Cursus The Quest for Man II
- Datum(s)
Start in week van 16 November 2020
- Kosten
The fee per course is € 285 including exam and resit. The yearly registration fee is € 40.
Content
In this second part of ‘the Quest for Man’ we will focus on Phenomenological & Hermeneutical approaches. Our point of departure will be the fortuitousness of western philosophy and the unsolved, but ever tentalising question, how we may comprehend the phenomenon of human existence while simultaniously being 'subject' and 'object' of this attempt toward comprehension ourselves.
Key figures in this course will be: Kierkegaard (on truth and individual existence), Husserl (on transcendental subjectivity as the ‘wonder of all wonders’), Heidegger (on the 'event' of being human and the framing of existence in the era of Technology), Sartre (the ontology of absolute freedom and radical responsibility), Merleau-Ponty (on the phenomenology of bodily perception), Gadamer (on philosophical hermeneutics) and Levinas (on questioning the primacy of ontology in phenomenology and western philosophy as a hole).
Prior knowledge
No prior knowledge is required
Language
English
Period
Bachelor 1, block 2A; 16 November until 20 December 2020
Courseguide & literature
Please consult the course guide for the timetable and literature.
Contact

Do you have questions about this course? Contact Eleni Koulouki, Education advisor
- E-mailadres
- koulouki@erasmusacademie.nl
- Telefoonnummer
- 010-4082555
- Adres
- Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA
Rotterdam
Start in week van 16 November 2020
The fee per course is € 285 including exam and resit. The yearly registration fee is € 40.