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Academic Year 2004/2005

Persuasion in Rhetoric and Philosophy in the Ancient Tradition of the West
PHIL 304 SP

What is persuasion and how does it work? The first moral psychology of the western tradition was not a creation of philosophers, but of rhetoricians, who needed an account of moral psychology to investigate the power of persuasion (and to harness it for their own purposes). The philosophers of the ancient western world placed themselves in opposition to the older rhetorical tradition. This course investigates these two views of the nature of persuasion and the psychology each presupposes.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: [PHIL201 or COL359 or CCIV217] OR PHIL217

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Jones,Mary-Hannah    

Times: ..T.R.. 01:10PM-02:30PM;     Location: PAC413;

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 18)

SR. major: 6   Jr. major: 6

SR. non-major: 3   Jr. non-major: 3   SO: X   FR: X

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Speaking, Writing

Last Updated on MAR-21-2005

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