PHI 160H - Consciousness and Experience

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University of Maine at Farmington

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Twentieth-century European philosophy began, with Edmund Husserl, by exploring human consciousness as the key to understanding the world. The phenomenological school, as it was known, then gave rise to the existentialist movement, as figures such as Heidegger and Sartre took the category of human existence as the fundamental principle of philosophy. Later thinkers such as Merleau-Ponty deepened the analysis of the way consciousness derives from human experience and thus paved the way for movements such as post-modernism. Depending on the instructor, this course will also explore (in addition to those already named) thinkers such as Buber, Derrida, Foucault, Lacan, Levinas, and Lyotard. Connections between philosophy and psychology, literature, and the arts will be emphasized. Note: This is the final course in our four-semester History of Philosophy sequence (PHI 120H-160H). However, these courses may be taken in any order, and no background is assumed. Students seeking courses in Twentieth-century Anglo-American Analytic philosophy should look for PHI 200H, 201H, and 202H. (Pass/Fail option) Every two years in the Spring. Credit: 4

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umf.maine.edu

Phone Number:

(207) 778-7000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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