LATE MODERN PHILOSOPHY

1. Understand the currents underlying Late Modern philosophical thoughts.
2. Discuss the critical and moral philosophies of Kant.
3. Know what accounted for the rise of German Idealism.
4. Understand the emergence of interest in the Discipline of History.
5. Appraise the notion of Human Progress.
6. Assess the thesis of Historicism

13 weeks, about 42 hours in total. Yours will differ.

1. Week 1Module 1:

   • Unit 1: Introduction · 2 hours

     Read the unit introduction and intended learning outcomes.. Review the recap of the Early Modern Period.. Study the factors that preluded the modern period: Renaissance, Reformation, and the rise of modern science.. Answer the self-assessment exercises..

   • Unit 2: Background to Late Modern Philosophy · 2 hours

     Study the influence of Kant in ushering in the late modern period.. Understand the unique character of the late modern period.. Complete self-assessment exercises to reinforce learning..

2. Week 2Module 1:

   • Unit 3: Immanuel Kant: The Critical Philosophy · 3 hours

     Study Kant's critical philosophy.. Understand the varieties of judgment in Kant's philosophy.. Learn about Kant's Copernican revolution and the difference between noumenal and phenomenal reality.. Complete self-assessment exercises..

3. Week 3Module 1:

   • Unit 4: Immanuel Kant: The Moral Philosophy · 3 hours

     Study the basis of Kant's moral philosophy.. Understand the concept of Good Will and the categorical imperative.. Complete self-assessment exercises..

4. Week 4Module 2:

   • Unit 1: Mary Wollstonecraft · 3 hours

     Study Mary Wollstonecraft's defense of women's rights.. Understand her philosophy of education, ethical theory, and contribution to socio-political philosophy.. Complete self-assessment exercises..

5. Week 5Module 2:

   • Unit 2: J. G. Fichte · 3 hours

     Study Fichte's denial of Kant's idealism.. Understand his idea of the Ego and Pure Ego.. Complete self-assessment exercises..

6. Week 6Module 2:

   • Unit 3: G. W. F. Hegel · 3 hours

     Study Hegel's concept of the Absolute Spirit.. Understand Hegelian dialectics and his theory of the state.. Learn about the development of historical ideas in Hegel's philosophy.. Complete self-assessment exercises..

7. Week 7Module 2:

   • Unit 4: Arthur Schopenhauer · 3 hours

     Study Schopenhauer's theory of consciousness and the nature of reality.. Understand his notion of the will and his ethics and aesthetics theory.. Complete self-assessment exercises..

8. Week 8Module 3:

   • Unit 1: Soren Kierkegaard · 3 hours

     Study Kierkegaard's notion of truth as subjectivity.. Understand the theme of existentialism in his thought and the various stages of existence.. Complete self-assessment exercises..

9. Week 9Module 3:

   • Unit 2: Karl Marx · 3 hours

     Study Marx's historical and dialectical materialism.. Understand Marx's criticism of capitalism and his theory of alienation.. Learn about the emergence of communism.. Complete self-assessment exercises..

10. Week 10Module 3:

    • Unit 3: Fredrich Nietzsche · 3 hours

      Study Nietzsche's critique of Greek culture.. Understand the two types of morality in Nietzsche's philosophy.. Learn about the concept of the Will to Power and the Superman.. Complete self-assessment exercises..

11. Week 11Module 3:

    • Unit 4: John Dewey · 3 hours

      Study Dewey's idea of what constitutes the central task of philosophy.. Understand Dewey's notion of knowledge as instrument.. Learn about his reconstruction of philosophy.. Complete self-assessment exercises..

12. Week 12Revision

    • Review Module 1-2 · 4 hours

      Review all modules and units.. Focus on key concepts and theories.. Prepare for assignments and tutor-marked assessments..

13. Week 13Final Revision

    • Final Revision · 4 hours

      Complete assignments and tutor-marked assessments.. Prepare for final examinations.. Address any remaining questions or concerns..