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2022-2023 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

PHL 238 - Existentialism and Phenomenology

Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Survey of two significant and related movements within philosophy. Historical background may be provided, and the course will cover important existential themes, such as those regarding the self, authenticity, responsibility and choice, anxiety, perspectivism, the meaning of death and of god - to name a few. Phenomenology and its method of inquiry may be explored as well as famous artistic works that incorporate existentialist ideas.
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