Undergraduate Course: Medieval Philosophy (LLLI07021)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Lifelong Learning (PPL) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | THIS IS A FOR-CREDIT ONLY COURSE OFFERED BY THE OFFICE OF LIFELONG LEARNING (OLL); ONLY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH OLL SHOULD BE ENROLLED.
The course will provide an introduction to medieval philosophy through an examination of the ideas of a selection of key figures and a number of key themes, such as: the tension between Platonism and Aristotelianism, the relationship of religion and philosophy, and the question of realism in metaphysics. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Lifelong Learning - Session 3, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: 10 |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
14/04/2015 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
78 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
* Demonstrate a broad knowledge of some key ideas in mediaeval philosophy;
* Demonstrate an awareness of the diversity of mediaeval thought and its development over the period;
* Use some of the basic skills, techniques and practices associated generally with reading philosophical texts;
* Present and evaluate some central arguments and ideas of mediaeval philosophy.
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Assessment Information
| One 2000 word essay submitted after the course finishes, worth 100% of the total course mark. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
1. Overview. An introduction to the main themes, figures and developments in mediaeval philosophy.
2. The Platonic tradition (I): Augustine, Pseudo-Dionysius, Bonaventure.
3. The Platonic tradition (II): Augustine, Pseudo-Dionysius, Bonaventure (continued).
4. Arabic and Jewish sources: al-Farabi, Avicenna, Averroes and Maimonides.
5. Thomas Aquinas: Metaphysics
6. Thomas Aquinas: Moral philosophy.
7. Duns Scotus
8. William of Ockham
9. Scholasticism and its interpretations: Suarez, Neo-Thomism and twentieth century debates.
10. Final discussion. An opportunity to consider the course as a whole and to return to specific issues in the light of that overview.
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| Transferable skills |
* Critical assessment of complex ideas ;
* Ability to convey that assessment in a well-structured and coherent form, both orally and in writing;
* Participation in group discussion. |
| Reading list |
Essential:
Essential readings will consist of extracts from a range of primary sources provided in class or via links to internet sources.
Recommended:
Spade, P. 2009. Medieval Philosophy. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy [online] Available at: «http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/medieval-philosophy/» [Accessed 25 February 2014]
Further recommendations:
Coplestone, F.C., 1952. Medieval philosophy. [e-book] London: Methuen. Available through: Internet archive «https://archive.org/details/medievalphilosop00copl» [Accessed 25 February 2014]
De Wulf, M., 1922. Mediaeval philosophy illustrated from the system of Thomas Aquinas. [e-book] Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Available through: Open Library «https://openlibrary.org/books/OL6647758M/Mediaeval_philosophy_illustrated_from_the_system_of_Thomas_Aquinas» [Accessed 25 February 2014]
Kenny, A. 2007. Medieval philosophy: a new history of western philosophy vol. 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Web Sources:
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
http://www.iep.utm.edu/
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Password access):
http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/resources/databases/findlita.shtml
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
http://plato.stanford.edu/
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr James Mooney
Tel: (0131 6)50 3077
Email: james.mooney@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Sabine Murdoch
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
Email: Sabine.Murdoch@ed.ac.uk |
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