Contemporary Philosophy II (PH404) | GSÜ

Content

Objective

Explain and discuss the historical origins, dimensions and methodological questions concerning the fundamental problems of contemporary philosophy.

Course Content

We will study in the framework of phenomenology and existentialism the following fundamental problems and methods: Relationship between metaphysics and positive sciences, the idea of ??phenomenology, essence, consciousness, reality, experience , knowledge, truth, meaning, being, existence, understanding, concept, world, freedom, action, humanism, epokhe, phenomenological reduction, description, destruction of traditional ontology, the dialectic.

Course Learning Outcomes

Acquisition of detailed knowledge of the fundamental problems and methods of contemporary philosophy. Acquisition of the ability to develop an original reflection around philosophical issues.

Teaching and Learning Methods

Presentation, commentary, discussion.

References

Edmund Hussserl, L'idée de la phénoménologie, Paris, PUF, 1970.
Martin Heidegger, Etre et Temps, Paris, Authentica, 1985.
Martin Heidegger, "Lettre sur l'humanisme", in Questions III-IV, Paris, Gallimard, 1990.
Jean-Paul Sartre, L'existentialisme est un humanisme, Paris, Gallimard, 1996.
Emmanuel Levinas, "Humanisme et an-archie", in L'Humanisme de l'autre homme, Hérault, Fata Morgana, 1972.

Weekly Contents

Theory Topics
Week	Weekly Contents
1	Hegel's Logic as a Source of Badiou's Theory
2	Hegel's Logic as a Source of Badiou's Theory (continued)
3	Mallarmé's Poetry
4	Mallarmé's Poetry (continued)
5	Marx's Philosophy as a Source of Badiou's Theory
6	Marx's Philosophy as a Source of Badiou's Theory (continued)
7	The place of the Subjective
8	The Subject under the Signifiers of Exception
9	Lack and Destruction
10	The Materialist Return of Materialsim
11	Subjectivation and Subjective Trial
12	Topics of Ethique
13	The other books of Badiou on the same Subject
14	The End of Subjectivity

Assessment System

Contribution to Overall Grade
Activities	Number	Contribution
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade	1	50
Contribution of final exam to overall grade	1	50
Total	2	100

In-Term Studies
Activities	Number	Contribution
Assignments	0	0
Presentation	0	0
Midterm Examinations (including preparation)	0	0
Project	0	0
Laboratory	0	0
Other Applications	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Term Paper/ Project	1	50
Portfolio Study	0	0
Reports	0	0
Learning Diary	0	0
Thesis/ Project	0	0
Seminar	0	0
Other	0	0
Total	1	50

Relation of Proficiency

No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	Analyze philosophical texts with analytical and critical rigor;				X
2	Get an exhaustive knowledge on the history of philosophy; from antiquity to 20th century;			X
3	Provide access to information and expertise in the fields of systematic philosophy, such as ethic, esthetic, history of science, philosophy of society;			X
4	Establish the relation between philosophy and other fields of knowledge, such as, history, psychology, anthropology, sociology and other positive sciences;		X
5	Learn the theories of political science and the philosophical evaluation of historical and actual events;					X
6	Have a sufficient level of French and English in order to follow philosophical debates;			X
7	Have a sufficient level of the ancient Greek, Latin and Ottoman languages for reading philosophical texts written in these;	X
8	Develop a creative thinking and a knowledge of aesthetic theories which will allow the analysis of artworks and the history of art;			X
9	Acquire academic research methods and writing ability as well as to develop analytical skills, interpretation and criticism.			X

ECTS

Activities	Number	Period	Total Workload
Class Hours	14	3	42
Working Hours out of Class	14	2	28
Final Examinations (including preparation)	30	1	30
Term Paper/ Project	40	1	40
Total Workload			140
Total Workload / 25			5.60
Credits ECTS			6