Portfolio of coursework, 100%, Learning Outcomes 1-3

The module will cover the work of a selection of major figures in modern philosophy, such as: Hobbes, Berkeley, Hume, Leibniz, Spinoza.

Contact time will comprise some or all of: lectures, seminars, small group work, individual or small group scheduled tutorials, whole or partial group workshops, student individual or group presentations, student-led group discussions, student-requested or drop-in tutorials, technology-assisted tutorials, and on-line discussion, advice or feedback.

In addition, students will be given guidance for independent study.

Seminar/ workshop room with computer and projector; library resources; office space for tutorials; university computing facilities; Blackboard.

Classics of Western Philosophy, ed. S Chan (Hackett, 2006).

Further secondary literature will depend on the figures included in the module.

1. A CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK OF KEY FIGURES IN THE HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY.
[Knowledge and Understanding]

2. A STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF THE WAY PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS ARE DEVELOPED THROUGH THE WORK OF DIFFERENT AUTHORS.
[Knowledge and Understanding; Enquiry]

3. DEMONSTRATE REFLECTIVE APPRECIATION OF SOME OF THE ISSUES SURROUNDING THE NATURE OF PHILOSOPHICAL ENQUIRY IN GENERAL (E.G. THE RELATION BETWEEN CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT AND ITS HISTORY).
[Learning; Reflection]