Greek Philosophy: Plato and Aristotle - PH19C/PH1903

Welcome to PH19C/PH1903. If you are taking the course this semester, please make a note of the URL of this page or bookmark it in your browser.

The course in 2004/2005 will be somewhat different from previous versions, but the basic topics will remain similar.  

Schedule of lectures/classes

Materials for the course can be found from the Schedule page.

Other links

This is a selection of links to material elsewhere that you might find useful for this course. 

Reading

         The prescribed text for this version of the course is:

Irwin, T. (ed.) Classical Philosophy

Guidance for the Course

How will you be assessed?  40% comes from two coursework assignments; 60% from the final exam. The exam is currently scheduled for 6 May at 1 p.m. To get an idea of what the exam will look like, here is a sample paper, and here are the papers for 2001 and 2002.

A brief guide to writing philosophy essays (by Ronald Hepburn, courtesy of the Edinburgh Philosophy Department's website - this copy is here).

Tutorial Projects

A list of tutorial reading is here, with names of those students in each project group.

Contact

You can contact me by e-mail to ebrandon@uwichill.edu.bb or edbrandon@gmail.com (please allow both addresses access to the e-mail account you have given me).  On campus I may be reached at 417 4023; messages can be left at 417 4021.  In an emergency, you may reach me by phone at 424 8461.

Ed Brandon

last revised 20 April 2005