Pragmatic Perspectives in Phenomenology - AFSV00294

• Title: Pragmatic Perspectives in Phenomenology
• Guaranteed by: Institute of Philosophy and Religious Studies (21-UFAR)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2018
• Semester: summer
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Additional information: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=4329
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Mgr. Ondřej Švec, Ph.D.
• Incompatibility : AFS500176, AFS500176E

Annotation

Last update: Mgr. Ondřej Švec, Ph.D. (19.02.2018)

The course "Pragmatic Perspectives in Phenomenology" will start Monday, February 26 !

The aim of this course is to extract and assess the pragmatic theses that are present in the phenomenological works of M. Heidegger, M. Merleau-Ponty and J. Patočka. We will read and critically assess both primary texts and several pragmatic readings of Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty, while focusing on the the following themes as possible justifications for speaking about the pragmatic turn in phenomenology: <br>
- the primacy of the practical over theoretical understanding<br>
- criticism of the representationalist account of perception <br>
- analysis of truth claims within the context of social and cultural practices.<br>

Literature

Last update: Mgr. Ondřej Švec, Ph.D. (01.02.2018)

Bibliography:

Brandom, Robert. 2002a. “Heidegger’s Categories in Sein und Zeit.” In Tales of the Mighty Dead: Historical Essays in the Metaphysics of Intentionality. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 298-323.

Brandom, Robert. 2002b. “Dasein, the Being that Thematizes” In Tales of the Mighty Dead: Historical Essays in the Metaphysics of Intentionality. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 324-347.

Crowell, Steven (2013), Normativity and Phenomenology in Husserl and Heidegger, Cambridge University Press

Dreyfus, Hubert (1991), Being-in-the-World, Commentary on Heidegger's "Being and Time," Division I., MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.

Haugeland, John (2013), Dasein Disclosed: John Haugeland’s Heidegger, ed. by Joseph Rouse, Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

Heidegger, Martin (1996), Being and Time (translated by Joan Stambaugh). Albany: State University of New York Press

Husserl, H. (1970), The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology, (trans. D. Carr) Evanston: Northwestern University Press

Merleau-Ponty, Maurice (1997), Phénoménologie de la perception, Éditions Gallimard.

Okrent, Mark (1988) Heidegger's Pragmatism: Understanding, Being, and the Critique of Metaphysics, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

Patočka, Jan (1996) Heretical Essays in the Philosophy of History, La Salle, Ill.: Open Court Publishing.

Patočka, Jan (1998) Body, Community, Language, World, La Salle, Ill.: Open Court Publishing.

Patočka, Jan (2016), Afterword to the first French Translation in Jan Patočka, The Natural World as a Philosophical Problem, Evanston: Northwestern University Press

Rorty, Richard (1991) Heidegger, contingency, and pragmatism. In: R. Rorty, Essays on Heidegger and Others: Philosophical Papers Volume 2 (pp. 27–49). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Švec, Ondřej & Čapek, Jakub (eds.) (2017), Pragmatic Perspectives in Phenomenology, Routledge, London/New York 

Requirements to the exam

Last update: Mgr. Ondřej Švec, Ph.D. (01.02.2018)

The credits for the course will be delivered based on two categories of assessment:

(1) Engaged Involvement:

This is generally a matter of preparation, attendance, attention, and participation in the course.

and:

(2a) Oral presentation with critical assessment of two issues:

·        Is the interpretation accurate to the position reported?

·        Is it an accurate analysis of the philosophical problems at stake?

or:

(2b) Written Work:

A paper based on critical assessment of already exiting interpretations of Heidegger,  Merleau-Ponty or Patočka with regards to the primary texts. This means: You must consult primary sources (Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Patočka) and compare or critically assess different interpretations.

Topics for the papers are to be chosen by yourself, but of course it can be in consultation with me. The topic must clearly deal with themes raised during our course.

These papers should be of roughly 6-7 pages (250*7=1750 words) and should be sent to my email address with a proper form of footnotes, endnotes, or references.  The papers will be due on Friday, 15 May 2018.