PHIL304: Existentialism

Upon successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

• identify Fyodor Dostoevsky's place in the history of existentialism;
• describe Dostoevsky's notions of freedom and revolution;
• summarize the idea of Dostoevsky's Underground Man;
• analyze Dostoevsky's perspective on morality;
• explain Dostoevsky's critique of reason;
• describe the key ideas encompassed by Dostoevsky's notion of truth; and
• summarize the main themes in Dostoevsky's "The Grand Inquisitor.”