The Major in Philosophy Philosophy majors must take ten semester courses in Philosophy, including: PHI 200: Philosophy Colloquium (usually taken in the sophomore year) either PHI 202: Symbolic Logic or LOG 100: Valid and Invalid Reasoning two courses in the history of philosophy, one of which must be either PHI 124: History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy or PHI 125: History of Modern Philosophy two 300-level courses three 200-level courses, each from a different one of the following areas: (Note that topics courses, such as 210, may fall under different rubrics in different years.) Value Theory and Social Philosophy PHI 210: Issues in Recent and Contemporary Philosophy PHI 222: Ethics PHI 233: Æsthetics PHI 234: Philosophy and Human Nature: Theories of the Self PHI 235: Morality, Politics and the Law PHI 240: Philosophy and Women PHI 245: Philosophy of Law: Property PHI 255: Philosophy and Literature Continental Philosophy and Cultural Critique PHI 211: The Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein PHI 237: 19th-Century Philosophy: Nietzsche PHI 260: Theory of Interpretation REL 269: Phenomenology and Existentialism Metaphysics and Epistemology PHI 210: Issues in Recent and Contemporary Philosophy PHI 226: Topics in the History of Philosophy PHI 230: American Philosophy: The Classical Period PHI 234: Morality, Politics and the Law PHI 250: Epistemology Language, Logic and Science PHI 203: Topics in Symbolic Logic PHI 220: Logic and the Undecidable PHI 224: Topics in the History of Scientific Thought PHI 236: Linguistic Structures PHI 262: Meaning and Truth PPY 213: Language Acquisition Courses in related departments may be included in the major program of ten semester courses only with approval of the department. Petitions for approval must be filed with the department at least one week before the beginning of the semester in which the course is offered.