PY1013 The Enlightenment

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

20

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SCQF level

SCQF level 7

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Planned timetable

11.00 am - 12.00 noon Mon, Tue, Thu

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Module coordinator

Dr M van der Lugt

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Module Staff

Team taught

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Module description

This module provides an introduction to central figures, works and ideas of the period of the European Enlightenment (roughly 1700-1800), beginning with an account of its historical background and ending with a review of its legacy. It will approach issues both thematically and through the writings of major thinkers, considering for example various contrasts: experience and reason, belief and scepticism, individual and society, nature and convention, equality and inequality and representation and revolution; and looking at the ideas of such figures as Locke, Hume, Kant, Smith, and Rousseau.

Assessment pattern

100% Coursework

Re-assessment

100% Coursework: 3500 word 1wk Take-Home Assessment

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

3 lectures and 1 tutorial.

Scheduled learning hours

43

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

Guided independent study hours

157

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