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Religious questions and topics have often been central to the Western philosophical tradition which stretched from Antiquity to the present. Through close extended reading and analysis of classic primary texts from this tradition, this course engages students into detailed exploration of the way religion and religious questions have been approached philosophically by formative thinkers.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 4 |
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| Session | First Sub Session | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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Religious questions and topics have often been central to the Western philosophical tradition which stretched from Antiquity to the present. Through close extended reading and analysis of classic primary texts from this tradition, this course engages students into detailed exploration of the way religion and religious questions have been approached philosophically by formative thinkers. Texts to be consider may include notable works by ancient philosophers including Plato and Aristotle, Boethius, Augustine, Aquinas, Rousseau, Lessing, Hume, Kant, Leibnitz, Locke, Schleiermacher, Hegel, Feuerbach and Marx, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Swinburne, Plantinga, Caputo, Murdoch, Vattimo, and other important contemporary philosophers working in the field.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 40 | |
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An essay of 3,500 words in length exploring a question related to the specific subject matter and texts considered in the course. The question is to be agreed with the instructor after consultation. Normal written feedback is to be provided. |
Word Count | 3500 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 60 | |
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Eight short summary papers, written and submitted weekly, of no more than 400 words which encapsulates the main themes and arguments of the seminar reading for that week, and ventures some evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the its arguments. Weekly precis papers will be marked and assessment feedback provided on a rolling weekly basis. |
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | To demonstrate an informed understanding of formative figures and arguments in the tradition of philosophy of religion |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | To acquire critical perspectives on a range of arguments in the philosophy of religion |
| Conceptual | Analyse | To acquire and hone skill at the reading and analysis of complex, sometimes historically and culturally distant, primary texts. |
| Procedural | Apply | To demonstrate a capacity to articulate and express philosophical arguments both in oral exchange and in writing |
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