The impact of science, the relation of the individual and society, and the role of reflection in experience are examined in readings drawn from among Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Feuerbach, Marx, Mill, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard. Philosophy 272 or permission of the instructor. Open to first-year students. Topics in Contemporary European Philosophy. An examination of recent developments in Continental philosophy.
Topics vary from year to year.
Permission of the instructor is required. The computer makes possible new types of non-linear writing that need not follow the standard forms of fiction or of academic discourse. This unit offers a chance to experiment in the creation of new forms by writing hypertexts together, using Storyspace and Mosaic . There will be both individual and group projects, with peer review and critique sessions each week. Enrollment is limited to 15.