Twentieth-Century Philosophy

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Three independent schools of philosophy developed across the twentieth century: (1) Continental European phenomenology and social-political thought; (2) Anglo-American linguistic and logical analysis and (3) American pragmatism and process philosophy. Some major figures of each are: (1) Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, Levinas,Frankfurt School, Derrida and Deleuze; (2) Frege, Russell, Moore, Ayer, Wittgenstein, Quine, Rawls, Austin, Searle; (3) Dewey, Mead, Whitehead, Buchler, Randall Jr., Hartshorne and Neville. Depending on the Instructor, an introduction to the development and key ideas of one or more of these schools will be taught.