German Philosophical Texts

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course, which meets four hours per week, is aimed at foreign students of all faculties who wish to begin reading the key texts of German philosophy in their original language. The aim of this course is to give this methodological orientation. Given the factual and linguistic difficulty of texts of German philosophy, it is necessary in each session of the course to concentrate on selected sections of the text. The texts will be presented and the linguistic difficulties will be clarified so that the content of the texts can be analyzed fully by the students. Detailed text comprehension will enable the students to express their insights on the texts orally and through written assignments during the course. The course will also discuss the texts in a philosophical-historical context and show some examples of how these texts have been used in German literature and jurisprudence.