6 ECTS credits
170 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1023480BNW for working students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
NOTE: registration for this course is only possible for working students. Day students can register for courses whose code ends with an R. At Inschrijven / studentenadministratie@vub.be you must be registered at the VUB as a working student for the current academic year.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Languages & Humanities
Department
History, Archaeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics
Educational team
Steffen Ducheyne (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
20 contact hours Lecture
30 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
100 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content
In this course a  number  off important primary texts from the freethinking tradition are studied.
 
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Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Syllabus digitaal ter beschikking gesteld; Bronteksten; Kritische artikels, Powerpoints
Additional info

A reader with primary freethinker texts will be made available from the start of the semester.

 

Learning Outcomes

General competences

  • The students have a thorough knowledge of several primary texts from the early modern and modern freethinking tradition in a broad sense.
  • They can analyze a number of primary texts from the early modern and modern freethinking tradition, reproduce the arguments contained in it in detail, and critically evaluate them (verbally).
  • The students can identify and illustrate the contemporary relevance of the freethinking tradition.
  • The students can critically evaluate a chosen primary text in a well-substantiated paper.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
SELF Paper determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the SELF Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Paper with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The score obtained on the paper determines 100% of the total grade. The use of generative AI is permitted for certain purposes, to wit (1) for the purpose of correcting spelling and (2) for the purpose of brain storm tool for formulating research questions. Such uses of generative AI must be properly acknowledged. For purposes other than (1) and (2) the use of generative AI is not permitted.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Philosophy and Moral Sciences: default (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Business Economics: Minor Philosophy and Moral Sciences (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)