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Philosophy (BHA Concentration)

Pat Doyle, BHA Philosophy Concentration Advisor (BH 161G)

BHA Philosophy Concentration

(81 units minimum)

The BHA Concentration in in Philosophy provides students with a broad humanities education and sharpens their analytical skills. We encourage, but do not require, students to choose a thematic concentration through their electives. Sample curricula emphasizing Pre-Law, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Ethics and Social Philosophy, and Philosophy of Mind are suggested in the Philosophy, B.A. section of the Undergraduate Catalog. However, alternative emphases can be proposed and approved by the concentration advisor.

In any of the areas listed, substitutions of courses that cohere with a student’s interest may be allowed with approval from the concentration advisor.

Introduction to Philosophy (1 course, 9 units)
Units
80-100Introduction to Philosophy9
Area 1: Values and Normative Theory (1 course, 9 units)
80-130Introduction to Ethics9
80-234Philosophy of Race and Gender9
80-135Introduction to Political Philosophy9
80-136Social Structure, Public Policy & Ethics9
80-244Environmental Ethics9
80-245Medical Ethics9
80-246Moral Psychology9
80-249AI, Society, and Humanity9
80-330Ethical Theory9
80-335Social and Political Philosophy9
80-336Philosophy of Law9
80-348Health, Human Rights, and International Development9
80-447Seminar in Global Justice9
Area 2: Philosophy of Mind/Language/Metaphysics (1 course, 9 units)
80-180Introduction to Linguistics9
80-260Dangerous Ideas in Psychiatry9
80-270Problems of Mind and Body: Meaning and Doing9
80-271Mind and Body: The Objective and the Subjective9
80-276Philosophy of Religion9
80-280Linguistic Analysis9
80-283It Matters How You Say It9
80-285Natural Language Syntax9
80-381Meaning in Language9
80-383Language in Use9
80-484Language and Thought9
Area 3: Logic/Philosophy of Mathematics (1 course, 9 units)
80-210Logic and Proofs9
80-211Logic and Mathematical Inquiry9
80-212Arguments and Logical Analysis9
80-310Formal Logic9
80-311Undecidability and Incompleteness9
80-312Mathematical Revolutions9
80-315Logics for Knowledge and Belief9
80-411Proof Theory9
80-413Category Theory9
80-419Interactive Theorem Proving9
80-514Categorical Logic9
Area 4: Epistemology/Methodology (1 course, 9 units)
80-150Nature of Reason9
80-201Knowledge and Justified Belief9
80-208Against the Algorithm: Critical Thinking as a Way of Life9
80-220Philosophy of Science9
80-221Philosophy of Social Science9
80-226The Nature of Scientific Revolutions9
80-261Experience, Reason, and Truth9
80-305Game Theory9
80-306Decision Theory9
80-324Philosophy of Economics9
80-325Foundations of Causation and Machine Learning9
80-329Philosophy and Causation9
80-490Philosophical and Practical Aspects of AI9
80-516Causality and Machine Learning9
80-521Seminar on Formal Epistemology: Uncertain Interpretations9
80-524Topics in Formal Epistemology: Topological Philosophy of Science9
Area 5: History of Philosophy (1 course, 9 units)
80-150Nature of Reason9
80-226The Nature of Scientific Revolutions9
80-250Ancient Philosophy9
80-251Modern Philosophy9
80-252Kant9
80-253Continental Philosophy9
80-254The History of Analytic Philosophy and Its Influence9
80-255Pragmatism: Scientific Approach to Philosophy9
80-260Dangerous Ideas in Psychiatry9
80-261Experience, Reason, and Truth9
80-350Adam Smith9
80-365Ramsey9
80-490Philosophical and Practical Aspects of AI9
80-551Seminar on History of Philosophy: Smith and Hume9
Area 6: Electives (3 courses, 27 units)

Three other philosophy courses, or appropriate courses from other departments, with the permission of the concentration advisor.

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