This course trains upper level students in advanced methods of philosophical analysis. Through a workshop format, students will hone their creative and critical skills. Students will learn to analyze and make use of such methods as phenomenology and dialectics, hermeneutics and deconstruction, analytic philosophy and the use of formal logic in conceptual analysis, as well as other methods (including classical methods in philosophy). Editing and peer-reviewing skills will also be developed. Student projects include long and short written assignments, and various formats of oral presentation. This course is especially recommended for students planning to pursue graduate studies in Philosophy.
