Admission requirements
None.
Description
This course is an introduction to continental philosophy presented through its interactions with global philosophy. Continental philosophy has interacted with philosophy around the world in a number of ways. The course focuses on three: the influence of European continental philosophers upon philosophers around the world; the influence of philosophy from non-Western traditions upon Continental thought and third, the critical encounters between Continental thought and colonizing and decolonial thought.
The course will focus on ideas drawn from the main strands of Continental philosophy, in particular, German Idealism and its aftermath in Marxism, Nietzsche and Existentialism, Phenomenology, Critical Theory and Post Structuralism.
Each week has a lecture and a seminar session. The lecture presents a broad framework for understanding the kind of interaction at work, presents a core continental idea and places it within the broader Continental tradition, and examines the specific kind of interaction at work around this idea by the introduction of texts from different cultures.
The tutorial will allow students to practice philosophical skills on the basis of the issues raised in the lecture. They will focus on extracting and producing research question, thesis and hypothesis, and argumentative structure.
Course objectives
Students who complete this course will:
Acquire an understanding of what Continental philosophy is.
Acquire an understanding of the key concepts, methods and authors of the conitnetal tradition.
Acquire a preliminary understanding of the complex lines of interactions that organize intercultural philosophical encounters.
Acquire an understanding of how philosophy takes part in oppression and in emancipation.
Improve their reading skills
Improve their writing skills
Improve their oral skills
Improve critical skills
Timetable
The timetables are available through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
- Lecture
Assessment method
Assessment
There are three items of assessment:
Attendance (including reading, preparation and participation): Pass/Fail
Oral examination mid-term: 35%
Written final paper on a question chosen from a set list: 65%
Weighing
The final mark for the course is established by determining the weighted average. To pass the course, the weighted average of the partial grades must be 5.5 or higher.
Resit
The resit will be a thoroughly demanding survey take-home exam covering the entirety of the course materials, and it may include a text commentary, a series of short questions and an argumentative essay. The mark for the resit will replace all previously earned marks for subtests. No separate resits will be offered for subtests.
Class participation and completion of practical assignments such as the oral presentation is a mandatory requirement for taking the resit. Students who have obtained a satisfactory grade for the first examination cannot take the resit.
Inspection and feedback
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Reading list
The reading list will be available on the syllabus (links) and on Brightspace (fair use texts).
Registration
Enrolment through MyStudyMap is mandatory.
General information about course and exam enrolment is available on the website.
Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.
For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office: Huizinga
Remarks
Not applicable.