10:30 AM to 11:45 AM MW
Innovation Hall 209
Section Information for Spring 2020
Fulfills the requirement for a course in the Continental Tradition for the Philosophy major.
This course examines the metaphysical work of three of the most influential thinkers of the 19th century: Hegel, Schopenhauer and Kierkegaard. Most 20th century continental philosophy would be impossible without the transformational thinking of these three 19th century figures. We will start with Hegel’s development of Cartesian Modern Philosophy and of Kant’s Critical Turn to illustrate what is at stake in the identification of epistemology and ontology. In particular, Hegel’s Logic insists of the mediation of knowledge in order for the truth of human being as consciousness to be revealed/achieved. In Schopenhauer and Kierkegaard we will find two responses to Hegel’s program: Schopenhauer will deny the identification of epistemology and ontology and insist that the sort of knowledge that Hegel relies on does not touch the truth of being; Kierkegaard offers a critique of mediation and insists that human being is bound in both immediacy and paradox. The course will involve a close reading of key texts both to situate the work in historico-philosophical context and to bring these texts into dialogue with each other.
Credits: 3
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