PHIL1013 - Society, Knowledge and Self

Semester 2, 2012  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Thomas Martin Besch
Phone: +61 2 9351 2216
Email: thomas.besch@sydney.edu.au

Description

This unit is an introduction to central issues in political philosophy, theories of knowledge and philosophical conceptions of the self. The first part will consider the state, freedom and political obligation. The second part will examine some of the major theories of knowledge in the modern philosophical tradition. The final section will look at conceptions of the self as a knowing and acting subject.

Assessments

tutorial participation (10%), 1x2000wd essay (30%) and 1x2hr exam (60%)

Classes

2x1-hr lectures/week, 1x1-hr tutorial/week

Prohibitions

PHIL1010

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