PHIL 616: Phenomenology

PHIL 616-001: Phenomenology
(Spring 2020)

04:30 PM to 07:10 PM M

David J. King Hall 2054

Section Information for Spring 2020

Phenomenology, as begun by Edmund Husserl, is one of the most prominent ways of doing philosophy developed in the last one hundred years and practiced world-wide. In this course,we will first study the basics as developed by Husserl and certain of Husserl’s phenomenological findings, including those concerning “lived time”and the problem of “inter-subjectivity.” We will then study Martin Heidegger’s phenomenological ontology including his phenomenological critique of the basic ontological thesis of modern philosophy and his analysis of “The Fundamental Ontological Question of the Meaning of Being in General,” as well as certain of Heidegger’s findings regarding “lived time,” “world,” and “the ontological difference.” After this we will study Jean-Paul Sartre’s work in phenomenological ontology as well as certain of Sartre’s findings regarding “bad faith” and the question of “the other.” Finally, we will study Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenological critique of standard conceptions of perception as well as certain of Merleau-Ponty’s findings in regard to “lived space,” “the lived body,” and “The Body as Expression, and Speech.” Along the way we will note differences among the modes of phenomenology as understood and practiced by these break-through phenomenologists, including “transcendental phenomenology,” “hermeneutical phenomenology,” “existential phenomenology,” and “life-world phenomenology.”

Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

This major approach in philosophy is studied in regard to its basic features, the tasks to which it has been set by major contributors, certain findings of phenomenology in practice, as well as crucial problems that develop as phenomenology proceeds and how they are addressed by phenomenologists. May not be repeated for credit.
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.

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