C.D. Broad offers a comparative phenomenology of vision, audition, and touch highlighting the important differences between them. We will assess Broad’s comparative phenomenology drawing upon analytic, continental, historical and psychological literature. The aim is to introduce the student to advance themes in philosophy of perception through this assessment of Broad’s comparative phenomenology. The class will be conducted as a seminar with student presentations

For relatively recent analytic discussion of these issues, the student might consult the optional reading Perception and Its Modalities edited by Dustin Stokes, Mohan Matthen, and Stephen Biggs. Oxford University Press, 2014.

Philosophy Area A

This course will focus on fiction, poetry, plays, visual material and films directly inspired by Shakespeare’s Hamlet, with particular focus on three...

his module looks in detail at how a selection of novels engage in very different ways with the topic of violence, particularly in relation to nature. The...

his module looks in detail at how a selection of novels engage in very different ways with the topic of violence, particularly in relation to nature. The module explores the problems of interpretation, how narrative technique may confound reader expectations and the ways in which perspective and affect is harnessed to manipulate response. Primary texts will be chosen from a variety of historical periods and cultures in order to consider how the novels respond to changing historical and cultural circumstances.  

 

Novels for discussion vary, but have included Han Kang, The Vegetarian (2007), Octavia E. Butler, Dawn (1987), Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Devil on the Cross (19892) and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774). 

To develop through practical application:

the ability to collect and synthesize basic primary data relevant to an assigned theme or purpose;
the ability to...

To develop through practical application:

the ability to collect and synthesize basic primary data relevant to an assigned theme or purpose;
the ability to work effectively as part of a team;
the ability to present work in different and engaging ways;
basic freehand drawing and technical drawing skills;
basic photo manipulation and presentation skills.
Students will be introduced to some of the basic IT, drawing and presentational skills required of a student in town planning.
Students will employ the practical skills taught in class, to various real life situations using London as the urban lab which creates a backdrop to all the project work.