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.