Introductory Philosophy (PHIL7100)
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 |