PHIL 221

Phenomenology and Hermeneutics

Please note: this is archived course information from 2017 for PHIL 221.

Description

The Twentieth Century was a period of enormous philosophical creativity. In this course we examine two waves of new philosophical thought that originated in Germany in the early Twentieth Century and gradually spread throughout the world.

The "phenomenological movement", initiated by Edmund Husserl, brought fresh insight into age-old philosophical topics such as the nature of consciousness, time and reality.

Then, after World War II, a renewed focus on the role of language and dialogue inspired a further revolution in philosophical thought, a style of thinking called "hermeneutics".

In this course we examine the work of key thinkers from these two intellectual movements. These include Husserl, Heidegger and Gadamer, and may also include figures such as Dilthey, Merleau-Ponty, Lévinas, Ricoeur, Habermas, Apel and Rorty.

Availability 2017

Not taught in 2017

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Dr Matheson Russell

Assessment

Coursework + exam

Points

PHIL 221: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points in Philosophy or EUROPEAN 100 and 15 points in Philosophy

Restrictions

PHIL 341