Undergraduate Course: The Philosophy of David Hume (PHIL10146)

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	None	Taught in Gaelic?	No
Course description	The course introduces the thought of Edinburgh's most famous philosopher, David Hume. The primary reading for the course will be Hume's Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: we will also make some use of the first book of his Treatise of Human Nature and of the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. Topics covered will include Hume's theory of impressions and ideas; inductive reasoning; causation; freedom and necessity; miracles; natural theology; the external world; the self, and Hume's relation to scepticism.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Mind, Matter and Language (PHIL08014) AND Knowledge and Reality (PHIL08017)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None
Additional Costs	None

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).
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)			Learn enabled: Yes	Quota: 25
Web Timetable	Web Timetable
Class Delivery Information	The course will be delivered by Dr Andrew Mason
Course Start Date	13/01/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 174 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info)	Written Exam 70 %, Coursework 30 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information

Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)			Learn enabled: No	Quota: 5
Web Timetable	Web Timetable
Class Delivery Information	The course will be delivered by Dr Andrew Mason
Course Start Date	13/01/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 174 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info)	Written Exam 70 %, Coursework 30 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name	Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)	The Philosophy of David Hume (PHIL10146)	2:00

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this course, students will: - understand the philosophical arguments and views presented by Edinburgh's leading philosopher in some of his definitive works - appreciate the reasons for the place of Hume and the Enquiry in the philosophical canon and be able to: - read and critically assess one of the major works in the philosophical canon - to write intelligibly on a topic covered in the work and relate it to the whole.

Assessment Information
Midterm essay of 1500 words (30%) and a final exam in exam conditions (70%).

Special Arrangements
None

Additional Information
Academic description	Not entered
Syllabus	Not entered
Transferable skills	Not entered
Reading list	D. Hume: Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. D. Hume: A Treatise of Human Nature. D. Hume: Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. A. Flew: Hume's Philosophy of Belief. B. Stroud: Hume. J. Gaskin: Hume's Philosophy of Religion. P. Millican, ed.: Reading Hume on Human Understanding
Study Abroad	Not entered
Study Pattern	Not entered
Keywords	Not entered

Contacts
Course organiser	Prof Theodore Scaltsas Tel: (0131 6)50 3649 Email: Scaltsas@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Miss Susan Richards Tel: (0131 6)51 3733 Email: sue.richards@ed.ac.uk