Syllabus Archive
An archive of every syllabus from every course taught by Ashoka Philosophy faculty can be found at this Google Drive folder (an Ashoka Google account is required to access the folder). Below is a list of all past courses.
2024
Spring 2024
| PHI 1000 | Intro to Philosophy | Saran | RE |
| PHI 1060 | Symbolic Logic | Siantonas | RE |
| PHI 2120 | Epistemology | Siantonas | CC |
| PHI 2180 | Introduction to Philosophy of Mind | Saran | CC |
| PHI 2300 | Introduction to Philosophy of Language | Chakrabarti | CC |
| PHI 2430 | Psychotherapy and the Philosophy of Mind | Watson | HW |
| PHI 2665 | Ethics and Technology | Vaidyanathan | CC |
| PHI 2770 | Political Philosophy | Weltman | CC |
| PHI 2830 | Introduction to the Philosophy of Art | Saeedimehr | CC |
| PHI 3361 | Buddhist Ethics | Kostochka | IN |
| PHI 3425 | Kierkegaard | McDonald | HW |
| PHI 3776 | War and Violence | Harbin | CC |
| PHI 4520 | Wittgenstein | Chakrabarti | HW |
| PHI 4550 | Aristotle and Contemporary Virtue Ethics | Harbin | HW |
| PHI 4695 | Ethics and Emotions | Vaidyanthan | CC |
| PHI 4780 | Advanced Political Philosophy | Weltman | CC |
| PHI 4999 | Capstone Thesis | Weltman | EO |
Note: Professor McDonald and Professor Saeedimehr taught FC Mind and Behaviour.
2023
Monsoon 2023
| PHI 1000 | Intro to Philosophy | Shevchenko | RE |
| PHI 1060 | Symbolic Logic | Siantonas | RE |
| PHI 2000 | Metaphysics | Kostochka | CC |
| PHI 2091 | Philosophy of Non-Violence: Jainism, Tolstoy, Gandhi | Shevchenko | IN |
| PHI 2100 | Samkhya, Yoga, and Advaita Vedanta | Shevchenko | IN |
| PHI 2440 | Ancient Greek Philosophy | Harbin | HW |
| PHI 2730 | Introduction to Ethics | Weltman | CC |
| PHI 2871 | Poetics in Indian Dance | Johar | EO |
| PHI 3095 | Chinese Buddhist Philosophy | Kostochka | IN |
| PHI 3810 | Political Philosophy and Public Policy | Steuwer | EO |
| PHI 3771 | The Idea of Equality | Steuwer | CC |
| PHI 3910 | Philosophy of Religion | Saeedimehr | EO |
| PHI 4430 | Michel Foucault: History of Systems of Thought | McDonald | HW |
| PHI 4730 | Advanced Ethics | Weltman | CC |
| PHI 4998 | Capstone Research | Weltman | EOÂ |
Note: Professor Saran, Professor Harbin, Professor McDonald, and Professor Saeedimehr taught FC Mind and Behaviour.
Spring 2023
| PHI-1000 | Intro to Philosophy | Weltman | RE |
| PHI-1000 | Intro to Philosophy | Kostochka | RE |
| PHI-1060 | Symbolic Logic | Snyder | RE |
| PHI-1060 | Symbolic Logic | Lossau | RE |
| PHI-2300 | Introduction to the Philosophy of Language | Snyder | CC |
| PHI-2360 | Introduction to Indian Philosophy | Shevchenko | IN |
| PHI-2430/PHI-2230 | Psychotherapy and the Philosophy of Mind | Watson | HW or EO but not both |
| PHI-2660 | Bioethics | Harbin | CC |
| PHI-2678 | AI Ethics | Weltman | EO |
| PHI-2679 | Business Ethics | Miller | EO |
| PHI-2702 | Moral Psychology | Kostochka | CC |
| PHI-2820 | Philosophy of Race and Identity | Miller | EO |
| PHI-3190 | Ethics of Belief | Winokur | CC |
| PHI-3250 | The Philosophy of Computability | Johannesson | CC |
| PHI-3440/PHI-3880 | Aesthetic Experience: Historical and Contemporary Approaches | Harbin | HW |
