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Religious questions and topics have often played an important part in philosophical reflection in the long philosophical tradition of the West that reaches from Ancient Greece to the present day. By way of close extended reading, analysis and seminar discussions 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 wide ranging as Plato, Hume, Lessing, Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Murdoch, James, Wittgenstein, Rorty and Plantinga.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 4 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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Religious questions and topics have often played an important part in philosophical reflection in the long philosophical tradition of the West that reaches from Ancient Greece to the present day. By way of close extended reading, analysis and seminar discussions 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 wide ranging as Plato, Hume, Lessing, Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Murdoch, James, Wittgenstein, Rorty and Plantinga.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 10 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| 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, and detailed written feedback on seminar presentations. |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 90 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| 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, and detailed written feedback on seminar presentations. |
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There are no assessments for this course.
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Students will learn to engage critically with debates and issues in the philosophy of religion by understanding and critically appreciating primary texts and their central arguments |
| Conceptual | Apply | Students will learn to develop their capacity for philosophical reasoning, research and writing. |
| Procedural | Create | Students will learn to develop public presentation skills and to lead seminar discussions in an informed and structured way |
| Conceptual | Create | Students will learn to express complex philosophical ideas and judgments in both oral and written arguments |
| Factual | Understand | Students will acquire knowledge of topics, debated and problems in philosophy of religion by close study of classic works in the history of the tradition |
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