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SPRING 2020
Charles University Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies (BA Module + Erasmus students) Daniele De Santis, Ph. D. Office hours: Wednesday 14:00-15:00 Email: daniele.desantis@ff.cuni.cz Heidegger’s Being and Time: Dasein, Existence, Finitude (Thursday 17:30-19:05) Room: 217 NB: THE ZOOM LINK TO THE LECTURES CAN BE FOUND ON THE CORRESPONDING MOODLE PAGE: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=11465#section-0 Last update: De Santis Daniele, doc., Dott. Ric. (18.01.2021)
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General Description and Aims of the Module
The goal of the present module is to provide a systematic introduction to the fundamental concepts and questions of Being and Time—with a special focus on the second part of the book, notably the issues of Dasein’s finitude and temporality. Although this module is conceived as a sort of ideal continuation of my Winter semester introductory course to Heidegger, it is fully independent of it and does not require students to have attended the former. For, an introduction to the basic ideas of Heidegger’s own version of phenomenology (e.g., the concept of Dasein, existence, existential, being-in-the-world, etc.) will in fact be offered during the very first weeks of class: We will first lay out the more general coordinates of the project pursued by Heidegger in Being and Time, then the main elements of Dasein’s structure will be analyzed. A comparative examination of Aristotle, Husserl and Bergson on time and time-consciousness will also allow us to better understand how Heidegger thinks or, better: rethinks of time/temporality as a transcendental structure of Dasein itself and, in particular, the distinction between the “vulgar conception of time” (which according to Heidegger dominates the entire tradition of Western philosophy) and the existential one.
N.B. Even though Being and Time will represent the main focus of our module, references will be also made to some of Heidegger’s own lectures from the 20s so as to have a more clear and broader perspective on what is at stake.
Course Outline
Part 1 (Week 1-Week4) - The project of Being and Time (§§1-6, 9) - Dasein as understanding and project (§§28-29, 31-32)
Part 2 (Week 5-Week 8) - Being-towards-Death and Dasein’s totality (§§46-47, 49, 51-52) - The temporal significance of Dasein’s existentials (§§67-69)
Part 3 (Week 9-Week 12) - Aristotle, Bergson, Husserl in Being and Time - Dasein’s historicity (§§72-76, 78-81)
Recapitulation (Week 13) Last update: De Santis Daniele, doc., Dott. Ric. (18.01.2021)
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Requirements
Students will be evaluated based upon the following two distinct parameters:
(1) Participation (which includes, yet is not limited to attendance, in-class active participation). If you areabsent, please ask some of your classmates for any assignments or key discussion materials missed. (2) A Final Oral Exam (dates and additional info will be provided in due course)
Last update: De Santis Daniele, doc., Dott. Ric. (18.01.2021)
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Essential Bibliography
1. Original Editions
M. Heidegger, Sein und Zeit (Max Niemeyer 1967) M. Heidegger, Kant und das Problem der Metaphysik (Vittorio Klostermann 2010) E. Husserl, Vorlesungen zur Phänomenologie des inneren Zeitbewusstseins (M. Nijhoff) H. Bergson, Essai sur les données immédiates de la conscience (PUF)
2. English Translations
M. Heidegger, Being and Time (Trans. Joan Stambaugh) (State University of New York Press) M. Heidegger, Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics (Indiana University Press) E. Husserl, Lectures on Internal Time-Consciousness (Springer) H. Bergson, Time and Free Will (Dover Publications) Aristotle, Physics. Book II and Book IV (Clarendon Press)
3. Suggested Readings
M. Haar (Ed.), L’Herne. Martin Heidegger (Éditions de l’Herne 1983) T. Kisiel, The Genesis of Heidegger’s Being and Time (University of California Press) R. Rodriguez (Ed.), Ser y Tiempo de Martin Heidegger. Un comentario fenomenológico (Tecnos 2015)
Last update: De Santis Daniele, doc., Dott. Ric. (18.01.2021)
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