PHIL 273 Continental Philosophy, 1800-1900
- Level 2 or above
None.
one-way Exclusions
- Lectures
- S酶ren Kierkegaard, Concluding Unscientific Postscript
- Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
- Wilhelm Dilthey, Introduction to the Human Sciences
Instructor: Paul Fairfield
This course provides an analysis of key figures and texts in nineteenth-century continental European philosophy. We shall study key works by S酶ren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Wilhelm Dilthey. Major topics will include Christianity and subjectivity, the critique of metaphysics and conventional morality, the foundations of the human sciences, existentialism and hermeneutics, among others.
Assessments
Assessments
Students will write one essay of 2500-3000 words, to be worth 50% of the grade. Essays will be graded on the basis of quality of interpretation and argumentation as well as writing style.
In-class debate participation: 40%. A majority of our class time will be taken up by students engaging in formally structured debates.