Concept of phenomenological anthropology in Hans Blumenberg’s work

Školiteľ: 

Břetislav Horyna

Študijný odbor: 

2.1.3. history of philosophy

Forma štúdia: 

full-time/external

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Školský rok: 

2024/2025

Annotation: 

The student will work through the main works of Hans Blumenberg with a focus on his methodology of historical and phenomenological anthropology. The student will explain how this method conditioned Blumenberg’s conception of modernity, myth, and metaphor.

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