PHILOSOPHY 440D - Time

Institution:

Connecticut College

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Description:

The course will start with an investigation into the changes and developments that the concept of "time" underwent in thecourse of its history from Greek natural philosophy to modern physics and modern psychology of consciousness. Building on this historical foundation the course will then take a phenomenological approach to understanding the relationship of time to human conscious experience and its expression in cultural undertakings. Thoughts on time of such diverse thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustin, Newton, Kant, Nietzsche, Bergson, Heidegger, Einstein, Sartre, Proust, and Virginia Woolf will be considered. K. Pfefferkorn

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.connecticutcollege.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 447-1911

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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