Foundations of Research in Philosophy - PHIL701
The unit will focus on an in-depth reading of foundational texts in the history of philosophy and will examine their impact on current debates in the field. Each year 3 key texts will be selected for study from ethics, metaphysics and epistemology, and European philosophy. Texts may include: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Hume's Enquiry, Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit, Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations, Millikan’s Language, Thought and other Biological Categories.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| When Offered: | S1 Day - Session 1, North Ryde, Day S1 Online - Session 1, Online |
| Staff Contact(s): | Professor Richard Menary |
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Admission to MRes |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Philosophy Faculty of Arts |
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