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Academic Year 2000/2001

Spinoza's ETHICS
PHIL 372 SP

This course is devoted to close reading of one of the philosophical masterpieces of the Western tradition. The ETHICS is of genuine contemporary interest, with its metaphysics that combine materialism with theism, its philosophical psychology that anticipates Freud, and its attempt to reconcile human freedom with a belief in scientific explanation. This is a difficult, vast, profound work that requires and will repay close study.

MAJOR READINGS

Spinoza's ETHICS;
Some secondary commentaries

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Weekly short paper and a substantial final paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

This is an advanced undergraduate seminar. To be admitted, students must have sufficient philosophical training to participate in a class at this level. This is a seminar, not a class. Students should be prepared to participate equally with the professor, to make introductory presentations and to organize the material on their own.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA PHIL    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

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