|Semester 1 Credit Value:||10|
|Semester 2 Credit Value:||10|
To introduce students to fundamental themes and perspectives about the relations between science, social sciences, aesthetics, morality and knowledge which inform seminal works in European thought, and to demonstrate the relevance of these debates to contemporary cultural concerns.
This module explores relationships between the human and ‘natural’ and ‘social’ environment in modernity. It addresses the relations between aesthetics, scientific knowledge, moral theory and theories of society and social processes.
(1) The relation between scientific knowledge and aesthetics in Nietzsche
(2) Moral knowledge (Kant)
(3) Theoretical knowledge, Moral Thought and the role of Aesthetic Education in Schiller
(4) The Rejection of Rationality and Order? An examination of W.H. Wackenroder and Thomas Mann
(5) The Social Sciences: The Continental Context (1890s-1920s): Scientific Positivism.
|Guided Independent Study||Assessment preparation and completion||40||1:00||40:00||Prepare and complete essays|
|Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities||Lecture||20||1:00||20:00||N/A|
|Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities||Small group teaching||20||1:00||20:00||Seminars|
|Guided Independent Study||Independent study||1||120:00||120:00||Review lecture material, prepare for small group teaching, gather resource material for assessment|
The lectures will provide essential subject specific knowledge on a range of seminal thinkers. Basic concepts in debates on aesthetics, moral theory, science/theoretical knowledge will be covered.
Seminars permit discussion of the relative merits of these thought systems and guide independent analysis and interpretation. Students will explore lecture material in greater depth. Seminars will also facilitate skill in approaching and selecting material for essays.
Students will utilize the reading list in order to allow for fruitful seminar discussion. The private study time will be devoted to the independent interpretation of material, the selection of topics and the writing of essays. Other time will be needed for the gathering of resources.
The essay form gauges students’ ability to move between generalization and appropriately detailed discussion, and to cite relevant texts.
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Essays will demonstrate the students' abilities to gather information and analyse and interpret data. They will also show evidence of critical reflection appropriate to a stage two level on the honours degree.
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