Undergraduate Course: The Early Continentals: Hegel and Nietzsche (PHIL10047)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Philosophy |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.philosophy.ed.ac.uk/ug_study/ug_index.html |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course will introduce undergraduates to the ideas of Hegel and Nietzsche, and examine the influence these thinkers had on the analytic and continental tradition. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 Philosophy courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: 36 |
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| Central | Lecture | The Early Continentals | 1-11 | | | | 14:00 - 15:50 | |
| First Class |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
- Grasp and analyse some of the central concepts in Hegel and Nietzsche's writings.
- Compare and contrast the views of these two thinkers on ethics, politics, metaphysics and knowledge.
- Situate Hegel and Nietzsche in their own intellectual context.
- Describe some of the ways in which Hegel and Nietzsche influenced thinkers in the continental and analytic tradition
- Understand something of the style and method peculiar to Continental Philosophy.
- Bring analytic and critical tools to bear in reading and writing about Continental thinkers.
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Assessment Information
Assessment will be by 2-hour examination in the June diet. Senior Honours students may opt to write a long essay (approximately 5000 words) in lieu of the final exam.
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Dave Ward
Tel: (0131 6)50 3652
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Course secretary | Miss Susan Richards
Tel: (0131 6)51 3733
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