Reading and Writing Philosophy

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2016:

170 hours

Admission to fourth year Honours or the Graduate Diploma (Advanced) in the discipline of Philosophy

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Students will together read closely, and work their way critically through, 3 or 4 short texts in philosophy, selected from a range of areas and periods of Philosophy. The subject aims to develop imaginative, analytical and critical capacity in both reading and responding, verbally and in writing, to philosophical texts, thereby also helping prepare students better for research work in the discipline.

Students who successfully complete this subject will:

• broaden and deepen their capacity for imaginative, flexible and critical reading of philosophical texts written in varying philosophical modes;
• develop their own capacity for philosophical writing;
• be better prepared to undertake postgraduate research work in Philosophy.

• A 5000-word research essay, due at the end of semester (100%)

Hurdle requirement:

• Students must attend a minimum of 75% of classes in order to pass this subject.
• All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject.

Note: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 2% per day. After five days late assessment will not be marked. In-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked.

Short philosophical texts to be selected from across different periods, and different areas, of philosophy.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.