Schedule of Readings and Assignments
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May
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29
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Introduction
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31
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Descartes, Meditations 1&2, pp.
13-24
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June
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5
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Film The Matrix (class
meets in 214 LH)
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7
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Descartes,
Meditations 3&4, pp. 24-42
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12
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Descartes,
Meditations 5&6, pp. 42-59
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14
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Short Exam
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19
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Introduction
to Existentialism, pp. 1-8
Kierkegaard,
pp. 9-27
Outline Due
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21
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Kierkegaard, from Fear
and Trembling, pp. 46-68
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26
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Heidegger, pp.
144-162
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28
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Sartre, pp. 205-230
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July
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3
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Sartre,
“Bad Faith” from Being and Nothingness, pp. 266-278
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5
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Film
The Remains of
the Day (class meets in 214 LH)
Paper
Due |
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10
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Existential
Ethics, pp. 336-342
De Beauvior,
from The Ethics of Ambiguity, pp. 343-356
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12
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Camus, from The
Myth of Sisyphus, pp. 357-369
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17
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Review
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19
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Final Exam
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