| CODE | PHI3025 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Directed Studies | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 8 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Philosophy | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The student together with a designated lecturer will agree on a subject that has philosophical resonance with the purpose of undertaking a more complex analysis of it. This will entail reading thoroughly on the subject with the view to formulating an argument. Study-unit Aims: The aim of this study-unit is (a) to guide students through the task of writing a philosophical piece of research; (b) is to sharpen their writing and argumentative skills; and (c) to encourage their philosophical imagination. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. demonstrate knowledge of the questions which form the subject matter of the study; 2. analyze or critique the theme through both primary and secondary sources. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. identify and formulate a hypothesis concerning a philosophical question; 2. review the primary and secondary literature in order to find a way of providing an answer to this question. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Weston, Anthony (2000) A Rulebook for Arguments, Hackett Publishing Company, USA. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Directed Study and Independent Study | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Claude Mangion |
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