Admission requirements
Admission to this course is restricted to BA students in Philosophy.
BA students in Philosophy: Global and Comparative Philosophy, who have successfully completed their first year, and at least 10 EC’s of the mandatory components of the second year, including Language of Thought, and Concepts of Selfhood.
BA students in Filosofie, who have successfully completed their first year, and at least 10 EC's of the mandatory components of the second year, including Comparative Philosophy, and Analytische filosofie or Philosophy of Mind.
Pre-master’s students in Philosophy who are in possession of an admission statement, and for whom this course is part of their programme.
Description
This seminar will investigate how philosophers from at least two different cultural traditions have understood and employed resources from another culture’s heritage in their own thought. Three philosophers from the Western tradition will be critically read in order to grasp how they appropriated ideas from another philosophical tradition, and three philosophers from traditions outside the West will then likewise be read to see how they appropriate elements of Western thought. The course will encourage students to learn from these instances of cross-cultural encounter both about the problems and possibilities of cross-cultural engagement in thinking about their own approach to comparative philosophy.
Course objectives
This course aims to:
reveal for students how Western philosophers and philosophers from other traditions have understood and used ideas from other philosophical traditions;
challenge students, in learning about these instances of cross-cultural thought, to develop their own interpretive approaches to comparative philosophy.
Students who successfully complete the course will have a good understanding of:
the recent history of, during the past five hundred years, of intercultural philosophy involving the Western tradition and other philosophical heritages;
the challenges and possibilies of intercultural philosophy.
Students who successfully complete the course will be able to:
complete well-informed presentations and critical research papers on the recent history of intercultural philosophy;
think through some basic interpretive principles in their own approaches to intercultural philosophical engagement.
Timetable
The timetables are available through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
- Seminars
Class attendance is required.
Assessment method
Assessment
Attendance and participation in class discussions
In-class student presentations
Final research paper
Weighting
The final mark for the course is established by determination of the weighted average of several subtests:
Attendance and participation in class discussions: 10%
In-class student presentations: 25%
Final research paper: 65%
Resit
The resit consists of the final research paper (65%). The remainder of the course grade will be determined by the other weighted components. The grades for participation and presentations remain in place.
Students who have obtained a satisfactory grade for the first examination cannot take the resit.
Inspection and feedback
Students will receive feedback on course presentations within one week of completing them.
Students will receive feedback on their research papers within 21 days, at the longest, of completing them.
Reading list
Course syllabus will be distributed via Brightspace.
Required reading materials will be announced in the syllabus and students will be expected to acquire access to reading materials either through University Library or their own purchase.
Registration
Enrolment through uSis for this course is not possible. Students are requested to submit their preferences for the third-year electives by means of an online registration form. They will receive the instruction and online registration form by email (uMail account); in June for courses scheduled in semester 1, and in December for courses scheduled in semester 2. Registration in uSis will be taken care of by the Education Administration Office.
Students are strongly advised to register in uSis through the activity number which can be found in the timetables for courses and exams.
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Not applicable.
Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the information bar at the right hand side of the page.
For questions about enrolment, admission, etc., contact the Education Administration Office Huizinga
Remarks
Not applicable.