PHIL408R

Prerequisite: Three upper-level (300- or 400-level) courses in philosophy or permission of the instructor. Credit only granted for: PHIL408R or PHIL490. Formerly: PHIL408R. Writing philosophical papers, presenting them to an audience, and responding critically and constructively to the papers and talks of others are skills central to the practice of philosophy. This course will help students to enhance those skills in a seminar-style format. Students should come to the course with a paper of their own (likely from another course) that they would like to develop. Prerequisites: Three upper-level (300- or 400-level) courses in philosophy or permission of the instructor. The skills of writing philosophical papers, presenting them to an audience, and learning to respond critically and constructively to the papers and talks of others are central to the craft of philosophy. This course will pursue the development of those skills in a seminar-style format. Students should come to the course with a paper (likely from another course) that they would like to develop and refine further.