New Course: Heidegger's Concept of "Truth" with Dr. Kraatz

文摘   2023-12-03 21:24   中国香港  
  • When: Every Wednesday for 4 Weeks: December 6th, Dec. 13th, Dec. 20th, and Dec. 27th, 晚上 7:00-09:00pm
Who? Teacher: Dr. Karl Kraatz
What: 4 Lectures (8 Hours) + Selected Readings
How: Attendance Fee: 200 RMB, Online Lectures (Tencent Meeting) Add: Wolfgang0626 on WeChat.

You get a Full Course on Heidegger's Concept of Truth + Discussion Group + Reading Materials + Reading List (2ndary Literature) + Recordings + Early Access to the Martin Heidegger Academy



Course-Description:
Four Lectures for you to learn about Heidegger's understanding of truth: from propositional truth (-1916) to evidential truth (-1920), to transcendental truth (-1927), to being-historical truth (1930-1976). And: to learn about the problems and shortcomings of different theories of truth: focussing on the paradigmatic "correspondence theory of truth."

Content: Heidegger’s understanding of “truth” underwent a transformation resembling the inner transformation of Heidegger’s philosophy:

1. ... from understanding truth as an attribute of propositions in the earliest works (informed by Neokantians like H. Rickert), (propositional truth) -until 1916

2. ... to an evidence-based understanding of truth (adapted from Husserl), (evidential truth) -until 1925

3. ... to a transcendental understanding of truth (following Kant) (transcendental truth) -until 1930

4. ... to his understanding of the Ereignis of truth in the 1930s and onwards (being-historical Truth). -till 1976.


The goal is to understand this transformation and the necessity that led Heidegger from one to the other. But not only because we want to know what Heidegger has to say. Rather, we assume that this can contribute to the eternal philosophical problem of truth and therefore can be valuable for everyone's lives. We are not only learning something about Heidegger but also about truth as such.


Join me and others in this English course where we discuss, read, and raise questions about Heidegger’s understanding of “truth” and how he could contribute to ongoing debates.
Note: There will be also a German course (every Thursday) with roughly the same content. Only German instead of English. Good for Language-Learners.

This will begin a series of courses on Heidegger’s philosophy within the greater project of building a Heidegger Academy. “海德格尔学园”("Martin Heidegger Academy”).

These lectures will be based on selected readings of essential texts from Heidegger's Gesamtausgabe:
  • Heidegger GA 1 (Diss./Habilitation),
  • Heidegger GA 21 (Logik: Die Frage nach der Wahrheit),
  • Heidegger GA 2 (Being and Time),
  • Heidegger GA 9 (“The Essence of Truth”),
  • Heidegger GA 73.1 (On Thinking the Ereignis)

The Participants are asked to read selected passages from these books to prepare for the lectures. These texts will be provided and sent to the participants in advance.


Active Participation (asking questions, answering questions, preparing for the courses, contributing) is rewarded with free access to future courses. The goal is to build a group of "experts" and friends that can help each other and have meaningful conversations.

Requirements: Can you speak and understand English? better than average understanding might be required, because we will talk about philosophical problems.
Otherwise, do you need any preknowledge of Heidegger or Philosophy? Not necessarily! This course is for philosophers and nonphilosophers! for everyone who is interested to learn something about Heidegger+Truth.

You need to pay the attendance fee of 200 RMB in advance. You can pay via AliPay or WeChat.

The Teacher: Karl Kraatz (chinese Name: 康理) is an Associate Professor at Hunan Normal University with a background in Sinology and Philosophy. He graduated from Freie Universität Berlin and earned his PhD from Technische Universität Dresden. He worked as a Visiting Scholar at KU Leuven and as a Postdoc and Associate Researcher at Hunan University where he completed a national postdoc project on Heidegger and AI. His research interests include Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, Transcendental Philosophy, and AI. He published several articles and two monographs on Heidegger’s Philosophy. See more: www.karl-kraatz.de (personal homepage).

If you want to join, add: Wolfgang0626 on WeChat.

You will be added to a WeChat Group after paying the attendance fee (200RMB). For 200 RMB you get access to all lectures (8 hours in total) and to the reading materials. Recording and/or sharing content without our permission is forbidden.

If you want to join, add: Wolfgang0626 on WeChat.

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