6 ECTS credits
150 h study time
Offer 2 with catalog number 1021086ANR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.
In this course, a number of important texts by the Scottish empiricist and Enlightenment philosopher David Hume (1711-1776) will occupy centre-stage. The focus will be on the epistemological views he developed in his ‘An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding’ (1748) and on his views on religion in his posthumously published ‘Dialogues concerning Natural Religion’ (1779). The connections between his epistemological views and his views on religion will also be explored.
The course material comprises the primary texts David Hume, ‘An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding’, in: Stephen Buckle (ed.), Hume: An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding and Other Writings (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), pp. 1-144 and David Hume, ‘Dialogues concerning Natural Religion’ in: Dorothey Coleman (ed.), Dialogues concerning Natural Religion and Other Writings (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), pp. 2-102. State-of-the-art literature will be read in combination with these primary texts.
The course material will be available by the beginning of the course.
- The student is able to adequately explain David Hume’s epistemological position as well as his views on religion.
- The student can explicate and critically evaluate the key arguments David Hume introduced in ‘An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding’ and in ‘Dialogues concerning Natural Religion’.
- The student can develop a historically contextualised philosophical analysis of David Hume’s ‘An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding’ and ‘Dialogues concerning Natural Religion’.
- The student is able to pinpoint the relevant philosophical and religious background to David Hume’s epistemological views and to his views on religion.
- More specifically, the student can show that he or she as acquired the four abovementioned competences in the form of a paper.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
The score obtained on the paper determines 80% of the total grade. The score obtained on WPO determines 20% of the total grade. Results obtained for WPO and the paper can be transferred to the resit exam.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Philosophy and Moral Sciences: default (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of History: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of History: Minor Minor Human Sciences (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of History: minor Social Sciences (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Art Studies and Archaeology: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Art Studies and Archaeology: Profile Profile Art Studies and Archaeology (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: German-French (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: French-Italian (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: French-Spanish (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Dutch-English (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Dutch-French (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Dutch-Italian (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Dutch-Spanish (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Dutch-German (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Spanish-Italian (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Italian-German (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: German-Spanish (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: English-German (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: English-French (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: English-Italian (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: English-Spanish (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Nederlands-Frans (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Nederlands-Engels (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Nederlands-Duits (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Nederlands-Spaans (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Frans-Engels (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Frans-Duits (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Frans-Spaans (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Engels-Duits (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Engels-Spaans (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Duits-Spaans (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Arts in Philosophy and Moral Sciences: Default track (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Arts in Philosophy and Moral Sciences: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)