Courses :: Module, PHENOMENOLOGY

	Overview
	This module provides an introduction to phenomenology as a method and a set of traditions. Texts by Husserl, Reinach, Stein, De Beauvoir, Heidegger, Conrad-Martius, Walther and Levinas will be studied, while emphasis will be placed on phenomenology as a philosophical and academic practice with potential importance for all or most subjects. Tracing the history of the traditions will enable us to reflect on the various varieties of phenomenology and their relationship with each other. The central questions addressed will be: 1. is phenomenology a method, a science or a style of thinking? 2. Is the idea that intentionality is central to consciousness and can be analyzed in its noetic and noematic components essential to phenomenology? 3. What role does eidetic analysis play for phenomenology? Timothy Mooney and Dermot Moran (eds.): The Phenomenology Reader (London and New York: Routledge, 2002) will be used as textbook.

Overview

This module provides an introduction to phenomenology as a method and a set of traditions. Texts by Husserl, Reinach, Stein, De Beauvoir, Heidegger, Conrad-Martius, Walther and Levinas will be studied, while emphasis will be placed on phenomenology as a philosophical and academic practice with potential importance for all or most subjects. Tracing the history of the traditions will enable us to reflect on the various varieties of phenomenology and their relationship with each other. The central questions addressed will be: 1. is phenomenology a method, a science or a style of thinking? 2. Is the idea that intentionality is central to consciousness and can be analyzed in its noetic and noematic components essential to phenomenology? 3. What role does eidetic analysis play for phenomenology? Timothy Mooney and Dermot Moran (eds.): The Phenomenology Reader (London and New York: Routledge, 2002) will be used as textbook.

	Learning Outcomes
	On successful completion of the module, students should be able to: Interpret and compare the texts read. Account for the themes touched upon: intentionality, object and content, essences, empathy and inter-subjectivity, the body, the gendered perspective, being and the other. Account for a number of different versions of phenomenology, e.g. eidetic, realist, transcendental, hermeneutic and dialogic phenomenology. Discuss the development and nature of phenomenology. In particular give reasoned answers to the three questions addressed in the course. Apply the phenomenological method; conduct basic constitutional and eidetic analyses. Discuss the relevance of phenomenology as a method, science and style of thought. Assess the potential for the application of phenomenology in other academic disciplines. Critically discuss the claim of early phenomenology to be first philosophy.

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	Autumn Supplementals/Resits
	University scheduled written examination (Autumn): 90 minutes

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