PHIL 499

Spring 2026 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 20-May 6

Capstone Seminar

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Credit: 3 hours.

Capstone course required for all philosophy majors. Students will explore in depth a specific topic either in the history of philosophy or in contemporary practical or theoretical philosophy and will write a substantial original essay appropriate for a senior thesis. Topics will differ by section and semester.

3 undergraduate hours. No graduate credit. Prerequisite: PHIL 202, PHIL 203, PHIL 206, PHIL 222, PHIL 223. Restricted to Philosophy and CS + Philosophy majors with Senior Standing. Philosophy majors (and CS + Philosophy majors matriculated before Fall 2020) are required to have PHIL 202 (or equivalent), PHIL 203, and PHIL 206. CS + Philosophy majors (matriculated after Fall 2020) are required to have PHIL 202 (or equivalent), PHIL 222, and PHIL 223.

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PHIL 499 class schedule data for spring 2026
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	71968	Lecture-Discussion	A	12:30PM -1:50PM	TR	313 Gregory Hall	Varden, H	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: This course brings Immanuel Kant’s legal and political philosophy into productive conversation with related, groundbreaking work undertaken by a set of groundbreaking 20th century thinkers: Hannah Arendt, Patricia Hill Collins, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Angela Davis, and Edward Said. A main question we address throughout the course is how anyone inspired by these freedom thinkers can use their philosophical resources to critique our current, complex world.
	71969	Lecture-Discussion	B	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	301 Architecture Building	Schwenkler, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: This seminar will be on questions in the philosophy of perception, especially concerning the idea that in perception we are presented with sense-data distinct from material objects. What support is there for this position? Does it have intolerable skeptical consequences? If it is false, then how else should we understand perception? We’ll begin by working carefully through J. L. Austin’s Sense and Sensibilia and then read important papers by G. E. M. Anscombe, Charles Travis, John McDowell, and possibly some others.