The question which, both now and in the past, is continually posed and continually puzzled over is this: What is being? That is to say, What is primary being [i.e. ousia]?
(Aristotle, Metaphysics Z 1, 1028b2–4)
This course aims
Lecture 1: Overture
Lectures 2–3: Categories 1–5
Lectures 4–7: Metaphysics Α
Lecture 8: Metaphysics Β
Lectures 9–11: Metaphysics Γ
Lectures 12–19: Metaphysics Z
For the details, see Classes.
Teacher: Andreas Schmidhauser
Office: Dodd Hall 247K
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesday, 10:50–11:50 am
You may always contact me by email at <schmidhauser-AT-ucla.edu>.
Students: Abaryan, Diana <diana8891-AT-ucla.edu>; Akopyan, Maria <makopyan-AT-ucla.edu>; Antonov, Aleksey <ruskiantonov-AT-gmail.com>; Balster, Kaci <kacib-AT-mac.com>; Carl, Rob <broclarter-AT-gmail.com>; Coutinho, Conrad <ramartcon-AT-ucla.edu>; Dieter, Nick <nickdieter-AT-gmail.com>; Dinh, Peter <peter.dinh-AT-gmail.com>; Emmer, Elliot <e.emmer-AT-gmail.com>; Flores, Jaime <infome-AT-ucla.edu>; Frangie, Maya <mayafrangie-AT-gmail.com>; Garcia, Nelson <alexg211-AT-ucla.edu>; Ghodsian, Jason <jghodsian-AT-ucla.edu>; Harris, Rachel <harrisrach-AT-msn.com>; Hollander, James <hollander.js-AT-gmail.com>; Humphrey, Lauren <bruinapp5-AT-ucla.edu>; Jones, Kara <kjones87-AT-ucla.edu>; Khan, Mohsin <mak2675-AT-yahoo.com>; Kraus, Kathryn <kathrynj1-AT-ucla.edu>; Lau, Clive Long <meteor-AT-ucla.edu>; McCormick, Greg <gbmccormick-AT-gmail.com>; McMullen, Stacey <stacdon-AT-aol.com>; Neacato, Laura <lneacato-AT-ucla.edu>; Netzel, Sean <skywalker24-AT-ucla.edu>; Nuyujukian, Daniel <sevag-AT-ucla.edu>; Perez-Olney, Nelson <stwhisker-AT-ucla.edu>; Porot, Nicolas <nporot-AT-ucla.edu>; Primm, Cory <coryprimm-AT-ucla.edu>; Quinn, Johnathan <johnnyquinn-AT-ucla.edu>; Sanchez, Robert <robertsanchez-AT-ucla.edu>; Sarmiento, Anjelica <annjel-AT-ucla.edu>; Schaeffer, Andrew <jschaeffera-AT-gmail.com>; Segovia, Jaime <infome-AT-ucla.edu>; Selman, Alex <aselman-AT-ucla.edu>; Suraprasert, Parus <rus_thewizard2-AT-yahoo.com>; Tellez, Guillermo <gmbtellez-AT-yahoo.com>; Thompson, Erin <erinthompson20-AT-ucla.edu>; Trock, Gregory <gregorytrock-AT-ucla.edu>; Verdekel, Nicholas <nverdekel-AT-ucla.edu>; Woznicki, Chris <therealwoz-AT-sbcglobal.net>; Zato, Meghan <meghanzato-AT-ucla.edu>.