Weekly Schedule of Readings — Spring 2014

Additional materials such as study questions, handouts, supplementary readings, etc. will be made available online through the links below.

> Timothy Quigley, Course Introduction

Session 2 (6 Feb 14)

Required Readings
> René Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy (1-2) [PDF]
> Paul Vincent Spade, “Husserl: Life and Works” - “Review” (13-26) [PDF]

Supplementary Materials
> Timothy Quigley, "Phenomenology: Background Issues and Influences" [PDF, revised 10 Feb 14]
> David Woodruff Smith, "Glossary" (Husserl) [PDF]
> Edmund Husserl, The Idea of Phenomenology (ix-xxii) [PDF]
> Timothy Quigley, "Descartes' Meditations -- Background" [PDF]
> Study Questions, Meditations I-2 [PDF]

Session 3 (13 Feb 14) — Class Cancelled due to Weather

Session 4 (20 Feb 14)

Required Readings
> Paul Vincent Spade, “Two Stages of Husserl’s Philosophy” - “Idea of Phenomenology (Again)" (26-31) [PDF]
> Edmund Husserl, Excerpt on the Transcendental Ego, from Cartesian Meditations [PDF]
> Edmund Husserl, Excerpt on the Transcendental Ego, from Ideas [PDF]

Supplementary Materials
> Edmund Husserl, The Idea of Phenomenology [1-32] [PDF]

Session 5 (27 Feb 14)

Required Readings
> Paul Vincent Spade, “The Phenomenological Reduction” - “Theory of Intentionality” (31-56) [PDF]

Supplementary Materials
> Edmund Husserl, The Idea of Phenomenology [33-60] [PDF]
> David Woodruff Smith, "Ontology", Husserl (excerpt) [PDF]

Session 6 (6 Mar 14)

Required Readings
> Paul Vincent Spade, “Two Main Influences on Sartre”, “Sartre” - “Sartre’s Reaction to Husserl” (56-72) [PDF]
> Jean-Paul Sartre, The Psychology of Imagination: Part I, § 3 (pp. 8–11) [PDF]

Session 7 (13 Mar 14)

Required Readings
Jean-Paul Sartre, Transcendence of the Ego (Introduction - Part 1)

Supplementary Materials
> Timothy Quigley, "Discussion 1: Sartre, Transcendence of the Ego (Initial Remarks)" [PDF]
> Timothy Quigley, "Discussion 2: Sartre, Transcendence of the Ego, Part 1" [PDF]
> Paul Vincent Spade, “Sartre’s Metaphysics” - “The Self-Love Theory” (72-93) [PDF]

Session 8 (20 Mar 14)

Required Readings
Jean-Paul Sartre, Transcendence of the Ego (Part 2)

Supplementary Materials
> Timothy Quigley, "Discussion 3: Sartre, Transcendence of the Ego, Part 2" [PDF]
> Timothy Quigley, "Discussion 4: Sartre, Transcendence of the Ego, Part 2" [PDF]
> Paul Vincent Spade, “Constitution of the Ego” - “The Problem of Other Minds” (96-114) [PDF]

>> Spring Break — 27 March 2014 — No Classes<<

Session 9 (3 Apr 14)

Required Readings
Jean-Paul Sartre, Transcendence of the Ego (Part 2)

Session 10 (10 Apr 14)

Required Readings
> Jean-Paul Sartre, “Existentialism is a Humanism” [PDF]

Supplementary Materials
> Timothy Quigley, "Notes: Jean-Paul Sartre, 'Existentialism is a Humanism' (1946)" [PDF]
> Sartre, "Bad Faith", excerpt from Being and Nothingness [PDF]

Session 11 (17 Apr 14)

Required Readings
> Martin Heidegger, "Letter on Humanism" (revised Capuzzi translation) [PDF]

Supplementary Materials
> George Pattison, "Is there a later Heidegger?" [PDF]
> George Pattison, "1933 and After" [PDF]

Session 12 (24 Apr 14)

Required Readings
Martin Heidegger, "Letter on Humanism" [PDF, see above]

Session 13 (1 May 14)

Required Readings
> Maurice Merleau-Ponty, "Eye and Mind" [PDF]

Supplementary Materials
> Timothy Quigley, "Summary: Maurice Merleau-Ponty, 'Eye and Mind'" [PDF]
> Slides, "Eye and Mind" [PDF]

Session 14 (8 May 14)

Required Readings
> Maurice Merleau-Ponty, "Eye and Mind" [PDF]

Session 15 (15 May 13)

Required Readings
Review

Last Update: 5 May 14