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In form and in content, this coming semester will be like no other.
We will live differently, work differently and learn differently.
We will live differently, work differently and learn differently.
But in its very difference rests its enormous power.
But in its very difference rests its enormous power.
The mission of Yeshiva University is to enrich the moral, intellectual and spiritual development of each of our students, empowering them with the knowledge and abilities to become people of impact and leaders of tomorrow.
The mission of Yeshiva University is to enrich the moral, intellectual and spiritual development of each of our students, empowering them with the knowledge and abilities to become people of impact and leaders of tomorrow.
Next year studies will be especially instrumental in shaping the course of our students â„˘ lives.
Next year studies will be especially instrumental in shaping the course of our students â„˘ lives.
Character is formed and developed in times of deep adversity.
Character is formed and developed in times of deep adversity.
This is the kind of teachable moment that Yeshiva University was made for.
This is the kind of teachable moment that Yeshiva University was made for.
As such, we have developed an educational plan for next year that features a high-quality student experience and prioritizes personal growth during this Coronavirus era.
As such, we have developed an educational plan for next year that features a high-quality student experience and prioritizes personal growth during this Coronavirus era.
Our students will be able to work through the difficulties, issues and opportunities posed by our COVID-19 era with our stellar rabbis and faculty, as well as their close friends and peers at Yeshiva.
Our students will be able to work through the difficulties, issues and opportunities posed by our COVID-19 era with our stellar rabbis and faculty, as well as their close friends and peers at Yeshiva.
To develop our plans for the fall, we have convened a Scenario Planning Task Force made up of representatives across the major areas of our campus.
To develop our plans for the fall, we have convened a Scenario Planning Task Force made up of representatives across the major areas of our campus.
Their planning has been guided by the latest medical information, government directives, direct input from our rabbis, faculty and students, and best practices from industry and university leaders across the country.
Their planning has been guided by the latest medical information, government directives, direct input from our rabbis, faculty and students, and best practices from industry and university leaders across the country.
I am deeply thankful to our task force members and all who supported them for their tireless work in addressing the myriad details involved in bringing students back to campus and restarting our educational enterprise.
I am deeply thankful to our task force members and all who supported them for their tireless work in addressing the myriad details involved in bringing students back to campus and restarting our educational enterprise.
In concert with the recommendations from our task force, I am announcing today that our fall semester will reflect a hybrid model.
In concert with the recommendations from our task force, I am announcing today that our fall semester will reflect a hybrid model.
It will allow many students to return in a careful way by incorporating online and virtual learning with on-campus classroom instruction.
It will allow many students to return in a careful way by incorporating online and virtual learning with on-campus classroom instruction.
It also enables students who prefer to not be on campus to have a rich student experience by continuing their studies online and benefitting from a full range of online student services and extracurricular programs.
It also enables students who prefer to not be on campus to have a rich student experience by continuing their studies online and benefitting from a full range of online student services and extracurricular programs.
In bringing our students back to campus, safety is our first priority.
In bringing our students back to campus, safety is our first priority.
Many aspects of campus life will change for this coming semester.
Many aspects of campus life will change for this coming semester.
Gatherings will be limited, larger courses will move completely online.
Gatherings will be limited, larger courses will move completely online.
Throughout campus everyone will need to adhere to our medical guidelines, including social distancing, wearing facemasks, and our testing and contact tracing policies.
Throughout campus everyone will need to adhere to our medical guidelines, including social distancing, wearing facemasks, and our testing and contact tracing policies.
Due to our focus on minimizing risk, our undergraduate students will begin the first few weeks of the fall semester online and move onto the campus after the Jewish holidays.
Due to our focus on minimizing risk, our undergraduate students will begin the first few weeks of the fall semester online and move onto the campus after the Jewish holidays.
This schedule will limit the amount of back and forth travel for our students by concentrating the on-campus component of the fall semester to one consecutive segment.
This schedule will limit the amount of back and forth travel for our students by concentrating the on-campus component of the fall semester to one consecutive segment.
Throughout our planning, we have used the analogy of a dimmer switch.
Throughout our planning, we have used the analogy of a dimmer switch.
Reopening our campuses will not be a simple binary, like an on/off light switch, but more like a dimmer in which we have the flexibility to scale backwards and forwards to properly respond as the health situation evolves.
Reopening our campuses will not be a simple binary, like an on/off light switch, but more like a dimmer in which we have the flexibility to scale backwards and forwards to properly respond as the health situation evolves.
It is very possible that some plans could change, depending upon the progression of the virus and/or applicable state and local government guidance.
It is very possible that some plans could change, depending upon the progression of the virus and/or applicable state and local government guidance.
