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This lecture course will discuss, chapter by chapter and stage of consciousness by stage of consciousness, Robert Brandom’s monumental 2019 book A Spirit of Trust, which offers a very idiosyncratic reading of Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit. Like Hegel’s original work, A Spirit of Trust covers pretty much all areas of philosophy, including the philosophy of language, epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of logic, philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, the philosophy of history, and the history of philosophy. Poslední úprava: Heyndels Sybren, BcA., M.A., Ph.D. (29.01.2025)
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Willingness to do the preparatory readings and regularly attending the lectures are absolutely vital to pass this course. No previous knowledge about Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit is necessary. Your final grade (either pass/fail or an actual grade) will be based on (1) two small essays written during the semester (pass/fail or 20% per essay), and (2) an oral exam at the end of the semester (pass/fail or 60% of the final grade). The essays are 1000-1500 words long and contain a discussion of one of the topics discussed during the semester. If an essay is not of sufficient quality, the student can be asked to improve the essay and resubmit it on the basis of a feedback report. The oral exam (+/- 20min) will test the student’s knowledge about Brandom’s A Spirit of Trust and the student’s ability to critically engage with it. The students’ essays might be mentioned and discussed during the oral exam. Poslední úprava: Heyndels Sybren, BcA., M.A., Ph.D. (29.01.2025)
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All texts can be found on the following Moodle page: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=17231 Poslední úprava: Heyndels Sybren, BcA., M.A., Ph.D. (07.02.2025)
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There are necessary and optional readings for this class. The necessary readings are always chapters from Brandom’s A Spirit of Trust. Optional readings can be both chapters of A Spirit of Trust as well as background material that can further deepen the student’s knowledge of the topics discussed. The list of optional readings can be found on Moodle and will become more extensive throughout the semester. 18 February: Introduction 25 February: Conceptual Realism and the Semantic Possibility of Knowledge (Chapter 1) 4 March: Representation and the Experience of Error (Chapter 2) 11 March: Immediacy, Generality, and Recollection (Chapter 4) + Understanding the Object/Property Structure in Terms of Negation (Chapter 5) 18 March: The Structure of Desire and Recognition (Chapter 8) 25 March: The Fine Structure of Autonomy and Recognition (Chapter 9) 1 April: Allegories of Mastery (Chapter 10) 8 April: Hegel’s Expressive Metaphysics of Agency (Chapter 11) 15 April: The History of Normative Structures (Chapter 13) 22 April: Alienation and Language (Chapter 14) 29 April: Edelmütigeit and Niederträchtigkeit (Chapter 15) 6 May: Confession and Forgiveness, Recollection and Trust (Chapter 16) 13 May: No class. All lectures are canceled on this day. Poslední úprava: Heyndels Sybren, BcA., M.A., Ph.D. (17.02.2025)
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