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Teachers: Gustavo Fernández Walker and Jenny Pelletier

AMP 025: Introduction to Philosophy (Latin)

Schedule: https://cloud.timeedit.net/gu/web/schema/ri15666300000YQQ27Z5527007y7Y3605gQ7g5X2Y65ZQ626.html 

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Part 1: Introduction. On Method

J. Marenbon, "Alain de Libera's Philosophical Archaeology", in J.B. Brenet, L. Cesalli (eds.), Sujet Libre: Pour Alain de Libera, Vrin, Paris 2018, 203-207.

John Marenbon, "Why read Boethius today?" (link), Aeon, Oct. 2020.

C. Panaccio, "Grasping the Philosophical Relevance of Past Philosophies", in J. Pelletier, M. Roques (eds.), The Language of Thought in Late Medieval Philosophies, Springer, Cham 2018, 439-451.

Part 2: Metaphysics/Ontology

John Duns Scotus, Commentary on the Metaphysics, Prologue (English translation here).

To read in advance:

G. Pini, “The Questions on the Metaphysics by John Duns Scotus: A Vindication of Pure Intellect",  in F. Amerini and G. Galluzo (eds.), A Companion to the Latin Medieval Commentaries on Aristotle’s Metaphysics, Brill, Leiden 2013, 359-384.

Part 3: Philosophy of Mind

Thomas Aquinas, Sententia De anima, II, 1 (English translation here; Latin version here).

To read in advance:

S. de Boer, The Science of the Soul. The Commentary Tradition on Aristotle’s De anima, c.1260 – c. 1360, Leuven University Press, Leuven 2013, 123 – 167.

Part 4: Epistemology

William of Ockham, Commentary on the Physics, Prologue. English translation by P. Boehner in Philosophical Writings: William of Ockham, Hackett Publishing Company, Indianapolis, 1990, 2-16.

Part 5: Political Philosophy

Marsilius of Padua, The Defender of the Peace, Discourse I, cc. 1-12. English translation by Alan Gewirth from Medieval Political Philosophy. A Source Book, edited by Joshua Parens and Joseph C. Macfarland, Cornell University Press, 2011 (second edition), 378-304.

Gerson Moreno-Riaño and Cary J. Nederman, “Marsilius of Padua’s Principles of Secular Politics”, in Gerson Moreno-Riaño and Cary J. Nederman (eds.), A Companion to Marsilius of Padua, Brill, Leiden, 2012, 117-138.

Evaluation

To be discussed and agreed upon with the students. Exam format options include:

• a short essay engaging in one of the primary sources covered in the course that focuses on an interpretative problem in the text.
• a list of five questions are provided, of which students chose to answer three.

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