Meets the following requirements: HS   

The rise and development of technology is perhaps the most dramatic factor influencing the nature of the modern world. This seminar provides an opportunity to investigate the dynamics of a "technological society" with particular emphasis on the problem of changing conceptions of time and the development of the modern and most-modern concept of the self. An investigation of these issues are achieved by a close reading of several of Heidegger's essays on technology and language and by an examination of the views of classical philosophers such as Kierkegaard and Nietzsche and contemporary thinkers including Gadamer, Habermas and Rorty. Discussion classes with student presentation and a final research paper.

Level:  Introductory/Intermediate.   Class limit 15. Prerequisite at least one philosophy course or permission of instructor. *HS*