Material Text in the Aristotelian Tradition (CLASSICS 108A, PHIL 108A)4 units
• PHIL 208B: Aristotle's Physics Book One (PHIL 108B)4 units
• PHIL 213A: Porphyry's Introduction to Logic (PHIL 113A)4 units
• PHIL 216C: Happiness and Tragedy in Ancient and Modern Philosophy (PHIL 116C)4 units
• PHIL 225: Kant's First Critique (PHIL 125)4 units
• PHIL 227A: Kant's Value Theory (PHIL 127A)4 units
• PHIL 228: Kant and German Idealism (PHIL 128)4 units
• PHIL 231: Introduction to Phenomenology (PHIL 131)4 units
• PHIL 232: Phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty (PHIL 132)4 units
• PHIL 234A: Phenomenology: Animals (PHIL 134A)4 units
• PHIL 235N: Nietzsche (PHIL 135N)4 units
• PHIL 237: Wittgenstein (PHIL 137)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 11 hrs/wk
• PHIL 238W: The History of Analytic Philosophy, 1884-1950 (PHIL 138W)4 units
• PHIL 238Y: The History of Early Analytic Philosophy: 1950-1970 (PHIL 138Y)4 units
• PHIL 239: Teaching Methods in Philosophy1-4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 2 hrs/wk
• PHIL 240: Individual Work for Graduate Students1-15 units
• PHIL 250: Mathematical Logic (PHIL 150)4 units · 4.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• PHIL 251: Metalogic (PHIL 151)4 units · 4.0/5 rating · 13 hrs/wk
• PHIL 252: Computability and Logic (PHIL 152)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 11 hrs/wk
• PHIL 254: Modal Logic (PHIL 154)4 units
• PHIL 260: Philosophy of Science (PHIL 160)4 units
• PHIL 261C: What Makes a Good Explanation? Philosophical, Psychological and Computational Perspectives (PHIL 161C)4 units
• PHIL 265: Philosophy of Physics: Philosophical Issues in Quantum Mechanics (PHIL 165)4 units
• PHIL 267D: Philosophy of Neuroscience (PHIL 167D, SYMSYS 167D)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• PHIL 267E: Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology (PHIL 167E)4 units
• PHIL 270: Ethical Theory (ETHICSOC 170, PHIL 170)4 units
• PHIL 272B: The History of Early Modern Political Philosophy: Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Locke (PHIL 172B)4 units
• PHIL 273A: Moral Psychology (PHIL 173A)4 units
• PHIL 273C: Topics in Metaethics: Moral Error Theory (PHIL 173C)4 units
• PHIL 274: Ethics Beyond Consequences (PHIL 174)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• PHIL 275W: Philosophy of Law: Protest, Punishment, and Racial Justice (CSRE 175W, ETHICSOC 175W, PHIL 175W, POLISCI 137, POLISCI 337)4 units
• PHIL 276: Political Philosophy: The Social Contract Tradition (ETHICSOC 176, PHIL 176, POLISCI 137A, POLISCI 337A)4 units
• PHIL 276A: Classical Seminar: Origins of Political Thought (CLASSICS 181, CLASSICS 381, ETHICSOC 130A, PHIL 176A, POLISCI 230A, POLISCI 330A)3-5 units
• PHIL 276T: Moral Responsibility & Free Will (PHIL 176T)4 units
• PHIL 276W: Law and Philosophy Workshop (PHIL 176W)4 units
• PHIL 279B: Feminist Ethics (FEMGEN 179B, PHIL 179B)4 units
• PHIL 279R: Feminist Philosophy (FEMGEN 179R, PHIL 179R)4 units
• PHIL 280: Metaphysics (PHIL 180)4 units
• PHIL 281A: Philosophy of Language (PHIL 181A)4 units
• PHIL 281B: Topics in Philosophy of Language (PHIL 181B)4 units
• PHIL 281C: Linguistic Justice (PHIL 181C)4 units
• PHIL 282H: Truth (PHIL 182H)4 units
• PHIL 284: Epistemology (PHIL 184)4 units
• PHIL 286: Philosophy of Mind (PHIL 186)4 units · 4.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• PHIL 287: Philosophy of Action (PHIL 187)4 units · 4.5/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• PHIL 287B: Responsibility and the Criminal Law (PHIL 187B)4 units
• PHIL 287C: Thinking and Acting Together (PHIL 187C)4 units
• PHIL 288A: Explanation (PHIL 188A)4 units
• PHIL 300: Proseminar4 units · 4.3/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• PHIL 301: Dissertation Development Proseminar2-4 units · 4.0/5 rating · 3 hrs/wk
• PHIL 312: Aristotle's Ethical Psychology2-4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 12 hrs/wk
• PHIL 313C: Aristotle's Metaphysics2-4 units
• PHIL 317C: Plato's Ethics and Metaethics2-4 units
• PHIL 325: Kant's Third Critique2-4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• PHIL 333: Philosophy, Literature, and the Arts Core Seminar (ARTHIST 433A, DLCL 333, ENGLISH 333, MUSIC 332)3-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 11 hrs/wk
• PHIL 352: Advanced Set Theory2-4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 6 hrs/wk
• PHIL 355: Philosophy of Applied Mathematics2-4 units · 4.0/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• PHIL 359: Logic Spring Seminar2-4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• PHIL 365: Seminar in Philosophy of Physics2-4 units · 4.0/5 rating · 5 hrs/wk
• PHIL 366C: Philosophy of Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence2-4 units
• PHIL 367C: Explanation in Cognitive Science2-4 units
• PHIL 370E: Adventures in Non-Consequentialist Ethics2-4 units
• PHIL 370W: Value and Consequences2-4 units
• PHIL 371A: Relational Morality2-4 units
• PHIL 374D: Contractualism2-4 units
• PHIL 375L: Pluralism in Theory, Practice, and Law2-3 units
• PHIL 375W: Self-Determination4 units
• PHIL 381: PhD Seminar: Topics in the Philosophy of Language2-4 units · 4.0/5 rating · 15 hrs/wk
• PHIL 382: Preservation Ethics2-4 units · 4.5/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• PHIL 382N: Grad Seminar2-4 units
• PHIL 383: Advanced Topics in Epistemology2-4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• PHIL 383J: Deflationary Theories of Truth2-4 units
• PHIL 383W: Computation and Consciousness2-4 units
• PHIL 387: Phil of Action Seminar: Human Agency in a Social World: Shared Agency, Social Rules and Institutions2-4 units · 4.8/5 rating · 6 hrs/wk
• PHIL 400: How to be a Phil Pro: Professionalization in Academic Philosophy1 unit
• PHIL 450: Thesis1-15 units
• PHIL 500: Advanced Dissertation Seminar1 unit
• PHIL 801: TGR Project
• PHIL 802: TGR Dissertation

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