Before our semester begins, we will provide more updates reflecting our most current guidance.
Before our semester begins, we will provide more updates reflecting our most current guidance.
Please check our website, yu.edu/fall2020 for regular updates.
Please check our website, yu.edu/fall2020 for regular updates.
We understand that even after reading through this guide, you might have many additional questions, so we will be posting an extensive FAQ section online as well.
We understand that even after reading through this guide, you might have many additional questions, so we will be posting an extensive FAQ section online as well.
Additionally, we will also be holding community calls for faculty, students, staff and parents over the next couple of months.
Additionally, we will also be holding community calls for faculty, students, staff and parents over the next couple of months.
Planning for the future during this moment has certainly been humbling.
Planning for the future during this moment has certainly been humbling.
This Coronavirus has reminded us time and time again of the lessons from our Jewish tradition that we are not in full control of our circumstances.
This Coronavirus has reminded us time and time again of the lessons from our Jewish tradition that we are not in full control of our circumstances.
But our tradition also teaches us that we are in control of our response to our circumstances.
But our tradition also teaches us that we are in control of our response to our circumstances.
Next semester will present significant challenges and changes.
Next semester will present significant challenges and changes.
There will be some compromises and minor inconveniences--not every issue has a perfect solution.
There will be some compromises and minor inconveniences--not every issue has a perfect solution.
But faith and fortitude, mutual cooperation and resilience are essential life lessons that are accentuated during this period.
But faith and fortitude, mutual cooperation and resilience are essential life lessons that are accentuated during this period.
And if we all commit to respond with graciousness, kindness, and love, we can transform new campus realities into profound life lessons for our future.
And if we all commit to respond with graciousness, kindness, and love, we can transform new campus realities into profound life lessons for our future.
Deeply rooted in our Jewish values and forward focused in preparing for the careers and competencies of the future, we journey together with you, our Yeshiva University community, through these uncharted waters.
Deeply rooted in our Jewish values and forward focused in preparing for the careers and competencies of the future, we journey together with you, our Yeshiva University community, through these uncharted waters.
Next year will be a formative year in the lives of our students, and together we will rise to the moment so that our students will emerge stronger and better prepared to be leaders of the world of tomorrow.
Next year will be a formative year in the lives of our students, and together we will rise to the moment so that our students will emerge stronger and better prepared to be leaders of the world of tomorrow.
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Best Wishes, Ari Berman Don't show again OK Skip to main content Skip to search Apply menu Apply Graduate Utility navigation Give Life Offices Academics Alumni Teaching Full List Schools Yeshiva College School Navigation Menu About YC Contact Us Departments & Programs New Pathways & Dual Degrees Architecture Art Bible, Hebrew and Near Eastern Studies Biology Chemistry and Biochemistry Computer Science Creative Writing Economics English History The Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program Jewish Studies Mathematics Media Studies Philip and Sarah Belz Department of Music Philosophy Physics Political Science Pre-Engineering Psychology Sociology YC Core Curriculum Student Resources Academic Advising Calendars Learning Success Center Tools for Success News and Events Student Life a place to Search Philosophy Apply Now Contact Us Artificial Intelligence Biotechnology Cybersecurity Data Analytics and Visualization Digital Marketing and Media Mathematics Occupational Therapy Physician Assistant Physics Speech-Language Pathology The study of philosophy is significant to all who wish to live in a reflective and critical manner.
At Yeshiva College, courses in philosophy cover the full range of historical periods.
At Yeshiva College, courses in philosophy cover the full range of historical periods.
Students closely study many of the classic texts in the field, examine differing areas of philosophical inquiry, and learn rigorous methods of argument.
Students closely study many of the classic texts in the field, examine differing areas of philosophical inquiry, and learn rigorous methods of argument.
Issues that affect our daily lives are central to philosophical inquiry and analysis: ethics, morality, the nature of knowledge and meaning, the character of the world, freedom, justice, and much more.
Issues that affect our daily lives are central to philosophical inquiry and analysis: ethics, morality, the nature of knowledge and meaning, the character of the world, freedom, justice, and much more.
Philosophy explores fundamental problems of human existence.
Philosophy explores fundamental problems of human existence.
Virtually every area of human activity art, science, religion, politics generates questions and ideas that call for philosophical reflection.
Virtually every area of human activityart, science, religion, politics generates questions and ideas that call for philosophical reflection.
As Socrates taught, the unexamined life is not worth living.
As Socrates taught, the unexamined life is not worth living.
Philosophy is a discipline unique in its methods and subject matter.
Philosophy is a discipline unique in its methods and subject matter.
