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Syllabus

• Syllabus

Texts

• Heidegger, Martin. The Question Concerning the Thing. Thomas K. Trelogan, trans. N.p.: privately printed, 2006.
• _____. Poetry, Language, Thought. Albert Hofstadter, trans. New York: Harper Collins, 1975.
• Kant, Immanuel. Critique of Pure Reason. Norman Kemp Smith, trans. New York: St. Martin, 1969.

• The following additional brief readings will be made available on Blackboard to supplement the foregoing:

• Passages from Parmenides, Plato, and Aristotle—to be discussed on 1/11.
• Passages from Descartes, Leibniz, and Hegel—to be discussed on 1/18.
• Heidegger’s “On the Essence of Truth” (1930)—to be discussed from 1/25-2/3.
• Passages from Newton and Galileo—to be discussed on 2/15.
• Heidegger’s “The Nature of Language” (1957-58)—to be discussed
from 4/10-4/14.

Guides

• The Greek Alphabet—to help you cope with the Greek in The Question Concerning the Thing (.pdf file—25K)
  
• Arguments and Their Evaluation—useful for those still getting their bearings with respect to the art of argument evaluation
  
• Kant’s Classification of Representations, Judgments, and Inferences and Its Connections with His Underlying “Faculty Psychology” (.pdf file—34K)—help with Kant’s vocabulary in his Critique of Pure Reason.
• Guides to Good Writing—Links maintained on the Philosophy Web site to a number of very useful resources.
• Guides to Writing Good Philosophical Essays—Links maintained on the Philosophy Web site to a number of extremely useful guides.

Links

• Relevant E-Texts and Other Course-Related Links
• The Philosophy Web Resources Page Here at UNC

Class Blackboard Site

• Accessible to Registered Students Only