PHIL V3301 - Twentieth Century Philosophy

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Columbia University in the City of New York

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A survey of the precursors and founders of the three movements of 20th century analytical philosophy: Pragmatism, Logical Positivism and Linguistic Analysis. The course reader contains selected texts of Pragmatism including James, Peirce and Dewey as well as selected texts of Logical Positivism including Russell, Carnap and Ayer, and selected texts of Linguistic Analysis from Moore and Wittgenstein to Ryle and Austin. This survey is followed by an exposition of the Continental movements of Phenomenology and Existentialism with readings from Husserl, Heidegger and Sartre. A concluding review of some postmodernist tendencies that focuses on selected texts of Foucault and Berlin.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.columbia.edu

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(212) 854-1754

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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