Courses / Module

• appraise the development of Husserl’s thought, with particular focus on basic tenets of his phenomenology (e.g., the intentionality of consciousness, the natural attitude, eidetic ideation, transcendental reduction, the transcendental-phenomenological epoche)
• discriminate between various types of scientific and hermeneutic methods deployed in the development of twentieth-century phenomenology: descriptive and genetic (natural-scientific) psychology (Brentano), descriptive (hermeneutic) psychology (Dilthey), descriptive-eidetic psychology (Husserl), existential-hermeneutic phenomenology (Heidegger), dialogic ethical-transcendental phenomenology (Levinas)
• assess the accuracy of one philosopher’s direct evaluation of another philosopher’s central philosophical position and its pertinence for explaining different definitions of phenomenology in the twentieth century
• evaluate the merits and demerits of different methods of analysis deployed in twentieth-century phenomenology, such as the evidence of inner perception, eidetic intuition, transcendental reduction, the hermeneutic circle and interpretive retrieval
• distinguish ‘hermeneutic’ and ‘scientific’ strands within the development of twentieth-century phenomenology and debate the relevance of this distinction to evaluating contemporary European thought
• Demonstrate, through written and oral communication skills, advanced critical skills in articulating and assessing significant methodological differences in the philosophical origins of the development of twentieth-century phenomenology

• Seminars. Presentations, reading, reflection, discussion and writing.

• Module Graded (numeric value) or Ungraded (Pass/Not Passed): Graded
• Continuous Assessment detail(s): 100% continuous assessment, broken down as follows: (1) attendance at seminars: 10%; (2) seminar presentation: 20% (c. 1,500 words); (3) essay assignment: 70% (c. 3,000 words).

• Pass standard: 40%
• Could the result of this module be capped? No
• 100% continuous assessment, broken down as follows: (1) attendance at seminars: 10%; (2) seminar presentation: 20% (c. 1,500 words); (3) essay assignment: 70% (c. 3,000 words)
• Penalties: See Philosophy Postgraduate Student Handbook.

• Are supplemental/resit registrations permitted? Yes
• Essay Assignment c. 3,000 words
• Is Supplemental Continuous Assessment registration permitted? No
• Is Supplemental Continuous Assessment capped? No

• Successful completion of appropriate undergraduate programme.

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