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180143 SE Heidegger and Wittgenstein (2013W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Su 15.09.2013 19:00 to Su 29.09.2013 12:00
- Deregistration possible until Th 31.10.2013 23:00
Details
max. 35 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Wednesday 09.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Wednesday 16.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Wednesday 23.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Wednesday 30.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Wednesday 06.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Wednesday 13.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Wednesday 20.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Wednesday 27.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Wednesday 04.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Wednesday 11.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Wednesday 18.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Wednesday 08.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Wednesday 15.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Wednesday 22.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Wednesday 29.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
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Aims, contents and method of the course
The course aims to develop a comparative reading of two of the most important texts of 20th Century Western philosophy: Martin Heidegger’s Being and Time and Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations. It engages with questions and issues such as the following: Why is, for Heidegger, the question of the meaning of Being a fundamental question? How does he attempt to answer it, and why does he fail? How revolutionary was his project in the 1920’s? His existential phenomenology has offered an original account of our everyday existence in the world with others, which is informed by our moods and understanding of our situation, and by a sense of our own mortality and possibility of an authentic life. Are these issues far apart, or closer than it might initially seem, from Wittgenstein’s philosophy? In the 1930’s, Wittgenstein announced his break with the tradition of philosophy, and the emergence, with his new work, of a ‘kink’ or revolutionary move in the evolution of philosophy, comparable to a revolutionary shift in the sciences. Wittgenstein takes an investigation of ordinary language to be central to philosophy. Why would this be so? What can it reveal about meaning, understanding, sense perception, moods and, more generally, about our mental life, daily practices, and our being part of a form of life?
Assessment and permitted materials
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Examination topics
The course aims to identify, beyond significant differences between these philosophers’ works, certain affinities in their thinking which continue to influence our thinking today.
Reading list
Association in the course directory
M3 B. Metaphysik/ Ontologie, Phänomenologie, Philosophie des Geistes
M3 C. Sprachphilosophie/ Hermeneutik, Logik
MA (alt) M1
M3 C. Sprachphilosophie/ Hermeneutik, Logik
MA (alt) M1
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