| CODE | BST2009 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Intellectual Scenarios of the Baroque Age | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | International Institute for Baroque Studies | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This series of lectures will serve as an introduction to (a) the basic terminology used in philosophy and in the study of its history and problems, and (b) the major periods, schools and figures in the history of philosophy prior to the Baroque Age. It will also illustrate some of the key methodologies and approaches used in intellectual history, with particular reference to the contextual understanding of ideas set within the cultural, social, political, scientific and religious milieus in which they emerged. This will help participants to follow, with greater ease and benefit, more advanced study-units in Baroque Studies and particularly in the intellectual history of the Baroque Age. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit will serve as an introduction to lectures in BST5001 - An Introduction to Baroque Europe: Political, Intellectual, Religious, Scientific and Medical Scenarios associated with the MA in Baroque Studies taught course. More specifically, this study-unit will aim to familiarize students with the fundamental aspects of the history of philosophy and help them to understand the key methodologies and approaches used in the intellectual history of the Western world, placed in its Baroque context. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Form a clear idea of the main sequences and personalities in the history of philosophy; - Demonstrate their knowledge of the basic terminology used in philosophy and in the study of its history; - Give a comprehensive understanding of the key methodologies and approaches used in intellectual history. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Identify and evaluate the principal landmarks involved in the history of philosophy; - Present and discuss the salient landmarks in the history of philosophy and their impact on the respective cultural, social, political, scientific and religious contexts with which they would have been associated in an academically suitable way. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Cottingham, J.G., Western Philosophy: An Anthology. 2nd ed. (Wiley-Blackwell 2007). - Copelston, F., A History of Philosophy. Vols. 1-4 (Image 1993). - Copenhaver, B.P., and Schmitt C.B., Renaissance Philosophy (OUP 1992). - Grafton, A., ‘The History of Ideas: Precepts and Practice, 1950-2000 and Beyond”, Journal of the History of Ideas, 67:1 (2006), pp. 1-32. Available here: http://sydney.edu.au/intellectual-history/documents/grafton-history-ideas.pdf - Tully, J.(ed.), Meaning and Context. Quentin Skinner and his Critics (Polity 1988). |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Robert Farrugia |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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