Course

Heidegger and Metaphysics: Existential Phenomenology - ARTS3374

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

School: School of Humanities

Course Outline: School of Humanities Course Outlines

Campus: Kensington Campus

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: 24 units of credit in the Philosophy stream

CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

Subject Area: Philosophy

This course engages with the writings of the twentieth-century German thinker Martin Heidegger. Questions raised by Heidegger and pursued in this course include: the meaning of being and human existence, the ontological status of moods and their relationship to the world, the essence of truth, and the limits of metaphysics. The aim of the course is for students to develop a critical appreciation of the work of this major thinker and its place in the philosophical tradition.


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