Whatever the differences between them, the major trends in twentieth-century European philosophy share a common root: an engagement with phenomenology and the enigma of what it calls ‘lived-experience’ (Erlebnis) Thinkers as diverse as Sartre, Gadamer, Levinas, Derrida, Adorno, and Lyotard have all published sizeable (often multiple) meditations on the phenomenological tradition. So, for those concerned with the transdisciplinary relevance of European philosophy, a sense of phenomenology would seem indispensable. What is phenomenology? How has it revolutionized philosophy? What possibilities does it open up in epistemology, aesthetics, ethics, and politics?
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Hello, I have perhaps a strange question. I’m wondering where the picture on your header comes from. Who painted it? Where it is hanging? How you came across it, etc. Thanks.
eireene
It is Cy Twombly’s “Three Studies from the Temeraire,” though I’m not sure where it is hanging. I’ve loved his work since visiting the Cy Twombly gallery in in Houston, which he himself designed. Unreal, both the space and the work.
Hello, I have another strange question: did you have a website with the same name several years ago? Because I’m sure I stumbled upon such a site… Your classes sound fascinating, there aren’t that many places in the UK where you can study phenomenology seriously any more, as academic philosophy is being shaken up on a periodic basis, and the good academics end up in the States (although a few, such as Miguel de Bistegui, stay). Was searching for ‘phinaesthai’ on google, and your site has some good explanations. I’m going to keep returning…
Mark, this was a page for my students, actually. They posted summaries, etc., as you see, but it is no longer updated.
I didn’t have a similar site, actually. Alas.
European philosophy – whether postmodern or phenomenological – is in real crisis here in the U.S., as well. Sadly. I have met Miguel a few times at U.S. conferences…his books are consistently first-rate.
Thanks for your note.