Admission requirements
Admission to this course is restricted to first-year BA students in Philosophy, enrolled in the Global and Comparative Philosophy track.
Description
Philosophy is not a stock of wisdom, but an ongoing practice of asking questions. Which are the right questions to ask? How are they interconnected? Can we hope to answer them, and if so, how? In this series of biweekly lectures philosophers of the Leiden Institiute for Philosophy present samples of their ongoing research. The lecture series aims to give first-year students an idea of the handwork of philosophy.
Course objectives
This course aims to acquaint students with ongoing philosophical research at the Leiden Institute for Philosophy.
Students who successfully complete the course
will have a good understanding of examples of ongoing philosophical research projects at Leiden University;
will be able to describe in their own words examples of ongoing philosophical research.
Timetable
The timetable is available on the following website:
BA Philosophy: Global and Comparative Perspectives BA1
Please note: the Research Seminar will have six sessions and starts on Friday, 20 September 2019. See the time schedule.
Mode of instruction
- Series of short lectures
Course load
Total course load 0 EC = 9 hours
Attending lectures: 6 x 1 = 6 hours
Written report: 3 hours
Assessment method
Assessment
- Written report of one of the seminar meetings.
Resit
- Written report of one of the seminar meetings.
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:
posting of readings
posting of assignments
Reading list
Readings will be made available on Blackboard.
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
Dr. B.J.E. Verbeek (coördinator)
Remarks
Not applicable.