Studying its sources and mastering its methods are invaluable in your general undergraduate education.
Studying its sources and mastering its methods are invaluable in your general undergraduate education.
You will learn to analyze complex ideas carefully and clearly; to eschew vague, impressionistic thinking in favor of critical, rigorous, precise reflection; to read with care, curiosity and wonder; to write in an organized and persuasive fashion.
You will learn to analyze complex ideas carefully and clearly; to eschew vague, impressionistic thinking in favor of critical, rigorous, precise reflection; to read with care, curiosity and wonder; to write in an organized and persuasive fashion.
The philosophy program at Yeshiva College attempts to strike a balance between courses that discuss the history of philosophy (that is major thinkers and movements) and courses that cover particular areas and specific problems.
The philosophy program at Yeshiva College attempts to strike a balance between courses that discuss the history of philosophy (that is major thinkers and movements) and courses that cover particular areas and specific problems.
Interdisciplinary courses probe the interface of philosophy with other fields, including religious thought (e.g., Epistemology of Judaism Â; Metaphysics of Judaism Â), mathematics (e.g., Axiomatic Set Theory Â), computer science (e.g., Computability & Logic Â), and political theory (e.g., Rawls â„˘ Theory of Justice Â).
Interdisciplinary courses probe the interface of philosophy with other fields, including religious thought (e.g.,Epistemology of Judaism Â; Metaphysics of Judaism Â), mathematics (e.g., Axiomatic Set Theory Â), computer science (e.g., Computability & Logic Â), and political theory (e.g., Rawls â„˘ Theory of Justice Â).
Some of these courses provide perspectives unavailable at any other college.
Some of these courses provide perspectives unavailable at any other college.
The seminar (PHI 4931, 4932) concentrates in depth, either on a particular philosopher, or on a particular issue (such as free will, or modal logic, or contemporary ethical and political philosophy), or on a philosophical movement.
The seminar (PHI 4931, 4932) concentrates in depth, either on a particular philosopher, or on a particular issue (such as free will, or modal logic, or contemporary ethical and political philosophy), or on a philosophical movement.
Mission Statement The mission of the philosophy department is: (1) to make all students who take philosophy courses intellectually more rigorous (where intellectual rigor consists in being: (i) explicit, (ii) precise, and (iii) meticulously correct about matters of logic), and (2) to prepare students (who intend to do so) to pursue advanced studies in the field or in fields for which training in philosophy (and its attendant intellectual rigor) is especially important, such as Mathematics, Medicine, Law, and Religious Studies.
Mission Statement The mission of the philosophy department is: (1) to make all students who take philosophy courses intellectually more rigorous (where intellectual rigor consists in being: (i) explicit, (ii) precise, and (iii) meticulously correct about matters of logic), and (2) to prepare students (who intend to do so) to pursue advanced studies in the field or in fields for which training in philosophy (and its attendant intellectual rigor) is especially important, such as Mathematics, Medicine, Law, and Religious Studies.
Both aspects of the mission are accomplished by: (i) developing students â„˘ ability to reason, (ii) acquainting students with a selection of fundamentally important philosophical arguments, claims, problems, and paradoxes, and (iii) training students in the intellectually rigorous expression of their own claims and arguments.
Both aspects of the mission are accomplished by: (i) developing students â„˘ ability to reason, (ii) acquainting students with a selection of fundamentally important philosophical arguments, claims, problems, and paradoxes, and (iii) training students in the intellectually rigorous expression of their own claims and arguments.
Student Learning Goals Evaluate philosophical arguments.
Student Learning Goals Evaluate philosophical arguments.
Be well acquainted with philosophical issues pertinent to the field.
Be well acquainted with philosophical issues pertinent to the field.
Construct their own philosophical arguments.
Construct their own philosophical arguments.
Effectively communicate their own philosophical arguments.
Effectively communicate their own philosophical arguments.
For more information about the Philosophy Department at Yeshiva College, please contact Professor David Johnson at dajohnso@yu.edu .
For more information about the Philosophy Department at Yeshiva College, please contact Professor David Johnson at dajohnso@yu.edu .
Program Information Courses Please see the Schedule of Classes for the current semester offerings.
Program Information Courses Please see the Schedule of Classes for the current semester offerings.
PHI 1010 or 1010H Philosophy and Propositional Logic 3 credits Truth, semantic paradoxes, conditionals and probability, possible worlds, vagueness, logical consequence, and other crucial topics in philosophy.
PHI 1010 or 1010H Philosophy and Propositional Logic 3 credits Truth, semantic paradoxes, conditionals and probability, possible worlds, vagueness, logical consequence, and other crucial topics in philosophy.
