Philosophy 520

Seminar in Ancient Philosophy

University of Washington

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Wednesday, 3:30-5:20
Philosophy Conference Room: Savery 331

Professor: S. Marc Cohen

Office: Savery 250. Office Hours: Wednesday 1:30-2:20, and by appointment. Call 543-6895 to schedule.

Text:

Aristotle’s Theory of Substance: The Categories and Metaphysics Zeta, by Michael V. Wedin (Oxford: 2000)

Course Materials:

• Aristotle’s Categories (Ch. 1-5) (J. L. Ackrill translation)
• Bibliography of articles on Aristotle’s Metaphysics
• An Outline of Metaphysics, Book Z
• Handout with some of the formulas (and corrections thereto) in Chapter 2, Nonsubstantial Individuals.
• Seminar member Richard Kim was unable to attend on April 7, but he wanted to share “two points that I found objectionable in the text.” Read his comments here.

Reviews of Wedin:

• Ian Bell in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review
• Ursula Coope in The Philosophical Quarterly
• Mary Louise Gill in Mind
• Gareth B. Matthews in the Journal of the History of Philosophy
• Charlotte Witt in The Philosophical Review

• Searchable Database of Aristotle’s Works (and other philosophers, too! You must be a UW Student, Faculty, or Staff to use this database.)
• Perseus Project (includes texts of Aristotle in both Greek and English)

  
  

• Complete Texts of Aristotle in English (MIT Tech Classics Archive)
  • Metaphysics (W. D. Ross translation)

Marc Cohen’s Home Page

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