PHIL 340

Kant and Hegel

Please note: this is archived course information from 2024 for PHIL 340.

Description

An examination of the development of German idealism from Kant to Hegel, focusing on Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (1781-1787) and Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (1807).

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Availability 2024

Semester 2

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Professor Robert Wicks

Reading/Texts

Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason (trans. Norman Kemp-Smith preferred; other translations are acceptable) [this book is available online]

G. W. F. Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit (trans. A. V. Miller preferred; other translations are acceptable) [this book is available online via Past Masters, Main Library website]

Assessment

Coursework + exam

Points

PHIL 340: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points at Stage II in Philosophy or EUROPEAN 100 and 15 points at Stage II in Philosophy

Restrictions

PHIL 220