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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Philosophy Department

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Philosophy Department offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs.

Undergraduate Programs

• The Major: The philosophy major is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the subject, including its history, methods, and applications.
• The Minor: The philosophy minor is ideal for students who want to explore the subject without committing to a full major.
• The PPE Minor: The Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) minor is an interdisciplinary program that combines the study of philosophy, politics, and economics.
• Lesher Opportunity Fund: This fund provides financial support to undergraduate students pursuing research projects or internships in philosophy.
• Philosophy Club: The Philosophy Club is a student-run organization that hosts events, discussions, and debates on various philosophical topics.
• Take a Philosopher to Lunch: This program allows students to have lunch with a philosophy professor and discuss their research interests.
• Undergraduate Honors and Awards: The department offers several honors and awards to undergraduate students who excel in philosophy, including the Philosophy Departmental Honors and the Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award.
• Writing an Honors Thesis: Students who are pursuing departmental honors in philosophy are required to write an honors thesis under the supervision of a faculty member.

Graduate Programs

• Admissions: The department accepts applications for graduate study in philosophy through the University's Graduate School.
• Admissions FAQs: The department provides answers to frequently asked questions about the admissions process.
• Funding: The department offers various forms of funding to graduate students, including teaching assistantships and research assistantships.
• Graduate Courses: The department offers a wide range of graduate courses in philosophy, including seminars and colloquia.
• Philosophy Links: The department provides links to various philosophical resources, including online journals and professional organizations.
• Placement: The department has a strong track record of placing its graduate students in academic and non-academic positions.
• Program Statistics: The department provides statistics on its graduate program, including enrollment numbers and completion rates.
• Program Summary: The department provides a summary of its graduate program, including its curriculum and research areas.
• Research Strengths: The department has research strengths in various areas of philosophy, including ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology.
• Resources in Neighboring Philosophy Departments: The department provides information on resources available in neighboring philosophy departments, including libraries and research centers.

