Undergraduate Course: God in Philosophy: Plato to Hume (THET08010)
Course Outline
| School | School of Divinity |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Course website |
http://www.div.ed.ac.uk/courses |
| Course description | An introduction to philosophical theology and some issues in the philosophy of religion, especially the question of how to inquire into 'God' philosophically. Lectures, seminars and set texts in this course treat a range of philosophers in the Western tradition from Plato to the Enlightenment. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | You will have to pay for course materials as required. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students especially welcome. Students should usually have at least 1 introductory level course in theology or religious studies at grade B or above at university level. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
12/01/2015 |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 33,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
149 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1. Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the main texts set for tutorials, and show an ability to summarise a significant body of material concisely and clearly.
2. Demonstrate an ability to identify key terms and their meanings, to summarise the principal arguments on the main themes and identify their strengths and weaknesses.
3. Show an ability to differentiate the views of the principal philosophers and those of their interpreters and to identify challenges in interpreting the philosophical texts.
4. Show an ability to structure an argument, to use correct grammar in expressing philosophical ideas, and to support claims with reference to specific named primary and secondary texts.
5. Demonstrate an ability to identify key terms and their meanings.
6. Demonstrate good judgement about how to judge the relative importance of items on course bibliographies, and of arguments made in individual works. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Assessment |
2000-word Book Review (10%) due week 4;
2000-word Essay (30%) due week 7;
2000-word Essay (60%) due on first Monday of the examination period. |
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: Plato (The Form of the Good)
Week 3: Aristotle (Metaphysics)
Week 4: Augustine (Faith and Reason)
Week 5: Anselm (Ontological Argument)
Week 6: Aquinas (Analogy)
Week 7: Scotus (Natural and Supernatural Knowledge)
Week 8: Descartes (Proofs for the Existence of God)
Week 9: Spinoza (The One Substance)
Week 10: Leibniz (Proofs for the Existence of God)
Week 11: Hume (Critique of Natural Theology) |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Ability to summarise difficult material;
Ability to structure arguments logically;
Ability to interpret set texts;
Ability to produce a properly referenced essay. |
| Reading list |
A Course Reader will be available from the School of Divinity Office at the start of the semester. This will include excerpts from primary texts that will form the focus of the lectures. It will also include the set tutorial texts.
Cambridge Companion to Plato, chapter 9
Cambridge Companion to Aristotle, chapter 3
Cambridge Companion to Augustine, chapter 2
Cambridge Companion to Anselm, chapter 7
Cambridge Companion to Aquinas, chapter 9
Cambridge Companion to Scotus, chapter 7
Cambridge Companion to Descartes, chapter 6
Cambridge Companion to Spinoza, chapter 8
Cambridge Companion to Leibniz, chapter 10
Cambridge Companion to Hume, chapter 15
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Keywords | GodPhil |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Nick Adams
Tel: (0131 6)50 8918
Email: |
Course secretary | Ms Katrina Munro
Tel: (0131 6)50 8900
Email: |
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