Talbott

Welcome to the Home Page of
WILLIAM J. TALBOTT

Professor
Department of Philosophy
Box 353350
University of Washington
Seattle, WA  98195-3350
Office:  SAVERY 252
Phone:  (206)543-5095   Fax:  (206)685-8740
Email:  wtalbott@u.washington.edu
Web:  http://faculty.washington.edu/wtalbott/

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Course Information

In 2009-2010 I teach the following courses:

AUTUMN QUARTER 2009

GEN ST 197A (Freshman Seminar in Philosophy).

        PHIL 332 (History of Modern Political Philosophy).

PHIL 437 (Philosophy of David Hume).

 

WINTER QUARTER 2010

        PHIL 338 (Philosophy of Human Rights).  

PHIL 410 (Social Philosophy:  The Priority of Liberty).

 

Courses from Previous Years:                                          

        GEN ST 197 (Freshman Seminar in Philosophy).  See Autumn 2008 materials above.

        PHIL 102 (Contemporary Moral Problems)

        PHIL 240 (Introduction to Ethics)

PHIL 332 (History of Modern Political Philosophy).

        PHIL 338 (Philosophy of Human Rights). 

        PHIL 350 (Introduction to Epistemology).

        PHIL 410 (Social Philosophy: The Priority of Liberty). 

PHIL 437 (Philosophy of David Hume).

        PHIL 440 (Philosophical Ethics).

        PHIL 450 (Epistemology). 

        PHIL 466 (Philosophy of Social Sciences--Rationality in the Social Sciences)

        PHIL 490 (Advanced Topics in Epistemology)

        PHIL 538 (Seminar on the Philosophy of Human Rights).

        PHIL 540 (Seminar in Ethics)

        PHIL 550 (Seminar in Epistemology)

 

To see a relatively recent copy of my C.V., click here

 

Send e-mail to me at wtalbott@u.washington.edu