PHIL304: Existentialism

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

• describe key benchmarks in the development of Jean-Paul Sartre's philosophical thinking;
• identify Sartre's contributions to existentialism;
• summarize Sartre's analysis of consciousness as a nothing;
• summarize Sartre's version of atheistic existentialism;
• discuss Sartre's idea of freedom; and
• analyze Sartre's notion of authenticity.