Undergraduate Course: The Philosophy of David Hume (PHIL10146)

Course Outline
School	School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	The course introduces the thought of Edinburgh's most famous philosopher, David Hume. The primary reading for the course will be Hume's Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: we will also make some use of the first book of his Treatise of Human Nature and of the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. Topics covered will include Hume's theory of impressions and ideas; inductive reasoning; causation; freedom and necessity; miracles; natural theology; the external world; the self, and Hume's relation to scepticism.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Mind, Matter and Language (PHIL08014) AND Knowledge and Reality (PHIL08017)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

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).

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: 27
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 174 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 60 %, Coursework 40 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	1. Mid-term essay of 1,500 words (40%) 2. Final two-hour examination in the May diet (60%)
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)	The Philosophy of David Hume		2:00

Academic year 2015/16, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)		Quota: 7
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 174 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 60 %, Coursework 40 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	1. Mid-term essay of 1,500 words (40%) 2. Final two-hour examination in the May diet (60%)
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)	The Philosophy of David Hume (PHIL10146)		2:00

Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this course, students will: - understand the philosophical arguments and views presented by Edinburgh's leading philosopher in some of his definitive works - appreciate the reasons for the place of Hume and the Enquiry in the philosophical canon and be able to: - read and critically assess one of the major works in the philosophical canon - to write intelligibly on a topic covered in the work and relate it to the whole.

Reading List
D. Hume: Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. D. Hume: A Treatise of Human Nature. D. Hume: Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. A. Flew: Hume's Philosophy of Belief. B. Stroud: Hume. J. Gaskin: Hume's Philosophy of Religion. P. Millican, ed.: Reading Hume on Human Understanding