Entry requirements

120 credits, or equivalent, including 60 credits in philosophy, aesthetics, musicology, literature or art history. Also required is proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course the students are expected to:

• have good knowledge of a number of important positions and arguments in recent and contemporary analytic philosophy
• have good knowledge and understanding of the philosophical tools used to develop and assess these positions and arguments
• have the ability to read and analyze recent and contemporary texts in analytic philosophy
• have the ability to independently apply philosophical tools to develop and assess positions and arguments.

Content

The aim of the course is to introduce the students to certain central philosophical texts and problems, with a focus on philosophy from the 20th century and later. In the course, a number of different central themes in analytic philosophy will be brought up within, for example, philosophy of language, metaethics and metaphysics. The course is not organized around any particular theme. Instead, each section will focus on a canonical text, both from the early years of analytic philosophy and more contemporary texts. The focus is on texts that transcend the particular debate they most immediately contribute to, either because the conclusions reached generalize to other areas, or because the philosophical tools do.

Instruction

The instruction is in the form of lectures, but the lectures are to a significant extent interactive.

Assessment

Short writing assignments to be completed throughout the course, and a longer writing assignment at the end of the course.

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.

Other regulations

This course (5FT202) overlaps with the second cycle courses 5FT157 Philosophical Perspectives II: Central Texts in Analytical Philosophy and the first cycle course 5FT241 Central Texts in Analytical Philosophy. Only one of the courses 5FT202, 5FT157 and 5FT241 may be used in one and the same degree.