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6/26/19
ANALYTIC METAPHYSICS: Donnelly
4/12/21
APPLIED ONTOLOGY: Smith
6/26/19
BIOETHICS: Hershenov
5/3/21
EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHY: Powell
8/18/20
EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY: Beebe
7/7/21
METAETHICS: King
2/6/20
METAPHYSICS OF SCIENCE: Williams
1/25/21
19th CENTURY PHILOSOPHY: Lawler
5/3/21
PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE: Braun
6/26/19
SOCIAL & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: Muldoon
6/26/19
SPACE & TIME: Bittner
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