Courses

• Fall 2024 Courses:
  • PHIL 60.001 – FYS: Plato’s Symposium and Its Influence on Western Art and Literature
  • PHIL 63.001 – FYS: Mind, Brain, and Consciousness
  • PHIL 86.001 – FYS: Persons and Identity
  • PHIL 101.001 – Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas
  • PHIL 105.001 – How to Reason and Argue: An Introduction to Critical Thinking
  • PHIL/RELI 134/126.001 – Reason, Faith, and God: Philosophy of Western Religion
  • PHIL 140.001 – Knowledge and Society
  • PHIL 143.001 – AI and the Future of Humanity: Philosophical Issues about Technology and Human Survival
  • PHIL 155.001 – Truth and Proof: Introduction to Mathematical Logic
  • PHIL 160.001 – Virtue, Value, and Happiness: An Introduction to Moral Theory
  • PHIL 163.001 – Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live
  • PHIL 165.001 – Bioethics
  • PHIL 213.001 – Asian Philosophy
  • PHIL 220.001 – 17th and 18th Century Western Philosophy
  • PHIL 224.001 – Existential Philosophy and the Meaning(lessness) of Life
  • PHIL 251.001 – Inductive Logic and the Scientific Method
  • PHIL/POLI/PWAD 272.001 – The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense
  • PHIL 273H.001 – Honors: Justice, Rights, and the Common Good: Philosophical Perspectives on Social and Economic Issues
  • PHIL 274.001 – Race, Racism, and Social Justice: African-American Political Philosophy
  • PHIL/WGST 275.001 – Moral and Philosophical Issues of Gender in Society
  • PHIL 280.001 – Morality, Law, and Justice: Issues in Legal Philosophy
  • PHIL 282.001 – Human Rights: Philosophical Interrogations
  • PHIL 285.001 – Moral and Philosophical Issues in Education
  • PHIL 292.001 – Field Work in Philosophy: Introducing Philosophy in Primary and Secondary Schools
  • PHIL 330.001 – Metaphysics
  • PHIL 381.001 – Philosophy and Film
  • PHIL/POLI/ECON 384.001 – Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
  • PHIL 412.001 – Plato (on Love, Friendship, and Family)
  • PHIL 428.001 – History of American Philosophy
  • PHIL 464.001 – Moral Responsibility
  • PHIL/POLI/ECON 698.001 – Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course
• Spring 2024 Courses:
  • IDST 111.001 – Triple-I: Ethics, Economics, and Public Policy
  • IDST 120.001 – Triple-I: Myths, Moons, and Methods: Changing Worldviews in Astronomy
  • PHIL 59H.001 – Honors FYS: Proofs of the Existence of God
  • PHIL 63.001 – FYS: Mind, Brain, and Consciousness
  • PHIL 80.001 – FYS: Short Stories and Contemporary Social Problems
  • PHIL 101.001 – Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas
  • PHIL 105.001 – How to Reason and Argue: An Introduction to Critical Thinking
  • PHIL 110.001 – Philosophical Texts that Changed the World: An Introduction to Philosophy through Great Works
  • PHIL/RELI 134/126.001 – Reason, Faith, and God: Philosophy of Western Religion
  • PHIL 140.001 – Knowledge and Society
  • PHIL 143.001 – AI and the Future of Humanity: Philosophical Issues about Technology and Human Survival
  • PHIL/LING 145.001 – Language, Communication, and Human and Animal Minds
  • PHIL 155.001 – Truth and Proof: Introduction to Mathematical Logic
  • PHIL 155H.001 – Honors: Truth and Proof: Introduction to Mathematical Logic
  • PHIL 160.001 – Virtue, Value, and Happiness: An Introduction to Moral Theory
  • PHIL 163.001 – Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live
  • PHIL 163.002 – Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live
  • PHIL 163H.001 – Honors: Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live
  • PHIL 165.001 – Bioethics
  • PHIL 165.002 – Bioethics
  • PHIL 165.003 – Bioethics
  • PHIL 170.001 – Liberty, Rights, and Responsibilities: Introduction to Social Ethics and Political Thought
  • PHIL 210H.001 – Honors: Wonder, Myth, and Reason: Introduction to Ancient Greek Science and Philosophy
  • PHIL 213.001 – Asian Philosophy
  • PHIL 220.001 – 17th and 18th Century Western Philosophy
  • PHIL 224.001 – Existential Philosophy and the Meaning(lessness) of Life
  • PHIL 228.001 – American Philosophy
  • PHIL 265.001 – Ethics, Politics, and Technology
  • PHIL/POLI/PWAD 272.001 – The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense
  • PHIL/POLI/PWAD 272.002 – The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense
  • PHIL/POLI/PWAD 272.003 – The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense
  • PHIL 274.001 – Race, Racism, and Social Justice: African-American Political Philosophy
  • PHIL 274.002 – Race, Racism, and Social Justice: African-American Political Philosophy
  • PHIL/WGST 275.001 – Moral and Philosophical Issues of Gender in Society
