Syllabus
Compulsory readings in Philosophical Anthropology:
Philosophical Anthropology and Contemporary German Thought.
Themenheft von Iris. European Journal of Philosophy and Public Debate. N. 1 (April 2009):
Andrea Borsari: Notes on 'Philosophical Anthropology' and Contemporary German Thought, 113-130.Karl-Siegbert Rehberg: Philosophical Anthropology from the End of World War I to the 1940s and in a Current Perspective, 131-152.Joachim Fischer: Exploring the Core Identity of Philosophical Anthropology through the Works of Max Scheler, Helmuth Plessner, and Arnold Gehlen, 153-170.Gunter Gebauer/Christoph Wulf: Afte the 'Death of Man': From Philosophical Anthropology to Historical Anthropology, 171-186.Axel Honneth: Problems of Ethical Pluralism: Arnold Gehlens's Anthropological Ethics, 187-194.Hans-Peter Krüger: The Public Nature of Human Beings. Parallels between Classical Pragmatisms and Helmuth Plessner's Philosophical Anthropology, 195-204.Franz Josef Wetz: Culture - A Testament to Indigence, 205-227.
Annotation
The aim of this course is to help students with the methodology of their doctoral research projects.