Ex.phil. English group, autumn term 2013, seminars, Wednesdays ...

Ex.phil. English group, autumn term 2013, seminars, Wednesdays 2.15 – 4.00 pm. Teacher: Egil Hjelmervik (e-mail [email protected]) Office: Georg Morgenstierne Building, room 420. Phone 22855727. Attendance is obligatory at these seminars. The students should read the texts and commentaries in advance, and actively participate in the discussion in class. Week

Theme

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Information about the course: organisation and presentation, student participation, curriculum etc. ”Reading philosophy”.

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Plato. Texts: The Meno. The Republic (extracts).

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Aristotle. Texts: The Metaphysics, The Nicomachean Ethics, The Physics (extracts)

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Descartes. Text: Discourse on the Method (extracts)

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Hume. Texts: Enquiry, Treatise (extracts)

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Kant, theory of knowledge. Text: Critique of Pure Reason (extracts)

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Kant, ethics. Text: Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals (extracts)

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Physics, biology, feminism. Texts by Darwin, Feynman and De Beauvoir.

Week 9 (42) is study week; no seminar or lecture takes place during this period. A plan of the last seven weeks (ethics), weeks 43-48, will be handed out at a later stage. Essay titles for pt. 1 will be handed out during the third week (week 36); essay titles in pt. 2 during the tenth week (week 43). A multiple choice test (pass/no pass) will be held during the last class.