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Academic Year 2003/2004
Phenomenology, Existentialism, Poststructuralism
PHIL 262 SP
This course critically examines the philosophical treatment of meaning, interpretation, subjectivity, language, and history within the tradition that extends from Husserl's program of phenomenology, through Heidegger's
and
Merleau-Ponty's criticisms and "existential" revisions of phenomenology, to the anti-phenomenological projects of Foucault and Derrida.
MAJOR READINGS
E. Husserl, THE IDEA OF PHENOMENOLOGY and short excerpts from LOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS
M. Heidegger, BEING AND TIME (selections)
M. Merleau-Ponty, PHENOMENOLOGY OF PERCEPTION (selections)
M. Foucault, THE ORDER OF
THINGS (selections)
J.
Derrida, SPEECH AND PHENOMENA
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Take-home essay examination on Husserl; two intermediate length papers.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
This course satisfies the "Cluster A" requirement (epistemology, philosophy of language, mind, or science) for the Philosophy major.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture/Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA PHIL
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
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