Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor

Description: Focused reading of texts or problems in the history of philosophy. May be taken as a one quarter course or with PHIL 284-A as the second part of a two quarter sequence. Students taking PHIL 284-B as a one quarter course who submit a term paper receive a letter grade; other students taking PHIL 284-B as a one quarter course receive a Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grade. Students taking PHIL 284-B as part of a two quarter sequence with PHIL 284-A who submit a term paper receive one grade for both courses; other students receive a Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grade. Course is repeatable to a maximum of 40 units.