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Philosophy 31006W/5055
Nineteenth-Century Philosophy

8:50-9:40 MWF
128 Bowman Hall
Spring 1995

Professor Gayle Ormiston
320 Bowman Hall
10-11 MW, 12:30-1:30 T, 12:30-2:30 R
and by appointment.

Texts

  1. F.W.J. Schelling, On the History of Modern Philosophy (OHMP) (On Reserve in the KSU Library)

  2. Patrick Gardiner, Nineteenth-Century Philosophy (NCP)

  3. G.W.F. Hegel, Introduction to the Philosophy of History (IPoH), L. Rauch trans.

  4. Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, The Manifesto of the Communist Party (MCP)

  5. Friedrich Nietzsche, The Use and Abuse of History (UAH)

  6. Charles Sanders Peirce (all texts on reserve in the KSU library)
    1. "Questions Concerning Certain Faculties Claimed for Man"
    2. "Some Consequences of Four Incapacities"
    3. "Fixation of Belief"
    4. "How To Make Our Ideas Clear"
    5. "The Doctrine of Necessity Examined"

  7. William James, (all texts on reserve in the KSU library)
    1. "The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life"
    2. "The Sentiment of Rationality"
    3. Principles of Psychology (selections)
    4. "The Will to Believe"

  8. John Dewey, "The Development of American Philosophy" (On reserve in the KSU library)

Mechanics

Writing-Intensive Course

Philosophy 31006 is a "writing-intensive course." See the "Writing-Intensive Course Information Form" (attached) for details regarding Department of Philosophy requirements for writing-intensive courses.

Micro Writing Exercises

Two for each Macro Project. Six micro writing exercises will be required. Micro writing exercises will be integrated into routine class work and will serve as preparatory elements to macro writing project.

Macro Writing Projects

Three with Two Micros as Preparatory for Each Macro. Three macro writing projects will be required. Macro projects will be due on the following dates:

ProjectDate DueTopic
Macro 1February 13Hegel and Historical Idealism (graded)
Macro 2March 13Responses to Hegel and Idealism
draft submission for "guided revision" (NOT graded)
Macro 2March 24Responses to Hegel and Idealism
final submission following "guided revision" (graded)
Macro 3May 12Further Responses to Hegel and Idealism (graded)

Grading

  1. Some micro writing exercises will be ungraded projects. Some micro projects will be composed in the Department of Philosophy's Computer Classroom, 218 BOW.
  2. The second macro project will be submitted for "guided revision" before the assignment of a grade. The rewritten, resubmitted project will be the graded project for the second macro.
  3. Grading will be based on all forms of participation. Each class element will be assigned specific percentage weight of the final grade.

    ComponentPercentage toward Final Grade
    Attendance and Class Participation10%
    Micro 1ungraded
    Micro 2 05%
    Micro 3 05%
    Micro 410%
    Micro 505%
    Micro 610%
    Macro 115%
    Macro 225%
    Macro 315%

  4. Class attendance to each class session is expected. There is no make up for a missed class. Submission and completion of all writing assignments--exercises or projects, micro or macro--is expected on the stipulated date. Micro exercises not completed and submitted during the regular period due to class absence can be completed only with a legitimate excuse. Missed micro exercises designed for completion in class will be completed in the computer classroom during regularly scheduled open, curated hours. (See attached Computer Classroom Curated Hour Schedule.) In general, class absence can be excused only with legitimate documentation in the case of an emergency or illness.

Academic Complaints

The Provost has directed every Department within the University to recognize and follow a common procedure for handling student academic complaints. The Department of Philosophy has established such a procedure. The following paragraph is included on every syllabus for every course taught in the Department of Philosophy.

The Philosophy Department's procedure's for handling student academic complaints is in conformity with the Student Academic Complaint Policy & Procedures set down as University Policy 3342-4-16 in the University Policy Register. For information concerning details of that procedure, please see the Departmental Chairperson.

Course Schedule

DateAssignment
January 17Introduction, Orientation, and Expectations
20 Introduction to the History of Philosophy: Nineteenth-Century Philosophy.
Micro 1 due.
23 Introduction to the History of Philosophy (Continued): Introduction to Hegel.
READ: NCP, Fichte 17-39. READ for background and Micro 2: Schelling, On the History of Modern Philosophy, 94-113
25 READ: NCP, Hegel 40-60. READ for background and Micro 2: Schelling, On the History of Modern Philosophy, 114-33.
27 READ: NCP, Hegel 61-88. CONTINUE READING Schelling 114-33.
30 READ: Hegel, IPoH, 3-56. READ for background and Micro 2: Schelling, On the History of Modern Philosophy, 134-63
February1 READ: Hegel, IPoH, 57-82. CONTINUE READING Schelling 134-63.
3 READ: Hegel, IPoH, 83-106. CONTINUE READING Schelling 134-63.
6 NCP, Schopenhauer 88-103.
Micro 2 due.
8 NCP, Schopenhauer 104-30
10 NCP, Feuerbach 237-50
13 NCP, Marx 261-288.
Macro 1.
15 Marx, MCP
17 Marx, MCP
20 NCP, Kierkegaard 289-320
22 NCP, Kierkegaard
24 NCP, Nietzsche 321-43
27 NCP, Nietzsche 344-66
March1 NCP, Nietzsche 344-66 and UAH 3-34
3 Nietzsche, UAH 34-73
6 Nietzsche, UAH 34-73
8 NCP, Comte 131-57
10 NCP, Comte 131-57 and Whewell 158-87
13 NCP, Whewell and Mill 188-206.
Macro 2 Draft due.
15 NCP, Mill 207-25
17 NCP, Mill 226-36
20 NCP, Mach 367-84
22 NCP, Mach 385-400
24 Macro 2 resubmission.
27-31Spring Break
April3 NCP, Bradley 401-26
5 NCP, Bradley 427-42
7 Dewey, "The Development of American Pragmatism"
10 Peirce, "Questions Concerning Faculties Claimed for Man"
12 Peirce, "Questions..." and "Some Consequences of Four Incapacities"
14 Peirce, "Some Consequences..."
17 Peirce, "Fixation of Belief" and "How to Make Our Ideas Clear"
19 Peirce, "How To Make..." and "The Doctrine of Necessity Examined"
21 Peirce, "The Doctrine of Necessity Examined"
24 James, "The Sentiment of Rationality" and Principles of Psychology (selections)
26 James, Principles
28 James, "The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life"
May1James, "The Moral Philosopher..." and "The Will to Believe"
3 James, "The Will to Believe"
5 James, "The Will to Believe"
12Final Examination (Macro 3)

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