Course Description
European existentialism, as initiated by Kierkegaard and developed in this century by such figures as Sartre, Camus, Marcel, Jaspers, and Buber.
Athena Title
Existentialism
Prerequisite
PHIL 2010 or PHIL 2010H or PHIL 2010E or PHIL 2020 or PHIL 2020H or PHIL 2020E or PHIL 2030 or PHIL 2030H or PHIL 2030E or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will be expected to understand the main ideas and arguments of the existentialist writers covered in the course, and they will be expected to be able to interpret and to evaluate these ideas and arguments. Communicating effectively through writing and speech, relevant use of the computer, and critical thinking are all stressed. During the course the student should be improving in each of these skill areas.
Topical Outline
This course is a study of such topics as: I. Being and nothingness II. Individual freedom III. Community solidarity IV. Value creation V. The absurd VI. Religious commitment VII. The self and others VIII.Authenticity IX. Bad faith
Syllabus