סילבוס Theories and Methods of the Humanities: Approaches toward a Philosophy of History

הקורס יתקיים באנגלית ויכלול כשבעה מפגשים של 4 שעות כל אחד בחודשים פברואר - אפריל
שיעור ראשון יתקיים ביום ב' 21.2 בשעה 14-18 בחדר 450

The lectures will address the following topics:

- Humanities and „Geisteswissenschaften“: the different approaches the continental and the Anglophone world to the subject of history
- What is an event? Here the outlines Heidegger’s Book “Vom Ereignis” will be presented as a focus of a philosophy of history.
- Temporality and representation of experiences: a phenomenology of everyday usage of temporal and historical structures.
- Event, narrativity and history: An event becomes only conceivable if it is represented in a narrative. Narratives deliver the structures of linguistic and logical theories.
- History and historiography: Although history is real, it is only conceivable as narrative. It is only in a narrative that history receives its meaning.
- Historiography, Poetry and Theory. Historiography is an intentional act, how can it be distinguished from poetry? What kind of truth can be expected?
- Hermeneutics and rational reconstruction. What does one understand if one reads history? What kind of hermeneutics is required? Is it more appropriate to speak about rational reconstruction of history?

The lectures will address the following topics:

- Humanities and „Geisteswissenschaften“: the different approaches the continental and the Anglophone world to the subject of history
- What is an event? Here the outlines Heidegger’s Book “Vom Ereignis” will be presented as a focus of a philosophy of history.
- Temporality and representation of experiences: a phenomenology of everyday usage of temporal and historical structures.
- Event, narrativity and history: An event becomes only conceivable if it is represented in a narrative. Narratives deliver the structures of linguistic and logical theories.
- History and historiography: Although history is real, it is only conceivable as narrative. It is only in a narrative that history receives its meaning.
- Historiography, Poetry and Theory. Historiography is an intentional act, how can it be distinguished from poetry? What kind of truth can be expected?
- Hermeneutics and rational reconstruction. What does one understand if one reads history? What kind of hermeneutics is required? Is it more appropriate to speak about rational reconstruction of history?