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FALL 2024-2025
Charles University Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies (NOTA BENE: This is not a class for Erasmus students) Daniele De Santis - Sybren Heyndels Office hours: D. De Santis: Thursday 16:00-17:00 Room: 223 S. Heyndels: Wednesday 13:00-14:00 Room: 220 Emails: daniele.desantis@ff.cuni.cz / sybren.heyndels@ff.cuni.cz Contemporary Theoretical Philosophy A Language and Thought: An Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy Lecture: Thursday 9:10-10:45 (Room: 217) Seminar: Thursday 12:30-14:05 (Room: 217) 1. General Description and Aims of the Module The present module offers an introduction to contemporary philosophy, with special focus on the problems of the language-thought relation. To this end, different philosophical traditions and major representatives of these traditions will be presented in the morning lectures and more closely read and discussed in the afternoon reading seminar. Among the questions which will lead our discussions are: What is the relation/difference between thought and language? Which one should be granted priority over the other? Is language meant to just express our thoughts? Or should we accept the claim to the effect that there cannot be any thought without language? To what extent does language, its intrinsic normativity and structure, shape and form our experience? Is it possible to speak of pre-linguistic and pre-predicative experience? Or is this notion a contradiction in terms? Poslední úprava: De Santis Daniele, doc., Dott. Ric. (03.10.2024)
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2. Requirements
Requirements for completing the course:
(a) Regular attendance of both lectures and seminars (students should read in advance the material for each class). 2 absences maximum are allowed.
(b) Active participation in class (which implies that students read the material beforehand)
(c) The third requirement can be fulfilled in two alternative manners:
- Either by doing a presentation in one of the seminars. The handout for the presentation should be submitted one week in advance, i.e. no later than the Thursday before your presentation is scheduled (the structure of the handout should be discussed with the teacher beforehand).
- Or by writing a paper on a topic of your choice from those discussed during the semester. The deadline for submission of the paper via email by January 26, 2025 (more information about the paper will be provided in due time by the teachers) Poslední úprava: De Santis Daniele, doc., Dott. Ric. (11.09.2024)
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3. Essential Bibliography (all the texts will be available on Moodle)
F. Nietzsche, On the prejudices of philosophers
E. Husserl, Logical Investigations (selection). London: Routledge
H. Arendt, The Human Condition (selection). Chicago: University of Chicago Press
M. Heidegger, Being and Time (selection). New York: SUNY
J. Derrida, Signature Event Context. From Magins of Philosophy. London, Routledge, pp. 307-330
G. Frege, 1956 (1918). The thought: A logical inquiry. Mind, 65(259), pp. 289-311.
L. Wittgenstein, 2009 (1953). Philosophical investigations. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. (selection)
P.F. Strawson, 1949. Truth. Analysis, 9(6), pp. 83-97.
G. E. M. Anscombe, 1957. Intention. Oxford: Blackwell. (selection)
R. Brandom, 1983. Asserting. Noûs, 17(4) pp. 637-650. Poslední úprava: De Santis Daniele, doc., Dott. Ric. (03.10.2024)
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4. Tentative Calendar (More Information on the Moodle page of the Class)
Week 1 – Introduction (preparation of the seminar calendar)
Week 2 – The Masters of suspicion
Week 3 – G. Frege
Week 4 – L. Wittgenstein
Week 5 – Phenomenology. Part 1: E. Husserl
Week 6 – P.F. Strawson
Week 7 – Phenomenology. Part 2: M. Heidegger
Week 8 – G.E.M. Anscombe
Week 9 – J. Derrida
Week 10 – H. Arendt
Week 11 – R. Brandom
Week 12 – Recapitulation and Q&A Poslední úprava: De Santis Daniele, doc., Dott. Ric. (18.09.2024)
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