Special Topics in Philosophy I (Level 6)
Overview
- Credit value: 15 credits at Level 6
- Convenor: to be confirmed
- Assessment: a 750-word essay or a skills-based assignment (40%) and a 1000-word essay or a skills-based assignment (60%)
Module description
This module allows you to study a specialised topic in philosophy that is not offered in the regular curriculum, in a seminar format. Specific topics change from year to year, determined by lecturer research and student interest, and may focus on a particular philosopher or philosophical debate; close readings of historical or contemporary philosophical texts; or skills such as advanced logic.
Examples include:
- Advanced logic
- Aristotle’s biology
- Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason
- Rationality
- Theories of fiction
- Spinoza’s Ethics
- Emotion
Learning objectives
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- understand a specialised topic in philosophy
- understand different ideas, contexts and frameworks deployed by contributors to philosophical debates concerning the specialised topic, and recognise some of their strengths and weaknesses
- undertake thorough critical analyses of different philosophical theories about the specialised topic, and evaluate the outcomes
- critically challenge positions in debates about the specialised topic.