Heidegger and the Philosophy of Being

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• articulate and defend your own views regarding the issues the module concerns.
• present ideas clearly and carefully.
• debate and criticise ideas and arguments in an even-handed fashion.
• interpret, synthesise and criticise complex texts and positions.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• contribute to discussion in a critical but dispassionate way.
• take notes from talks and written materials.
• work effectively to deadlines.
• express views clearly and concisely.
• undertake independent work, including identifying and using appropriate resources.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• how the issues you explore in this module relate to other areas of philosophy
• the central issues that the early Heidegger addresses
• the concepts and arguments that he draws upon

The content of this module may vary from year to year. Topics that may be covered include:

1) Being-in-the-world

2) The Questions of Being and of Understanding

3) The Present-at-hand and the Ready-to-hand

4) Scepticism and truth

5) Authenticity, das ‘Man’ and Anxiety

6) Conscience and time

7) Guilt, Being-a-whole and Being-towards-death

Reading the relevant material, attendance at lectures; taking notes; contributing to discussion in lectures; doing research for and working in groups to prepare presentations; doing research for and preparing for the timed essay; applying techniques and skills learned both inside and outside the module to your reading and writing.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Draft piece

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.