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PHIL 7500 First Year Seminar
Fall 2025

Seminar for First Yr graduate students. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/.

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3.79
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PHIL 7510 Seminar on an Ancient History of Philosophy Topic
Spring 2027

A survey of the political ideas and theories of the ancient Greeks and Romans.

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3.76
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PHIL 7520 Seminar on a Medieval History of Philosophy Topic
Spring 2022

A survey of the most important philosophers of the Middle Ages.

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3.47
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PHIL 7530 Seminar on a Modern History of Philosophy Topic
Spring 2026

A survey of the most important philosophers of the Modern Age.

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3.79
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PHIL 7540 Seminar on a Philosophy of Ethics Topic
Spring 2026

A survey of ethical theory and moral status.

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3.74
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PHIL 7560 Seminar on a Political Philosophy Topic
Spring 2026

A seminar on political theory and how the topics of rights and freedoms are incorporated.

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3.76
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PHIL 7570 Seminar on a Metaphysics Topic
Fall 2025

A seminar on the nature of being and the world

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3.75
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PHIL 7575 Seminar on the Philosophy of Science Topic
Fall 2021

A seminar on the various topics with in the Philosophy of Science.

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3.68
GPA
PHIL 7770 Political Philosophy
Spring 2021

For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/.

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3.81
GPA
PHIL 7995 Supervised Research
Spring 2027

For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/.

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1.30
GPA
PHIL 8320 Contemporary Epistemology
Spring 2024

For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/.

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3.76
GPA
PHIL 8360 Experience
Fall 2022

The course addresses recent literature on the following questions: (1) what is the ontological nature of experience? (sense-data theories vs. state theories vs. disjunctivism); (2) is the phenomenal character of …

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3.78
GPA
PHIL 8540 Seminar on a Philosophy of Ethics Topic
Spring 2024

A survey of ethical theory and moral status.

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Difficulty
3.81
GPA
PHIL 8560 Seminar on a Political Philosophy Topic
Spring 2025

A seminar on political theory and how the topics of rights and freedoms are incorporated.

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GPA
PHIL 8570 Seminar on a Metaphysics Topic
Fall 2026

A seminar on the nature of being and the world

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3.82
GPA
PHIL 8995 Supervised Research
Spring 2027

For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/.

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3.90
GPA
PHIL 9700 Dissertation Seminar
Spring 2027

This course is designed for graduate students in their third or fourth year. It focuses on dissertation writing and the various skills relevant to professional development.

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PHIL 9998 Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research
Spring 2027

For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/.

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PHIL 9999 Non-Topical Research
Spring 2027

For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/.

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