| Course Name |
Philosophy - Introduction to Modern Philosophy |
| Course Provider |
University College Dublin |
| Course Code |
PHIL10030 |
| Course Type |
Lifelong Learning |
| Apply To |
Course provider |
| Attendance Options |
Part time |
| Location (Districts) |
Belfield |
| Enrolment and Start Dates Comment |
TRIMESTER: Spring |
| Application Date |
2022-2023 Academic Year
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| Duration |
Spring Trimester - January to May
Delivery Mode - Face to Face
Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures 24
Tutorial 8
Autonomous Student Learning 93
Total 125
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures; stated availability for discussion immediately before and after lectures and during office hours; weekly tutorials. Aims are to provide both a sympathetic understanding and critical attitude to the philosophical topics considered. |
| Link to Course Fee |
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| Eligibility |
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Not applicable to this module.
Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
PHIL1007E - Phil from Descartes to Roussea |
| Course Content |
Expand+PHIL10030 Introduction to Modern Philosophy
Academic Year 2022/2023
Can I be certain that there is a world outside me, or am I confined to my own mind alone? What can I know reliably about the world, if there is one? And if it exists knowable, ho...
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Academic Year 2022/2023
Can I be certain that there is a world outside me, or am I confined to my own mind alone? What can I know reliably about the world, if there is one? And if it exists knowable, how can I live with other people within it? Are we naturally selfish and dangerous? Or do we have a compassionate and gentle nature brutalised by a corrupt society? These are some of the questions to be discussed in this introduction to early modern philosophy of knowledge and social and political philosophy. The way of approaching the questions will be through a critical and historical treatment of selected writings by Descartes (1596-1650), Hobbes (1588-1679) and Rousseau (1712-1778).
Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this module students should be able to: 1. Show familiarity with central themes and problems of modern philosophy, identifying their historical emergence and contemporary relevance. 2. Expound and evaluate key philosophical arguments set out in modern philosophy, showing their coherence and explanatory worth. 3. Write clearly, succinctly and critically on these central themes and problems of modern philosophy.
Indicative Module Content:
Scepticism about the material world; the Cogito and self-consciousness; the nature of thought; on whether a good God exists; truth and falsity; arguments for a material world and experience of same; how we can live together; the state of nature; war; the social contract; the arts and sciences; inequality; private property; the nature of the sovereign.
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| Number of Credits |
5 |
| Careers or Further Progression |
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| Course Web Page |
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