PHIL304: Existentialism

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

• describe how key developments in Martin Heidegger's early years influenced his philosophical thinking;
• explain what Heidegger means by the ontological "question of being”;
• summarize Heidegger's critique of Descartes;
• identify the different existential categories Heidegger proposes in Being and Time;
• describe key concepts in Heidegger's philosophy of existence; and
• compare Heidegger with his predecessors, particularly Friedrich Nietzsche and Søren Kierkegaard.