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Philosophical Foundations Concentration: Area 4 Approved Courses

Use the dropdown below to find courses in each concentration area for the current academic year.

For the Stanford Community, please see the full list of requirements for the Philosophical Foundations Concentration. 

Title
Quarter
Day, Time, Location
CS 154
Introduction to the Theory of Computation
Tagged for: AI - Mathematical foundations | AL | NL - Mathematical/Computational Foundations | DMR- Methodological Foundations | CogSci- Theoretical Foundations | CoFo - Theory of Computation Depth | MaFo - Integrative Requirement | AppLog - Computability | CogSci - Cognitive Science Depth | PhiFo - Logic
2021 - 2022
Autumn
Tuesday Thursday
11:30 AM
1:00 PM
CS 182
Ethics, Public Policy, and Technological Change (COMM 180, ETHICSOC 182, PHIL 82, POLISCI 182, PUBLPOL 182)
Tagged for: DMR- Practical Tools and Applications | CoFo - Integrative Requirement | CSS - Integrative Requirement | MediaComm - Effects, Ethics, and Policy | MediaComm - Integrative Requirement | HAI - Digital Technology Ethics and Policy | AI - Integrative Requirement | CogSci - Integrative Requirement | HCI - Integrative Requirement | PhiFo - Integrative Requirement | DMAR - Methods and Applications | DMAR - Integrative Requirement | Learn - Integrative Requirement
2021 - 2022
Winter
Monday Wednesday Friday
1:30 PM
3:00 PM
NBIO 101
Social and Ethical Issues in the Neurosciences (NBIO 201)
Tagged for: Neuro - Philosophical and theoretical approaches | CogSci- Neuroscience | Biomed - Philosophical and Ethical Inquiry | MediaComm - Effects, Ethics, and Policy | HAI - Human Impact | CogSci - Integrative Requirement | PhiFo - Integrative Requirement | Neuro - Philosophical and Theoretical Approaches
2021 - 2022
Spring
Monday Wednesday
7:30 PM
9:30 PM
PHIL 20N
Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
Tagged for: AI - Additional topics | Philosophical Foundations 4 | HAI - Contingent Electives | AI - Contingent Electives | PhiFo - Philosophy of Science | CoFo - Contingent Electives
2021 - 2022
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
3:00 PM
PHIL 102
Modern Philosophy, Descartes to Kant
Tagged for: Philosophical Foundations | PhiFo - Ethics, Historical, and Political Philosophy
2021 - 2022
Winter
Monday Wednesday
11:30 AM
1:00 PM
PHIL 107B
Plato's Later Metaphysics and Epistemology (PHIL 207B)
Tagged for: PhiFo - Ethics, Historical, and Political Philosophy
2021 - 2022
Spring
Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
3:00 PM
PHIL 152
Computability and Logic (PHIL 252)
Tagged for: Philosophical Foundations | AI - Mathematical foundations | AL | CogSci- Theoretical Foundations | MaFo - Integrative Requirement | AppLog - Computability | CogSci - Cognitive Science Depth | PhiFo - Logic
2021 - 2022
Spring
Monday Wednesday
9:45 AM
11:15 AM
PHIL 154
Modal Logic (PHIL 254)
Tagged for: Philosophical Foundations | AI - Knowledge | AL- Semantics | NL - Mathematical/Computational Foundations | DMR- Formal Decisions Theories | CogSci- Theoretical Foundations | CoFo - Theory of Computation Depth | CoFo - Integrative Requirement | MaFo - Integrative Requirement | AppLog - Integrative Requirement | CogSci - Cognitive Science Depth | PhiFo - Logic | DMAR - Formal Decision Theories
2021 - 2022
Spring
Tuesday Thursday
11:30 AM
1:00 PM
PHIL 165
Philosophy of Physics: Philosophical Issues in Quantum Mechanics (PHIL 265)
Tagged for: Philosophical Foundations | Philosophical Foundations 4 | PhiFo - Philosophy of Science
2021 - 2022
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
11:30 AM
1:00 PM
PHIL 167D
Philosophy of Neuroscience (PHIL 267D, SYMSYS 167D)
Tagged for: Neuro - Philosophical and theoretical approaches | CogSci- Neuroscience | Philosophical Foundations 4 | Biomed - Philosophical and Ethical Inquiry | Biomed - Integrative Requirement | HAI - Integrative Requirement | CogSci - Research Methods | CogSci - Cognitive Science Depth | PhiFo - Philosophy of Science | PhiFo - Integrative Requirement | Neuro - Philosophical and Theoretical Approaches | Neuro - Integrative Requirement
2021 - 2022
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
9:45 AM
11:15 AM
PHIL 172
History of Modern Moral Philosophy (ETHICSOC 172, PHIL 272)
Tagged for: DMR- Philosophical Inquiry | PhiFo - Ethics, Historical, and Political Philosophy | DMAR - Philosophical Inquiry
2021 - 2022
Autumn
Tuesday Thursday
9:45 AM
11:15 AM
