PHI 610 Phenomenological Method & the Question of God
Through the study of key selected thinkers, this course addresses the origins of phenomenology and the phenomenological method. Phenomenology’s filiation with and dramatic distinction from metaphysical inquiry, as well as the phenomenological branches that either illuminate or obscure theological meaning, are discussed at length. Special attention is given to Brentano, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Scheler, Marcel, and Ricoeur. The contributions of deconstructionism in Derrida and postmodern weak theology in Vattimo provide further interpretative basis.