Philosophy

Department Chair: Nellie Wieland

Department Office: McIntosh Humanities Building (MHB), Rm 917

Telephone: (562) 985‑4331

Website: www.cla.csulb.edu/departments/philosophy/

Email: cla-philos@csulb.edu

Faculty: Patrick Dieveney, Christa Johnson, Alexander Klein, Nicholas Laskowski, Lawrence Nolan, Max Rosenkrantz, Charles Wallis, Nellie Wieland, Cory Wright, Wayne Wright

Advisors: ATLAS

Graduate: Cory Wright

Administrative Support Coordinator: Kaz Mogi

College: College of Liberal Arts  

Courses: PHIL  

Programs

• Philosophy, M.A.

• Philosophy, B.A.

• Philosophy Minor

Courses

General Education Category A must be completed prior to taking any upper-division course except upper-division language courses where students meet formal prerequisites and/or competency equivalent for advanced study.

• PHIL 100 - Introduction to Philosophy
• PHIL 101 - The Meaning of Life
• PHIL 156 - Philosophy of Rock, Rap, and Beyond
• PHIL 160 - Introduction to Ethics
• PHIL 170 - Critical Reasoning
• PHIL 203 - History of Early Western Philosophy
• PHIL 204 - History of Modern Western Philosophy
• PHIL 261 - Philosophy and Film
• PHIL 270 - Symbolic Logic I
• PHIL 306 - Philosophies of China and Japan
• PHIL 330 - Philosophy of Religion
• PHIL 342 - Metaphysics
• PHIL 351 - Political Philosophy
• PHIL 352 - Philosophy of Law
• PHIL 360 - Environmental Ethics
• PHIL 361 - Philosophy of Art
• PHIL 363 - Ethical Theory
• PHIL 370 - Rationality and Decisions
• PHIL 381 - Philosophy of Science
• PHIL 382 - Theory of Knowledge
• PHIL 400 - Business Ethics
• PHIL 401 - Philosophy in Education
• PHIL 403 - Medical Ethics
• PHIL 405 - Philosophy in Literature
• PHIL 413 - Continental Rationalism
• PHIL 414 - British Empiricism
• PHIL 415 - Marx
• PHIL 416 - Pragmatism
• PHIL 418 - Existentialism
• PHIL 419 - Analytic Philosophy
• PHIL 420 - Foucault
• PHIL 421 - Plato
• PHIL 422 - Aristotle
• PHIL 423 - Kant
• PHIL 424 - Hegel
• PHIL 425 - Wittgenstein
• PHIL 451 - Liberty and Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in American Law
• PHIL 455 - Philosophical Perspectives on Sex and Love
• PHIL 482 - Introduction to Cognitive Science
• PHIL 483 - Philosophical Psychology
• PHIL 484 - Philosophy of Language
• PHIL 489 - Philosophy Internship/Pre-Law
• PHIL 490 - Selected Topics - Early Philosophy
• PHIL 491 - Selected Topics - Modern Tradition
• PHIL 492 - Selected Topics - Twentieth Century Philosophy
• PHIL 493 - Selected Topics - Metaphysical Studies
• PHIL 496 - Selected Topics - Value and Evaluation
• PHIL 497H - Undergraduate Honors Seminar
• PHIL 498H - Undergraduate Honors Thesis
• PHIL 499 - Directed Studies
• PHIL 513 - Continental Rationalism
• PHIL 514 - British Empiricism
• PHIL 515 - Marx
• PHIL 516 - Pragmatism
• PHIL 518 - Existentialism
• PHIL 519 - Analytic Philosophy
• PHIL 520 - Foucault
• PHIL 521 - Plato
• PHIL 522 - Aristotle
• PHIL 523 - Kant
• PHIL 524 - Hegel
• PHIL 525 - Wittgenstein
• PHIL 555 - Philosophical Perspectives on Sex and Love
• PHIL 583 - Philosophical Psychology
• PHIL 584 - Philosophy of Language
• PHIL 590 - Selected Topics - Early Philosophy
• PHIL 591 - Selected Topics - Modern Tradition
• PHIL 592 - Selected Topics - Twentieth Century Philosophy
• PHIL 593 - Selected Topics - Metaphysical Studies
• PHIL 596 - Selected Topics - Value and Evaluation
• PHIL 599 - Graduate Tutorial
• PHIL 610 - Proseminar
• PHIL 620 - Selected Topics - History of Philosophy
• PHIL 630 - Selected Topics - Philosophy of Religion
• PHIL 640 - Seminar in Metaphysics
• PHIL 663 - Selected Topics - Ethics
• PHIL 680 - Selected Topics - Epistemology
• PHIL 681 - Selected Topics - Philosophy of Science
• PHIL 690 - Selected Topics - Current Interest in Philosophy
• PHIL 697 - Directed Research
• PHIL 698 - Thesis