  • PHIL 276.001 – Ideology, Capitalism, and Critique
  • PHIL 280.001 – Morality, Law, and Justice: Issues in Legal Philosophy
  • PHIL 282.001 – Human Rights: Philosophical Interrogations
  • PHIL 294.001 – Philosophy across the Lifespan
  • PHIL 330.001 – Metaphysics
  • PHYS/PHIL 354.001 – Quantum Mechanics, Weirdness, and Reality
  • PHIL/PLCY 364.001 – Ethics and Economics
  • PHIL 381.001 – Philosophy and Film
  • PHIL/POLI/ECON 384.001 – Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
  • PHIL/POLI/ECON 384.002 – Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
  • PHIL/POLI/ECON 384.003 – Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
  • PHIL 390.001 – Seminar in Selected Topics (Philosophy of Action)
  • PHIL 412.001 – Plato
  • PHIL 422.001 – Empiricism
  • PHIL 455.001 – Symbolic Logic
  • PHIL 462.001 – Contemporary Moral Philosophy
  • PHIL/POLI/ECON 698.001 – Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course
  • PHIL/POLI/ECON 698.002 – Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course
  • PHIL/POLI/ECON 698.003 – Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course
  • PHIL/POLI/ECON 698.004 – Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course
• Summer 2024 Courses:
  • PHIL 101.001 – Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas
  • PHIL 101.002 – Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas
  • PHIL 105.002 – How to Reason and Argue: An Introduction to Critical Thinking
  • PHIL 143.001 – AI and the Future of Humanity: Philosophical Issues about Technology and Human Survival
  • PHIL 155.002 – Truth and Proof: Introduction to Mathematical Logic
  • PHIL 165.001 – Bioethics
  • PHIL 210.001 – Wonder, Myth, and Reason: Introduction to Ancient Greek Science and Philosophy
  • PHIL 213.001 – Asian Philosophy
  • PHIL/POLI/PWAD 272.001 – The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense
  • PHIL/POLI/PWAD 272.002 – The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense
  • PHIL 280.001 – Morality, Law, and Justice: Issues in Legal Philosophy
• Fall 2023 Courses:
  • IDST 89.001 – FYS: ‘Says Who?’ Climate Research and the Pursuit of Truth
  • IDST 133.001 – Triple-I: How to Not Be Fooled – or Fool Yourself
  • PHIL 51.001 – FYS: Who Was Socrates?
  • PHIL 51.002 – FYS: Who Was Socrates?
  • PHIL 61.001 – FYS: The Self: Aspiration and Transformation
  • PHIL 78.001 – FYS: Death as a Problem for Philosophy: Metaphysical and Ethical
  • PHIL 85.001 – FYS: Reason, Religion, and Reality in the Copernican Revolution
  • PHIL 101.001 – Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas
  • PHIL 101.002 – Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas
  • PHIL 101H.001 – Honors: Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas
  • PHIL 105.001 – How to Reason and Argue: An Introduction to Critical Thinking
  • PHIL 105.002 – How to Reason and Argue: An Introduction to Critical Thinking
  • PHIL 105.003 – How to Reason and Argue: An Introduction to Critical Thinking
  • PHIL 105.004 – How to Reason and Argue: An Introduction to Critical Thinking
  • PHIL 110.001 – Philosophical Texts that Changed the World: An Introduction to Philosophy through Great Works
  • PHIL/RELI 134/126.001 – Reason, Faith, and God: Philosophy of Western Religion
  • PHIL 140.001 – Knowledge and Society
  • PHIL 143.001 – AI and the Future of Humanity: Philosophical Issues about Technology and Human Survival
  • PHIL 150.001 – Theory, Evidence, and Understanding in Science
  • PHIL 155.001 – Truth and Proof: Introduction to Mathematical Logic
  • PHIL 157.001 – Logic and Decision Theory
  • PHIL 160.001 – Virtue, Value, and Happiness: An Introduction to Moral Theory
  • PHIL 163.001 – Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live
  • PHIL 163.002 – Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live
  • PHIL 165.001 – Bioethics
  • PHIL 165.002 – Bioethics
  • PHIL 170.001 – Liberty, Rights, and Responsibilities: Introduction to Social Ethics and Political Thought
  • PHIL 170.002 – Liberty, Rights, and Responsibilities: Introduction to Social Ethics and Political Thought
  • PHIL 211.001 – Perspectives on Gender, Race, and Marginality in Ancient Greek Philosophy, Science, and Medicine
  • PHIL 213.001 – Asian Philosophy
  • PHIL 220H.001 – Honors: 17th and 18th Century Western Philosophy
  • PHIL 224.001 – Existential Philosophy and the Meaning(lessness) of Life
  • PHIL 230H.001 – Honors: Mind, Matter, and Metaphysics: the Philosophy of Experience and Reality
  • PHIL 265.001 – Ethics, Politics, and Technology
  • PHIL 265.002 – Ethics, Politics, and Technology
