Postgraduate Course: Kant's Critical Philosophy MSc (PHIL11152)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course provides an introduction to some of the central issues in Kant's philosophy. The work of the German Enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant continues to have an extraordinary influence in philosophy. As well as its contributions to metaphysics, epistemology, the philosophy of mind, and moral philosophy, it offers one of the most significant and intricate reflections on the nature of philosophy itself.
Shared with undergraduate course Kant's Critical Philosophy PHIL10157.
For courses co-taught with undergraduate students and with no remaining undergraduate spaces left, a maximum of 8 MSc students can join the course. Priority will be given to MSc students who wish to take the course for credit on a first come first served basis after matriculation. |
| Course description |
The course aims to engage the student in a critical and detailed analysis so as to gain a firm understanding of both the overall structure and the central theses of one of the most important works in the history of philosophy. It will highlight the role of Transcendental Philosophy in the wider context of Kant's philosophy as well as its importance for the further development of philosophy.
Syllabus
Lecture 1: The Copernican revolution and transcendental idealism
Lecture 2: The possibility of synthetic a priori knowledge
Lecture 3: Kant's Critique of traditional metaphysics and the Paralogisms
Lecture 4: The antinomies of pure reason
Lecture 5: The third antinomy of pure reason: freedom vs. determinism
Lecture 6: Things in themselves, noumena and transcendental objects
Lecture 7: The a prioricity of space
Lecture 8: The Metaphysical and Transcendental deduction
Lecture 9: The second analogy and causation
Lecture 10: Kant's critical system and its legacy
Lecture 11: How to write a successful essay on Kant
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 8 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 22,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
169 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One 3000 word essay.
Essay deadline: Thursday 17th December 2015 by 12 noon.
Word limit: 2700 minimum / 3300 words maximum (excluding references)
Return deadline: Thursday 21st January 2016 |
| Feedback |
- Course organiser will read summative essay draft and provide feedback.
- Students have the opportunity to submit a formative essay by week 6 deadline on Turnitin via Learn. The essay cannot be draft of summative essay but it can be on the same topic.
Formative essay deadline: Thursday 29th October 2015 by 12 noon
Return deadline: Friday 20th November 2015 |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- demonstrate core skills in philosophy, including interpreting and critically engaging with philosophical texts, evaluating arguments and theories, and developing one's own ideas in response to the issues discussed.
- acquire knowledge of the main interpretations of Kant's philosophy
- analyse the strengths and weakness of transcendental idealism
- acquire a sense of the place of Kant in the history of philosophy
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Reading List
The primary text (Kant's CPR) is essential reading;
Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, edited by Norman Kemp-Smith, Palgrave 2007. An early version of this translation can be found online here: http://userpages.bright.net/~jclarke/kant/
General
P. Guyer, Kant (Routledge, 2006)
R. Scruton Kant: A Very Short Introduction (Routledge, 2001)
A. Wood Kant (Blackwell, 2005) On the Critique of Pure Reason
S. Gardner, Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Kant and the Critique of Pure Reason (Routledge, 1999)
D. Burnham, Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (Edinburgh UP, 2007).
R. Langton Kantian Humility (OUP, 1998)
J. Van Cleve Problems from Kant (OUP, 1999)
Online reading
P. Guyer, 'Immanuel Kant,' Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://www.rep.routledge.com/article/DB047
M. Grier, Kant's Critique of Metaphysics, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-metaphysics/
Glossary of Kant's technical terms: http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/ksp1/KSPglos.html
Full weekly reading list available on Learn. |
Additional Information
| Course URL |
Please see Learn |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Participants will gain the essential skills involved in interpreting and critically engaging with complex philosophical texts. |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
The course will be taught by Dr Alix Cohen. |
| Keywords | Kant,History of Philosophy,Modern Philosophy,Transcendental Philosophy |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Alix Cohen
Tel:
Email: Alix.Cohen@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Lynsey Buchanan
Tel: (0131 6)51 5002
Email: Lynsey.Buchanan@ed.ac.uk |
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