This is an upper level elective course in the history of philosophy focusing on the early figures of 20th century philosophy. Its main objective is to provide an intesive study of the major philosophical figures of Classical American Pragmatism (William James), Philosophy of Life (Henri Bergson), Phenomenology and Existentialism (Jean-Paul Sartre). The course will have a thematic and a historical focus. The thematic focus aims at a comprehensive understanding of the problems related to consciousness, the self, experience, world, time, freedom, truth, and humanism. The historical focus aims at a possible dialogue among the philosophers by reading their original works, and to see the philosophical impact of their approaches. In addition to the original works of the philosophers, there will be supplementary readings as well.