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Import FS
FIL-2004: Hermeneutics Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Objectives
This is a free choice subject within bachelor degree studies in Philosophy. It serves as a subsidiary subject in humanities, science and social science fields.
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The teaching is mostly based on texts from Gadamer and Ric?ur to the Italian hermeneutics philosopher Gianni Vattimo. Ric?ur and Gadamer see the primary purpose of hermeneutics as a criticism of inhuman technology and amoral thought patterns, based on the traditional humanities values and ideals. This is too simple, according to Vattimo. Hermeneutics is built in the last instance on ''weak thinking'' (il pensiero debole), which is not only critical of the modern use of technology but also of traditional humanism. It is also critical of the new forms of culture, media and communications in our crisis-ridden, globalized world.
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Lectures. | Assessment
Work requirements: compulsory exercise assignments must be approved.
Two essays 4-5 pages in length on a stipulated subject. The essays must be submitted at specified times with with four days'' notice concerning the submission deadline. The work will be evaluated on a scale of A-E (pass) and F (fail).
| Examination semester
Autumn | Type of course
Theoretical subject. | Level of course/Year of study
Normally third year. | Contact person/lecturer
Pål Bye Jensen | Recommended reading/syllabus
See homepage. | Language of instruction
Norwegian | Homepage
http://uit.no/filosofi/3125/12
| Timetables
http://timeplan.uit.no/emne.php?department=ALLE&module=FIL-2004-1 |
Syllabus
Gadamer, Hans Georg: ”Det betenkelige ved den estetiske bevissthet”, i Jørgen Dehs: Æstetiske teorier, Odense 1984. (12s.)
Gadamer, Hans Georg: ”Universaliteten i det hermeneutiske problem”, i NFT, 1970, nr. 3-4:s 217-28. (12s.)
Ricoeur, Paul: ”Hva er en tekst?” i Eksistens og hermeneutikk, Oslo 1999. (24s.)
Lagercrantz, Olof: Å lese Proust, Oslo 1992. (158s.)
Vattimo, Gianni: The End og Modernity, Oxford, 1988. (Utvalg på 100s.).
Vattimo, Gianni: Utøver fortolkningen, Hermeneutikken betydelse för filosofien, Daidalos,Gøteborg 1996 (eng. oversettelse: Beyond Interpretation. The meaning of Hermeneutics for Philosophy, Oxford 1997). (utvalg på 70s.)
Foucault, Michel: “What is Enlightenment?", i Foucault: The Essential Works I, London 1994. (15s.)
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