Courses 2018-19

Introduction

Introductory courses – The department offers two general introductory courses in philosophy (PHIL1012 and PHIL1034). There are no prerequisites. These courses will normally be offered every year in different semesters. This is a requirement for all philosophy majors and minors. Normally they should be taken in either the first or second year of study. These two courses are also strongly recommended for students who do not intend to major or minor in philosophy.
All senior-level courses (except the capstone courses) fall into one of four groups:
- Knowledge and reality
- Mind and language
- Moral and political philosophy
- History of philosophy
Philosophy majors are strongly encouraged (but not required) to take courses from each of these groups. The official syllabus indicates the group that a courses belongs to.
Philosophy majors are also required to take a capstone course. See below.
Final-Year Courses: Philosophy majors in the four-year curriculum must take a “capstone” course giving them the opportunity to apply disciplinary knowledge and methods learned in their previous years of study.

All courses are one-semester courses worth 6 credit units unless stated otherwise.
Those marked with [*] are intermediate-level courses which are particularly suitable for second and third-year students.
Course timetable (being updated)

PHIL1034: Ethics and politics, East and West: an introduction to philosophy – Dr. Fraser
PHIL1068 Elementary logic – Dr. Nado
PHIL2011 Aristotle – Dr. Wildish
PHIL2015 Classical Indian Philosophy – Dr. Chaturvedi
PHIL2039 Kierkegaard – Dr. Wildish
PHIL2060 Wittgenstein – Dr. Johnson
PHIL2095 Truth and propaganda – Dr. Asay
[*] PHIL2120 Topics in analytic philosophy – Dr. Lau
PHIL2315 Value theory – Dr. McCarthy
PHIL2320 Happiness – Dr. Johnson
PHIL2364 Rawls – Dr. Chin
[*] PHIL2450 Zhuangzi – Dr. Fraser
PHIL2610 Philosophy of language – Dr. Deutsch