Philosophy

Major/Minor/Specialisation !B-ARTS-MAJ+1028 (2009)

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Year and Campus:	2009

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Program coordinator: Howard Sankey

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Overview:	A major in philosophy consists of eight 12.5-point subjects, totalling 100 points: One Arts Foundational lnterdisciplinary Subject or the University breadth subject Logic:Language and Information and one of: Great Ideas in Philosophy Philosophical Issues Science, Philosophy and History Level 2/3 (75 points) Two core subjects (Category A), Three subjects either from the core or optional list (Categories A or B), and the capstone subject What is Philosophy? to be taken in the final academic year of the degree. Minor 75 points The capstone subject is not available in the minor. One Arts Foundational lnterdisciplinary Subject or the University breadth subject Logic:Language and Information and one of: Great Ideas in Philosophy Philosophical Issues Science, Philosophy and History Level 2/3 (50 points) One subject from Category A Three subjects from either Category A or Category B
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Subject Options:	Philosophy: Level 1 Logic: Language and Information counts toward the breadth component of the BA. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 136-105 Science, Philosophy and History Semester 2 12.50 161-108 Philosophical Issues Semester 1 12.50 161-111 Great Ideas in Philosophy Semester 2 12.50 800-123 Logic: Language and Information Semester 1 12.50 Category A subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 161-020 Phenomenology Semester 2 12.50 672-343 Phenomenology Semester 2 12.50 136-033 Science, Reason and Reality Semester 1 12.50 672-316 Science, Reason and Reality Semester 1 12.50 161-202 Objectivity and Value Semester 2 12.50 674-304 Objectivity and Value Semester 2 12.50 672-354 Logic for Philosophers Not offered in 2009 12.50 161-212 Logic for Philosophers Not offered in 2009 12.50 161-221 Asian and Comparative Philosophy Semester 2 12.50 674-307 Asian and Comparative Philosophy Semester 2 12.50 161-237 Analytic Philosophy Semester 1 12.50 672-360 Analytic Philosophy Semester 1 12.50 Category B subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: PHIL20002 The Ways of Science Not offered in 2009 12.50 PHIL30009 The Ways of Science Not offered in 2009 12.50 161-030 The Rise of Modern Philosophy Not offered in 2009 12.50 672-348 The Rise of Modern Philosophy Not offered in 2009 12.50 161-200 Philosophy of Law Not offered in 2009 12.50 161-215 Philosophy of Mind Not offered in 2009 12.50 161-220 Existentialism and its Critics Not offered in 2009 12.50 674-306 Existentialism and its Critics Not offered in 2009 12.50 161-236 Nietzsche and Hegel Not offered in 2009 12.50 672-359 Nietzsche and Hegel Not offered in 2009 12.50 161-238 Indian Philosophy Not offered in 2009 12.50 672-361 Indian Philosophy Not offered in 2009 12.50 161-240 Chinese Philosophy Semester 1 12.50 672-362 Chinese Philosophy Semester 1 12.50 161-241 Logic Completeness and Incompleteness Semester 1 12.50 672-363 Logic Completeness and Incompleteness Semester 1 12.50 161-247 Metaphysics Not offered in 2009 12.50 672-364 Metaphysics Not offered in 2009 12.50 PHIL20003 Philosophy of Biology Not offered in 2009 12.50 PHIL30010 Philosophy of Biology Not offered in 2009 12.50 161-035 Philosophy of Buddhism Not offered in 2009 12.50 161-024 Biomedical Ethics Semester 2 12.50 PHIL30011 History and Philosophy of Mathematics Not offered in 2009 12.50 PHIL20004 History and Philosophy of Mathematics Not offered in 2009 12.50 161-008 Ethical Theory Not offered in 2009 12.50 672-358 Kant's Metaphysics of Experience Not offered in 2009 12.50 161-201 Reasoning and Uncertainty Not offered in 2009 12.50 672-335 Ethical Theory Not offered in 2009 12.50 PHIL20005 Asian Civilisations and Science Not offered in 2009 12.50 PHIL30012 Asian Civilisations and Science Not offered in 2009 12.50 161-010 Epistemology Semester 2 12.50 672-336 Epistemology Semester 2 12.50 161-019 Greek Philosophy Not offered in 2009 12.50 161-017 Does God Exist? Not offered in 2009 12.50 672-340 Does God Exist? Not offered in 2009 12.50 161-021 From Hermeneutics to Derrida Semester 1 12.50 672-344 From Hermeneutics to Derrida Semester 1 12.50 161-007 Great Thinkers in Moral Philosophy Semester 1 12.50 672-334 Great Thinkers in Moral Philosophy Semester 1 12.50 161-012 Political Thought Not offered in 2009 12.50 672-338 Political Thought Not offered in 2009 12.50 161-011 Philosophy of Language Not offered in 2009 12.50 672-337 Philosophy of Language Not offered in 2009 12.50 672-342 Greek Philosophy Not offered in 2009 12.50 161-018 Aesthetics Semester 1 12.50 672-341 Aesthetics Semester 1 12.50 672-345 Biomedical Ethics Semester 2 12.50 672-350 Philosophy of Buddhism Not offered in 2009 12.50 674-302 Philosophy of Law Not offered in 2009 12.50 674-303 Reasoning and Uncertainty Not offered in 2009 12.50 672-358 Kant's Metaphysics of Experience Not offered in 2009 12.50 672-357 Philosophy of Mind Not offered in 2009 12.50 136-260 God and the Natural Sciences Semester 2 12.50 672-332 God and the Natural Sciences Semester 2 12.50 161-013 Political Philosophy Semester 2 12.50 672-339 Political Philosophy Semester 2 12.50 Philosophy: Level 3 Capstone Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 161-310 What is Philosophy? Semester 2 12.50
Related Course(s):	Bachelor of Arts

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Philosophy: Level 3 Capstone