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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Philosophy
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Tatiana Karachentseva
Coordinator Office Hours:
Wen., 13-00-14.00
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Tatiana Karachentseva
Course/Module description:
During the course we will analyze one of the leading movements in the post-Kantian philosophy, namely - phenomenology, in terms of its relationship to Kant's critical project. We will show that this relationship has two sides. On the one hand, the phenomenology usually retains Kant's distinction between the philosophy as a doctrine and the critique as a clarification of conditions which make such a doctrine possible. On the other hand, the phenomenology criticizes Kant’s critical procedure and proposes to replace it by the description of the way in which phenomena are given (in accordance with one or another understanding of "phenomenon").
Transformations, which Kant's concept of phenomenon undergoes in phenomenology, will be at the center of our discussion. We will distinguish between different forms of phenomenology and base our distinctions on the analysis of Hegel’s, Husserl’s, Heidegger’s, and Marion’s texts. We will compare the methods, offered in these four versions of phenomenology, by means of which Kant’s Critiques are interpreted.
We will focus on the interpretation that basic Kant’s concepts receive in each one of these versions of the phenomenology. We will pay special attention to the interpretation of the following concepts: ‘intuition’, ‘time’, ‘function of categories’, ‘schematism’, ‘principles of pure understanding’, ‘freedom’, and ‘the categorical imperative’. We will clarify what kind of transformation of those concepts is taking place in each one of these four versions.
We will discuss whether there is a common ground shared by all these versions of phenomenology, and if so, what it is. We will also discuss whether "return to Kant" is possible today, and if so, how?
Course/Module aims:
The goals of the course are:
- to elucidate the meaning of the concept of the phenomenon not only in the context of the Critique of pure Reason but also in the context of notions and distinctions of all three Kantian Critiques;
- to explicate those transformations that the whole system of Kantian concepts and notably the concept of the phenomenon undergoes in the phenomenology of Hegel, Husserl, Heidegger and Marion;
- to reconstruct those specific philosophical motives and grounds for such a transformation, upon which each one of the four versions of phenomenology is based;
- to compare the methods of phenomenological research offered by these four versions of phenomenology, while showing the philosophical meaning of each one and explaining its difference from the critical method;
- to discuss the question: whether Kant's critical method is still relevant today.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Upon completion of the course students must master both the critical and phenomenological methodology of the analysis of phenomena.
Students should also be able to explain the difference between the critical and phenomenological methods of investigations as well as between the various methods within phenomenology itself.
In addition, students must be able to apply the acquired knowledge both to the analysis of philosophical texts and to the analysis of real phenomena.
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Discussion will be the main method of this course.
Course/Module Content:
-Introduction: Kant’s concept of “phenomenon” in the context of the three Critiques
-Hegel on Kant and “Kant on Hegel”
-Hegel’s phenomenology
-Kojeve on Hegel’s phenomenological method
-Husserl’ phenomenology and Kant’s critique
-Heidegger’s concept of Phenomenology
-Heidegger on The Critique of Pure Reason
-Heidegger on the distinction “Sein/Sollen”
-Heidegger’s interpretation of Kant’s thesis on Being
-Marion and the Theological Turn in Phenomenology
-Marion’s saturated phenomenon and Kant
-Conclusions
Required Reading:
Kant, Critique of pure Reason
Kant, Critique of practical Reason
Kant, Critique of Judgment
Hegel, Faith & Knowledge
Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit
Kojeve, A., Introduction to the reading of Hegel: lectures on the phenomenology of spirit
Husserl, The Paris Lectures (1929)
Husserl, Cartesian Meditations
Husserl, The Basic Problems of Phenomenology
Ricouer, Kant and Husserl
Heidegger, Kant and the problem of metaphysics
Heidegger, Basic problems of phenomenology
Heidegger, Being and Time
Heidegger, Kant's thesis about being
Marion, Metaphysics and Phenomenology: A Relief for Theology
Marion, The Saturated Phenomenon
Additional Reading Material:
Bennet, Kern, Marbach, An Introduction to Husserlian Phenomenology
Crowell (ed.), Husserl, Heidegger and the space of meaning: paths toward transcendental phenomenology
Crowell (ed.), Normativity and phenomenology in Husserl and Heidegger
Crowell, Is Transcendental Topology Phenomenological
Farber (ed.), Philosophical essays in memory of Edmund Husserl
Farin, Heidegger and Hegel: the Time of Life & the Time of Life-Philosophy
Ferrarello, Husserl’s Ethics and Practical Intentionality
Heidegger, Hegel's concept of Experience
Hintikka, The notion of Intuition in Husserl
Janicaud, Phenomenology and the Theological Turn: the French Debate
Lauer, Phenomenology: Hegel and Husserl
Marion, The Reason of the Gift
Marion, The “end of metaphysics” as a possibility
McGowan, The Presence of Phenomenology: Hegel and the Return to Metaphysics
Polt (ed.), After Heidegger?
Raffoul, The Future of Thought: Of a Phenomenology of the Inapparent
Rockmore, Kant and Phenomenology
Rockmore, Hegel and Husserl: Two Phenomenological Reactions to Kant
Schwartz (ed.), Transcendence: Philosophy, Literature, and Theology Approach the Beyond
Staehler, Hegel, Husserl and the Phenomenology of Historical Worlds
Tengelyi, Experience and Infinity in Kant and Husserl
Zahavi (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Phenomenology
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 20 %
Participation in Tutorials 10 %
Project work 70 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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