PHILOS C109
Descartes
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: course 21 or two philosophy courses. Study of works of Descartes, with discussion of issues such as problem of skepticism, foundations of knowledge, existence of God, relation between mind and body, and connection between science and metaphysics. May be concurrently scheduled with course C209. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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His lectures are always organized, and he has very interesting interpretations about Descartes that you can't get anywhere else. But, if you're really not into Descartes don't take this course...the entire quarter worked through the meditations (and a little bit of the objections/replies) A few criticisms I have for him - (1) spends way too much time being a nice guy and answering completely irrelevant student questions (2) has an in-class final in which you have to write 4 essays... I don't understand what it's in class, it would've made everyone's life a little easier if we could've just typed it up. Tip: don't take this course if you plan to ditch a lot. he gives a lot of interpretations you would never get on your own from reading the text (or via the internet), and many of the questions of the final exam ask you to explicate these interpretations. So, if you didn't go to class you're screwed.
His lectures are always organized, and he has very interesting interpretations about Descartes that you can't get anywhere else. But, if you're really not into Descartes don't take this course...the entire quarter worked through the meditations (and a little bit of the objections/replies) A few criticisms I have for him - (1) spends way too much time being a nice guy and answering completely irrelevant student questions (2) has an in-class final in which you have to write 4 essays... I don't understand what it's in class, it would've made everyone's life a little easier if we could've just typed it up. Tip: don't take this course if you plan to ditch a lot. he gives a lot of interpretations you would never get on your own from reading the text (or via the internet), and many of the questions of the final exam ask you to explicate these interpretations. So, if you didn't go to class you're screwed.
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