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Year 1 Philosophy.
Credit points: 12.5 1st year
Coordinator: Dr Marion Tapper.
Contact: Three hours a week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Students completing first-year Philosophy subjects should:
- recognize the distinctive nature of philosophical problems and their significance for other areas of human thought;
- know how to go about working through such problems;
- be in a position to engage with more advanced philosophical material in a wide range of areas, and to bring philosophical skills to bear upon their studies in other disciplines.
Content:
The subject will be concerned with the opposition between the freedom implied by consciousness and the constraints imposed by culture and society. In the context of this opposition, it will investigate the nature of our responsibility for our lives.
Assessment:
One 2000-word essay during the semester (50 per cent) and a 2-hour end-of-semester examination (50 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Dr Marion Tapper.
Contact: Three hours each week.
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
Students completing first-year Philosophy subjects should:
- recognize the distinctive nature of philosophical problems and their significance for other areas of human thought;
- know how to go about working through such problems;
- be in a position to engage with more advanced philosophical material in a wide range of areas, and to bring philosophical skills to bear upon their studies in other disciplines.
Content:
The subject will be concerned with the opposition between the freedom implied by consciousness and the constraints imposed by culture and society. In the context of this opposition, it will investigate the nature of our responsibility for our lives.
Assessment:
One 2000-word essay during the semester (50 per cent) and a 2-hour end-of-semester examination (50 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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