| PHI-4190 | Recent Work in the Philosophy of Perception | Saran | CC |
| PHI-4240 | The Philosophy of Probability and Statistics | Johannesson | CC |
| PHI-4998 | Capstone Research | Weltman | Â |
| PHI-5138 | Independent Research Methodology | Weltman | Â |
Note: Professor Shevchenko will be teaching FC Indian Civilizations. Professors Winokur and Lossau will be teaching FC Mind and Behaviour. Professors Martin and Rosenhagen will be on sabbatical.Â
2022
Monsoon 2022
| PHI 1000 | Intro to Philosophy | Saran | RE |
| PHI 1000 | Intro to Philosophy | Harbin | RE |
| PHI 1060 | Symbolic Logic | Snyder | RE |
| PHI 2090 | Intro to Early Chinese Philosophy | Kostochka | IN |
| PHI-3380 | Classical Indian Epistemology | Shevchenko | IN |
| PHI-2371 | Contemporary Indian Philosophy | Shevchenko | IN |
| PHI-2241 | Introduction to Philosophy of Mathematics | Snyder | CC |
| PHI-3630 | Metaethics | Johannesson | CC |
| PHI-3450 | Aim and Justification of Political Authority: Historical Approaches | Harbin | HW |
| PHI-2470 | Philosophy of Religion: Historical Approaches | Lossau | HW |
| PHI-2240 | Philosophy of Science | Johannesson | CC |
| PHI-3180 | Advanced Philosophy of Mind | Winokur | CC |
| PHI-4777 | Foundations of Government | Miller | CC |
| PHI-2010 | Metaphysics and Epistemology | Miller | CC |
| PHI-4998 | Capstone Research | Weltman | Â |
| PHI-5138 | Independent Research Methodology | Weltman | Â |
Note: Professor Saran, Professor Kostochka, Professor Lossau, Professor Winokur taught FC Mind and Behaviour.Â
Summer 2022
| PHI 2715 | Philosophy of Love | Rosenhagen | EO |
Note: Professor Rosenhagen also taught one FC Principles of Science.
Spring 2022
| PHI 1000 | Intro to Philosophy | Snyder | RE |
| PHI 1000 | Intro to Philosophy | Watson | RE |
| PHI 1060 | Symbolic Logic | Snyder | RE |
| PHI 2000 | Metaphysics | Kostochka | CC |
| PHI 2420 | Ancient Philosophy | Harbin | HW |
| PA 3014 / PHI 2871 | The Sensory Body: Desire, Permission, Transgression | Johar | EO |
| PHIÂ 2880 / ENG 2311 | Philosophy and Literature | Berry | EO |
| PHIÂ 3361 | Buddhist Ethics | Kostochka | IN |
| PHIÂ 3400 | Topics in Indian Philosophy | Watson | IN |
| PHIÂ 3546 | History of Early Analytic Philosophy | Berry | HW |
| PHI 4776 / POL 3801 | Global Justice | Harbin | CC |
| PHI 4180 | Topics in Philosophy of Mind | Saran | CC |
Note: Professor Saran taught one section of FC Mind and Behaviour.
2021
Monsoon 2021
| PHI 1000 | Intro to Philosophy | Saran | RE |
| PHI 1060 | Symbolic Logic | Rosenhagen | RE |
| PHI 2450 | Early Modern Philosophy | Berry | HW |
| PHI 2770 | Political Philosophy | Weltman | CC |
| PHI 3180 | Advanced Philosophy of Mind | Snyder | CC |
| PHIÂ 3776 | War and Violence | Harbin | CC |
| PHI 3695 | Personal Identity and Ethics | Weltman | CC |
| PHIÂ 4380 | Classical Indian Epistemology | Shevchenko | IN |
| PHIÂ 3630/4630 | Metaethics | Berry | CC |
Note: Professors Harbin, Saran, & Snyder taught a section of the FC Mind and Behaviour each.
Summer 2021
| PHI 2715 | Philosophy of Love | Rosenhagen | EO |
Note: Professor Rosenhagen also taught one FC Principles of Science.
