Copyright © 2014 Bruce W. Hauptli

This web-site has a copy of the syllabus, extensive lecture supplements for each of the readings and lectures, and other information relevant to the course.  It will be updated throughout the semester.  You are encouraged to provide me with suggestions and comments about the content, and I am grateful for help in correcting the inevitable typos and grammatical errors! 

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Select the following links to move quickly to the indicated material below:
 

Syllabus

Hauptli's Guide to Writing Philosophy Papers

Writing Essay Exams for Professor Hauptli

Office Hours [DM 341 D]:

Mondays and Fridays: 3:00-4:30, and by appointment. 

Phone/Voice Mail: 305-348-3350

Mailbox Location: DM 340 A (room open 9:00-5:00).   

The Philosophy Department's Senior Secretary is Ms. Ivonne Carrasco, and she can be reached at 305-348-2185. 

Lecture Supplements: click on these links for the indicated lecture supplement: [many of these links are to supplements from a previous semester, and will be up-dated as the semester progresses]. 
 

What Is Philosophy?	Introduction to 16th and 17th Century Philosophy	Lecture Supplement Introducing Descartes and Discussing Meditations I-III	Lecture Supplement on Meditations IV-VI	Appendices To Descartes
Lecture Supplement on Descartes-Elizabeth Correspondence	A Brief Note on Descartes, Eternal Truths, and Rationality	Lecture Supplement on Pascal	Introduction to Spinoza	Lecture Supplement on Spinoza's Ethics
Introduction to Leibniz	Lecture Supplement to Leibniz Readings	An Over-View of Continental Rationalism

Paper Topics and Sample Exam Questions: throughout the semester paper topic assignments and sample exam questions will be posted below:
 

First Paper Topics

Sample Midterm Questions

Second Paper Topics

Sample Final Exam Questions

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