This course will explore foundational issues about individual agency, explanation of action, reasons and causes, agency in the natural world, practical rationality, interpretation, teleological explanation, intention and intentional action, agency and time, intention and belief, knowledge of one's own actions, identification and hierarchy, and shared agency. Prerequisite: Phil PHIL 80 and two more Phil course numbered above PHIL 100 (all courses taken prior to this term), or PhD student in Philosophy. Must be an MA or PhD student in Philosophy to attend PHIL 287.
4 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit
This course will explore foundational issues about individual agency, explanation of action, reasons and causes, agency in the natural world, practical rationality, interpretation, teleological explanation, intention and intentional action, agency and time, intention and belief, knowledge of one's own actions, identification and hierarchy, and shared agency. Prerequisite: Phil 80 and two more Phil course numbered above 100 (all courses taken prior to this term), or PhD student in Philosophy. Must be an MA or PhD student in Philosophy to attend 287.
Offered in Autumn 2025 at Stanford University.