Study of representative figures from the Idealist, 20th century continental and 20th century analytic traditions, with emphasis varying in different years. More extensive reading and writing will be expected of students enrolled for upper-division credit. Marc Joseph Meets the Writing Requirement. The history of aesthetic theory combined with conceptual examinations of basic problems in the interpretation of the arts. Philosophy in Literature Analyses of diverse literary treatments of a single philosophical topic.
Readings change yearly.
Jerry Clegg Meets the Writing Requirement. 143 Existentialism Atheistic and theistic forms of existential philosophy. Primary emphasis on Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Sartre. Jerry Clegg Meets the Writing Requirement. The relationships of thought and action to belief, motive, and desire.