2021 Fall
PHILOS 186 001 - LEC 001
Merleau-Ponty
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
28
Enrolled: 22
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 50
Waitlist Max: 5
Open Reserved Seats:
12 unreserved seats
16 reserved for Undergraduate Students with 5 or more Terms in Attendance and All Graduate Students
Hours & Workload
1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week, 3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 8 hours of outside work hours per week.
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Course Catalog Description
This is a course on the philosophy of Maurice Merleau Ponty (1908-1961). Our focus will be on his treatment of perception, consciousness, and embodiment, with an eye to his relevance to contemporary discussions of these phenomena in philosophy and cognitive science. This class is for philosophy majors; History of Modern Philosophy (25B) or an equivalent course is a prerequisite. It will help to have taken Philosophy of Mind (132), Philosophy of Language (133), Theory of Meaning (135), Philosophy of Perception (136), or Kant (178). Philosophy graduate students and students in other departments are welcome to take the class with the permission of the instructor.
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions
Students will receive no credit for PHILOS 186 after completing PHILOS 186. A deficient grade in PHILOS 186 may be removed by taking PHILOS 186.
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
Open Reserved Seats:
12 unreserved seats
16 reserved for Undergraduate Students with 5 or more Terms in Attendance and All Graduate Students
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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