Philosophy Proseminar

Main Links

Class Notes2. Starting with Oct 12 - Existentialism

• Class Notes1. Covering up to Oct 5.
• Student Work. Samples of student work.
• Collaborative Research Exercise
• End of Semester Student Statements and Work
• Professor's Weekly Blog for the course
• Study Guide for Philosophical Methods Test
• Rukavina Lecture Fall 2010

Documents, Readings, and Miscellaneous things

Resources for Existentialism Seminar

• Sartre, Existentialism and Human Emotions (Let's make this a baseline text for everyone.)
• Nietzsche, especially Thus Spake Zarathustra. Scan of chapter on Nietzsche from Kaufman, (click here soon!)
• Camus, stories.
• Usually reference and secondary sources. Good oppotunity to "shelf browse" existentialism: B819 in Foley, but then figures may be in other places.

Resources on Method

• Philosophy Proseminar Instructional Notes on Method

• General List of Philosophical Methods

• Philosophical Methods for Philosophy Majors

• Wikipedia Article on Philosophical Method (Dempsey)

Other Docs/Links

• Dennett, " 2. What is it Like to Be a Bat?"
• Crawford, "The Case for Working with your Hands" [1]
• Philosophy Proseminar Basic Course Information -- 2 min video on Course Website and Course Wiki
• Professor's Weekly Blog for the course.
• General Philosophy Paper Rubric
• Philosophical Methods
• Philosophical Methods for Philosophy Majors
• Some Course Outlining
• 2009 Fall Proseminar Wiki Root Page