Course Information
Course title
 Seminar on Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit 
Semester
 109-1 
Designated for
 COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS  GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY  
Instructor
 CHIH-SHENG YANG 
Curriculum Number
 Phl7549 
Curriculum Identity Number
 124 M8070 
Class
  
Credits
 3.0 
Full/Half
Yr.
 Half 
Required/
Elective
 Elective 
Time
 Friday 8,9,10(15:30~18:20) 
Remarks
 The upper limit of the number of students: 12. 
  
Course introduction video
 
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
 Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Course Syllabus
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Course Description

Phenomenology of Spirit is the first main work of the philosopher of German idealism, G. W. F. Hegel. Despite its notorious difficulty, it is one of the most influential philosophical masterpieces ever written. This book is not only the first presentation of Hegel’s system, but also an account of the development of Geist from Greek tragedy to the triumph of philosophy as Wissenchaft in Hegel’s own Time. In the seminar the participants will discuss the different subjects of this work. 

Course Objective
 The participants of the seminar have to read the critical essays on Hegel’s Phenomenology. The objective is to grasp the international overview of recent Hegel research. 
Course Requirement
 The students who would take this course should be with certain philosophical foundation. 
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
  
Office Hours
 Fri. 12:20~14:10 
References
 Bertram, Georg W. (2017). Hegels ?Phanomenologie des Geistes?: Ein systematischer Kommentar. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun.
Cutrofello, Andrew (1995). The Owl at Dawn: A Sequel to Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit. State University of New York.
Graeser, Andreas (1988). Einleitung zur Phanomenologie des Geistes. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun.
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (1967). The Phenomenology of Spirit. Tr. J. B. Baillie. Harper & Row, Publishers.
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (1977). Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit. Tr. A. V. Miller. Oxford University Press.
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (1977). Hegel: Texts and Commentary. Tr. Walter Kaufmann. University of Notre Dame Press.
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (1999). Phanomenologie des Geistes. Hamburg: Felix Meiner Verlag.
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (2018). The Phenomenology of Spirit. Tr. Terry Pinkard. Cambridge University Press.
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (2018). Hegel: The Phenomenology of Spirit. Tr. Michael Inwood. Oxford University Press.
Houlgate, Stephen (2005). An Introduction to Hegel: Freedom, Truth and History. Blackwell Publishing.
Houlgate, Stephen (2013). Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Kain, Philip J. (2005). Hegel and the Other: A Study of the Phenomenology of Spirit. State University of New York Press.
Kainz, Howard P. (1983). Hegel’s Phenomenology, Part II: The Evoloution of Ehical and Religious Consciousness to the Dialectical Standpoint. Ohio University Press.
Kaufmann, Walter (1965). Hegel: Reinterpretation, Texts, and Commentary. Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Kaufmann, Walter (1978). Hegel: A Reinterpretation. University of Notre Dame Press.
Krasnoff, Larry (2008). Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit: An Introduction. Cambridge University Press.
Lauer, Quentin S. J. (1987). A Reading of Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit. New York: Fordham University Press.
Magee, Glenn Alexander (2010). The Hegel Dictionary. Continuum International Publishing Group.
Maker, William (1994). Philosophy Without Foundations: Rethinking Hegel. Albany: State University of New York.
Marx, Werner (1988). Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit: A Commentary Based on the Preface and Introduction. Translated by Peter Heath. The University of Chicago Press.
Pippin, Robert B. (2011). Hegel on Self-Consciousness: Desire and Death in the Phenomenology of Spirit. Princeton University Press.
Rosen, Michael (1984). Hegel’s Dialectic and Its Criticism. Cambridge University Press.
Russon, John. (2004). Reading Hegel’s Phenomenology. Indiana University Press.
Russon, John. (2016). Infinite Phenomenology: The Lessons of Hegel’s Science of Experience. Northwestern University Press.
Solomon, Robert C. (1983). In the Spirit of Hegel: A Study of G. W. F. Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit. Oxford University Press.
Speight, Allen (2001). Hegel, Literature and the Problem of Agency. Cambridge University Press.
Stace, W. T. (1955). The Philosophy of Hegel: A Systematic Exposition. Dover Publications.
Stern, Robert (2002). Hegel and the Phenomenology of Spirit. Routledge.
Stewart, Jon (2000). The Unity of Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit: A Systematic Interpretation. Northwestern University Press.
Verene, Donald Phillip (2007). Hegel’s Absolute: An Introduction to Reading the Phenomenology of Spirit. State University of New York Press.
Westphal, Kenneth R. (2003). Hegel’s Epistemology: A Philosophical Introduction to the Phenomenology of Spirit. Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Westphal, Merold (1998). History & Truth in Hegel’s Phenomenology. Indiana University Press.
Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit: New Critical Essays. Ed. Alfred Denker and Michael Vater (2003). New York: Humanity Books. 
Designated reading
 The Blackwell Guide to Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. Ed. Kenneth R. Westphal (2009). Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 
Grading
  
No.
Item
%
Explanations for the conditions
1. 
 Attendance  
30% 
  
2. 
 In class presentation  
30% 
  
3. 
 Final essay 
40% 
  
 
Progress
Week
Date
Topic
Week 1
 9/18  Introduction
 
Week 2
 9/25  Holger Zaborowski, “Reason, Truth, and History: The Early Hegel’s Philosophy of History” (I) 
Week 3
 10/02  Holger Zaborowski, “Reason, Truth, and History: The Early Hegel’s Philosophy of History” (II) 
Week 4
 10/09  Robert R. Williams, “The concept of Recognition in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit” (I) 
Week 5
 10/16  Robert R. Williams, “The concept of Recognition in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit” (II) 
Week 6
 10/23  Dale E. Snow, “Knowledge Shot from a Pistol?” 
Week 7
 10/30  Alfred Denker, “In the Spirit of Hegel’s Phenomenology: Heidegger and Fink” (I) 
Week 8
 11/06  Alfred Denker, “In the Spirit of Hegel’s Phenomenology: Heidegger and Fink” (II) 
Week 9
 11/13  Michael G. Vater, “Shelling in Hegel’s Phenomenology: Verstand, Vernunft, Wissen” 
Week 10
 11/20  Ludovicus de Vos, “Transition of Understanding to Self-Consciousness” 
Week 11
 11/27  Paul G. Cobben, “The Logical Structure of Self-Consciousness” 
Week 12
 12/04  Jeffrey C. Kinlaw, “Skepticism and the Unhappy Consciousness in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit” 
Week 13
 12/11  Klaus Brinkmann, “Hegel on Forgiveness” 
Week 14
 12/18  Angelica Nuzzo, “The Truth of Absolutes Wissen in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit” (I) 
Week 15
 12/25  Angelica Nuzzo, “The Truth of Absolutes Wissen in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit” (II) 
Week 16
 1/01  Richard S. Findler, “Reconciliation versus Reversal: Hegel and Nietzsche on Overcoming Sin or Ontological Guilt” 
Week 17
 1/08  Christoph Asmuth, “ The Genesis of Genesis: The Idea of Development in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit and Its Development” 
Week 18
 1/15  Tom Rockmore, “Hegel on Spirit and Epistemology”