2018/19 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
PHIL2212 History of Modern Philosophy: Leibniz and Hume
20 creditsClass Size: 100
Module manager: Dr Victor Dura-Vila
Email: v.dura-vila@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2018/19
Pre-requisite qualifications
Either PHIL 1120, OR PHIL 1111 & PHIL 1222.Module replaces
PHIL2510, PHIL2520This module is not approved as a discovery module
Module summary
This module looks in detail at the work of two pre-Kantian Modern philosophers (people writing somewhere between about 1600 and 1800). Its aim is very simple: to help you to develop an understanding of their carefully worked-out positions, so as to be able to ask yourself whether your own views are defensible in the light of what they say. In other words, its purpose is to help you to decide what you think, and why, by articulating your responses to classic texts from the past.Specifically, this module is based around the work of Gottfried Willhelm Leibniz and David Hume. Leibniz and Hume were two influential but contrasting thinkers who produced radically different accounts of the nature of the world and the place of human beings in it, and who were both enormously influential in the development of the Critical Philosophy of Kant.Pre-requisites: PHIL1004Objectives
On completion of this module, students should be able to demonstrate:- knowledge and understanding of some central texts and ideas in the history of modern philosophy before, and leading up to, the work of Kant;
- the ability to read and respond to philosophical writing from a different era;
- the ability to combine historical sensitivity and critical analysis in the study of the history of philosophy.
Syllabus
The History of Modern Philosophy module this year will focus on an in-depth study of works by 2 classic authors of the pre-Kantian Modern period; namely, Gottfried Willhelm Leibniz and David Hume. Decisions with regard to the precise content of the syllabus will be made with a view to providing breadth of coverage and preparation for later study in the History of Philosophy stream.
Teaching methods
Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
Lecture | 11 | 1.00 | 11.00 |
Seminar | 8 | 1.00 | 8.00 |
Private study hours | 181.00 | ||
Total Contact hours | 19.00 | ||
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 |
Private study
Reading and tutorial preparation: 106 hoursPreparing and writing assessed essay: 25 hours
Preparing for the exam: 50 hours
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Tutorial performance;Via the mid-semester assessed essay
Methods of assessment
Coursework
Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
Essay | 1,500 words | 33.34 |
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 33.34 |
This is a third of the formal assessment
Exams
Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 2 hr 00 mins | 66.66 |
Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 66.66 |
This forms two thirds of the formal assessment
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 26/03/2019
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