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180132 SE The Integration Problem (2024W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Hinweis der SPL Philosophie:Das Abgeben von ganz oder teilweise von einem KI-tool (z.B. ChatGPT) verfassten Texten als Leistungsnachweis (z.B. Seminararbeit) ist nur dann erlaubt, wenn dies von der Lehrveranstaltungsleitung ausdrücklich als mögliche Arbeitsweise genehmigt wurde. Auch hierbei müssen direkt oder indirekt zitierte Textstellen wie immer klar mit Quellenangabe ausgewiesen werden.Die Lehrveranstaltungsleitung kann zur Überprüfung der Autorenschaft einer abgegebenen schriftlichen Arbeit ein notenrelevantes Gespräch (Plausibilitätsprüfung) vorsehen, das erfolgreich zu absolvieren ist.
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 09.09.2024 09:00 to Su 15.09.2024 23:59
- Registration is open from Tu 24.09.2024 09:00 to Su 29.09.2024 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Su 10.11.2024 23:59
Details
max. 30 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Thursday 17.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 24.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 31.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 07.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 14.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 21.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 28.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 05.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 12.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 09.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 16.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 23.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 30.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
1. Exam
The overall grade is calculated from two separate components:
• Component I: Seminar paper (5,500-8,000 words) (85% of the final grade)
• Component II: Short presentation on one of the course's readings (15%)2. Language
The term paper may be written in English or German.3. Own work
• All written work must be produced by the examined students themselves.
• Do not plagiarize!
• Students agree that their submitted materials will be checked using the automated plagiarism checker Turnitin.
• But you may of course rely on the help of dictionaries, grammar books, and discussion with students, friends, etc.
The overall grade is calculated from two separate components:
• Component I: Seminar paper (5,500-8,000 words) (85% of the final grade)
• Component II: Short presentation on one of the course's readings (15%)2. Language
The term paper may be written in English or German.3. Own work
• All written work must be produced by the examined students themselves.
• Do not plagiarize!
• Students agree that their submitted materials will be checked using the automated plagiarism checker Turnitin.
• But you may of course rely on the help of dictionaries, grammar books, and discussion with students, friends, etc.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
1. Prerequisites
• The seminar language is English - therefore, it is a prerequisite that students are willing and able to participate in discussions in English.
• Students must be able and willing to engage with texts from contemporary analytic philosophy (which will constitute the majority of our reading).
• Students must have solid competence with elementary logic which will be essential for understanding the reading.2. Obligatory class work
• Attendance is required; unexcused absence is permitted twice.
• Sessions have to prepared by submitting questions or thoughts of your own on the reading (at least 6 times during the semester).
• A significant part of the reading will be determined by the students themselves. Participation in this is essential for the success of the seminar.3. Conditions for passing
• A positive grade in every component of the exam, and
• Completion of the obligatory class work.
• The seminar language is English - therefore, it is a prerequisite that students are willing and able to participate in discussions in English.
• Students must be able and willing to engage with texts from contemporary analytic philosophy (which will constitute the majority of our reading).
• Students must have solid competence with elementary logic which will be essential for understanding the reading.2. Obligatory class work
• Attendance is required; unexcused absence is permitted twice.
• Sessions have to prepared by submitting questions or thoughts of your own on the reading (at least 6 times during the semester).
• A significant part of the reading will be determined by the students themselves. Participation in this is essential for the success of the seminar.3. Conditions for passing
• A positive grade in every component of the exam, and
• Completion of the obligatory class work.
Examination topics
Possible topics for the term paper are• All topics discussed in the seminar.
• All topics closely related to those discussed in the seminar.
• Optionally topics from related areas, but only after consulting the course instructor.The topic of the short presentation will be the text of the relevant session. They are intended to provide a (very short) summary of what the text attempts to achieve.
• All topics closely related to those discussed in the seminar.
• Optionally topics from related areas, but only after consulting the course instructor.The topic of the short presentation will be the text of the relevant session. They are intended to provide a (very short) summary of what the text attempts to achieve.
Reading list
TBA
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Sa 05.10.2024 14:46
How can we know truths about mathematics, morality, or modality?Some philosophers argue that given certain (otherwise attractive) metaphysical assumptions about these subject matters (e.g. the non-causal nature of the involved entities or their mind-independence), knowledge about them would indeed be impossible. If these arguments are successful, then knowledge about the relevant subject matters either doesn't exist, or we have to revise our metaphysical assumptions about them (e.g. perhaps they do not concern non-causal or mind-independent entities).To give some examples: Field (1980) uses an argument of this kind to argue against the existence of numbers, Street (2006) wields a version against realist conceptions in metaethics, and Lewis (1986) discusses a version directed at his theory of modality.More generally, we are confronted with what Peacocke (1999) calls the Integration Challenge, namely "the task of reconciling a plausible account of what is involved in the truth of statements of a given kind with a credible account of how we can know those statements, when we do know them."In this seminar, we will study a number of these (sometimes so-called "debunking-") aguments and how to respond to them.2. IDEA OF THE SEMINAR
We will start the seminar by reading several texts containing arguments of the above type. The reading for the remainder of the seminar will be determined by the students together depending on their research interests.