Phil. 1190
Nineteenth-century German Philosophy
University of Pittsburgh, Spring 2009
  General Information

  • Course syllabus

  • Class Meetings:

    Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:30-3:45
    321 Cathedral of Learning

  • Instructor Information:

    Prof. Robert Brandom
    Office: 1001E CL
    Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 4-5 and by appointment
    Email: rbrandom@pitt.edu
    Phone: 412-624-5776
  Paper Topics
First paper, on Hegel. Due Tuesday, 2/10.
Second paper, on Marx. Due Tuesday, 3/17.
Third paper, on Nietzsche. Due Thursday, 4/16.
  Schedule
1. Tuesday, 1/6 Introduction to Course
Hegel
Hegel: The Essential Writings, ed. F.G. Weiss (Harper, 1974), ISBN 06-131831-0
2. Thursday, 1/8 Phenomenology, Introduction I pp. 44-49
3. Tuesday, 1/13 Phenomenology, Introduction II pp. 49-54
4. Thursday, 1/15 Phenomenology, Sense Certainty pp. 54-63
5. Tuesday, 1/20 Phenomenology, Lordship and Bondage I pp. 64-65, 70-75
6. Thursday, 1/22 Phenomenology, Lordship and Bondage II pp. 75-79
7. Tuesday, 1/27 Phenomenology, Realization of Rational Self-Consciousness pp. 79-85
8. Thursday, 1/29 Metaphysics and Empiricism pp. 127-145
9. Tuesday, 2/3 The Critical Philosophy (Kant) pp. 145-169
10. Thursday, 2/5 The Idea pp. 170-189
Marx
The Marx-Engels Reader, ed. Robert C. Tucker, 2nd ed., (Norton, 1978), ISBN 0-393-09040-X
11. Tuesday, 2/10 (Hegel paper due) 1844 Manuscripts, Estranged Labor pp. 70-81
12. Thursday, 2/12 1844 Manuscripts, Private Property and Communism pp. 81-93
13. Tuesday, 2/17 1844 Manuscripts, Human Requirements pp. 93-105
14. Thursday, 2/19 1844 Manuscripts, Critique of Hegel pp. 106-125
15. Tuesday, 2/24 Capital I, Use and Exchange Value pp. 302-319
16. Thursday, 2/26 Capital I, Fetishism and Labor Power pp. 319-343
17. Tuesday, 3/3 Capital I, Surplus Value pp. 344-376
18. Thursday, 3/5 Capital I, III, Self-Reproduction of Capital pp. 376-384, 439-442
Spring Break
Nietzsche
The Portable Nietzsche, ed. Walter Kaufmann (Viking Penguin, 1982), ISBN 978-0-14-0150629
19. Tuesday, 3/17 (Marx paper due) Gay Science, Truth and Lies pp. 42-47, 95-102
20. Thursday, 3/19 Gay Science, Genealogy of Morals pp. 443-463
21. Tuesday, 3/24 Zarathustra I (especially secs. 1-4 and 9) pp. 115-158
22. Thursday, 3/26 Zarathustra I (especially secs. 10, 15, 17) pp. 158-191
23. Tuesday, 3/31 Zarathustra II secs. 1-7, 12, 20
24. Thursday, 4/2 Zarathustra III pp. 260-298
25. Tuesday, 4/7 No class
26. Thursday, 4/9 No class
27. Tuesday, 4/14 Zarathustra III, IV pp. 283-343, 425-442
28. Thursday, 4/16 (Nietzsche paper due) Twilight of the Idols pp. 465-501