An introductory course that critically analyzes philosophical problems implicit in our moral, political and social attitudes, with a view to assisting...
This course critically analyzes philosophical problems implicit in our understanding of reality and quest for knowledge, with a view to assisting the...
The course provides tools for the analysis of reasoning and the construction and evaluation of arguments. Examples from newspaper articles and...
Analysis and critical evaluation of key socio-political concepts: the state, civil society, power and authority, individual freedom, property, human...
An introductory study of a fundamental tool of rational thought: deductive logic. The basic concepts, principles, and techniques of formal logic are...
An introduction to traditional and contemporary ethical theory. The work of thinkers such as Aristotle, Aquinas, Hobbes, Locke, Kant, Mill and Ross,...
A critical study, based on classical and contemporary readings, of such issues as: the basis of religious claims, the meaning of religious discourse,...
Analysis and critical evaluation of the concepts of law, rights, and related categories and problems: commands, social rules, moral rules, primary and...
A study of the relationship between the mental and the physical, and the nature of mental phenomena such as thought, desire, sensation, consciousness,...
A survey of issues related to our aesthetic appreciation of works of visual art, music and other objects (the environment, architecture, etc.)....
A study of current philosophical approaches to the analysis and critique of contemporary society. Topics may include capacities for domination and...
A study of some of the fundamental social and ethical issues brought about by the biomedical revolution: behaviour control (by drugs, psychosurgery...
An examination of one or more themes in existentialist thought. Topics to be investigated will include authenticity, anxiety, being and meaning.
An introduction to a wide variety of feminist thought. This course explores the views of various feminist philosophers focussing on important debates...
An introduction to Indian philosophy. This course explores such topics as Indian (i.e., South Asian) approaches to questions about the nature of the...
An examination of work by contemporary philosophers on problems of normative ethics. Topics such as aboriginal rights, abortion, world poverty,...
A study of current philosophical approaches to environmental issues. Topics may include environmental ethics, deep ecology, ecofeminism, the Green...
A study of belief, justification and knowledge, with consideration of such current issues as foundationalism, scepticism and relativism.
An investigation of the effectiveness of science as a means for obtaining knowledge. Topics may include the nature of method and explanation, the...
An examination of such topics in metaphysics as being, existence, universals and particulars, self, mind, body, causality, freedom, necessity, purpose...