(in Polish) Translatorium: Contemporary Readings in Phenomenology WF-FI-WPLOTKA-WO19
The main goal of the course is to prepare for independent contact and use of English-language philosophical texts in the field of phenomenology on the example of the latest publications in this field. Phenomenology is one of the fastest growing fields of philosophical research, and a large proportion of contemporary discussions are taking place at the international level in English. In class, reading and discussing fragments of Dan Zahavi's work entitled "Husserl's Legacy: Phenomenology, Metaphysics, and Transcendental Philosophy" (Oxford 2017), which is widely commented on and discussed in contemporary works in the field of phenomenology. The classes also include reading articles on phenomenology of imagination and reduction methods. A further general goal of the course is to build the ability to create a scientific and research workshop when working with English-language works.
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Learning outcomes
Knowledge: the student knows the basic and advanced philosophical terminology in the field of phenomenology; student knows basic discussions in contemporary interpretations of Husserl's philosophy, including terminology, phenomenology of imagination and method of reduction
Skills: student independently translates from English into Polish; student uses phenomenological terminology in English
Competences: the student effectively organizes his own work in the field of translating English text from English into Polish; student is able to organize work in preparing a dictionary of technical terms
credits:
participation in classes: 30
preparation for classes and reading texts: 30
self-translation of the text: 30
consultations: 10
TOTAL HOURS: 100 [100: 25 = 4]
NUMBER OF ECTS: 4
Assessment criteria
The verification of knowledge and skills acquired during the course takes place in three stages:
1) independent elaboration and discussion on the main theses of D. Zahavi's work, "Husserl's Legacy: Phenomenology, Metaphysics, and Transcendental Philosophy" together with the translation of selected fragments of the text in the field of phenomenology from English into Polish;
2) preparing a Polish-English translation of a phenomenology text on a topic previously agreed with the teacher.
3) Class attendance on a scale of:
1 absence - 5.0
2 absences - 4.0
3 absences - 3.0
4 and more presence - 2.0
The grade from the classes is a weighted average of the above component grades in terms of: 2/5 of the grade is activity during classes and independent translation of selected fragments of Zahavi's work, 2/5 of the grade is preparing a translation of a text from Polish into English, 1/5 of the grade is presence.
Bibliography
1. D. Zahavi, "Husserl's Legacy: Phenomenology, Metaphysics, and Transcendental Philosophy", Oxford 2017.
2. W. Płotka, "Reduction and the Question of Beginnings in Husserl, Fink and Patočka", "Human Studies" 41 (4) (2018), pp. 603-621.
3. W. Płotka, "A Controversy over the Existence of Fictional Objects: Husserl and Ingarden on Imagination and Fiction", "Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology" (2019), pp. 1–22
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