This is a tentative schedule. Check the assignments page for the most current information.
| Week | Topic | Readings |
|---|---|---|
| 1 - 8/24 | Kant’s Critical Project | Preface; Intro |
| 2 - 8/31 | Kant on the Discursive Conditions of Metaphysics | Inaugural Dissertation; Metaphysical Deduction |
| 3 - 9/7 | Kant & Spinozism | Letters on Spinoza; Morning Hours; Orientation essay; Pölitz Religion |
| 4 - 9/14 | Reinhold, Schulze, & Fichte | The Foundation of Philosophical Knowledge; Anesidemus; Anesidemus review |
| 5 - 9/21 | Fichte I | Concept of the WL; 1st intro WL |
| 6 - 9/28 | Fichte II | 2nd intro WL |
| 7 - 10/5 | Schelling I | Introduction to First Outline of a System of Natural Philosophy |
| 8 - 10/12 | Schelling II | Presentation of my system OR On The Relationship of The Philosophy of Nature to Philosophy in General |
| 9 - 10/19 | No class | |
| 10 - 10/26 | Hegel I | On the Relationship of Skepticism to Philosophy & PdG Intro |
| 11 - 11/2 | Hegel II | PdG Preface |
| 12 - 11/9 | Hegel III | WdL Intro; Third Passage analysis due 11/12 |
| 13 - 11/16 | Hegel IV | WdL With what must the beginning of science be made?; Paper draft due 11/15 |
| 14 - 11/23 | Hegel V | WdL Being-Nothing-Becoming |
| 15 - 11/30 | Hegel VI | WdL Being-Nothing-Becoming; Fourth passage analysis due 12/3 |
| 16 - 12/7 | Catch-up | Catch-up; Final paper due 12/13 |