Philosophy (PHIL) |
211 Susan Campbell, 541-346-5547
College of Arts & Sciences
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9 - Low cost (less than $50) for class textbook materials.
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Course Data
| PHIL 573 Adv Intro Cont Phil |
4.00 cr. |
| An advanced introduction to central debates, topics, figures, and trajectories in Continental Philosophy. |
| Grading Options: |
Optional; see degree guide or catalog for degree requirements
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| Instructor: |
Vallega A  |
Office:
248 Susan Campbell Hall
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16286 |
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1600-1750 |
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See DuckWeb |
Vallega A |
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Academic Deadlines
| Deadline |
Last day to: |
| September 27: |
Process a complete drop (100% refund, no W recorded) |
| October 3: |
Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| October 3: |
Process a complete drop (90% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| October 4: |
Process a complete withdrawal (90% refund, W recorded) |
| October 4: |
Withdraw from this course (100% refund, W recorded) |
| October 5: |
Add this course |
| October 5: |
Last day to change to or from audit |
| October 11: |
Process a complete withdrawal (75% refund, W recorded) |
| October 11: |
Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded) |
| October 18: |
Process a complete withdrawal (50% refund, W recorded) |
| October 18: |
Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded) |
| October 25: |
Process a complete withdrawal (25% refund, W recorded) |
| October 25: |
Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded) |
| November 15: |
Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded) |
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Expanded Course Description
| This course serves as a broad survey of major traditions within contemporary Continental philosophy. Traditions represented include phenomenology, phenomenological ontology, ethics of alterity, feminist ethics of sexual difference, structuralism and post‐structuralism, hermeneutics, genealogy, and deconstruction. We will be readings representative texts by Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau‐Ponty, Levinas, Derrida, Irigaray, C. Levi‐Strauss, Gadamer, Foucault, and Habermas. The course is organized topically around the following issues and debates: 1. Should the classical approaches to subjectivity developed in transcendental phenomenology be overcome by ontology? Are both phenomenology and ontology a product of a totalizing system of thought to be displaced by an ethics of radical otherness? Or is the ethics of the other forgetful of otherness within sexual difference? 2.What is the value of a structure-‐based approach to human reality, which captures the larger-than‐individual forces such as linguistic differences and social relations of power? To what degree are structure-‐based approaches wedded to the traditional conceptions of science and to the metaphysics of presence – hence in need of deconstruction? 3. Is theoretical and interpretative practice best described as pure reflection, or rather as a language-based hermeneutical process? 4. What is the relation between the traditional concept of history and genealogy, and between knowledge and power? 5. What does a deconstructive practice of reading philosophical texts consist in, and does deconstruction necessarily turn philosophy into a species of literature? If so, is this a problem? |
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