Writing Intern: Justin Tiwald
jtiwald@uchicago.edu
Classroom participation, including attendance at and participation in writing seminars. Brief exercises on metaphysics, due Jan. 10, Jan. 12, Jan. 17, Jan. 19, Feb. 14, Feb. 28, and Mar. 7. (Each of these will consist of a few short answer, multiple choice, or fill-in-the-blanks questions designed to help you focus on terminology and basic issues. We will do the relevant reading and discuss it in class before you have to do each exercise.) Two 4-6 page papers, due Wed., Feb. 9, And Wed., Mar. 16. (Roughly speaking, all the exercises together will count as one paper.)
Cervantes, Adventures of Don Quixote, tr. John Rutherford (Penguin Classics).
Descartes, Selected Philosophical Writings, tr. J. Cottingham, R. Stoothoff and Dugald Murdoch (Cambridge).
Leibniz, Philosophical Essays, ed. R. Ariew and D. Garber (Hackett).
All texts should be available at the Seminary Coop. Readings not on the above list will be made available as photocopies.
(As was the case last quarter, you can use a
different translation/edition at your own risk.)