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De La Salle University - Dasmariņas
Social Sciences Department
Dasmariņas, Cavite
Syllabus
SY 1999-2000
I. Subject Code: PHLO114
II. Subject title: Contemporary Continental Philosophy
III. Course Description:
This course provides students with an overview of the ket movements of 20th century philosophy. The central tenets of American pragmatism, Existentialism and Phenomenology will be discussed in the context of excerpts and selected works from various contemporary thinkers. A brief analysis on the rise of analytic movement will also be addressed.
IV. Prerequisite: Phlo113
V. Credit: Three (3) Units
VI. Objectives
Cognitive:
Systematically analyze the current trends of western thought.
Affective:
Appreciate the significance of modern day philosophizing.
Psychomotor:
Authentically apply the different philosophical traditions in the realm of human existence.
VII. Content Outline
Preliminary Period
I. The Pragmatist Movement
William James -
What Pragmatism Means
Charles Sanders Pierce -
How to make our Ideas Clear
Development of American Pragmatism
John Dewey -
Significance of the Problem of Knowledge
II. The Existentialist Movement - Great Wall of China
Soren Kierkegaard -
Fear and Trembling
Karl Jaspers -
Idea of God
Midterm Period
Beyond Good and Evil
Genealogy of Morals
Thus Spake Zarathustra
Rebellion
Grand Inquisitor from Brothers Karamazov
III. The Phenomenological Movement
What is Philosophy?
What is Metaphysics?
Phenomenological Method
Being-for-Itself from Being and Nothingness
The Second Sex
IV. The Analytic Movement
Tractacus Logico Pilosopicus
Philosophical Investigations
Final Examinations
VIII. Requirements: Attendance, Recitation, Exams, and paper works
Daily graded recitation/ except for long tests
Topical analysis to be compiled at the end of every term.
Comparative study on two major philosophical treatises.
Grading System
1. Attendance 10%
2. Recitation/Paper 30%
3. Quizzes 30%
4. Major Exam 30%
Total: 100%
Major References:
Prepared by:
Jose Alejandro S. Tenorio