Course 476 Lecturers: Dennis G. Dalton, Douglas Kellner, Louis Markos, Mark W. Risjord, Robert C. Solomon, and Darren M. Staloff.
Contents:
Lecture 61. Introduction / D. Staloff -- Lecture 62. James's pragmatism / D. Staloff -- Lecture 63. Freud's psychology of human nature / D. Dalton -- Lecture 64. Freud's discontents / D. Dalton -- Lecture 65. A.J. Ayer and logical positivism / D. Staloff -- Lecture 66. Max Weber and legitimate authority / D. Staloff -- Lecture 67. Husserl and phenomenology / R. Solomon -- Lecture 68. Dewey's critique of traditional philosophy / D. Staloff -- Lecture 69. Heidegger: Dasein and Existenz / R. Solomon -- Lecture 70. Wittgenstein and language analysis / M. Risjord -- Lecture 71. The Frankfurt School / D. Kellner -- Lecture 72. Structuralism: Saussure and Levi-Strauss / L. Markos.
Summary:
The lectures in Part 6 bring the progress of philosophy into the present day, beginning with the work of Nietzsche and the American pragmatists William James and John Dewey. This section explains the work and consequence of modern linguistic and logical analysis in lectures on Ayer and Wittgenstein. Also discussed is the structuralism of Claude Levi-Strauss and the attempts to develop rational foundations for values in the Frankfurt School. Finally, Part 6 introduces the existentialists Husserl and Heidegger.
Series:
The great courses on tape
OCLC:
(OCoLC)48968947
Locations:
JAAX771 -- Faith Baptist Bible College - John L. Patten Library (Ankeny)
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