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Магистратура 2021/2022

Современная философия

Лучший по критерию «Новизна полученных знаний»
Статус: Курс адаптационный (Политика. Экономика. Философия)
Направление: 41.04.04. Политология
Когда читается: 1-й курс, 1 модуль
Формат изучения: без онлайн-курса
Охват аудитории: для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ
Прогр. обучения: Политика. Экономика. Философия
Язык: английский
Кредиты: 3
Контактные часы: 28

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course presents an overview of the main problems of contemporary philosophy: the problem of sense, the problem of language, and the problem of the symbolical order. The main discourses that we will cover to address these problems are: phenomenology, analytical philosophy, and post-structuralism. A major part of the course contains a close reading of texts by Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Michel Foucault.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • Knowledge of the main problems and positions in contemporary philosophy (as instanced in the philosophers selected for course)
  • describe the main problems and positions in contemporary philosophy;
  • explain the meaning of the philosophical concepts in different discourses of contemporary philosophy;
  • compare and evaluate the different positions in contemporary philosophy.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Advancement of the students’ grasp of ethics by means of connecting theoretical philosophy with applied philosophical problems;
  • Augmentation of the students’ knowledge of contemporary philosophy through their exposure to the contemporary debates;
  • Augmentation of the students’ knowledge of contemporary philosophy through their exposure to the contemporary debates;
  • Enhancement of the students’ ability to pursue a “problem-oriented” rather than a “method-driven” strategy of research;
  • Improvement of the students’ analytical and polemical skills in matters of theoretical and practical philosophy.
  • Improvement of the students’ analytical and polemical skills in matters of theoretical and practical philosophy.
  • Intensification and enrichment of the students’ awareness of the contemporary philosophical situation and furtherance of their ability to critically and independently form their theoretical and practical position in relation to it;
  • Intensification and enrichment of the students’ awareness of the contemporary philosophical situation and furtherance of their ability to critically and independently form their theoretical and practical position in relation to it;
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • I. Three Discourses of Contemporary Philosophy
  • II. The Problem of Sense: Phenomenology (a)
  • III. The Problem of Sense: Phenomenology (b)
  • IV. The Problem of Sense: Phenomenology (c)
  • V. The Problem of Language: Analytic Philosophy (a)
  • VI. The Problem of Language: Analytic Philosophy (b)
  • VII. The Problem of Language: Analytic Philosophy (c)
  • VIII. The Problem of the Symbolic: The Philosophy of Poststructuralism (a)
  • IX. The Problem of the Symbolic: Philosophy of Poststructuralism (b)
  • X. The Problem of the Symbolic: The Philosophy of Post-structuralism (c)
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Essay (homework)
  • non-blocking Reading (homework), Debates (classwork)
  • non-blocking Exam
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2021/2022 1st module
    0.25 * Reading (homework), Debates (classwork) + 0.5 * Exam + 0.25 * Essay (homework)
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Dermot Moran, Springer Science+business Media B. V, D. Moran, & Cont Philos Rev. (n.d.). Husserl’s transcendental philosophy and the critique of naturalism. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.4E22E3D8
  • F I Girenok. (2013). Kant, Heidegger and the Problem of Metaphysics. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.AD12FB58
  • Hamilton, A. (2014). Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Wittgenstein and On Certainty. New York: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=873094
  • Horton, J. (2000). THE ORDERS OF DISCOURSE (Book Review). Political Studies, 48(1), 147. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=asn&AN=2983795
  • JAN PATOCKA, & JAMES DODD. (2018). An Introduction to Husserl’s Phenomenology. LA SALLE: Open Court. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1835570
  • Merleau-Ponty, M. (2004). The World of Perception. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=114850
  • Rump, J. (2011). Lévi-Strauss, Barthes, and the “Structuralist Activity” of Sartre’s Dialectical Reason. Sartre Studies International, 17(2), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.3167/ssi.2011.170201
  • S. Kripke. (n.d.). Chapter 10 Naming and Necessity. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.61B78C8D
  • Soames, S. (2003). Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century, Volume 2 : The Age of Meaning. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=295536
  • Wheater, K. (2017). Structural Anthropology (Vol. First edition). London: Macat Library. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1552237

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Boundas, C. V. (2006). Deleuze and Philosophy. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=165167
  • Butler, J. (1997). Excitable Speech : A Politics of the Performative. New York: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=653574
  • Coliva, A. (2010). Moore and Wittgenstein : Scepticism, Certainty and Common Sense. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=347702
  • Javier Vilanova Arias. (1998). SLUGA, H. y STERN, D.G. (eds.). The cambridge companion to Wittgenstein. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.9F343991
  • Moran, D. (2000). Introduction to Phenomenology. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=70809
  • morris, katherine j. (2008). The Cambridge Companion to Merleau-Ponty - Edited by Taylor Carman and Mark B.N. Hansen. Philosophical Books, 49(1), 57–59. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0149.2008.456_7.x
  • Rae, G. (2013). Overcoming Philosophy: Heidegger, Metaphysics, and the Transformation to Thinking. Human Studies, 36(2), 235–257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10746-012-9253-x
  • Saussure, F. de, & Harris, R. (2013). Course in General Linguistics. New York: Bloomsbury Academic. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=654248
  • Świątkowski, P. (2015). Deleuze and Desire : Analysis of The Logic of Sense. Leuven, Belgium: Leuven University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1104585