Graduate co-ordinator - Donald Stewart (362 MacKinnon, Ext. 3227) (E-mail: dstewart@arts.uoguelph.ca)
Graduate secretary - Jeanne Hogeterp (347 MacKinnon, Ext. 3272/6388) (E-mail: jhogeter@philo.arts.uoguelph.ca)
Kenneth N. Dorter BA Queen's (NY), MA, PhD Pennsylvania State - Professor
Jean Harvey BA Wales, MA Simon Fraser, PhD British Columbia - Assistant Professor
William H. Hughes BA, Toronto, MA, PhD London - Associate Professor
Jay Lampert BA, MA, PhD Toronto - Assistant Professor
John M. McMurtry BA, MA Toronto, PhD London - Professor
David B. Martens BA, MA Alberta, PhD Brown - Assistant Professor
Jeffrey A. Mitscherling BA California (Santa Barbara), MA McMaster, PhD Guelph - Associate Professor
Jay A. Newman BA Brooklyn, MA Brown, PhD York, FRSC - Professor
Michael E. Ruse BA, PhD Bristol, MA McMaster, Dr. Philos, H.C. (Bergen), FRSC - Professor
Carole Stewart BA, MA Manitoba, PhD London - Associate Professor and Dean of the College of Arts
Donald B. Stewart BA, MA Western Ontario, PhD London - Associate Professor
Karen Wendling BA Michigan State, MA, PhD Toronto - Assistant Professor
Associated Graduate Faculty
John A. Bruce BA, MA Western Ontario, PhD London - Retired
Tobias Chapman BA, MA Western Ontario, DPhil Oxford - Retired
Hugh S. Lehman AB Union, AM, PhD Harvard - Retired
John Leslie BA, MA, M Litt Oxford - Retired
Douglas Odegard BA, MA Western Ontario, PhD London - Retired
Thomas W. Settle BA Leeds, BSc Manchester, ThM Trinity (Toronto), PhD Hong Kong - Retired
Helier J. Robinson BA Sir George Williams, MA, PhD Toronto Retired
In addition to the aforementioned members of the Guelph graduate faculty who support the Guelph MA program, the Guelph-McMaster joint PhD program includes the following faculty members from McMaster University:
Samuel Ajzenstat BA, MA Toronto, PhD Pennsylvania - Associate Professor
Barry G. Allen BA Lethbridge, MA, PhD Princeton - Associate Professor
Catherine Beattie BA McMaster, MA Guelph, PhD London - Associate Professor
Elizabeth Boetzkes BA, MA Alberta, PhD Calgary - Assistant Professor
Nicholas Griffin BA Leicester, PhD Australian National - Professor
David L. Hitchcock BA McMaster, PhD Claremont - Associate Professor
Jill Leblanc BA McMaster, MA, PhD Toronto - Assistant Professor
Sami M. Najm BA Wesleyan, MA, PhD Yale - Associate Professor
Spiro Panagiotou BSc, MA Guelph, PhD St. Andrews - Associate Professor
Evan Simpson AB Amherst, PhD Duke - Professor and Dean of Humanities
Marina Vitkin BA Manitoba, MA, PhD Toronto - Assistant Professor
Mark Vorobej BA Carleton, MA, PhD Toronto - Associate Professor
Wil Waluchow MA Western Ontario, DPhil Oxford - Associate Professor
Admission Requirements
An honours baccalaureate in any discipline from a recognized university.
Degree Requirements
All students must take the MA Research Seminar and complete either a thesis of between 20,000 and 30,000 words or a research project of between 10,000 and 15,000 words. Candidates by thesis must take at least four semester-long courses. Candidates by research project must take at least eight semester-long courses. Candidates with a degree other than philosophy will be assigned courses in accordance with their needs and background up to a maximum of six additional semester courses.
The program offers supervision in most of the traditional areas of philosophy but the special strengths of the program are in continental philosophy; ethics and value theory; metaphysics and epistemology; philosophical logic; philosophy of biology and social; political and legal philosophy.
Admission Requirements
An applicant for admission is required to have an MA in philosophy from a recognized university.
Degree Requirements
Students normally will be required to take six courses in philosophy including the doctoral research seminar (7406960). In special circumstances students may take as few as four courses in philosophy. Students must also demonstrate knowledge in at least five designated fields of study. This may be done by coursework, by examination, by thesis or by a suitable combination of these. A student who has not passed an oral qualifying exam by the end of the second year will not be allowed to continue in the program. All students are required to demonstrate competence in a language other than English. PhD candidates must submit a thesis of not more than 90,000 words (300 pages).
Except where specified, the courses listed below may be offered in any semester, subject to student demand and the availability of an instructor.
Guelph
- 7406310 Plato (0.5)
- A study of some of the major works of Plato.
- 7406311 Aristotle (0.5)
- A study of some of the major works of Aristotle.
- 7406320 Medieval Philosophy (0.5)
- A close examination of particular problems and texts of the medieval
period.
- 7406340 Modern Philosophy (0.5)
- An examination of major texts, from Descartes to Mill.
- 7406500 John Locke (0.5)
- A critical examination of the works of John Locke.
- 7406530 Kant (0.5)
- A critical examination of the works of Immanuel Kant.
- 7406700 Survey of Ancient Philosophy (0.5)
- A survey of ancient philosophy for students in the MA program without a
BA in Philosophy.
