Module PHL1008 for 2020/1
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
PHL1008: Philosophical Reading 2
This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.
Module Aims
The aim of this module is to familiarize students with one of the key texts in contemporary thinking and provide grounds for understanding its continued influence in, and significance for, moral and political philosophy as well as late 20th century (and beyond) genealogical approaches to epistemology.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. Gain familiarity with the seminal ideas, arguments and philosophical methods of Utilitarianism; 2. Demonstrate a philosophical perspective influential in, and useful for, most if not all areas of contemporary learning; |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Gain valuable experience in the understanding and making of arguments, the appreciation of the historical and social context of production of a philosophical text, and the ability to criticise it; |
Personal and Key Skills | 4. Understand how to get to the heart of a problem and to argue coherently and cogently (which is of value in any professional undertaking). |
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Discussion during weekly meetings and fortnightly seminars | Weekly | 1-4 | Verbal |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
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50 | 50 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Examination | 50 | 1.5 hrs | 1-4 | Written |
Essay | 50 | 1500 words | 1-4 | Written |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
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Examination | Examination (1.5 hrs) | 1-4 | August/September reassessment Period |
Essay | Essay (1500 words) | 1-4 | August/September reassessment Period |
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.
Primary text:
Locke, John, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, P. H. Nidditch (ed), Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1979/1690.
Secondary Material:
Anstey, Peter (ed.), The Philosophy of John Locke: New Perspectives, London: Routledge, 2003.
Newman, Lex (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Locke’s Essay, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.