  • PHIL/POLI/PWAD 272.001 – The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense
  • PHIL/POLI/PWAD 272.002 – The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense
  • PHIL/POLI/PWAD 272.003 – The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense
  • PHIL 273.001 – Justice, Rights, and the Common Good: Philosophical Perspectives on Social and Economic Issues
  • PHIL 273H.001 – Honors: Justice, Rights, and the Common Good: Philosophical Perspectives on Social and Economic Issues
  • PHIL 274H.001 – Honors: Race, Racism, and Social Justice: African-American Political Philosophy
  • PHIL/WGST 275.001 – Moral and Philosophical Issues of Gender in Society
  • PHIL 280.001 – Morality, Law, and Justice: Issues in Legal Philosophy
  • PHIL 292.001 – Field Work in Philosophy: Introducing Philosophy in Primary and Secondary Schools
  • PHIL 381.001 – Philosophy and Film
  • PHIL/POLI/ECON 384.001 – Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
  • PHIL/POLI/ECON 384.002 – Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
  • PHIL 392.001 – Ethics Research Seminar for Undergraduates
  • PHIL 421.001 – Rationalism
  • PHIL 424.001 – Kant’s Practical Philosophy
  • PHIL/POLI/ECON 698.001 – Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course
  • PHIL/POLI/ECON 698.002 – Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course
• Summer 2023 Courses:
  • PHIL 155.01M – Truth and Proof: Introduction to Mathematical Logic
  • PHIL 105.001 – How to Reason and Argue: An Introduction to Critical Thinking
  • PHIL 143.001 – AI and the Future of Humanity: Philosophical Issues about Technology and Human Survival
  • PHIL 163.001 – Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live
  • PHIL 210.001 – Wonder, Myth, and Reason: Introduction to Ancient Greek Science and Philosophy
  • PHIL 210.002 – Wonder, Myth, and Reason: Introduction to Ancient Greek Science and Philosophy
  • PHIL 213.001 – Asian Philosophy
  • PHIL 213.002 – Asian Philosophy
  • PHIL/POLI/PWAD 272.001 – The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense
  • PHIL/POLI/PWAD 272.002 – The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense
  • PHIL 274.001 – Race, Racism, and Social Justice: African-American Political Philosophy
  • PHIL/WGST 275.001 – Moral and Philosophical Issues of Gender in Society
• Spring 2023 Courses:
  • IDST 124.001 – Triple-I: Pandemics: Ethics, Literatures, and Cultures
  • IDST 126.001 – Triple-I: Values and Prices
  • PHIL 55.001 – FYS: Paradoxes
  • PHIL 63.001 – FYS: Mind, Brain, and Consciousness
  • PHIL 80.001 – FYS: Short Stories and Contemporary Social Problems
  • PHIL 101.001 – Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas
  • PHIL 105.001 – How to Reason and Argue: An Introduction to Critical Thinking
  • PHIL 110.001 – Philosophical Texts that Changed the World: An Introduction to Philosophy through Great Works
  • PHIL 112.001 – Making Sense of Ourselves
  • PHIL/RELI 134/126.001 – Reason, Faith, and God: Philosophy of Western Religion
  • PHIL 140.001 – Knowledge and Society
  • PHIL/LING 145.001 – Language, Communication, and Human and Animal Minds
  • PHIL 150H.001 – Honors: Theory, Evidence, and Understanding in Science
  • PHIL 154.001 – Philosophy of the Social Sciences
  • PHIL 155.001 – Truth and Proof: Introduction to Mathematical Logic
  • PHIL 155.002 – Truth and Proof: Introduction to Mathematical Logic
  • PHIL 160.001 – Virtue, Value, and Happiness: An Introduction to Moral Theory
  • PHIL 160H.001 – Honors: Virtue, Value, and Happiness: An Introduction to Moral Theory
  • PHIL 163.001 – Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live
  • PHIL 163.002 – Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live
  • PHIL 163H.001 – Honors: Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live
  • PHIL 163H.002 – Honors: Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live
  • PHIL 165.001 – Bioethics
  • PHIL 165.002 – Bioethics
  • PHIL 185.001 – Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art
  • PHIL 210H.001 – Honors: Wonder, Myth, and Reason: Introduction to Ancient Greek Science and Philosophy
  • PHIL 213.001 – Asian Philosophy
  • PHIL 224.001 – Existential Philosophy and the Meaning(lessness) of Life
  • PHIL 230.001 – Mind, Matter, and Metaphysics: the Philosophy of Experience and Reality
  • PHIL/POLI/PWAD 272.001 – The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense
  • PHIL 274.001 – Race, Racism, and Social Justice: African-American Political Philosophy
  • PHIL/WGST 275.001 – Moral and Philosophical Issues of Gender in Society
  • PHIL 280.001 – Morality, Law, and Justice: Issues in Legal Philosophy
