古希臘哲學史

Ancient Greek philosophy arose in the 6th century BC, at a time when the ancient inhabitants of modern Greece were struggling, from all angles, to repel devastating invasions from the east and continued throughout the Hellenistic period and the period in which Greece and most Greek-inhabited lands were part of the Roman Empire. Philosophy was used to make sense out of the world in a non-religious way. It dealt with a wide variety of subjects, including astronomy, mathematics, political philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, ontology, logic, biology, rhetoric and aesthetics. Greek philosophy has influenced much of Western culture since its inception. Clear, unbroken lines of influence lead from ancient Greek and Hellenistic philosophers to Roman Philosophy, Early Islamic philosophy, Medieval Scholasticism, the European Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment. The main objectives of this course are: (1) to become familiar with major philosophical problems and the methods of dealing them, (2) to learn how to read and interpret philosophical texts (rightly considered as belonging to the category of the most complex intellectual products), (3) to acquire an initial command of philosophical language and technique of writing, (4) to demonstrate what it mean to adopt "philosophical attitude" as an elevated form of human curiosity and resistance to any kind of dogmatism.

No prior knowledge of philosophy is required. Good command of English is recommended.

This course is taught mainly by the teacher and also by reports made by students. The first part of the class is dedicated to the lecture, and the second part to the tutorial. Tutorials are as follow: the teacher will provide documents in English the week before the week's readings and students gather in team of two or three students. Those documents are read by the students on their own. Tasks are distributed as follow: a team prepare a presentation based on the given documents. All the other teams write two to three issues and questions on the same topic in advance. They also prepare answer to their own questions. The due date for homework (presentation and questions) is the day before class to be sent by email to the teacher. In class, a team presents the content of the report, and another team asks questions and give opinions already prepared. Then concluding discussion starts between students and teacher. Three sessions are dedicated to evaluation. Students will write two short essays in class, answering a philosophy question using ancient Greek sources. They also will prepare a poster on philosopher and present if with their team to their classmates. The teachers will guide the construction of poster by giving tasks every two weeks.

作業 10% Team questions 報告 30% Oral team presentation on a text in class 期中考 15% Short essay on a philosophy question 期末考 15% Short essay on a philosophy question 展演 30% Poster presentation on a selected philosopher

- Diels, Herman, and Kranz Walter. Fragmente des Vorsokratikerm 1951. 6th. Ed Dublin. Translated by Daniel W. Graham. - Louis P. Pojman, Lewis Vaughn. 2011. Classics of philosophy. Oxford university press. - Clark, Stephen. 2012. Ancient Mediterranean Philosophy: An Introduction. New York: Bloomsbury. - Curd, Patricia, and D.W. Graham, eds. 2008. The Oxford Handbook of Presocratic Philosophy. New York: Oxford Univ. Press. - Gill, Mary Louise, and Pierre Pellegrin. 2009. A Companion to Ancient Greek Philosophy. Oxford: Blackwell. - Hankinson, R.J. 1999. Cause and Explanation in Ancient Greek Thought. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

地點

A609

時間

1CDEF

聯絡方式

philo.nctu@gmail.com