Admission requirements
Admission to this course is restricted to students enrolled in the MA Philosophy 120 EC, specialisation Philosophy of Humanities.
Description
Many different philosophical methods, especially from the Continental tradition, have found their way into the humanities broadly. In this course we reflect on the foundations of major different philosophical methods in the humanities (e.g. dialectics, phenomenology, critical theory, hermeneutics, semiotics, deconstruction). It is a characteristic of the Continental tradition that a strict separation between method and content is often not possible. Questions of method (of the different kinds of writing, style, logic or argumentation) often cannot be dissociated from substantive views on the task of philosophy and of the humanities. The use of a certain method often implies a diagnosis of the culture in which the humanities operate, and specific views on, among other things: what the most important questions and challenges for te humanities are, what it means to think and reflect critically, and what the responsibilities are of intellectual thought.
We read canonical texts from the main methodological schools in the humanities and focus on method and interpretation in two senses: some texts are discourses 'on' or 'about' method and interpretation, while other texts exemplify or employ important or striking methods. Special attention goes out to: (1) different conceptions of what it means to think and how to do that; (2) how to read, interpret and critically engage with texts that employ a kind of logic, style or language that seems different from more conventional theoretical or scientific method; (3) the relation between science, philosophy and literature in the humanities.
Course objectives
To be announced.
Timetable
The timetable is available on the folowing website:
Mode of instruction
- Seminars
Class attendance is required.
Course load
Total course load (10 EC x 28 hrs): 280 hours
- Attending seminars: 13 × 3 hours = 39 hours
Further calculation of the course load to be announced.
Assessment method
Assessment
To be announced.
Weighing
To be announced.
Resit
To be announced.
Students who have obtained a satisfactory grade for the first examination cannot take the resit.
Inspection and feedback
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Blackboard
Blackboard will be used for:
To be announced.
Reading list
To be announced.
Registration
Enrolment through uSis is mandatory.
General information about uSis is available on the website
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
Remarks
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