  • PHIL 282.001 – Human Rights: Philosophical Interrogations
  • PHIL 294.001 – Philosophy across the Lifespan
  • PHIL 352.001 – Sex and Death, Life and Health, Species and Evolution: The Philosophy of Biology
  • PHIL/ENEC 368.001 – Living Things, Wilderness, and Ecosystems: An Introduction to Environmental Ethics
  • PHIL 381.001 – Philosophy and Film
  • PHIL/POLI/ECON 384.001 – Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
  • PHIL/POLI/ECON 384.002 – Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
  • PHIL 390.001 – Seminar in Selected Topics (Philosophy of Love and Sex)
  • PHIL 411.001 – Aristotle
  • PHIL 432.001 – The Beginnings of Analytic Philosophy
  • PHIL/LING 455.001 – Symbolic Logic
  • PHIL/POLI/ECON 698.001 – Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course
  • PHIL/POLI/ECON 698.002 – Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course
  • PHIL/POLI/ECON 698.003 – Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course
• Fall 2022 Courses:
  • PHIL 85.001 – FYS: Reason, Religion, and Reality in the Copernican Revolution
  • PHIL 89.001 – FYS: Special Topics (Personal Identity)
  • PHIL 89.002 – FYS: Special Topics (Fun and Games, and Philosophy: An Inquiry into the Nature and Values of Games)
  • PHIL 101.001 – Introduction to Philosophy: Central Problems, Great Minds, Big Ideas
  • PHIL 105.001 – How to Reason and Argue: An Introduction to Critical Thinking
  • PHIL 110.001 – Philosophical Texts that Changed the World: An Introduction to Philosophy through Great Works
  • PHIL 134/RELI 126.001 – Reason, Faith, and God: Philosophy of Western Religion
  • PHIL 140.001 – Knowledge and Society
  • PHIL 143.001 – AI and the Future of Humanity: Philosophical Issues about Technology and Human Survival
  • PHIL/LING 145.001 – Language, Communication, and Human and Animal Minds
  • PHIL 155.001 – Truth and Proof: Introduction to Mathematical Logic
  • PHIL 155H.001 – Honors: Truth and Proof: Introduction to Mathematical Logic
  • PHIL 157.001 – Logic and Decision Theory
  • PHIL 160.001 – Virtue, Value, and Happiness: An Introduction to Moral Theory
  • PHIL 163.001 – Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live
  • PHIL 163.002 – Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live
  • PHIL 164.001 – Morality and Business
  • PHIL 165.001 – Bioethics
  • PHIL 165.002 – Bioethics
  • PHIL 165.003 – Bioethics
  • PHIL 180.001 – Philosophy of Humor
  • PHIL 210.001 – Wonder, Myth, and Reason: Introduction to Ancient Greek Science and Philosophy
  • PHIL 213.001 – Asian Philosophy
  • PHIL 220H.001 – Honors: 17th and 18th Century Western Philosophy
  • PHIL 224H.001 – Honors: Existential Philosophy and the Meaning(lessness) of Life
  • PHIL 228.001 – American Philosophy
  • PHIL/POLI/PWAD 272.001 – The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense
  • PHIL 273.001 – Justice, Rights, and the Common Good: Philosophical Perspectives on Social and Economic Issues
  • PHIL 274.001 – Race, Racism, and Social Justice: African-American Political Philosophy
  • PHIL/WGST 275.001 – Moral and Philosophical Issues of Gender in Society
  • PHIL 280.001 – Morality, Law, and Justice: Issues in Legal Philosophy
  • PHIL 282.001 – Human Rights: Philosophical Interrogations
  • PHIL 285.001 – Moral and Philosophical Issues in Education
  • PHIL 292.001 – Field Work in Philosophy: Introducing Philosophy in Primary and Secondary Schools
  • PHIL 330.001 – Metaphysics
  • PHIL/PLCY 364.001 – Ethics and Economics
  • PHIL/POLI/ECON 384.001 – Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
  • PHIL/POLI/ECON 384.002 – Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
  • PHIL/POLI/ECON 384.003 – Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
  • PHIL 397.001 – Philosophy Research Seminar for Undergraduates
  • PHIL 426.001 – Nietzsche
  • PHIL 450.001 – Philosophy of Natural Sciences
  • PHIL 471.001 – Topics in 19th Century Philosophy
  • PHIL 480.001 – Philosophy of Law
  • PHIL/POLI/ECON 698.001 – Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course
  • PHIL/POLI/ECON 698.002 – Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course

News

• New Research On 600,000 College Students Finds That Studying Philosophy Does Make People Better Thinkers
• Rosalind Chaplin and Daniel Muñoz Selected for Inclusion in the Philosopher’s Annual for 2024
• John Templeton Foundation Awards Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society $3.2 Million to Support PPE Research
• Susan Wolf Elected Fellow of The British Academy
• Vazquez, Stroud Awarded Major Grant to Helm Campus-wide Initiative on Attentional Virtue