PHIL 252: Twentieth-Century Continental Philosophy

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; seminar, 1 hour

Catalog page 347

Prerequisites: graduate standing

Description: Examines the character and con- sequences of several recent movements in continental philosophy, including hermeneutics, structuralism, deconstruction, and critical theory. Authors discussed include Heidegger, Gadamer, Habermas, Derrida, and Foucault. Students who complete all writing assign- ments, including a term paper, receive a letter grade; other students receive a

Credit: Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grade. Credit is awarded for only one of PHIL 152 or PHIL 252.