Module PHL2075 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
PHL2075: Philosophical Readings 6
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Aims
The aim of this module is to familiarize students with one of the key texts in twentieth-century Japanese philosophy and to see how this text can inform our thinking about a range of important philosophical topics. You will develop the skills needed to read, understand, and critically engage with a philosophical text. You will also gain familiarity with the practice of cross-cultural comparative philosophy, an understanding of challenges to doing this kind of philosophy, and an appreciation for how abstract philosophical debates can have concrete relevance to everyday life.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
|---|---|
| Module-Specific Skills | 1. demonstrate foundational understanding of the main arguments of the discussed philosophical text; 2. evaluate the validity of the arguments of the discussed philosophical text; |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. read and gain an understanding of original philosophical texts; 4. discuss philosophical arguments from source texts; |
| Personal and Key Skills | 5. analyse and evaluate difficult texts; 6. communicate independent assessments of complex arguments in speaking and in writing 7. demonstrate the ability to work independently, within a limited time frame, and without access to external sources, to complete a specified task |
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
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:
- What is Comparative Philosophy? Who is Tetsuro Watsuji?
- Phenomenology as Comparative Philosophy
- Part 1: Introductory Essays
- Part 2: The Fundamental Structure of Human Existence
- Part 2: The Fundamental Structure of Human Existence; Part 3: The Spatio-Temporal Structure of a Human Being
- Part 3: The Spatio-Temporal Structure of a Human Being
- Application 1: Watsuji and Environmental Ethics
- Application 2: Watsuji and Care Ethics
- Application 3: Watsuji and Psychopathology
Learning and Teaching
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | 127 | 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 activity | 23 | 11 x 2 hour seminars, One 1 hour revision session |
| Guided Independent study | 44 | Weekly readings |
| Guided Independent study | 5 | Preparation of Seminar Report |
| Guided Independent study | 36 | Research and write essay |
| Guided Independent study | 42 | Examination revision |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Watsuji, Tetsuro (1996). Watsuji Tetsuro’s Rinrigaku: Ethics in Japan. Trans. S. Yamamoto & R. E. Carter. SUNY Press.
Carter, Robert E. (2013). The Kyoto School: An Introduction. SUNY Press.
