Twentieth-Century Philosophy: Existentialism, Phenomenology, and Hermeneutics
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AP218/318
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Thought about God has re-emerged as a fundamental interest for contemporary continental philosophy. Is it possible to think about God at all? If so, in what way? This unit examines developments in twentieth-century continental philosophy that establish the framework for contemporary thought about metaphysics, God and faith. Particular attention will be given to major texts covering nihilism, existentialism, phenomenology, hermeneutics, and postmodern thought.
Undergraduate Prerequisites
| second level: |
two philosophy units at first level |
| third level: |
two philosophy units at second level |
Graduate and Postgraduate Prerequisites (AP318)
one unit of philosophy; e.g., AP351 or AP350
Requirements
3 hours per week
Undergraduate Assessment
| second level |
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| two 500 word seminar papers |
2 x 20%
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| one 2,000 word essay |
40% |
| one 1 hour examination |
20% |
| third level |
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| two 750 word seminar papers |
2 x 20% |
| one 2,500 word essay |
40% |
| one 1 hour examination |
20% |
Graduate and Postgraduate Assessment (AP318)
| two 1,000 word seminar papers |
2 x 20% |
| one 3,000 word essay |
40% |
| one 1 hour written examination |
20% |
| or |
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| two 1,000 word seminar paper |
2 x 20% |
| one 4,000 word essay |
60% |
Bibliography
- Copleston, Frederick C. A History of Philosophy. Vols 7 and 9. London: Burns & Oates, 1963–75.
- Critchley, Simon, and William Schroeder. A Companion to Continental Philosophy. Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Oxford: Blackwell, 1998.
- Cutrofello, Andrew. Continental Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction. Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy. London: Routledge, 2005.
- Gadamer, Hans-Georg. Truth and Method. 2nd ed. Translated by William Glen-Doepel. Translation revised by Joel Weinsheimer and Donald G. Marshall. New York: Crossroad, 1992.
- Heidegger, Martin. Being and Time: A Translation of “Sein und Zeit”. Translated by Joan Stambaugh. SUNY Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1996.
- Husserl, Edmund. The Idea of Phenomenology. Translated by Lee Hardy. Vol. 8 of Collected Works. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic, 1999.
- Levinas, Emmanuel. “Philosophy and the Idea of Infinity.” In Collected Philosophical Papers, Translated by Alphonso Lingis, 47–59. Pittsburgh, PA: Duquesne University Press, 1998.
- Sokolowski, Robert. Introduction to Phenomenology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
- Teichman, Jenny, and Graham White, eds. An Introduction to Modern European Philosophy. 2nd ed. London: Macmillan, 1998.
- West, David. An Introduction to Continental Philosophy. Cambridge: Polity, 1996.
