Philosophy Modules

The Philosophy modules listed below will be offered in academic year 2012-2013. Please note that the modules listed may be subject to change and that final module selection will depend on academic approval of your module choice at both the point of application and the academic advising session before Matriculation.

Level 3

PI31004 - Question of Vision in Art and Philosophy*

30 credits, Semester 2
What is the relation of an art work to reality? Can careful attention to an art work increase our understanding - of ourselves or our world? How does the understanding we gain by looking differ from the understanding we gain via analysis and theoretical explanation? This course addresses these topics through a critical engagement with two important twentieth-century German philosophers, Heidegger and Gadamer.

PI31014 - Philosophies of History

30 credits, Semester 2
This module considers how philosophical thinking about history has developed from the Enlightenment to the twentieth century. We will critically examine some of the metaphysical, ethical, political, social, and scientific concepts that are used to explain change, development, and culture. Key questions include: should history be understood in terms of progress? What is a historical memory? Philosophers studied will include Kant, Herder Hegel, Marx and Benjamin.