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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 1/16.
- Passages from Descartes, Leibniz, and Hegel—to be discussed on 1/23.
- Heidegger’s “On the Essence of Truth” (1930)—to be discussed from 1/30-2/8.
- Passages from Newton and Galileo—to be discussed on 2/20.
- Heidegger’s “The Nature of Language” (1957-58)—to be discussed from 4/14-4/18.
Guides
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The Greek Alphabet—to help you cope with the Greek in The Question Concerning the Thing (.pdf file—25K).
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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
Class Blackboard Site
