Intuitions
Level:
Doctoral CEU credits:
4 Academic year:
2009/2010 Semester:
Winter Start and end dates:
25 Feb 2010 Co-hosting Unit(s) [if applicable]:
Department of Philosophy Academic Program:
Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy CEU Instructor(s):
Nenad Miscevic Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive skills:
Understanding the nature of moral intuitions and their place in epistemology, philosophy of mathematics and moral philosophy.
Understanding the nature of one’s own particular moral and simple mathematical intuitions, and their status.
Enhancing the capacity to reconstruct and analyze a position in moral philosophy and epistemology, and in philosophy of mathematics.
Communications skills:
Enabling critically to present a philosophical text. Assessment :
This is a four‐credit course for doctoral students in philosophy. It has the format: two class‐hours of lecture accompanied by two class‐hours of seminar discussion. Mandatory readings are included in the reader in two volumes.
The grade will reflect class participation (50%) and a term paper (50%). Those dissatisfied with their seminar participation are encouraged to submit position papers.
Each seminar will begin by a short presentation taking not more than 20 minutes and based on a 2‐page long position paper, that is supposed to be distributed electronically to the class participants and to me by 4 p.m. of the day preceding the seminar class. The presentation
should include an interpretation of and possibly critical comments on the assigned reading as well as questions that you think need to be raised in the seminar discussion. A general class discussion will follow.
Questions and comments during lectures are welcome. Active participation in seminars is required.
Students are supposed to write a 10‐15 page long (Times New Roman 12, double‐spaced) final essay. The topic should be chosen ‐ upon my approval ‐ by March 15, 2010. The final paper should be submitted by April 15, 2010. 