PHIL 302E - Great Philos: Sartre & Camus

Institution:

Westminster College (Salt Lake City)

Subject:

Philosophy

Description:

The course will consider the principal ideas and works of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, two architects of contemporary existentialism (a philosophy that originates in Kierkegaard and Nietzsche). Stemming from a critique of western philosophy, existentialists turn away from abstract, essentialist notions of the world and human beings toward an analysis of our lived experience as individuals in a world formed by choice or attitude. As such, the work of Sartre and Camus considers such human phenomena as boredom, anxiety, absurdity, authenticity, suicide, and the responsibility we bear for creating our own meaning in life.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.westminstercollege.edu

Phone Number:

(801) 484-7651

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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