Duquesne UniversityMcAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts

Philosophy of TimeGraduate Seminar

Fall 2019

PHIL 654-01 Lanei M. RodemeyerTR 10:50-12:05 326 College HallLocation: 642 College Hall Contact: 396-6497 or rodemeyer@duq.edu

Office Hours: TBA

We will take on several of the analyses of time and temporality in the history of philosophy in this course. Beginning with close readings from the history of philosophy, such as Aristotle, Plotinus, and Augustine, we will then move to contemporary analytic and continental approaches, including McTaggart and Bergson. Given student interest, we may conclude the semester with a special focus will be on the approaches of Husserl and Heidegger to the experience of time. The goals of the course will be to gain a fairly detailed understanding of these works in themselves and in comparison with each other, and to follow the themes of time and temporality across different approaches. Our format will include lecture, discussion, close textual readings, and student presentations (for graduate students).

Course Requirements: Two papers, 10-12 pages each, one presentation, and participation in class discussions.Written work is to be a close reading on a specific text or issue arising from one or more of the readings in class. Graduate Presentations will be presented in panels during a class “Philosophy of Time Conference”. Graduate students will create panels based on shared themes, and present on issues/authors other than those addressed in their papers.

Texts for the course: Time, ed. by Jonathan Westphal and Carl Levenson. (Hackett Publishing Co., 1993—or the latest edition), and additional readings made available through e-reserve, BB, and/or handouts.