Welcome Philosophers to the Great Discussion

Some say in our age philosophy is dead, reason is dying and critical thinking is outcast. Fear not! Philosophy is live and well we just don't see it. The school of Athens was a place where ideas flourished and debate was a respectful part of life. The internet is our "School of Athens" and the same philosophical discussion can take place if we choose to commit to life-long learning. May this be a place of resource where all students of philosophy can come, learn and go forth with a renewed hope that the world is a good place, worth bettering through learning.

In the far off land of Langley there exists a wee school called Trinity Western University. Within it's confines is the Graduate School of the Humanities. The three core courses of the program are in History, Philosophy and Literature. This week's feature is on the many texts of Dr. Jens Zimmerman's class. Below is a brief summary of the course context and the some of the texts involved.

The Latest Conversation: ENGL 600

Reading the signs of the times: Reason, Texts and Interpretation

Texts and their interpretation have always been at the heart of the human sciences. This course recognizes the central and foundational importance of texts in our relation to the world around us, and examines interpretive paradigms and the role of the humanities from modernity to postmodernity and beyond. Postmodern criticism has questioned and changed the way we understand texts and their interpretation by emphasizing the mediated nature of all perception, and the importance of language and texts for this mediation. As an introductory course to the English stream of an interdisciplinary program, this course is designed to orient students to the crucial transition from modernist to postmodernist and post-postmodernist models of texts and interpretation, models which depend on changing philosophical views of truth and reality.

(some of these books are used and a pretty good deal.  The only drawback is that they take longer to ship)