Undergraduate Module Descriptor

PHL2001: Phenomenology

This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

Introduction to Phenomenology & Franz Brentano and his Influence on Edmund Husserl
Edmund Husserl – Phenomenology and the Phenomenological Method
Edmund Husserl – Intentionality & Transcendental Phenomenology
Edmund Husserl – Internal Time Consciousness, the Crisis & the Lifeworld
Edith Stein – The Other and Empathy
Martin Heidegger – Hermeneutics, Phenomenology and Being and Time
Jean-Paul Sartre – The Body, the Look and the Other
Simone de Beauvoir – Feminist Phenomenology and The Second Sex
Frantz Fanon and Africana Phenomenology – Phenomenology and Racialized Experiences
Maurice Merleau-Ponty – Existential Phenomenology and the Phenomenology of Perception
Maurice Merleau-Ponty – Embodied Subjectivity and a Phenomenology of Embodiment
Emmanuel Levinas – Phenomenological Ethics

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
22	128	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	22	11 x 2 hours per week comprising of lectures and seminars. Close readings of key texts will be part of lecture/seminar activities.
Guided Independent Study	45	Preparation for lectures and tutorial participation including reading and planning.
Guided Independent Study	83.5	Independent research for glossary entry and essay.

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).