Philosophy 7

Fall 2015

Number Title Instructor Days/time Room
7 Existentialism in Literature & Film Dreyfus TuTh 2-3:30 20 Wheeler

What is it to be a human being? How can human beings live meaningful lives? These questions will guide our discussion of theistic and atheistic existentialism and their manifestations in literature and film. Material will include philosophical texts from Pascal, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche; literature from Dostoevsky; films from Alain Resnais, Carol Reed, and Jean-Luc Godard.

Previously taught: SU13D, SP12, SU10A, FL09, SP08, SP06, SP04.