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PHIL2675: Existentialism
2024 unit information
This course examines a major movement in 19th and 20th century European philosophy, and focuses on key questions and figures from the movement. Topics to be considered include: the possibility of morality after the death of God, meaning in human life, the self, freedom, finitude and historicity.
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| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Philosophy |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand Existentialism as a historical movement and a philosophical approach to questions regarding life, morality, history and the natural world
- LO2. grasp various ways in which various philosophers from the late 19th and 20th century have contributed to Existentialist thought
- LO3. understand the relationship between freedom, history, finitude, morality
- LO4. understand ways in which Existentialist thought continues to play a role in philosophies of race and gender
- LO5. carefully read historical texts
- LO6. analyse ideas and philosophical arguments
- LO7. understand ideas within their context and of the history and development of ideas
- LO8. demonstrate a capacity to read secondary literature and assess its relevance.
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