Course level

Postgraduate Coursework

Faculty

Humanities and Social Sciences

School

Historical & Philosophical Inq

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Class hours

3 Contact hours

Incompatible

PD100, PD712, PHIL1000, PHIL1010

Assessment methods

Essay, Take-home Exam

Course enquiries

Associate Professor Michelle Boulous Walker and Prof Deborah Brown

This course is not currently offered, please contact the school.

Course description

The questions of what philosophy is and what philosophers do are approached through a discussion of the work of philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, Hume, Camus, Sartre, and Beauvoir. The first section of this course is devoted to questions of what there is (metaphysics) and what it is to know (epistemology), and topics covered include scepticism, the relationship between mind and body, and the problem of personal identity. The second section provides an introduction to philosophy from existential and phenomenological perspectives concerning meaning, ethics, emotions, freedom and the Other.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2019 (25/02/2019 - 22/06/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2019 (22/07/2019 - 16/11/2019) St Lucia Internal Profile unavailable
Semester 1, 2018 (19/02/2018 - 23/06/2018) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2018 (23/07/2018 - 17/11/2018) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2017 (27/02/2017 - 24/06/2017) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2017 (24/07/2017 - 18/11/2017) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2016 (29/02/2016 - 25/06/2016) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2016 (25/07/2016 - 19/11/2016) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2015 (02/03/2015 - 27/06/2015) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2015 (27/07/2015 - 21/11/2015) St Lucia Internal Course Profile