Expand+Spring Trimester - January to May
MODE OF DELIVERY: Blended

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Autonomous Student Learning 93
Lectures 24
Tutorial 8
Total 125

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The lectures will involve t...

Hide-Spring Trimester - January to May
MODE OF DELIVERY: Blended

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Autonomous Student Learning 93
Lectures 24
Tutorial 8
Total 125

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The lectures will involve the lecturer raising philosophical problems, students thinking about and responding to these problems and the lecturer responding to these responses. They will be highly interactive. Some of the lecture time will be devoted to small group work where students work out approaches to the philosophical problems in groups of three or four and then bring them these approaches to the whole class. There will also be tutorials throughout the trimester where students may develop their ideas in a less pressurized context, learning from one another. The work required for the online assignments will involve a very small amount of reading and will mainly be individual reflection.

Expand+PHIL10020 Introduction to the Problems of Philosophy
Academic Year 2022/2023

This module introduces students to contemporary philosophical thinking by focusing on four classic problems of philosophy: (1) free will and determinism; (2) personal id...

Hide-PHIL10020 Introduction to the Problems of Philosophy
Academic Year 2022/2023

This module introduces students to contemporary philosophical thinking by focusing on four classic problems of philosophy: (1) free will and determinism; (2) personal identity; (3) skepticism; (4) consciousness. It is a hands-on philosophy course, where the task is for students to work out their own arguments in response to the philosophical literature and lectures. Selected weekly readings will be made available on Brightspace during the trimester. The style of the lectures will be highly interactive, with students expected to do plenty of thinking during the lecture periods.

Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this module students should: 1. have an understanding of some key philosophical issues and arguments; 2. be able to construct and analyse philosophical arguments; 3. have begun to acquire the habits of independent thought and critical reasoning; 4. be able to construct a well structured essay developing a philosophical argument. If you are taking this module as an elective - you may be interested in pursuing a Structured Elective programme in Philosophy (this will entail taking two more Philosophy electives). Your University Transcript could show that you have a Structured Elective in either Existential Philosophy & Critical Theory or Philosophy of Mind depending on which other electives you choose. See: https://www.ucd.ie/students/electives/structuredelectives.html

Indicative Module Content:
Free will; personal identity; scepticism; consciousness.