PHI 1011 Introduction to Philosophy I 3 credit A rigorous introduction to philosophy PHI 1100 Logic Introduction to formal logic.
PHI 1011 Introduction to Philosophy I 3 credit A rigorous introduction to philosophy PHI 1100 Logic Introduction to formal logic.
3 credits PHI 1130 Advanced Logic 3 credits Advanced logic.
3 credits PHI 1130 Advanced Logic 3 credits Advanced logic.
Topics are selected from the following: 1) soundness and completeness proofs; 2) meticulous examination of Godel proof of his first incompleteness theorem; 3) modal logic; and 4) axiomatic set theory.
Topics are selected from the following: 1) soundness and completeness proofs; 2) meticulous examination of Godel proof of his first incompleteness theorem; 3) modal logic; and 4) axiomatic set theory.
Prerequisite: PHI 1100.
Prerequisite: PHI 1100.
PHI 1220 Philosophy of Language 3 credits Theories of meaning, reference, and truth.
PHI 1220 Philosophy of Language 3 credits Theories of meaning, reference, and truth.
PHI 1320 Theories of the Mind 3 credits Examination of rival conceptions of mind and self, and of differing explanatory models for human behavior.
PHI 1320 Theories of the Mind 3 credits Examination of rival conceptions of mind and self, and of differing explanatory models for human behavior.
3 credits PHI 1360 Theory of Knowledge Fundamental Issues concerning the nature of knowlege, justification, and belief 3 credits PHI 1400 Philosophy of Science Fundamental Issues concerning the nature of science, e.g., (i) What is a law of nature?
3 credits PHI 1360 Theory of Knowledge Fundamental Issues concerning the nature of knowlege, justification, and belief 3 credits PHI 1400 Philosophy of Science Fundamental Issues concerning the nature of science, e.g., (i) What is a law of nature?
(ii) What is evidence (iii) How are scientific hypotheses confirmed?
(ii) What is evidence (iii) How are scientific hypotheses confirmed?
3 credits PHI 1550 Metaphysics What is the nature of reality?
3 credits PHI 1550 Metaphysics What is the nature of reality?
3 credits PHI 1600 Ethics Fundamental moral problems such as the place of pleasure and happiness in the moral life, and the relation between individual interests and social obligations.
3 credits PHI 1600 Ethics Fundamental moral problems such as the place of pleasure and happiness in the moral life, and the relation between individual interests and social obligations.
Readings from classical and contemporary works.
Readings from classical and contemporary works.
3 credits PHI 1800 Philosophy of Art 3 credits PHI 2170 Ancient and Medieval Philosophy From the pre-Socratics to Thomas Aquinas, with emphasis on Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Boethius, and Aquinas.
3 credits PHI 1800 Philosophy of Art 3 credits PHI 2170 Ancient and Medieval Philosophy From the pre-Socratics to Thomas Aquinas, with emphasis on Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Boethius, and Aquinas.
3 credits PHI 2420 Modern Philosophy 3 credits Continental rationalism and British empiricism, from Descartes to Hume.
3 credits PHI 2420 Modern Philosophy 3 credits Continental rationalism and British empiricism, from Descartes to Hume.
PHI 2560 Philosophy in the 19th and 20th Centuries 3 credits The chief contributions of Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Russell, Moore, and Wittgenstein, and of very important philosophers from the latter half of the 20th century, including David Lewis and Saul Kripke.
PHI 2560 Philosophy in the 19th and 20th Centuries 3 credits The chief contributions of Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Russell, Moore, and Wittgenstein, and of very important philosophers from the latter half of the 20th century, including David Lewis and Saul Kripke.
PHI 2650 Phenomenology and Existentialism Critical examination of these two related movements, with special attention to the works of Husserl, Heidegger, and Sartre.
PHI 2650 Phenomenology and Existentialism Critical examination of these two related movements, with special attention to the works of Husserl, Heidegger, and Sartre.
3 credits PHI 3402 Philosophy of Law Fundamental questions about the nature and scope of law, grounds for legal obligation, and the justification of particular jural practices, such as punishment.
3 credits PHI 3402 Philosophy of Law Fundamental questions about the nature and scope of law, grounds for legal obligation, and the justification of particular jural practices, such as punishment.
3 credits PHI 4901 Independent Study PHI 4911 Guided Project Meet with the Yeshiva College academic dean.
3 credits PHI 4901 Independent Study PHI 4911 Guided Project Meet with the Yeshiva College academic dean.
PHI 4930 Topics 3 credits PHI 4931 Seminar Intensive study of a philosopher, a philosophical issue, or a philosophical movement.