Philosophy 382
Professor William Blattner
Department of Philosophy
Office: 240 New North
Phone: (202) 687-4528
last updated: 12/19/06
Short-response papers will be announced in passing.
The first (shorter) paper is due Thursday, Oct. 26th, in class.
The second (longer) paper is due Monday, December 18th.
Aug 31: Why Study Heidegger
RG, chs. 1-2Sept 5: Introduction I: Ontology
RG, ch. 3, sect. i
Optional: BP §3Sept 7: Introduction II: Phenomenology
RG, 3-ii
Brentano passage
Optional: BP §5
Sept 12: Division One, Chapter 1: Existentialism & Heidegger's Concept of "Existence"
RG, 3-iii
Existentialist passages (Sartre, Ortega, Kierkegaard)Sept 14: Chapter 2 & §14: Being-in-the-World
RG, 3-ivSept 19: §§15 & 16: Using Equipment
RG, 3-v, pp. 48-59
Passages from Husserl's IdeasSept 21: §18: Worldhood and Significance
RG, 3-v, pp. 59-65
Optional: BP §15ca
Sept 26: §§25 & 6: Being-with-Others
RG, 3-vi, pp. 65-67Sep. 28: §27: Anonymity & the Public
RG, 3-vi, pp. 67-73
Oct 3: §§29-30: The Ontology of Affects: Affectivity
RG, 3-viii
§17 of The Fundamental Concepts of MetaphysicsOct 5: §31: Understanding
RG, 3-ix, pp. 84-91Oct 10: §32: Interpretation and Hermeneutics
RG, 3-ix, pp. 91-98
optional supplementary reading: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on hermeneuticsOct 12: §§33 & 34: Language
RG, 3-x
Optional: BP, §17
Oct 17: §13: Heidegger's Phenomenological Critique of Representationalism
Oct 19: §§28, 43a: Heidegger's Rejection of Epistemology
RG, 3-vii & xi, pp. 108-113Oct 24: §43c: Heidegger's Rejection of the Realism-Idealism Debate
RG, 3-xi, pp. 113-118Oct 26: §§44a-b: Heidegger's Rejection of the Correspondence Theory of Truth
RG, 3-xii, pp. 118-123
Optional: BP, §18Oct 31: §44c: Primordial Truth
RG, 3-xii, pp. 123-127
Nov 2: §§35-38: Falling
RG, 3-xiii & xivNov 7: §40: Anxiety
RG, 3-xvNov 9: Division Two, Chapter 1: Death
RG, 3-xvi, pp. 145-153Nov 14: §§54-59: Guilt and Conscience
RG, 3-xvi, pp. 153-160Nov 16: §§60-62: Resoluteness
RG, 3-xviiNov 21 & 23: No class meetings. Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov 28: §64: Selfhood, Care, and Resoluteness
Nov 30: Division Two, Chapter 5: Historicality & Tradition
Dec 5: Heidegger's Involvement in Nazism: Is it related to his philosophy?
Iain Thomson, "Heidegger and National Socialism," on reserve in Lauinger
Thomas Sheehan, "Reading a Life: Heidegger in Hard Times," on reserve
Thomas Sheehan, "A Normal Nazi," available on-line here
Thomas Sheehan, "Heidegger and the Nazis," available on-line hereDec 7: Final Class Meeting: click here for topic