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UC Davis Department of Philosophy

20th Century European Philosophy

Philosophy Department

1240 Social Sciences and Humanities
University of California, Davis
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Davis, CA 95616

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This is a listing of class reading assignments. Readings with links may be found on line. Readings from Foucault are from The Foucault Reader.

Month Day Topic Reading
September 21 No Reading
26 Husserl Phenomenology, fourth draft
28 Husserl Phenomenology, fourth draft
October 3 Husserl Phenomenology, fourth draft
5 Husserl Phenomenology, fourth draft
10 Heidegger Being and Time, ¶¶ 1-8
12 Heidegger Being and Time, ¶¶ 9-12
17 Heidegger Being and Time, ¶¶ 15, 27, 30, 38
19 Heidegger Being and Time, ¶¶ 39-42
24 Heidegger Being and Time, ¶¶ 45-53
26 Sartre Being and Nothingness, Introduction
31 Sartre Being and Nothingness, Introduction
November 2 Sartre Being and Nothingness, Part One, Chapter One
7 Sartre Being and Nothingness, Part One, Chapter Two
9 Sartre Being and Nothingness, Part Three, Chapter One, Sections 1 and 2, and pages 340-363 in Section 4.
14 Sartre Being and Nothingness, Part Four, Chapter One, Sections 1, and 3, Conclusion
16 Foucault Truth and Power
21 Foucault Truth and Power
23 Foucault The Body of the Condemned, Right of Death and Power over Life
28 Derrida Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences (to the Levi-Strauss example)
30 Derrida Différance
December 7 FINAL EXAMINATION 6:00 - 8:00 P.M.
 
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