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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Philosophy

161-215/315 The Experimental Imagination: Philosophy in Eighteenth Century Europe

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Dr Katrine Keuneman

Prerequisite/s:

One first-year single-semester Philosophy subject. Students who lack this prerequisite, but believe themselves adequately prepared to attempt any second/third year subjects, should consult the Head of Department.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

Up to three hours a week

Subject Description:

The metaphysics and epistemology of Locke, Condillac, Diderot and Hume will be studied, with the objective of providing students with a critical appreciation of Empiricism and a good understanding of Enlightenment thought in Britain and France. Students can also expect to learn how to state and work through some important philosophical problems encountered in representative major texts.

Assessment:

One 2-hour end-of-semester examination (50 %) and an assignment of no more than 3000 words (50 %).
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