College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Philosophical Readings 4
Module PHL2025A for 2020/1
Module PHL2025A for 2020/1
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
PHL2025A: Philosophical Readings 4
This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.
Module Aims
This module will familiarise you with Martin Heidegger's Being and Time, one of the most important and trend-setting texts of the twentieth century and two of the most influential essays of his later work. Through careful and detailed study of these texts, supplemented by secondary sources, and in depth class discussions, you will enhance your familiarity with the fundamental techniques required to read, understand and critically engage with a philosophical text.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. engage in in-depth study of a text through detailed reading and analysis; 2. demonstrate sound understanding of the historical and social context of production of the philosophical book; 3. question/criticise the texts approach from different perspectives; |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 4. analyse philosophical arguments; 5. reason about the abstract and concrete problems addressed in texts; 6. write well-argued essays using appropriate philosophical arguments and language; |
Personal and Key Skills | 7. construct and evaluate arguments; 8. formulate and express ideas at different levels of abstraction; and 9. assess, analyse, discuss, and criticise the views of others. |