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Undergraduate Course: God in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason 3/4 (THET10029)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Divinity CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe course works through the main issues in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, culminating in his account of God.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: God in Philosophy: Plato to Hume (THET08010) OR Mind, Matter and Language (PHIL08014) AND Knowledge and Reality (PHIL08017)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesVisiting students should have at least 3 Divinity/Religious Studies courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the main text set for the course, and show an ability to summarise a significant body of material concisely and clearly.
  2. Demonstrate an ability to identify key terms and their meanings, to summarise the principal arguments on the main themes and identify their strengths and weaknesses.
  3. Show an ability to differentiate the claims of Kant from those of his interpreters and to identify challenges in interpreting the primary text.
  4. Show an ability to structure an argument, to use correct grammar in expressing philosophical ideas, and to support claims with reference to specific named primary and secondary texts.
  5. Demonstrate good judgement about how to judge the relative importance of items on course bibliographies, and of arguments made in individual works.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsGodKant
Contacts
Course organiserDr Nick Adams
Tel: (0131 6)50 8918
Email: N.Adams@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Katrina Munro
Tel: (0131 6)50 8900
Email: Kate.Munro@ed.ac.uk
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