Spring 2021
| PHI 1000 | Intro to Philosophy | Lima | RE |
| PHI 1000 | Intro to Philosophy | Saran | RE |
| PHI 1000 | Intro to Philosophy | Watson | RE |
| PHI 1000 | Intro to Philosophy | Weltman | RE |
| PHI 1060 | Symbolic Logic | Snyder | RE |
| PHI 2120 | Epistemology | Rosenhagen | CC |
| PHI 2240 | Philosophy of Science | Dixon | CC |
| PHI 2615 / PHI 2570 | Existentialism and Ethics | Martin | CC or HW, not both |
| PHI 3241 | Philosophy of Mathematics | Snyder | CC |
| PHI 3401 | Indian Philosophy through the Eyes of Bimal Matilal | Watson | IN |
| PHI 3486 | Kant’s Political Philosophy | Weltman | HW |
| PHI 3530 | 19th Century Philosophy | Martin | HW |
| PHI 4000 | Topics in Advanced Metaphysics | Dixon | CC |
| PHI 4631 | Philosophy of Action | Lima | CC |
Note: Professor Saran taught one FC Mind and Behaviour.
2020
Monsoon 2020
| PHI 1000 | Intro to Philosophy | Snyder | RE |
| PHI 1060 | Symbolic Logic | Rosenhagen | RE |
| PHI 2000 | Intro to Metaphysics | Dixon | CC |
| PHI 2401 / PHI 2701 | Moral Psychology of Emotions, taught comparatively | Chakrabarti | CC or IN, not both |
| PHI 2730 | Intro to Ethics | Weltman | CC |
| PHI 3605 | Care Ethics | Dalmiya | CC |
| PHI 3300 | Advanced Philosophy of Language | Snyder | CC |
| PHI 4423 | Advanced Plato: Republic | Chaturvedi | HW |
| PHI 4730 | Advanced Ethics | Weltman | CC |
Note: Professors Chaturvedi, Dixon, and Saran taught one FC Mind and Behaviour each, and Professor Chakrabarti one FC Indian Civilizations.
Summer 2020
| PHI 2715 | Philosophy of Love | Rosenhagen | EO |
Note: Professor Chaturvedi also taught one FC: Mind and Behaviour.
Spring 2020
| PHI 1000 | Introduction to Philosophy | Weltman | RE |
| PHI 1000 | Introduction to Philosophy | Saran | RE |
| PHI 2615 | Existentialism and Ethics | Martin | CC |
| PHI 2391 | Classical Indian Metaphysics | Siderits | IN |
| PHI 2300 | Intro to Philosophy of Language | Lima | CC |
| PHI 3540 | American Philosophy | Haitos | HW |
| PHI 3774 | Political Theory; How We May All Live Together | Miller | CC |
| PHI 4190 | Topics in the Philosophy of Perception | Rosenhagen | CC |
| PHI 4402 | Metacognition in Indian Philosophy (with input from contemporary Cognitive Science) | Siderits | IN |
| — | Ethics and Technology | Weltman | CTS |
| — | Thinking and Arguing Critically: How the Philosophers do it | Miller | CTS |
| — | The Philosophy of Art and Beauty | Haitos | CTS |
| — | Philosophy of Mind | Lima | CTS |
Note: Professors Martin and Saran also taught one FC each, 1x Indian Civilizations (Martin, with Prof. Rita Kothari), 1x Mind and Behaviour (Saran).
2019
Monsoon 2019
| PHI 1060 | Symbolic Logic | Rosenhagen | RE |
| PHI-2546 (HW) / PHI-2807 (CC) | The Creation and Destruction of States: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. | Weltman | HW or CC, not both |
| PHI 2450 | Early Modern Philosophy | Chaturvedi | HW |
| PHI 2772 | Gandhi, Law & Civil Rights Movement: Globalizing Nonviolence | Bilimoria | CC |
| PHI 3403 | Philosophies of India: Comparative Perspectives | Bilimoria | IN |
| PHI 4180 | Topics in Philosophy of Mind | Saran | CC |
Note: Professors Chaturvedi, Saran, Watson, and Weltman also teach one Foundation Course each: 1x Great Books (Chaturvedi), 2x Indian Civilizations (Saran, Watson), and 1x Environmental Studies (Weltman).
Summer 2019
| CTS 167 / PHI 2870 | Bad Music | Chaturvedi | EO |
Note: Professor Chaturvedi also offered a Foundation Course (Mind and Behaviour).
