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 161-103 Knowledge, Power and Rhetoric

Availability

Not offered in 1998.

Credit Points

12.5 1st year

Contact

Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

Students will be introduced to some of the great questions of philosophy, based on selected classical texts. They will learn to recognise the distinctive nature of philosophical problems and their significance for other areas of human thought. They will also acquire skills that will enable them to work through such philosophical problems. By the completion of the subject students will be in a position to engage with more advanced philosophical material in a wide range of areas.

Assessment

Two essays, one of 500 words and one of 1500 words, regular attendance and participation in tutorials, and a 2-hour end-of-semester examination.

Prescribed Texts

  • Plato, Gorgias. Penguin.
  • Plato, Phaedrus. Penguin.


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