PHIL 501

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Seminar on the History of Philosophy

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Credit: 2 OR 4 hours.

Study of selected major philosophers, movements, problems, or topics in the history of philosophy.

2 or 4 graduate hours. No professional credit. Approved for Letter and S/U grading. May be repeated. Letter grading applies when offered for 4 hours of credit. For Stage 3 Philosophy PhD students this course is approved for S/U grading when offered for 2 hours of credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor for non-philosophy graduate students.

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PHIL 501 class schedule data for spring 2019
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
57513	Lecture-Discussion	A	3:30PM -6:30PM	R	402 Gregory Hall	Newton, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/19-05/01/19 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: This course will examine three ancient logical problems and both Kantian and post-Kantian attempts to solve them. First, there is the Platonic problem of universals, or of the One in Many: what accounts for the possibility of one feature shared by many different things, or of one thought reoccurring in many different thoughts? Second, there is the problem of the unity of a proposition (from Plato’s Sophist): in virtue of what is a proposition a unity, rather than a mere list of elements? Third, there is the ancient Parmenidean problem of the possibility of thinking a negation: what are we thinking, when we think what is not, and how is such thought possible? We will first consider Kant’s argument that self-consciousness can account for the possibility of the one in the many, of the unity of a thought, and of negation. Then we will look at challenges to Kant’s position among his successors, and at the historical progress (or regress) made by their attempts to answer the three ancient problems. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to students in the Philosophy department.
57514	Lecture-Discussion	B	3:30PM -6:30PM	R	402 Gregory Hall	Newton, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/19-05/01/19 Credit: 2 hours Section Info: TOPIC: This course will examine three ancient logical problems and both Kantian and post-Kantian attempts to solve them. First, there is the Platonic problem of universals, or of the One in Many: what accounts for the possibility of one feature shared by many different things, or of one thought reoccurring in many different thoughts? Second, there is the problem of the unity of a proposition (from Plato’s Sophist): in virtue of what is a proposition a unity, rather than a mere list of elements? Third, there is the ancient Parmenidean problem of the possibility of thinking a negation: what are we thinking, when we think what is not, and how is such thought possible? We will first consider Kant’s argument that self-consciousness can account for the possibility of the one in the many, of the unity of a thought, and of negation. Then we will look at challenges to Kant’s position among his successors, and at the historical progress (or regress) made by their attempts to answer the three ancient problems. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to students in the Philosophy department.
51988	Lecture-Discussion	G2	3:30PM -6:30PM	T	402 Gregory Hall	Sanders, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/19-05/01/19 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Seminar: History of Philosophy Section Info: Socrates: In this course, we will use ancient accounts of Socrates’ trial to structure our investigation into the historical person and philosophy of Socrates, as well as of his cultural/intellectual milieu. In addition to a close reading of Plato’s Apology, primary sources will include selections from other Platonic dialogues, large chunks of Xenophon’s Socratic writings, Aristophanes’ Clouds, and relevant fragments from so-called “Minor Socratics” (all in English translation). Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to students in the Philosophy department.
52267	Lecture-Discussion	G4	3:30PM -6:30PM	T	402 Gregory Hall	Sanders, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/19-05/01/19 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Seminar: History of Philosophy Section Info: Socrates: In this course, we will use ancient accounts of Socrates’ trial to structure our investigation into the historical person and philosophy of Socrates, as well as of his cultural/intellectual milieu. In addition to a close reading of Plato’s Apology, primary sources will include selections from other Platonic dialogues, large chunks of Xenophon’s Socratic writings, Aristophanes’ Clouds, and relevant fragments from so-called “Minor Socratics” (all in English translation). Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to students in the Philosophy department.