Contents: For most students, it is more profitable to learn a little more about each of three areas of practical philosophy than to learn a whole lot more about just one area. That’s the idea behind the “mixed bag” character of this course. The three areas covered in this course will be announced no later than mid-April.
Preparation and participation: Since there will be few or no classroom presentations, it is vital for the sessions that everybody be prepared and able to contribute. Please take part in this course only if you are willing to plough through the texts for each session and to talk about them in the sessions: to summarize them, to ask and answer questions about them, etc. If you plan to be silent, please do not attend.
Credit points: You receive credit points by successfully writing a term paper in German or English. A selection of topics will be offered. The topics will be raffled in one of the sessions in July; participants can swap topics among each other if they like.
Days of sessions: There will be some deviations from the fortnightly rhythm. We will meet on the following Mondays: April 24 (first session), May 8 and 22, June 12 and 26, July 10 and 17. Since there’s always the risk of losing a session for unexpected reasons, please keep July 24 open in your calendars as well, as a back-up plan. The first session, too, (on April 24) will be a full one; we’ll do the full 180 minutes.
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