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PY5205 Origins and History of Analytic Philosophy

Academic year(s): 2019-2020

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 20

ECTS credits : 10

Level : SCQF level 11

Semester: 1

Planned timetable: 11.00 am - 1.00 pm Tue

The object of this module is to provide an introduction to central themes in the work of some of the founding figures of the analytic tradition in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The primary focus of the module will be on developments in logic and its philosophy initiated in Frege's work and continued in Cambridge by Russell, the early Wittgenstein, and Ramsey.

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 2 hours.

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment: New Coursework (5,000-word essay) = 100%

Personnel

Module teaching staff: Prof P Sullivan