| PHIL 33 --
Philosophy between Reason and Despair Spring 2015 |
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| Professor:
Clinton Tolley office: H&SS 8018 hours: Tues 11:30-1pm email: ctolley [at] ucsd.edu |
Teaching Assistant:
Peter
Yong office: H&SS 8029 hours: Thurs 2:15-3:15pm email: p1yong [at] ucsd.edu |
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| Time:
Tues, Thurs 3:30pm--4:50pm Location: Warren Lecture Hall (WLH) 2205 [map] NOTE: despite what is posted on the Registrar's course listings, there will *NOT* be required sections for this course. |
| {available at UCSD
Bookstore (in the Price Center)} Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals Paton, trans; Harper Perennial Soren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling Hanney, trans; Penguin Classics Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals Smith, trans; Oxford World's Classics Emma Goldman, Anarchism and Other Essays Dover Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity Citadel/Philosophical Library |
| This course will serve as
an introduction to 19th and early 20th century philosophy,
with a focus on the emerging skepticism about the
authority of reason to answer questions about the ultimate
meaning and value of human life. Readings will include texts from Immanuel Kant, Soren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Emma Goldman, and Simone de Beauvoir. Throughout we will also look to developments in the arts and culture of the period (and today) to help us think through some of the conceptual issues under discussion. |
| {tentative} * weekly reading/lecture questionnaires on TED * weekly online posts on pli * mid-term exam * final exam * attendance * participation |
| {tentative; full syllabus
to posted on TED} weeks 1-3: Kant weeks 3-5: Kierkegaard weeks 6-7: Nietzsche week 8: Goldman weeks 9-10: de Beauvoir |
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Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy entries
The Age of Enlightenment Immanuel Kant Soren Kierkegaard Friedrich Nietzsche Emma Goldman (wikipedia) Simone de Beauvoir |