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PH305K: CLASSIC TEXTS IN PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION (2016-2017)

Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27


Course Overview

Many religious questions and topics have often been central to philosophical reflection in the long philosophical tradition of the West that reaches from Ancient Greece to the present day.  By way of common close extended reading and analysis of one or more classic texts from this tradition of Philosophy of Religion, this course invites students to delve more deeply into the way religious questions have been approached  by important philosophical thinkers as wider ranging as Plato, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche and Plantinga.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Term First Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Old Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Prof Philip Ziegler

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Programme Level 3
  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

  • PH355K Classic Texts in the Theology of Religion (Studied)
  • PH405K Classic Texts in Philosophy of Religion (Studied)
  • PH455K Classic Texts in the Theology of Religion (Studied)

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Many religious questions and topics have often been central to philosophical reflection in the long philosophical tradition of the West that reaches from Ancient Greece to the present day.  By way of common close extended reading and analysis of one or more classic texts from this tradition of Philosophy of Religion, this course invites students to delve more deeply into the way religious questions have been approached philosophically by important formative thinkers.  Classic texts to be consider may include notable works by Plato and Aristotle, Boethius, Augustine, Aquinas, Rousseau, Lessing, Hume, Kant, Leibnitz, Locke, Schleiermacher, Hegel, Feuerbach and Marx, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Swinburne, Plantinga, Caputo, and other important contemporary philosophers working in the field.  


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

1st Attempt

  • 1500-word expository essay (30%)
  • 2500-word research essay (60%)
  • Seminar participation (10%)

Resit

  • 4000-word research essay (100%)

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

Feedback will be given by course instructors in the form of personal conversation with students in seminar, detailed written comments on all submitted written work.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.

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