Week 1. August 24-28 | ||
Mon | No class | |
Wed | No class | |
Fri | First class; no reading due; introduction; review Kant; review French Revolution; review revolutions of 1848; review Plato's Meno | |
Week 2. August 31 - September 4 | ||
Mon | syllabus, generic hand-out, Fichte xiii-xiv, 3-28 | |
Wed | Fichte, 29-57 | |
Fri | Fichte, 57-75 | |
Week 3. September 7-11 | ||
Mon | Fichte, 75-85, 89-92, [93-120], 101-102, 146-48, 160-64 | |
Wed | Fichte, 172-73, [182], 195, 202, 203-08, 218-24 | |
Fri | Fichte, 224-51 | |
Week 4. September 14-18 | ||
Mon | Review day | Fichte paper due |
Wed | Hegel, 1-15 | |
Fri | Hegel, 15-30 | |
Week 5. September 21-25 | ||
Mon | Hegel, 30-45 | |
Wed | Hegel, 46-57 | |
Fri | Hegel, 58-66 | |
Week 6. September 28 - October 2 | ||
Mon | Hegel, 67-79, [79-103] | |
Wed | Hegel, 104-19 | |
Fri | Hegel, 119-28 | |
Week 7. October 5-9 | ||
Mon | Hegel, 128-38, [453-63] | |
Wed | Hegel, 463-78 | |
Fri | Hegel, 479-93 | |
Week 8. October 12-16 | ||
Mon | Review day | Hegel paper due |
Wed | Feuerbach, "Preliminary Theses on the Reform of Philosophy" (hand-out) | |
Fri | No class, mid-term break | |
Week 9. October 19-23 | ||
Mon | Marx & Engels, 37-52
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Wed | Marx & Engels, 52-68
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Fri | Marx & Engels, 68-86
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Week 10. October 26-30 | ||
Mon | Marx & Engels, 86-95, 121-23
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Wed | Review day | Marx & Engels paper due |
Fri | Kierkegaard, 5-18
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Week 11. November 2-6 | ||
Mon | Kierkegaard, 18-36
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Wed | Kierkegaard, 36-48
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Fri | Kierkegaard, 49-71
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Week 12. November 9-13 | ||
Mon | Kierkegaard, 72-88
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Wed | Kierkegaard, 88-111
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Fri | Review day | Kierkegaaard paper due |
Week 13. November 16-20 | ||
Mon | Nietzsche, 2-17 (pages, not sections) | Topic of long paper due |
Wed | Nietzsche, 17-32 | |
Fri | Nietzsche, 35-56 | |
Week 14. November 23-27 | ||
Mon | Nietzsche, 59-76 | Long paper due |
Wed | No class, Thanksgiving break | |
Fri | No class, Thanksgiving break | |
Week 15. November 30 - December 4 | ||
Mon | Nietzsche, 97-118 | |
Wed | Nietzsche, 128-31, 134-36, 145-62, 186-89 | |
Fri | Nietzsche, 201-16 | |
Week 16. December 7-11 | ||
Mon | Nietzsche, 216-237 | |
Wed | Review day | Nietzsche paper due today Evaluation form due before next class |
Fri | Last class, no reading due; oral evaluation | |