PHIL 173B
Undergraduate Introduction to Metaethics
Tagged for: PhiFo - Ethics, Historical, and Political Philosophy
2021 - 2022
Spring
Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
3:00 PM
PHIL 175
Philosophy of Law (ETHICSOC 175B)
Tagged for: PhiFo - Ethics, Historical, and Political Philosophy
2021 - 2022
Autumn
Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
3:00 PM
PHIL 180
Metaphysics
Tagged for: Philosophical Foundations | PhiFo - Philosophy of Mind and Language
2021 - 2022
Autumn
Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
3:00 PM
PHIL 181
Philosophy of Language (PHIL 281)
Tagged for: Philosophical Foundations | NL - Semantics/Pragmatics/Philosophy of Language | CogSci- Language | NL - Integrative Requirement | CogSci - Cognitive Science Depth | PhiFo - Philosophy of Mind and Language
2021 - 2022
Autumn
Tuesday Thursday
11:30 AM
1:00 PM
PHIL 184
Topics in Epistemology (PHIL 284)
Tagged for: Philosophical Foundations | DMR- Philosophical Inquiry | CogSci-Higher Cognition | CogSci - Cognitive Science Depth | PhiFo - Philosophy of Mind and Language | DMAR - Philosophical Inquiry | DMAR - Integrative Requirement
2021 - 2022
Spring
Tuesday Thursday
11:30 AM
1:00 PM
PHIL 186
Philosophy of Mind (PHIL 286)
Tagged for: Neuro - Philosophical and theoretical approaches | CogSci-Higher Cognition | CogSci - Cognitive Science Depth | PhiFo - Philosophy of Mind and Language | Neuro - Philosophical and Theoretical Approaches
2021 - 2022
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
3:00 PM
PHIL 194D
Capstone Seminar: How Virtual is Reality, and Vice Versa
Tagged for: NL - Semantics/Pragmatics/Philosophy of Language | CogSci- Language | NL - Integrative Requirement | CogSci - Cognitive Science Depth | Advanced Small Seminar | PhiFo - Integrative Requirement
2021 - 2022
Spring
Monday Wednesday
3:15 PM
4:45 PM
PHIL 194P
Capstone Seminar: The Meaning of Life
Tagged for: Advanced Small Seminar | PhiFo - Ethics, Historical, and Political Philosophy
2021 - 2022
Autumn
Tuesday Thursday
11:30 AM
1:00 PM
PHIL 359
Logic Spring Seminar
Tagged for: AL- Advanced | DMR- Philosophical Inquiry | DMR- Formal Decisions Theories | CoFo - Integrative Requirement | CSS - Integrative Requirement | MaFo - Integrative Requirement | HAI - Integrative Requirement | NL - Integrative Requirement | AppLog - Integrative Requirement | AI - Integrative Requirement | CogSci - Integrative Requirement | Advanced Small Seminar | PhiFo - Logic | PhiFo - Integrative Requirement | DMAR - Philosophical Inquiry | DMAR - Formal Decision Theories | DMAR - Integrative Requirement
2021 - 2022
Spring
Thursday
2:45 PM
4:45 PM
PHIL 368A
Explanation in Neuroscience
Tagged for: PhiFo - Integrative Requirement | Neuro - Philosophical and Theoretical Approaches | Neuro - Integrative Requirement | Biomed - Philosophical and Ethical Inquiry | Biomed - Integrative Requirement | CogSci - Cognitive Science Depth | CogSci - Integrative Requirement | HAI - Integrative Requirement | Advanced Small Seminar
2021 - 2022
Autumn
Monday
1:30 PM
4:30 PM
SYMSYS 202
Theories of Consciousness
Tagged for: CogSci- Theoretical Foundations | Philosophical Foundations 4 | Neuro - Philosophical and theoretical approaches | Biomed - Philosophical and Ethical Inquiry | HAI - Integrative Requirement | AI - Integrative Requirement | CogSci - Integrative Requirement | Advanced Small Seminar | PhiFo - Integrative Requirement | Neuro - Integrative Requirement
2021 - 2022
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
3:00 PM
SYMSYS 205
The Philosophy and Science of Perception
Tagged for: Biomed - Philosophical and Ethical Inquiry | HAI - Integrative Requirement | NL - Integrative Requirement | CogSci - Integrative Requirement | Advanced Small Seminar | PhiFo - Integrative Requirement | Neuro - Integrative Requirement
2021 - 2022
Spring
Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
3:00 PM
SYMSYS 207
Conceptual Issues in Cognitive Science
Tagged for: AI - Additional topics | Neuro - Philosophical and theoretical approaches | CogSci- Theoretical Foundations | Philosophical Foundations 4 | NL - Integrative Requirement | CogSci - Cognitive Science Depth | CogSci - Integrative Requirement | Advanced Small Seminar | PhiFo - Philosophy of Science | PhiFo - Integrative Requirement | Neuro - Philosophical and Theoretical Approaches | Neuro - Integrative Requirement
2021 - 2022
Autumn
Wednesday
11:30 AM
1:00 PM
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