Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
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 those in other modules (e.g. Epistemology, Metaphysics, Ethics of Belief)
- some of the central questions in philosophy of religion, and competing answers to these questions
- central arguments that have been offered for and against these answers.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- take notes from talks and written materials.
- work effectively to deadlines.
- contribute to discussion in a critical but dispassionate way.
- undertake independent work, including identifying and using appropriate resources.
- express views clearly and concisely.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- present philosophical ideas in writing, clearly and carefully.
- articulate and defend your own views regarding the issues the module concerns.
- interpret, synthesise and criticise philosophically complex texts and positions.
- debate and criticise ideas and arguments in an even-handed fashion.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Completion of assessment task | 22 |
Follow-up work | 24 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 24 |
Lecture | 33 |
Wider reading or practice | 24 |
Revision | 23 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
R Swinburne (2004). The Existence of God. Oxford University Press.
L. Wittgenstein (1970). Lectures and Conversations on Aesthetics, Psychology and Religious Belief.
J L Mackie (1983). The Miracle of Theism. Oxford University Press.
B Davies (2004). An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion. Oxford University Press.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Essay proposal
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: You will receive written feedback. Further verbal feedback is available by consultation with the module coordinator.
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
- Percentage contribution: 100%
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Exam | 50% |
Essay | 50% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Timed Assignment | 100% |
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.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 50% |
Exam | 50% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External