CLAS 332
Aristotle's Metaphysics
Spring 2014
Division I
Writing Skills
Cross-listed
PHIL 332
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Class Details
In this course we will study Aristotle’s Metaphysics concentrating of books gamma-theta. Aristotle sets out to study being qua being, or what is insofar as it is. The thoughts that Aristotle expresses in these books were instrumental in setting an intellectual agenda that dominated western thought through the Middle Ages and provided the backdrop against which the modern philosophical tradition arose. Furthermore, many of the issues that Aristotle takes up in these books remain of central importance in contemporary philosophy. Our main goal in this course is to work our way through Aristotle’s text which can be extremely daunting, and to reconstruct his central positions and his arguments for these positions. We will also read selections from the vast secondary literature on Aristotle’s Metaphysics.
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 12
Expected: 8-10
Class#: 3339
Grading: OPG
Limit: 12
Expected: 8-10
Class#: 3339
Grading: OPG
Requirements/Evaluation:
discussion leadership, weekly short papers, term paper
Extra Info:
may not be taken on a pass/fail basis
Prerequisites:
PHIL 201, CLAS 203
Enrollment Preferences:
Philosophy and Classics majors
Distributions:
Division I
Writing Skills
Notes:
meets Division 2 requirement if registration is under PHIL; meets Division 1 requirement if registration is under CLAS
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
CLAS 332 Division I PHIL 332 Division II
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
CLAS 332 Division I PHIL 332 Division II
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CLAS 332 - 01 (S) SEM Aristotle's Metaphysics
CLAS 332 - 01 (S) SEM Aristotle's MetaphysicsDivision I Writing SkillsMR 2:35 pm - 3:50 pm
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