Undergraduate Course: Medieval Philosophy (LLLI07021)
Course Outline
| School | Centre for Open Learning |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | THIS IS A FOR-CREDIT ONLY COURSE OFFERED BY THE CENTRE FOR OPEN LEARNING (COL); ONLY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH COL 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. |
| Course description |
1. Overview. An introduction to the main themes, figures and developments in medieval 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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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a broad knowledge of some key ideas in medieval philosophy;
- Demonstrate an awareness of the diversity of medieval 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 medieval philosophy.
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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/
Further recommendations:
Coplestone, F.C., 1952. Medieval philosophy. [e-book] London: Methuen. Available through: Internet archive https://archive.org/details/medievalphilosop00copl
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
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/ |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and 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. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr James Mooney
Tel: (0131 6)51 6079
Email: james.mooney@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr John Ethcuit
Tel: (0131 6)50 3409
Email: jethcuit@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
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