Module PHL1002A for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
PHL1002A: Knowledge and Reality 1
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
How do we know what we know? (innate knowledge, scepticism, Descartes' cogito, empiricism, common sense). What is there? (the notion of substance, primary and secondary qualities, idealism, Kant's a priori, a critique of metaphysics).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | 123 |
...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 | 22 | 11 x Weekly 2 hours lectures |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity | 5 | Fortnightly one hour small group tutorials |
| Guided Independent study | 88 | Private study time (weekly course readings, exam preparation etc.) |
| Guided Independent study | 35 | Preparation for formative essay |
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.
Plato, Meno. ca. 380 BC. (Hackett, 1981)
Plato, Republic. ca. 380 BC (Penguin, 2003)
R. Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy, 1641. [various translations and editions]
J. Locke, Essay concerning Human Understanding, 1690. [various editions]
W. Leibniz, New Essays on Human Understanding, 1675. [Cambridge University Press 1996]
D. Hume, Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, 1748. [various editions]
G. Berkeley, Principles of Human Knowledge, 1734. [various editions]
I. Kant, Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics, 1783. (Hackett, 2003)
G.E. Moore, "A defence of common sense", 1925. [In G.E. Moore: Selected Writings, Routledge 1993).
R. Carnap, "The elimination of metaphysics through logical analysis of language", 1932. [In Logical Positivism, Free Press NY, 1959]
