PY5214 Wittgenstein

Academic year

2025 to 2026 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

20

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 11

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Planned timetable

To be confirmed.

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module Staff

Module Coordinator: Dr Colin Johnston

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Module description

This module will examine the work of one of history's great philosophers, Ludwig Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein's two main texts, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and Philosophical Investigations will both be studied, focusing in both cases on Wittgenstein's conceptions of language, thought and reality. The module will involve, of course, questions of exegesis, but also questions of philosophical truth: Wittgenstein will be assumed throughout to be a valuable resource for our own philosophizing, and not merely a figure of historical interest.

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

Coursework = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 x 2-hour lecture x 11 weeks

Scheduled learning hours

22

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

184

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.