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Postgraduate Course: The Philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre (PHIL11206)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryJean-Paul Sartre's philosophy remains the most important systematic articulation of existentialism, a leading philosophical movement of the 20th century that has recently received renewed attention in Anglo-American analytic philosophy. The aim of the course is to study Sartre's existentialism and its importance for contemporary thought.
Course description We will study Jean-Paul Sartre's philosophy with particular focus on his seminal work Being and Nothingness. Through a close reading of this text, we will study Sartre's accounts of consciousness, freedom, anguish, and bad faith, as well as his view of our relations to other people, such as desire, love, and sadism. The aim of the course is to articulate a systematic and philosophically viable conception of existentialism, as well as make connections to current philosophical thought.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2020/21, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 22, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 174 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Essay plan 15%
Final 3000 word essay 85%
Feedback Students have the opportunity to submit a formative essay. The essay cannot be draft of the summative essay but it can be on the same topic.
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. articulate in their own terms the central commitments of existentialism
  2. analyse materials independently and critically engage with other interpretations
  3. closely read and interpret a difficult philosophical text
  4. analyze and explain the connection between abstract theorizing about consciousness and freedom and their own everyday concerns
  5. demonstrate the ability to actively engage in critical analysis through synchronous and asynchronous seminars
Reading List
Sartre, Jean-Paul. (1936/2004). The Transcendence of the Ego, translated by Sarah Richmond. London: Routledge, 2004.
Sartre, Jean-Paul. (1943/1956). Being and Nothingness: A Phenomenological Essay on Ontology, translated by Hazel E. Barnes. New York: Washing¬ton Square Press, 1956.
Murdoch, Iris. (1953/1999). Sartre: Romantic Rationalist. London: Vintage, 1999.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Mindsets: Enquiry and lifelong learning; Outlook and engagement
Skill groups: Personal and intellectual autonomy; Personal effectiveness
Keywordssartre,jean-paul sartre,consciousness,freedom,anguish,bad faith
Contacts
Course organiserDr Berislav Marusic
Tel:
Email: bmarusic@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Becky Verdon
Tel: (0131 6)50 3860
Email: Rebecca.Verdon@ed.ac.uk
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