19TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHY

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Weeks	Topics
1. Weeks	Introduction: The significance of Kant in the history of philosophy and his influence on the 19th century philosophy. Kantian philosophy in the 19th century. German Idealism.
2. Weeks	The birth of philosophy of history-19. century as ‘the century of history’. Herder, “Thoughts On The Philosophy of History of Humanity”; Kant, “A General View of History Towards A Cosmopolitan Intent”.
3. Weeks	Philosophy of history- Fichte, “The Fundamental Characteristics of Our Time”; Schelling, “The Concept of History”, “Is There A Philosophy of History?”; Hegel, “Philosophy of History of The World”, “Reason in History: An Introduction to Philosophy of History”.
4. Weeks	Hegel-Phenomenology of Spirit and its impacts [Bumin, 2005, Selected Essays: “Reading Phenomenology As a Philosophy of Freedom”, “The Dialogue Between The Philosopher and The Other in The Phenomenology of Spirit”].
5. Weeks	Hegel- The Phenomenology of Spirit and its impacts [Bumin, 2005, Selected Essays: “The Adventure of Consciousness in The Phenomenology of Spirit”]. Hegel’s philosophy of art [Bumin, 2005: “An Essay on ‘The Death of Art’ in Hegel”].
6. Weeks	Historical/Dialectical materialism. Engels and Marx. An opposition to traditional philosophy. The question of the aim of philosophy.
7. Weeks	Historical/Dialectical materialism. Selections from Engels, Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy; Marx, 1844 Manuscripts. The philosophical foundations of ‘communist/socialist’ ideology.
8. Weeks	Early existentialists: Schopenhauer-World as Will and Representation, The Metaphysics of Love; Kierkegaard-Fear and Trembling, The Concept of Anxiety.
9. Weeks	Nietzsche and his criticism of the European cultural tradition as Socratic. Selections from Philosophy In The Tragic Era Of The Greeks.
10. Weeks	Nietzsche and his criticism of the European culture. Selections from Ecce Homo and On The Genealogy of Morals.
11. Weeks	Positivism. J. S. Mill, Comte and followers of Comte. [Copleston, 2006, Part 3-p. 52-90, Part 4 section 8-s. 109-114]
12. Weeks	Liberal thought. J.S. Mill, his thoughts on individual liberties and rights, and, on government [Copleston, 2006, Part 2-p.39-46]
13. Weeks	Liberal thought and social evolution. H. Spencer, individual liberties, stages and lives of societies [Copleston, 2006, Part 5-p.123-130]
14. Weeks	Evaluation: From 19th century on, is it inevitable to address or object Kant’s philosophy in every philosophical problem? Why?