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PI3105: Philosophy of Nature
Semester 2 | Credits: 5
This module will introduce students to the philosophy of nature with particular emphasis on the 'naturephilosophy (Naturphilosophie)' of Friedrich Schelling. Schelling's challenge to both Newton's mechanical view of nature and Kant's subjectivism will be discussed. Following a detailed exploration of Schelling's work, the engagement with the question of nature of a number of Phenomenologists will be investigated with respect to Schelling. The final section of the module will examine the work of the New Materialists and the manner in which they re-conceptualize nature. In that context Feminist approaches will be emphasised paricularly as they critically engage with the culture/nature, female/male and subject/object divide.
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- Critically Analyse Primary Texts
- Recognize how philosophical assumptions are operative in everyday engagements with the natural world.
- Critically analyse and compare the responses of different theories in the light of specific issues with respect to nature.
- Write coherently, synthesising concepts about distinct aspects of human experience and practice.
Assessments
- Continuous Assessment (65%)
- Oral, Audio Visual or Practical Assessment (20%)
- Department-based Assessment (15%)
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- FELIX CONCUBHAIR Ó MURCHADHA:
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- "First Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature" by Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling
ISBN: 0791460037.
Publisher: SUNY Press - "The Ages of the World (1811)" by F. W. J. Schelling
ISBN: 1438474067.
Publisher: Suny Press
Chapters: 1 & 2 - "Introduction to Metaphysics" by Martin Heidegger
ISBN: 9780300186123.
Publisher: Yale University Press - "Poetry, Language, Thought" by Martin Heidegger
ISBN: 9780060937287.
Publisher: Harper Collins
Chapters: 4 & 5 - "New Materialism: Interviews & Cartographies" by Dolphijn, Rick
ISBN: 978-160785281.
Publisher: Open Humanities Press - "Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Human Freedom" by F. W. J. Schelling
ISBN: 0791468747.
Publisher: SUNY Press
Chapters: 1 - "Theoretical Philosophy After 1781" by Immanuel Kant
ISBN: 9780521460972.
Chapters: 2 - "Nature" by Maurice Merleau-Ponty
ISBN: 9780810114456. - "Meeting the Universe Halfway" by Karen Barad
ISBN: 9780822339175.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Chapters: 3,4,7& 8 - "Philosophies of Nature After Schelling" by Iain Hamilton Grant
ISBN: 9781847064325.
Publisher: Continuum - "The Conspiracy of Life" by Jason M. Wirth
ISBN: 9780791457931.
Publisher: SUNY Press - "The New Schelling" by Judith Norman,Alistair Welchman
ISBN: 9780826469410.
Publisher: Bloomsbury - "Schelling's Philosophy" by G. Anthony Bruno
ISBN: 0198812817.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA - "Feminism, Science, and the Philosophy of Science" by J. Nelson
ISBN: 0792341627.
Publisher: Springer
Chapters: 12 & 13 - "What if Culture was Nature all Along?" by Vicki Kirby
ISBN: 9781474419307.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press - "The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology" by Edmund Husserl
ISBN: 081010458X.
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Chapters: Part 2 - "Barbarian Principle, The" by Jason M Wirth,Patrick Burke
ISBN: 1438448481.
Publisher: SUNY Press
Chapters: 3, 4, 7 & 8
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.