General Information
| Course Code | W_MA_HOP |
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| Credits | 6 EC |
| Period | P5 |
| Course Level | 500 |
| Language of Tuition | English |
| Faculty | Faculty of Humanities |
| Course Coordinator | dr. C. Ierna MSc |
| Examiner | dr. C. Ierna MSc |
| Teaching Staff |
dr. C. Ierna MSc |
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Part of programme(s)
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Practical Information
You need to register for this course yourself. The (de)registration deadlines can be found on VU.nl
| Teaching Methods | Seminar, Lecture |
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Target audiences
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Course Objective
The student:
1 - Has acquired a broad knowledge about the history of philosophy,
including both traditional and less commonly taught figures and
subjects.
2 - Has acquired conceptual knowledge about some of the main theories,
schools, and movements, i.a. Aristotelianism, Scholasticism,
Skepticism, Rationalism, Empiricism, Kantianism, Idealism, Realism, Materialism,
etc. as well as a critical understanding of periodizations such as
modernity, enlightenment, renaissance, antiquity, etc.
3 - Has acquired metacognitive knowledge about studying the history of
philosophy and how it relates to their present as well as (the history
of) other philosophical, humanistic, and scientific disciplines.
Course Content
The course will provide a general introduction to the history of
philosophy through a survey of selected authors and texts.
The course will use the Reverse Engineering approach, which will be
explained in detail in the first lecture.
The focus is on the history of philosophy, the historiography of philosophy, and our relationship to the past.
Additional Information Teaching Methods
LecturesMethod of Assessment
* Weekly assignments (20%, objectives 1-3)* Essay (80%, objectives 1-3)
Literature
A selection of primary texts and other materials will be made availablethrough Canvas.