second year course outlines 2012-2013 - School of Social Sciences ...

aspects of the work of some of the most important Twentieth Century phenomenologists:
Edmund
Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Edith Stein, Jean-Paul Sartre and Maurice Merleau-Ponty.
Topics
covered may include: the nature of intentionality, perception and imagination; our awareness
of
self, body and others; and our consciousness of time. We shall also look at what is
distinctive
about the methods of phenomenological philosophy.
Aims
The course aims to:
• introduce students to the philosophical writings of the Twentieth Century phenomenologists;
• present the historical and philosophical context in which phenomenology was developed;
• explore in detail some central concepts of phenomenology: intentionality, reduction,
constitution,
transcendental ego, time-consciousness, embodiment, intersubjectivity, etc;
• show how phenomenology relates to issues in metaphysics, epistemology and the
philosophy of
mind.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course unit, students will be able to demonstrate:
• an ability to identify the main philosophical questions arising in phenomenological texts;
• an ability to engage with some of the major issues in the interpretation of the
phenomenological
tradition in philosophy;
• an ability to evaluate the significance of phenomenological philosophy;
• an ability to relate the work of Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre and Merleau-Ponty to other
philosophical disciplines.
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3. COURSE ORGANISATION
Lectures: Tuesdays 11-1pm in Coupland 3 Theatre B
Tutorials:
DAY & TIME LOCATION TEACHING ASSISTANT
Friday 11-12pm Coupland 3 LG9
Friday 12-1pm Humanities Bridgeford St G.34 Howard Kelly
Friday 1-2pm University Place 4.208
Tutorials are weekly, starting in week 2. Attendance at tutorials is compulsory. It is students’
responsibility to ensure that they have been allocated to a tutorial group. Students may not
change
group without permission.
Work and attendance
The work and attendance requirements for this course are that you:
• Attend all tutorials
If you are absent from a tutorial through illness you should inform your tutor and fill in a
Certification of Student Ill Health (available from your department or from the SoSS UG
Office;
see you degree programme handbook for further details). If you are absent for another
reason
you should tell your tutor or the Philosophy Administrator, Caroline Harmer as soon as
possible – if possible, before the tutorial.
• Prepare adequately for tutorials
You will be set preparatory work for tutorials; see the study budget below for a guide to
roughly how long you should spend on this.
• Complete written work on time
Failure to complete assessed work by the due date constitutes a violation of the work and
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