Philosophy (PHIL) - Existentialism I
PHIL 3476 Existentialism I
Prerequisites:
Any 3 credits in Philosophy
Antirequisites:
PHIL 3475
Hours:
Three hours of lecture per week for one term.
Credits:
3
Description:
This course will introduce existentialist philosophy as a reaction to enlightenment reason and nineteenth century idealism. The meaning of individual existence, nihilism, creation, freedom and intersubjectivity will be explored through philosophical and literary texts that may include the work of Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, Kafka, Camus, Sartre and de Beauvoir.