BA Philosophy

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London Metropolitan University

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• Objectives
  Philosophy teaches you to think for yourself about philosophical issues and to subject possible answers to analysis and counter-argument, developing your skills of analysis, argument and expression. The course provides comprehensive coverage of different areas of philosophy, within both the Anglo-American and Continental traditions of western philosophy.
• Entry requirements
  You should have 200 points from at least two or more A-levels. Applications from mature students are welcomed.
• Academic title
  BA Philosophy
• Course description
  Course structure
  
  Single Honours students take eight modules a year at each of three levels. Joint Honours involves four modules from each level in Philosophy, plus four from your other subject. You may also choose a Major/Minor combination after level 1.
  
  Level 1
  
      * The Self and the World I and II
      * Epistemology and Metaphysics
      * Philosophy, Language and Method
      * Introduction to Continental Philosophy
      * Introduction to Moral Philosophy
      * Philosophy of Language and Logic
      * Issues in Moral Philosophy
  
  Level 2
  
      * Knowledge, Will and Power
      * Realism and Idealism
      * Philosophy of Philosophy
      * Ethics: Plato to Kant
      * Ethics: Utilitarianism to the Present
      * Plato
      * Aristotle
      * Philosophy of Religion
      * Myth, Narrative, Philosophy
      * Nature/ Nature
  
  Level 3
  
      * Existentialism
      * War, Law and Ethics
      * Medical Ethics
      * Foucault and his Critics
      * Husserl and Heidegger
      * Truth, Meaning and Metaphor
      * Philosophy and Tragedy
      * Philosophy of China and Japan
      * Gender Ethics and Sexuality

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