PER5013 - Mind, Self and World

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

This module covers selected episodes from the Early Modern period in philosophy, focusing in particular on questions pertaining to the nature of persons, the world, and how we come to know about the world. It will do so by examining the works of philosophers such as (but not limited to) Anne Conway, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Margaret Cavendish. The module will also draw connections between European and non-European philosophy on these topics in order to demonstrate a range of thought that extends beyond the classical Western European canon.

The module will focus on developing a capacity for close philosophical analysis. It will also continue the development of clear, precise argumentation and critical engagement which began in the Level 4 modules PER4013 and PER4015.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Lectures/Seminars
Hours: 48
Intended Group Size: 30

Guided independent study
Hours: 252

Further details relating to assessment
Portfolio: Students will complete FIVE 500-word critical summaries in the first half of the year. Each will concisely outline and evaluate a key philosophical theory or argument covered in class. Students will be directed towards assigned reading for the completion of this task.

Essay: Students will complete a 2500-word essay on a question of their choice. Question options will be distributed mid-semester (with the possibility of negotiating a unique question, for those who wish to write on something not included in the list provided). Students will be expected to make an argument for the answer to the question chosen. They should draw on at least one text from the module and on at least one source from their own independent research.

Assessment:

001 Portfolio; 2,500 words; end of semester 1 50%
002 Essay; 2,500 words; end of semester 2 50%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - David Ellis
Level - 5
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 5YL

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