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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Introduction to Course Calvinism and Jonathan Edwards Emerson Post-Civil War Developments Peirce's Pragmaticism Definition and Description of Pragmatism What Pragmatism Is James? Pragmatism
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Methods of individual activities, Skills training
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Learning outcomes
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This course will provide overwiev of American Philosophy. Students will get know its main topics and distinctions. Lectures are in English.
Students will get informations about American philosophy. Students will improve also their abilities in English.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Didactic test, Discussion
Students will obtain credit if they attend individual and group consultations and if they hand in a four-page text that contains a plan of the work, a detailed segmentation, and a list of literature and other sources, a formulation of a hypothesis or questions, and a description of the methods to be used.
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Recommended literature
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Harris, L. American Philosophies: An Anthology. Oxford, 2002.
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John J. Stuhr (Editor). Pragmatism and Classical American Philosophy: Essential Readings and Interpretive Essays. Oxford, 2000.
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