Pragmatic Perspectives in Phenomenology - AFS500176

• Title: Pragmatic Perspectives in Phenomenology
• Guaranteed by: Institute of Philosophy and Religious Studies (21-UFAR)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2017
• Semester: summer
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 4
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/0, C [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
• Additional information: https://dl1.cuni.cz/enrol/index.php?id=4329
• Guarantor: doc. Ondřej Švec, Ph.D.
• Is incompatible with: AFSV00294

Annotation

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:
- the primacy of the practical over theoretical understanding
- criticism of the representationalist account of perception
- analysis of truth claims within the context of social and cultural practices.

Last update: Švec Ondřej, doc., Ph.D. (27.02.2017)

Literature

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.

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.

Last update: Švec Ondřej, doc., Ph.D. (27.02.2017)

Requirements to the exam

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 or Merleau-Ponty with regards to the primary texts. 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 June 2017. 

Last update: Švec Ondřej, doc., Ph.D. (27.02.2017)