Undergraduate Course: Modern Continental Philosophy (PHIL10009)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Philosophy |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
http://www.philosophy.ed.ac.uk |
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| Course description |
This course will present two distinct strands of thought in continental philosophy. The first term will begin with Kant and Hegel. We will consider how their ideas were to be challenged and developed by Feuerbach; Marx; Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. The second part of the course will be concerned with phenomenology and its relation to the analytic tradition. Brentano, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre and Merleau-Ponty will be compared with Frege and Wittgenstein. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
Visiting students should have at least 3 Philosophy courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| Prospectus website |
http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/visiting-exchange/courses |
Course Delivery Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| to be completed |
Assessment Information
Assessment will be by 2-hour examination in May. Senior Honours students may opt to write a long essay (approximately 5000 words) in lieu of the final exam.
Visiting Student Variant Assessment
Assessment will be by an essay of approximately 3000 words due at the end of the semester.
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| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Julian Kiverstein
Tel: (0131 6)51 6333
Email: J.Kiverstein@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Susan Richards
Tel: (0131 6)51 3733
Email: sue.richards@ed.ac.uk |
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