- 7406710 Survey of Early Modern Philosophy (0.5)
- A survey of modern philosophy from Hobbes to Hume for students in the
philosophy MA program without a BA in philosophy.
- 7406810 Survey of Late Modern Philosophy (0.5)
- A survey of modern philosophy from Kant to the late 19th century for
students in the MA program without a BA in philosophy.
Ethics/Value Theory
- 7406000 Value Theory (0.5)
- A critical examination of some selected contemporary works in value
theory or aesthetics.
- 7406230 Ethics (0.5)
- A critical examination of some selected contemporary works or problems in
ethical theory.
- 7406240 Biomedical Ethics (0.5)
- A critical examination of some selected contemporary works or of problems
in biomedical ethics.
- 7406580 Clinical Internship in Bioethics (0.5)
- This course provides students doing research in bioethics with the
opportunity to gain practical experience in an appropriate clinical setting. Students will undertake
a project which must be approved by the student's advisory committee. Normally, only students
whose thesis is in bioethics will be permitted to take this course. This course can only be taken as
an addition to the prescribed courses in the PhD program.
- 7406600 Social Philosophy (0.5)
- A critical examination of some selected contemporary works or central
problems in the field of social philosophy.
- 7406760 Science and Ethics (0.5)
- A consideration of the problems which arise in the conjunction of science
and ethics.
Metaphysics/Epistemology
- 7406110 Philosophy of Religion (0.5)
- A critical examination of some selected major works or central problems in
the philosophy of religion.
- 7406120 Philosophy of Mind (0.5)
- A study of contemporary theories of mind and philosophies of
psychology.
- 7406140 Continental Theory I (0.5)
- A study of the historical and contemporary origins of existentialism,
phenomenology and post-modernism, concentrating on one or several of the classic texts.
- 7406150 Continental Theory II (0.5)
- A study of the historical and contemporary origins of existentialism,
phenomenology and post-modernism, concentrating on texts not covered in 7406140 in the same
year.
- 7406200 Problems of Contemporary Philosophy (0.5)
- A study of a particular set of problems in contemporary philosophy.
- 7406210 Metaphysics (0.5)
- A critical examination of some selected major works or central problems in
metaphysics.
- 7406220 Epistemology (0.5)
- A critical examination of some selected major works or central problems in
epistemology.
Philosophy of Science
- 7406720 History of the Philosophy of Science (0.5)
- A survey of the history of the philosophy of science from the Presocratics
to the Positivists.
- 7406730 Contemporary Philosophy of Science (0.5)
- An examination of the contemporary discipline of the philosophy of
science.
- 7406740 Philosophy of Biology (0.5)
- A general introduction to the history and philosophy of biology.
- 7406750 Philosophy of Social Science (0.5)
- A critical examination of issues in the philosophy of social science.
General
- 7406060 Logic (0.5)
- A course designed to bring the individual student to the level of
competence in logical techniques and theory required for graduate studies.
- 7406770 Special Research Paper I (0.5)
- A research course in a topic of the student's choice, guided by an individual
faculty member.
- 7406780 Special Research Paper II (0.5)
- A research course in a topic of the student's choice, guided by an individual
faculty member.
- 7406900 Reading Course (0.5)
- 7406930 Selected Topics I (0.5)
- 7406930 Selected Topics I (0.5)
- Topics in this course will vary from offering to offering.
- 7406940 Selected Topics II (0.5)
- Topics in this course will vary from offering to offering.
- 7406950 MA Seminar (0.5)
- A seminar course in which students work on developing research papers in
topics of their own choice. This course must be taken by all MA students. Students must register
for this course in both fall and winter semesters.
- 7406960 PhD Graduate Seminar (0.5)
- A seminar course in which students work on developing research papers in
topics of their own choice. Students must register for this course in both fall and winter
semesters. PhD students must do at least one and may do two graduate seminar courses during
their programs.
- 7406990 Guided Research Project (1.0)
- A guided research project undertaken by students doing an MA by
coursework, under the supervision of a faculty member.
McMaster
Candidates should consult the chair for the specific offerings in a given year.
*6B03 Theory of Value
*6D03 Twentieth Century Analytic Philosophy
*706 Basic Symbolic Logic
*719 Reading Course
*720 Reading Course
*731 Special Studies in Philosophy
*743 Graduate Seminar I
*744 Graduate Seminar II
*750 Selected Topics in Ancient Philosophy
*751 Selected Topics in Medieval Philosophy
*752 Selected Topics in Modern British Philosophy (1600-1900)
*753 Selected Topics in Early Modern European Philosophy (1600-1800)
*754 Selected Topics in Kant
*755 Selected Topics in Nineteenth Century European Philosophy
*756 Selected Topics in Twentieth Century European Philosophy
*757 Selected Topics in Twentieth Century British Philosophy
*758 Selected Topics in American Philosophy
*759 Selected Topics in Applied Ethics
*760 Selected Topics in Logic & the Theory of Argumentation
*761 Selected Topics in Philosophy of Language
*762 Selected Topics in Metaphysics
*763 Selected Topics in Epistemology & Philosophy
*764 Selected Topics in Social & Political Philosophy
*765 Selected Topics in Ethical Theory
*766 Selected Topics in Philosophy of Religion
*767 Selected Topics in Aesthetics
*768 Selected Topics in Existential Phenomenology & Hermeneutics
*769 Selected Topics in Philosophy of Law
*770 Selected Topics in Philosophy of Education
*771 Selected Topics in Philosophy of Science
