Details
Code 21821
Level of study Second Year
Credit value 20
Semester 1
Pre-requisite modules 60 Credits in philosophy
Other pre-requisites None
Module description
This module consists of reading a recent important philosophical work in small groups. Each year, students are offered a couple of interesting options. Books used on the course recently include Saul Kripke’s Naming and Necessity, Harry Frankfurt’s The Importance of What We Care about, David Chalmers’ The Conscious Mind, and Jeff McMahan’s Killing in War. Students on the module meet weekly to discuss a chapter of a book in small groups with the assistance of a seminar tutor. The seminars help the students to get clear on the difficult passages and they offer a friendly atmosphere for the students to critically engage with the arguments and views of the used books.
Teaching and learning methods
Weekly readings and seminars