Course 2024-2025

Metaphysics [LPHIB206]

  • 5 credits
  • 45h
  • 1st quarter
Language of instruction: French / Français

Learning outcomes

- How are ultimate questions posed in philosophy, and how can they be reformulated in the context of their contemporary problematisation?

Content

The course takes as its theme the contemporary question of the end of metaphysics. It takes as its starting point the Kantian moment which for the first time rigorously formulates its impossibility; then, after evoking the Cassirer-Heidegger debate concerning the interpretation of Kant, it tackles the Heideggerian deconstruction of the history of metaphysics; in a third stage, it will consider Lévinas's critique of Heidegger, followed by Derrida's interpretation of the meaning of the Jewish philosopher's philosophy. Finally, the course will address a more Hegelian-inspired critique of this theme of the end of metaphysics, showing its unsurpassability.


Teaching methods

Oral course

Evaluations

Oral and written

Recommended readings

Readings are given in class depending on the progress of the material.

Language of instruction

French / Français

Location for course

NAMUR

Organizer

Faculté de philosophie et lettres
Rue de Bruxelles, 61
5000 NAMUR

Degree of Reference

Undergraduate Degree
BlockCredits
Bachelier en philosophie25