Through the history of historical thought during the last two centuries, the student will be introduced to the principal intellectual traditions of Western Europe since the Enlightenment. The works of individual thinkers-including Vico, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Comte, Ranke, Dilthey, Nietzsche, Freud, Weber, Croce, Collingwood, Hempel and Heller-will be studied. Class format: lecture and discussion. Requirements: several short papers and a final exam. Group B