PHIL 320 - Seminar in the History of PhilosophySemester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Topic for 2015/16a: Kant. In-depth reading and discussion of Kant’s three great Critiques: Critique of Pure Reason, Critique of Practical Reason, and Critique of Judgment – dealing with epistemology, metaphysics, morality, and aesthetics. Students will gain an understanding of Kant’s central arguments and some important relations between these arguments. Ms. Church.
Topic for 2015/16a: Plato’s Erotic Dialogues. This seminar is devoted to a careful study of several Platonic dialogues-notably Charmides, Symposium, and Phaedrus-that make eros (“love” or “erotic desire”) a central theme. Our aim will be to understand how Plato inherits and transforms Greek cultural attitudes toward homosexuality and pederasty, beauty and desire, body and soul, and moral education in constructing Socrates’ “erotic art” of philosophy. Since our readings include some of Plato’s most impressive artistic achievements, we will want to ask how the aesthetic features of the dialogues relate to the explorations of eros contained within them. Mr. Raymond.
Prerequisite: upper level philosophy courses or permission of the instructor.
One 3-hour period.
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