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

follow. Reading the secondary literature as you go will help you to understand the primary
literature and will give you ideas of things to say about it. When it comes to writing your
essays
and revising for exams, you must read a significant amount of material from the further
reading
sections. If you don’t, your answers will appear superficial. You should also make use of the
general reading list, there’s lots of useful material there. For each topic, I have starred (*)
three
further readings that I think are useful places to start.
Some secondary readings largely historical (i.e. ‘what is the best way to understand
Heidegger’s
claim that P?’), while others largely systematic (i.e. ‘Heidegger claims that P, but is P true?’).
It is
possible to take either approach with any topic. However, it is worth considering that the two
approaches are related—a good principle to adopt when interpreting a philosopher is to try
to
understand their claims in a way which makes them plausible.
There is a set of questions for each week’s tutorial. Think hard about these and write
answers to
them. You need to arrive at the tutorial prepared to speak on the topic, and this is much
easier if
you have something written down.
Lectures 2-4 are the essay topics. Lectures 5-12 are the exam topics. The exam will contain
6
questions, drawn from each of these topics, of which you can answer any two. However, it is
important to bear in mind that (i) the topics are often closely interrelated; (ii) questions may
be on
any aspect of the material covered.
As much as possible from this reading list is either available online, or has been specially
digitised
by the library. In the majority of cases where this has not been possible, items have been
added to
the short loan library.
O source available online
D digitised source available at library
S short loan
There is a vast amount of literature on Phenomenology. Just because something is not on
the
reading list does not mean that it isn’t worth reading. So explore. However, stick to reputable
sources—well-known journals, books from academic presses—don’t just copy out what
some
chump you’ve never heard of says on an obscure website. It will almost certainly be crap.
Lecture 1 (Week 1): Introduction to Phenomenology
There is no required reading or tutorial this week. However, you might like to have a look at
the
following:
Cerbone, D. 2006. Understanding Phenomenology. Chesham: Acumen, Introduction.
Gallagher S. & Zahavi, D. 2012. The Phenomenological Mind, 2nd Edition. London:
Routledge, Introduction.
Routledge.Moran, D. 2000. Introduction to Phenomenology. London, Routledge,
Introduction [O]
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Lecture 2 (Week 2): Intentionality I – the mark of the mental (Brentano)
Required Reading:
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