Jan. 30th: Introduction to the course; a sketch of the
history of philosophy
Feb. 1st: Plato, Gorgias,
pp. 1-27: beginning-461b
Feb. 6th: Gorgias,
pp. 27-62: 461c-481b; Exercise 1, due Feb. 10th
Feb. 8th: Gorgias,
pp. 27-62: 461c-481b
Feb. 13th: No classes
Feb. 15th: Gorgias,
pp. 62-102: 481c-505b
Feb. 20th: No
classes—Tuesday follows a Monday schedule
Feb. 21st: Gorgias,
pp. 102-135: 505c-end; Exercise 2, due Feb. 24th
Feb. 22nd: Aristotle, From Physics
Feb. 27th: Aristotle
Feb. 29th: Aristotle
Mar. 5th: Spinoza, Preface to Theological-Political Treatise; Exercise 3, due Mar. 9th
Mar. 7th: Spinoza
Mar. 12th: Descartes, Meditations,
pp. 13-21:18-30
Mar. 14th: Descartes, pp. 21-24:30-34
Mar. 19th: Descartes, pp. 24-31:35-46; Exercise 4, due Mar.
23rd
Mar. 21st: Descartes, pp. 31-35:46-52; First essay assigned
Mar. 26th: Descartes, pp. bottom 37-top 39:56-58,
42-44:63-67
Mar. 28th: Descartes, pp. 47-49:72-74, pp. 51-53:78-81, pp.
56-58:86-88
Apr. 2nd: Nagel, “What is it like to be a bat?”; Exercise 5,
due Apr. 6th
Apr. 4th: Nagel; First
essay due
Apr. 9th, 11th: No
classes—Spring recess
Apr. 16th: Hume, “Abstract of a book lately published …”;
Exercise 6, due Apr. 20th
Apr. 18th: Hume
Apr. 19th: Last day
to drop with a grade of ‘W’
Apr. 23rd: Taylor, “Self-Interpreting Animals”
Apr. 25th: Taylor
Apr. 30th: Taylor; Exercise 7, due May 4th
May 2nd: Camus, The
Fall, pp. 2-41
May 7th: Camus, pp. 42-96
May 9th: Camus, pp. 97-119
May 14th: Camus, pp. 119-147; Second
essay assigned
