Heidegger's Philosophy

Pre-requisites: None

Course objectives: Students will be introduced to the basic ideas, problems and concepts of Heidegger's philosophy; historico-hermeneutical context of the creation of Heidegger's philosophical conception, as hermeneutic-phenomenological ontology, will be explained.

Course description: Lectures consist of presentations of the basic ideas of Heidegger's philosophy especially his early philosophy of "Being and Time". Historico-hermeneutical context of the creation of Heidegger's early philosophy is interpreted as well as parts of its major work "Being and Time". Relevance of Heidegger's thought for contemporary philosophy is explained. Exercises consist of joint interpretation of previously read and prepared texts from the original literature, in this case primarly from "Being and Time", especially those parts of the text that are harder to understand and for which it is assumed that students will make them more difficult to overcome without professional support by assistants and teachers.

Learning Outcomes: Introduce students to the basic ideas, problems and concepts of Heidegger's philosophy and provide them with the ability to understand the historico-hermeneutical context of the creation of his basic ideas as well as understanding their relevance for contemporary philosophy