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Mahlon W. Barnes

Professor Emeritus of Philosophy

University of Hartford

Office: Auerbach 204K

Phones: Office (860) 768-4528, Home (860) 243-8261

Email: barnes@hartford.edu

Fall 2007 classes:

PHI 282: Classical Philosophy:Greece and Rome. TR 3:10–4:20 pm A324
PHI 290: ST: William James TR 3:30–4:45 pm A322

Biographical information

The shortness of human history How many generations has it been since the Old Stone Age? Not as many as we might think.

Modern philosophy material

Influences on Descartes
Descartes' model of knowledge
Hume's argument on causality
Kant's classification of kinds of knowledge
Kant's analysis of mathematics as synthetic a priori
Substance in modern philosophy

Greek philosophy material

The same river :Universal and particular in early Greek thought
Greek Words : A glossary of some difficult Greek words
Athenian Law: Legal background for Apology and Crito
Greek religion: Some of the religious characteristics of ancient Greece

Plato
Reading Plato: Various materials on one way of reading Plato
Phaedo: an outline of the argument
The Line and the Cave :Treatment of Plato's images of the Line and the Cave
The decline of the city: A treatment of Republic VIII (PowerPoint)
Movie of Decline of the city (Same as above, but in movie format)

Aristotle made (relatively) easy: Aristotle's general principles

Heraclitus: Some remarks on his importance

	Mahlon W. Barnes Professor Emeritus of Philosophy University of Hartford
	Office: Auerbach 204K Phones: Office (860) 768-4528, Home (860) 243-8261 Email: barnes@hartford.edu Fall 2007 classes: PHI 282: Classical Philosophy:Greece and Rome. TR 3:10–4:20 pm A324 PHI 290: ST: William James TR 3:30–4:45 pm A322 Biographical information The shortness of human history How many generations has it been since the Old Stone Age? Not as many as we might think. Modern philosophy material Influences on Descartes Descartes' model of knowledge Hume's argument on causality Kant's classification of kinds of knowledge Kant's analysis of mathematics as synthetic a priori Substance in modern philosophy Greek philosophy material The same river :Universal and particular in early Greek thought Greek Words : A glossary of some difficult Greek words Athenian Law: Legal background for Apology and Crito Greek religion: Some of the religious characteristics of ancient Greece Plato Reading Plato: Various materials on one way of reading Plato Phaedo: an outline of the argument The Line and the Cave :Treatment of Plato's images of the Line and the Cave The decline of the city: A treatment of Republic VIII (PowerPoint) Movie of Decline of the city (Same as above, but in movie format) Aristotle made (relatively) easy: Aristotle's general principles Heraclitus: Some remarks on his importance