| PHIL 200 --
Pro-Seminar Fall 2013 |
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| Professor:
Clinton Tolley office: HSS 8018 hours: Mon, 12:30-2pm email: ctolley [at] ucsd.edu |
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| Time:
Weds
1:00pm--3:50pm Location: Department seminar room (H&SS) 7077 [map] |
| Kant, Prolegomena
(Cambridge UP) Kant, Groundwork (Cambridge UP) Kant, Critique of the Power of Judgment (Cambridge UP) |
| This year's
pro-seminar will focus on learning and evaluating Kant's
system of philosophy. We will read and discuss (in
this order) all of his /Prolegomena/ and his
/Groundwork/, and large portions of his /Critique of the
Power of Judgment/ -- as well as a few other brief
selections. The course will aim, first, to give a solid introduction to a still widely influential viewpoint on several core areas in philosophy (metaphysics, epistemology, semantics, ethics, action theory, aesthetics, philosophy of science, philosophy of religion, etc.); second, to give an example of what is involved in attempting to formulate a complete and consistent philosophical system; third, to give a firsthand sense for what it's like to do philosophy through the history of philosophy; and finally, to provide an opportunity to practice engaging regularly in public philosophical discussion, both in class and in writing. Prerequisite: first-year graduate student in the Philosophy department. |
| * weekly writing
assignments * attendance * participation |
| {tentative} Weeks 1-3: Prolegomena Weeks 4-6: Groundwork Weeks 7-10: third Critique |
| * Kant's Werke Most of the official 'Akademie' edition of the original German (and, at times, Latin) versions of Kant's texts ('Kants gesammelte Schriften') has been made available in searchable html-format by the University of Bonn. [link] These volumes of the Akademie edition can also be downloaded in pdf-format from the Bibliothèque nationale de France. (I've made a list here.) An excellent resource for historical information about Kant's life and works is Kant in the Classroom, maintained by Steve Naragon (Manchester College). * Secondary literature Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy entries (requires sign-in) Kant
(an overview of his life and thought)
Kantian ethics Idea of autonomy in ethics Idea of universalism in ethics German idealism Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entries Kant's philosophical development Kant's theory of mind and self-consciousness Kant's philosophy of science Kant's critique of metaphysics Kant's moral philosophy Kant's social and political philosophy Kant's philosophy of religion |