Spring 2019
| PHI 1000 | Introduction to Philosophy | Saran | RE |
| PHI 2000 | Metaphysics | Rosenhagen | CC |
| PHI 2120 | Epistemology | Rosenhagen | CC |
| PHI 2547 / PHI 2610 | How to be Free and Happy | Martin | HW or CC, not both |
| CTS 153 / PHI 2665 | Ethics and Technology | Weltman | CC |
| CTS 167 / PHI 2870 | Bad Music | Chaturvedi | EO |
| CTS 152 / PHI 2951 | Bullshit | Chaturvedi | EO |
| PHI 3360 | Buddhist Philosophy | Watson | IN |
| PHI 3630 | Metaethics | Weltman | CC |
| PHI 4549 / PHI 4831 | Philosophy and Literature | Martin | HW or CC, not both |
2018
Monsoon 2018
| PHI 102 | Introduction to Indian Ontology and Epistemology | Balcerowicz | IN |
| PHI 103 | Symbolic Logic | Rosenhagen | RE |
| PHI 204 | Philosophy of Mind | Saran | CC |
| PHI 214 | Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy | Chaturvedi | HW |
| PHI 215 | Philosophy of Science | Rosenhagen | CC |
| PHI 310 | Normative Ethics | Weltman | CC |
| PHI 404 | Political Philosophy | Weltman | CC |
| PHI 406 | Indian Epistemology | Balcerowicz | IN |
Spring 2018
| CTS 135 | Human Flourishing | Watson | |
| PHI 101 | Introduction to Philosophy | Chaturvedi | RE |
| PHI 211 | Existentialism and Ethics | Martin | HW or CC, not both |
| PHI 212 | Political Philosophy | Perrett | CC |
| PHI 213 | Critical Theory | Gordon | HW |
| PHI 401 | Philosophy of Liberalism | Gordon | CC |
| PHI 402 | Nineteenth Century Philosophy                                      | Martin | HW |
| PHI 403 | Classical Indian Metaphysics | Perrett | IN |
2017
Monsoon 2017
| CTS 227 | Theories of Emotion | Gordon | – |
| CTS 230 | Buddhist Philosophy | Perrett | IN |
| PHI 103 | Symbolic Logic | Dixon | RE |
| PHI 201 | Metaphysics | Perrett | CC |
| PHI 208/408 | Ancient Political Philosophy | Chaturvedi | HW |
| PHI 209 | Intro to Ethics and Global Citizenship | Gordon | CC |
| PHi 305/405 | The Self in Indian Philosophy | Watson | IN |
Spring 2017
| CTS 149 | Philosophy of Science | Fedyk | – |
| PHI 101 | Introduction to Philosophy | Saran | RE |
| PHI 203 | Themes in Indian Philosophy | Watson | IN |
| PHI 204 | Philosophy of Mind | Saran | CC |
| PHI 205 | Epistemology | Dixon | CC |
| PHI 206 | Kant | Chaturvedi | HW |
| PHI 207 | Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art | Chaturvedi | EO |
| PHI 304 | Moral Psychology | Fedyk | EO |
2016
Monsoon 2016
| CTS 220 | Philosophy of Film | Perrett | EO |
| CTS 221 | Early Modern Philosophy | Chaturvedi | HW |
| PHI 103 | Introduction to Logic | Dixon | RE |
| PHI 105 | Introduction to Ancient Greek and Roman Philosopy | Chaturvedi | HW |
| PHI 301 | Vedanta | Watson | IN |
| PHI 302 | Ethics | Perrett | CC |
| PHI 303 | Philosophy of Perception | Saran | EO |
Spring 2016
| CTS 114 | Buddhist Philosophy | Perrett | CTS |
| PHI 101 | Introduction to Philosophy | Saran | RE |
| PHI 201 | Metaphysics | Dixon | CC |
| PHI 202 | Philosophy of Language | Dixon | CC |
| PHI 203 | Themes in Indian Philosophy | Perrett | IN |
2015
Monsoon 2015
| CTS 206 | Philosophy of Mind | Saran | CTS |
| PHI 102 | Introduction to Indian Philosophy | Watson | IN |
| PHI 103 | Symbolic Logic | Dixon | RE |
Spring 2015
| CTS 007 | Existentialism | Lin | CTS |
| PHI 001 | Introduction to Philosophy | Saran | RE |
