Course Information
Course title
History of Western Philosophy (Ⅰ) 
Semester
109-1 
Designated for
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS  DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY  
Instructor
I-Kai Jeng 
Curriculum Number
Phl1050 
Curriculum Identity Number
104 30010 
Class
 
Credits
3.0 
Full/Half
Yr.
Half 
Required/
Elective
Preassign 
Time
Tuesday 7,8,9,10(14:20~18:20) 
Remarks
The upper limit of the number of students: 88. 
Ceiba Web Server
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1091Phl1050_ 
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Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Course Syllabus
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Course Description

THE AIM OF THIS ONE-SEMESTER COURSE IS TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO THE BASIC IDEAS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREEK AND MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHTS, AND TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR MORE ADVANCED STUDY IN WESTERN PHILOSOPHY. THIS COURSE CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING PARTS:
1) GREEK PHILOSOPHY
1.1) THE EARLY GREEK THOUGHT
1.2) THE CRITICAL PERIOD
1.3) THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD
1.4) THE TRANSCENDENTAL PERIOD
2) THE PATRISTIC PERIOD
3) MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
2.1) THE 8TH AND 9TH CENTURIES
2.2) THE 11TH AND 12TH CENTURIES
2.3) THE 12TH AND 13TH CENTURIES
2.4) THE 13TH CENTURY UNTIL 1277
2.5) THE 13TH CENTURY AFTER 1277
2.6) THE 14TH CENTURY
2.7) THE 15TH CENTURY 

Course Objective
AFTER THE LECTURES STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO
1)GIVE A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH PERIOD OF THOUGHT.
2)IDENTIFY THE PROBLEMS CONCERNED IN EACH PERIOD OF THOUGHT.
3)GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF HOW THE PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT EVOLVES.
4)HAVE A BASIC IDEA OF EACH PHILOSOPHER’S THOUGHT. 
Course Requirement
 
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
 
Office Hours
 
References
指定閱讀:
ANTHONY KENNY, ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY: A HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY VOL. 1 (OXFORD, 2006).
ANTHONY KENNY, MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY: A HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY VOL. 2 (OXFORD, 2007).
參考書目:
T. IRWIN, CLASSICAL THOUGHT (OXFORD, 1989).
E. ZELLER, OUTLINES OF THE HISTORY OF GREEK PHILOSOPHY (BRISTOL, 1997).
KIRK, RAVEN AND SCHOFIELD, THE PRESOCRATIC PHILOSOPHERS (CAMBRIDGE,1993).
A. A. LONG, THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHY (CAMBRIDGE,1999).
D. SEDLEY, THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO GREEK AND ROMAN PHILOSOPHY (CAMBRIDGE, 2003).
D. LUSCOMBE, MEDIEVAL THOUGHT (OXFORD, 1997).
J. MARENBON, LATER MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY (LONDON, 1991).
A. H. ARMSTRONG, THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF LATER GREEK AND EARLY MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY (CAMBRIDGE, 1967).
A. S. MCGRADE (ED.), THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY (CAMBRIDGE, 2005). 
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