University of the West of England
MODULE SPECIFICATION
(Template revised October 2005)
Code: UPZPM5-30-M Title: The Post-Kantian Tradition Version: 1
Level: M UWE credit rating: 30 ECTS credit rating: 15
Module type: Standard
Owning Faculty: Social Sciences & Humanities Field: Philosophy
Valid from: September 2008 Discontinued from: N/A
Contributes towards: MA European Philosophy
Pre-requisites: BA (Hons)
Co-requisites: None
Excluded combinations: None
Learning outcomes:
On completion of the module students are expected to demonstrate:
• an advanced understanding of philosophical debates stemming from Kant’s immediate successors (assessed through all assessment points);
• a critical understanding of the contemporary relevance of these debates (assessed through all assessment points)
• advanced reading skills in philosophy, along with the ability to critically analyse and philosophically explore some contemporary debates in Post-Kantian European philosophy (assessed through reading report and essay);
• an advanced and reflexive understanding ‘methods’ of conducting philosophical inquiry, such as reading, discussion, independent research and writing (assessed through all assessment points).
Syllabus outline:
This module introduces students to advanced debates in the history of philosophy that have played a constitutive role in the subsequent determination of the discipline. Students will use a pivotal text as a focal point from which (a) to read extensively into the context of the work in question, and thereby develop familiarity with the arguments and problems pertinent both to the period of that work and to our own; and (b) to read intensively a complex and demanding primary philosophical work.
Teaching and learning methods:
Teaching will be by reading workshop, where individual students are assigned each week a section of the work to present in order to get the group discussion under way; and by preparation, by staff and students, of relevant materials for the discussion of the work and its historical and contemporary relevance.
Reading Strategy:
Students are expected to purchase one core text, while additional essential reading will be provided through a study pack. Students will be encouraged to read beyond these sources by using the library catalogue, a variety of bibliographic and full text databases (such as the Philosophers’ Index, Project Muse, and JSTOR), and internet resources (Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy; Routledge Encyclopaedia of Philosophy). A comprehensive reading list will be provided with the course outline and will also be available through UWE Blackboard. Key texts will be ordered for the library and will be put on short loan.
Indicative Reading List:
The following list is offered to provide validation panels/accrediting bodies with an indication of the type and level of information students may be expected to consult. As such, its currency may wane during the life span of the module specification. However, as indicated above, CURRENT advice on readings will be available via other more frequently updated mechanisms.
Hegel, G.W.F (1988) The Difference Between Fichte’s and Schelling’s System of Philosophy. New
York, SUNY.
Fichte, J.G. (1982) The Science of Knowledge. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
Grant, Iain Hamilton (2005) ‘The eternal and necessary bond between philosophy and physics: a repetition of the difference between the Fichtean and Schellingian systems of philosophy’ Angelaki 10 (1): 61-77.
-- (2006) Philosophies of Nature after Schelling. London: Continuum.
Schelling, F.W.J. (1993) System of Transcendental Idealism. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press.
-- (2001) ‘Presentation of my Sytem of Philosophy’ Philosophical Forum 32 (4): 339-371.
-- (2001) ‘Further Presentations from the System of Philosophy’, Philosophical Forum 32 (4): 373-397.
Kant, I (2000) Critique of the Power of Judgment. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Hammer, E (2005) German Idealism: New Perspectives. London: Routledge.
Beiser, Frederick C (1987) The Fate of Reason. German Philosophy from Kant to Fichte. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press.
-- (2008) German Idealism: the Struggle Against Subjectivism. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press.
Assessment
Weighting between components A and B A: 30% B: 70%
ATTEMPT 1
First Assessment Opportunity
Component A (Controlled conditions)
Description of each element Element weighting
1. Individual reading presentation (15 mins) 20%
2. Written abstract (1,500 words) 10%
Component B
Description of each element Element weighting
1. Essay (5000) words 70%
Second Assessment Opportunity (further attendance at taught classes is required)
Component A (Controlled conditions)
Description of each element Element weighting
1. Individual reading presentation (15 mins) 20%
2. Written abstract (1,500 words) 10%
Component B
Description of each element Element weighting
1. Essay (5000 words) 70%
SECOND (OR SUBSEQUENT) ATTEMPT: Attendance at taught classes is not required.
Specification confirmed by …………………………………………………Date ……………………………
(Associate Dean/Programme Director)