Syllabus for Master Class

Master class

Syllabus

  • 7.5 credits
  • Course code: 5FT145
  • Education cycle: Second cycle
  • Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Theoretical Philosophy A1N, Aesthetics A1N, Practical Philosophy A1N

    Explanation of codes

    The code indicates the education cycle and in-depth level of the course in relation to other courses within the same main field of study according to the requirements for general degrees:

    First cycle

    • G1N: has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
    • G1F: has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • G1E: contains specially designed degree project for Higher Education Diploma
    • G2F: has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • G2E: has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements, contains degree project for Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
    • GXX: in-depth level of the course cannot be classified

    Second cycle

    • A1N: has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • A1F: has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • A1E: contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (60 credits)
    • A2E: contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (120 credits)
    • AXX: in-depth level of the course cannot be classified

  • Grading system: Fail (U), Pass (G), Pass with distinction (VG)
  • Established: 2020-12-07
  • Established by:
  • Revised: 2020-12-19
  • Revised by: The Department Board
  • Applies from: Spring 2021
  • Entry requirements:

    A student is eligible if they have fulfilled the requirements for a bachelor's degree in humanities or hold an equivalent foreign degree.

  • Responsible department: Department of Philosophy

Decisions and guidelines

Main target group of the course is master students in their fourth semester of the Master's Programme in the Humanities, specialization Aesthetics, specialization Philosophy, specialization Theoretical Philosophy, or specialization Practical Philosophy.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course the student is expected to

  • have formed a unified view of an internationally recognised contemporary researcher's thinking in philosophy or aesthetics, his or her research motivations, background assumptions, central claims, and methodology
  • have critically examined the work in philosophy or aesthetics of an internationally recognised contemporary researcher
  • have followed and partaken in discussions about ongoing research relating to the researcher's work
  • have orally formulated and presented in seminars clarifying and critical questions relating to the researcher's work.

Content

The course centers around the thought of an internationally recognised contemporary researcher in philosophy or aesthetics. The work of the researcher will be approached through written assignments, seminars, and discussion with the researcher in question. Participation requires reading texts, as well as active participation in seminars and question hours.

Instruction

Instruction takes the form of teacher-guided seminars and lectures. Participation in the seminars is mandatory.

Assessment

Written assignments and oral examinations.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.

Transitional provisions

In case of a transition from the Faculty of Arts' Master's Programme in the Humanities to master's programmes under the Department of Philosophy, this syllabus may be reused in the department's master programmes. The text under the heading Decisions and Guidelines should then be interpreted as applying to the department's master programmes.

Syllabus Revisions

Reading list

Reading list

Applies from: Spring 2021

Some titles may be available electronically through the University library.

Reading List

  • Currie, Gregory. The Nature of Fiction [Elektronisk resurs]

    Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990

    Table of Contents / Abstracts

    Find in the library

  • A Sense of the World: Essays on Fiction, Narrative, and Knowledge (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy) [Elektronisk resurs] Huemer, Wolfgang; Pocci, Luca; Gibson, John Margo Irvin,

    1: Routledge, 2007

    Find in the library

  • Stock, Kathleen.; Thomson-Jones, Katherine. New waves in aesthetics [Elektronisk resurs]

    Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, c2008.

    Find in the library

  • Thomasson, Amie L.. Fiction and Metaphysics [Elektronisk resurs]

    Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998

    Table of Contents / Abstracts

    Find in the library

  • Walton, Kendall L. Mimesis as make-believe : on the foundations of the representational arts

    Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1990

    Find in the library

  • Everett, Anthony; Hofweber, Thomas Empty names, fiction and the puzzle of non-existence

    Stanford, Calif.: CSLI, cop. 2000

    Find in the library

  • Currie, Gregory; Kotátko, Petr; Pokorný, Martin Mimesis : metaphysics, cognition, pragmatics

    London: College Publications, c2012.

    Find in the library

  • Rawls, Christina Philosophy and Film [Elektronisk resurs]

    Routledge, 2019

    Find in the library

  • Chisholm, Roderick M. Realism and the background of phenomenology

    New York: 1960

    Find in the library

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