FOUNDATIONS OF PHILOSOPHY
This course aims to introduce students to the main concepts and ideas of the key thinkers in the history of Western philosophy. Using core texts, students will develop an awareness of the most important philosophical issues and the responses they have generated. Central philosophical themes are explored, and the problems raised are studied in relation to these thinkers and ideas. Themes include: Metaphysics, The Existence of God, Existentialism, Empiricism, Rationalism and Humanism. The writings of Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, Hegel and Kierkegaard, amongst others, will be examined.
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