PHI3018 : Early Twentieth Century Ontology and Epistemology
PHI3018 : Early Twentieth Century Ontology and Epistemology
- Offered for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Dr Michael Lewis
- Owning School: School X
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Pre-requisite
Modules you must have done previously to study this module
Pre Requisite Comment
N/A
Co-Requisite
Modules you need to take at the same time
Co Requisite Comment
N/A
Aims
This module aims to introduce students to principal themes and debates in late modern ontology and epistemology.
Outline Of Syllabus
The module provides students with a critical-historical approach to debates in contemporary ontology and epistemology, from approximately1880 to 1945.
Key thinkers may include (amongst others) Husserl, Heidegger, Stein, Sartre, de Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty, Nietzsche, Bergson, Simondon, and the Pragmatists.
Key questions and themes may include:
- Time and Duration
- Simondon and individuation
- The question of being
- Ethics and the place of the Other
- Nietzschean philosophy
- Pragmatism, Dewey, Pierce
- Cassirer and Neo-Kantianism
Learning Outcomes
Intended Knowledge Outcomes
Students will develop knowledge of the late modern ontology and epistemology. They will acquire first-hand knowledge of central texts in pre-war thought and the impact of those texts on the discipline of philosophy itself.
Intended Skill Outcomes
Through lectures, seminar discussions and independent research students will acquire and develop the following skills:
- Critical hermeneutical engagement with philosophical texts
- The use of ontological and epistemological terminology in philosophical argument
- A reflective awareness of the role of their own subjective lived experience in the development of objective philosophical argument.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 8 | 1:00 | 8:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 20:00 | 20:00 | Essay preparation and completion |
| Structured Guided Learning | Structured research and reading activities | 10 | 1:00 | 10:00 | Specific research or reading activities developed and directed by academic staff |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 8 | 1:00 | 8:00 | Tutorials |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Workshops | 2 | 1:00 | 2:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 52:00 | 52:00 | Review lecture material, prepare for small group teaching and assessment |
| Total | 100:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
The lectures will provide essential subject-specific knowledge on a range of seminal thinkers and ideas. Seminars permit discussion of the relative merits of these thinkers and ideas and guide independent analysis, interpretation, and critique.
Reading Lists
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 1 | A | 100 | 2000 word essay |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
Students will be assessed by a 2000-word essay and will be able to choose from a range of essay questions. The essay tests the ability to think analytically, creatively, self-critically and independently as well as managing one’s own work to set time limits. This assessment method also gauges the students’ ability to move between generalisation and appropriately detailed discussion, to cite relevant texts and interpret them adequately, to discover examples in support of or to challenge a position, and to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant considerations.
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- PHI3018's Timetable
Past Exam Papers
- Exam Papers Online : www.ncl.ac.uk/exam.papers/
- PHI3018's past Exam Papers
General Notes
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