| Course title | Topics in Contemporary Philosophy 6 (Truth Is Subjectivity) |
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| Course code | KFI/NTC16 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Seminar |
| Level of course | Master |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter |
| Number of ECTS credits | 5 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Course availability | The course is available to visiting students |
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| Course content |
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Reading and analysis of Kierkegaard's Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments. Literature: Fichte, Johann Gottlieb. Die Bestimmung des Menschen. Felix Meiner Verlag, 2018. John Lippitt and George Pattison, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Kierkegaard (Oxford University Press, 2013). Jon Stewart, ed., A Companion to Kierkegaard (Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2015). Jon Stewart, S?ren Kierkegaard: Subjectivity, Irony, & the Crisis of Modernity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015). Jothen, Peder. Kierkegaard, Aesthetics, and Selfhood: The Art of Subjectivity. London: Routledge, 2018. Soren Kierkegaard. Kierkegaard's Writings, XII.1: Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments, by Johannes Climacus. Edited and translated by Howard Hong and Edna Hong. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1992.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Learning outcomes |
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The objective of the course is to introduce students to Kierkegaard and his philosophy through analysing his major work Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments. In addition, other relevant materials will be read and discussed. The central topic of the course is "subjectivity."
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| Prerequisites |
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unspecified
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Attendance: a maximum of two absences is allowed to accommodate for personal emergencies. In case of absence, the student should be prepared for the next lesson regardless. Reading the required texts and being prepared for discussion. Active participation in class. Preparation of a paper based on the selected text. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2019) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2019) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2019) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter |