Philosophy (PHIL) |
211 Susan Campbell, 541-346-5547
College of Arts & Sciences
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9 - Low cost (less than $50) for class textbook materials.
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Course Data
| PHIL 615 Top Arendt Free Resp |
4.00 cr. |
| Explores philosophical problems and traditions in contemporary European philosophy. Repeatable three times for a maximum of 16 credits when topic changes. |
| Grading Options: |
Optional; see degree guide or catalog for degree requirements
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| Instructor: |
Warnek P  |
Office:
246 Susan Campbell Hall
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| Instructor: |
Pratt S |
Office:
239 Susan Campbell Hall
Phone:
(541) 346-5971
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| Office Hours: |
1200 - 1400 R |
& by appointment (send email for the Zoom link) |
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Only Open to Majors:
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Philosophy
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CRN |
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14240 |
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10 |
1600-1850 |
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250C SC |
Warnek P |
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| Pratt S |
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Academic Deadlines
| Deadline |
Last day to: |
| September 24: |
Process a complete drop (100% refund, no W recorded) |
| September 30: |
Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| September 30: |
Process a complete drop (90% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| October 1: |
Process a complete withdrawal (90% refund, W recorded) |
| October 1: |
Withdraw from this course (100% refund, W recorded) |
| October 2: |
Add this course |
| October 2: |
Last day to change to or from audit |
| October 8: |
Process a complete withdrawal (75% refund, W recorded) |
| October 8: |
Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded) |
| October 15: |
Process a complete withdrawal (50% refund, W recorded) |
| October 15: |
Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded) |
| October 22: |
Process a complete withdrawal (25% refund, W recorded) |
| October 22: |
Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded) |
| November 12: |
Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded) |
| November 12: |
Change grading option for this course |
 | You can't drop your last class using the "Add/Drop" menu in DuckWeb. Go to the “Completely Withdraw from Term/University” link to begin the complete withdrawal process. If you need assistance with a complete drop or a complete withdrawal, please contact the Office of Academic Advising, 101 Oregon Hall, 541-346-3211 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday). If you are attempting to completely withdraw after business hours, and have difficulty, please contact the Office of Academic Advising the next business day. |
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Expanded Course Description
| This course serves as an introduction to the work and thought of Hannah Arendt (1906 - 1975), one of the most important yet controversial political thinkers of the 20th century. While it is sometimes lamented that Arendt does not present her thought in a systematic manner, this criticism is arguably misplaced, since the central concern of her work remains throughout constant and evident: how is it possible in our time to recover a space for political freedom and action as it would both promote and belong to a possible human flourishing? Beginning with this concern, Arendt undertakes a careful yet critical examination of the Western philosophical tradition, beginning with the Greeks, especially as this tradition continues to subordinate the political world and the life of action to theory and contemplation. Above all, Arendt is a thinker who considers human life according to its essential natality, that each of us, in being born, marks a new beginning, harboring unforeseeable possibilities. To take up history in her view is thus never a matter of a mere return to the past but to accept the possibility of a new and unheard of future. And it is by engaging this history that are we first able to encounter the future as a radically open horizon. We will read and discuss selections from a number of different works, spanning the entirety of Arendt’s exceptional career. |
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