Philosophy Courses at UCSD
Every Philosophy course at University of California, San Diego, with difficulty, workload, and ratings. 101 courses · 741 ratings across the web
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Easiest course
PHIL35
Philosophy in the Americas · 51/100 difficulty
Most challenging
PHIL160
Ethical Theory · 70/100 difficulty
All Philosophy Courses (101)
PHIL10Introduction to Logic
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 164 ratings
PHIL27Ethics and Society
3.2 out of 5 stars3.2· 69 ratings
PHIL13Introduction to Philosophy: Ethics
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 49 ratings
PHIL12Scientific Reasoning
2.9 out of 5 stars2.9· 47 ratings
PHIL28Ethics and Society II
3.3 out of 5 stars3.3· 37 ratings
PHIL31Introduction to Ancient Philosophy
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 34 ratings
PHIL1Introduction to Philosophy
3.3 out of 5 stars3.3· 30 ratings
PHIL120Symbolic Logic I
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 24 ratings
PHIL163Biomedical Ethics
3.7 out of 5 stars3.7· 22 ratings
PHIL14Introduction to Philosophy: The Nature of Reality
3.3 out of 5 stars3.3· 17 ratings
PHIL136Philosophy of Mind
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 14 ratings
PHIL32Philosophy and the Rise of Modern Science
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 14 ratings
PHIL167Contemporary Political Philosophy
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 12 ratings
PHIL168Philosophy of Law
4.1 out of 5 stars4.1· 11 ratings
PHIL101Aristotle
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 10 ratings
PHIL160Ethical Theory
4.6 out of 5 stars4.6· 10 ratings
PHIL147Philosophy of Biology
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 9 ratings
PHIL170Philosophy and Race
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 9 ratings
PHIL35Philosophy in the Americas
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 9 ratings
PHIL137Moral Psychology
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 8 ratings
PHIL148Philosophy and the Environment
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 8 ratings
PHIL162Contemporary Moral Issues
4.4 out of 5 stars4.4· 8 ratings
PHIL185Philosophy of Religion
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 8 ratings
PHIL33Philosophy between Reason and Despair
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 8 ratings
PHIL50Law and Society
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 8 ratings
PHIL100Plato
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 7 ratings
PHIL181Existentialism
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 7 ratings
PHIL51Climate Ethics
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 7 ratings
PHIL87First-year Student Seminar
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 7 ratings
PHIL102Hellenistic Philosophy
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 5 ratings
PHIL110History of Philosophy: Ancient
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 5 ratings
PHIL130Metaphysics
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 5 ratings
PHIL132Epistemology
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 5 ratings
PHIL134Philosophy of Language
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 5 ratings
PHIL166Classics in Political Philosophy
2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 5 ratings
PHIL60Philosophy of Love and Sex
4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 5 ratings
PHIL143Philosophy of Perception
3.3 out of 5 stars3.3· 4 ratings
PHIL161Topics in the History of Ethics
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 4 ratings
PHIL24Science and Pseudoscience
3.3 out of 5 stars3.3· 4 ratings
PHIL111History of Philosophy: Early Modern
2.4 out of 5 stars2.4· 3 ratings
PHIL112History of Philosophy: Late Modern
2.0 out of 5 stars2.0· 3 ratings
PHIL125Probability and Decision Theory
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 3 ratings
PHIL131Topics in Metaphysics
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 3 ratings
PHIL138Responsibility
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 3 ratings
PHIL149Philosophy of Psychology
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 3 ratings
PHIL15Introduction to Philosophy: Knowledge and Its Limits
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 3 ratings
PHIL180Phenomenology
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings
WARR87
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings
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PHIL104The Rationalists
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PHIL105Topics in Early Modern Philosophy
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PHIL106Kant
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PHIL107Hegel
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PHIL108Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
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PHIL109History of Analytic Philosophy
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PHIL115Philosophical Methods Seminar
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PHIL122Advanced Topics in Logic
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PHIL123Philosophy of Logic
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PHIL124Philosophy of Mathematics
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PHIL126Topics in the History of Logic
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PHIL139Global Justice
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PHIL140Free Will
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PHIL141The Meaning of Life
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PHIL142Philosophy of Emotion
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PHIL145Philosophy of Science
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PHIL146Philosophy of Physics
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PHIL150Philosophy of the Cognitive Sciences
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PHIL151Philosophy of Neuroscience
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PHIL152Philosophy of Social Science
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PHIL153Philosophy and Animals
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PHIL155Mexican Philosophy
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PHIL156Latinx Philosophy
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PHIL157Topics in Latin American and Latinx Philosophy
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PHIL158Topics in Chinese Philosophy
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PHIL159Metaethics
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PHIL16Science Fiction and Philosophy
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PHIL164Technology and Human Values
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PHIL165Freedom, Equality, and the Law
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PHIL169Feminism and Philosophy
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PHIL171Topics in Philosophy of Law
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PHIL172Topics in Political Philosophy
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PHIL173Topics in Bioethics
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PHIL174Data Ethics
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PHIL175Aesthetics
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PHIL176Philosophy of Culture
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PHIL177Philosophy and Literature
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PHIL178Topics in German Philosophy Translation-Intermediate
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PHIL179Topics in German Philosophy Translation-Advanced
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PHIL183Topics in Continental Philosophy
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PHIL184Philosophy and Film
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PHIL186Authoritarianism
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PHIL189Applied Ethics
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PHIL191APhilosophy Honors
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PHIL191BThe Honors Essay
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PHIL195PPedagogy and Learning Apprenticeship
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PHIL2Puzzles and Paradoxes
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PHIL25Science, Philosophy, and the Big Questions
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PHIL26Science, Society, and Values
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PHIL55Living in a Digital World
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PHIL65Language and Power
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PHIL90Basic Problem in Philosophy
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