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.

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 2025
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	63769	Lecture-Discussion	HV2	4:00PM -6:50PM	R	402 Gregory Hall	Varden, H	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/25-05/07/25 Credit: 2 hours Section Info: This course focuses on two major works of Immanuel Kant—the Doctrine of Right in The Metaphysics of Morals and the Critique of the Power of Judgment—and two works of Hannah Arendt— The Human Condition and Lectures on Kant’s Political Philosophy. Arendt was deeply inspired by Kant as she developed her political ideas, and especially by his Critique of Judgment. Unfortunately, however, Arendt died before she wrote the last part of Life of the Mind, where she was going to show us how to use Kant’s Critique of Judgment to develop an Arendtian political theory. Our engagements with Kant and Arendt’s political philosophies will focus on the question of how a Kant- and Arendt-inspired political philosopher today—what we can call a “Karendtian” political philosopher—can draw upon from both as they develop their own political philosophies.
	63770	Lecture-Discussion	HV4	4:00PM -6:50PM	R	402 Gregory Hall	Varden, H	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/25-05/07/25 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: This course focuses on two major works of Immanuel Kant—the Doctrine of Right in The Metaphysics of Morals and the Critique of the Power of Judgment—and two works of Hannah Arendt— The Human Condition and Lectures on Kant’s Political Philosophy. Arendt was deeply inspired by Kant as she developed her political ideas, and especially by his Critique of Judgment. Unfortunately, however, Arendt died before she wrote the last part of Life of the Mind, where she was going to show us how to use Kant’s Critique of Judgment to develop an Arendtian political theory. Our engagements with Kant and Arendt’s political philosophies will focus on the question of how a Kant- and Arendt-inspired political philosopher today—what we can call a “Karendtian” political philosopher—can draw upon from both as they develop their own political philosophies.