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2013 Philosophy subjects

Introductory subjects

Code	Subject	Coordinator	Level	Semester
PHIL10002	Philosophy: The Big Questions	Karen Jones	1	1
PHIL10003	Philosophy: The Great Thinkers	Colin Marshall	1	2

 

Ethics and Political Philosophy

Code	Subject	Coordinator	Level	Semester
PHIL20008	Ethical Theory	Karen Jones	2	1
PHIL30051	Social Philosophy: Ethics and War	Daniel Halliday	3	1
PHIL20018	Matters of Life and Death	Daniel Halliday	2	2
PHIL30047	Objectivity and Value	Chris Cordner	3	2
PHIL40003	Topics in Moral Psychology	Karen Jones	4	2

 

History, Continental and Asian

Code	Subject	Coordinator	Level	Semester
PHIL20038	Nietzche and Critics	Andrew Inkpin	2	1
PHIL20040	Greek Philosophy	Dan Russell	2	1
PHIL30024	The Foundations of Interpretation	François Shroeter	3	1
PHIL30050	Asian and Comparative Philosophy	Roy Perrett	3	1
PHIL40004	Value Theory	François Shroeter	4	1
PHIL40014	Topics in Asian Philosophy	Roy Perrett	4	1
PHIL40017	Early Modern Philosophy	Colin Marshall	4	1
PHIL20041	Phenomenology and Existentialism	Andrew Inkpin	2	2
PHIL40002	Recent European Philosophy	Andrew Inkpin	4	2

 

Epistemology, Metaphysics and Science

Code	Subject	Coordinator	Level	Semester
PHIL20001	Science, Reason and Reality	Howard Sankey	2	1
PHIL20039	The Nature of Reality	Dana Goswick	2	2
PHIL30016	Knowledge and Reality	Howard Sankey	3	2
PHIL40005	Topics in Metaphysics	Dana Goswick	4	1
PHIL40018	Topics in Contemporary Epistemology	Howard Sankey	4	2

 

Language, Mind and Logic

Code	Subject	Coordinator	Level	Semester
PHIL20033	The Philosophy of Mind	Laura Schroeter	2	1
PHIL30043	The Power and Limits of Logic	Greg Restall	3	1
PHIL20030	Meaning, Possibility and Paradox	Greg Restall	2	2
PHIL20042	Language, Communication and Representation	Laura Schroeter	2	2
PHIL40007	Philosophy of Language and Mind	Laura Schroeter	4	2
PHIL40013	Uncertainty, Vagueness and Disagreement	Greg Restall	4	2

 

Capstone subject and compulsory honours level subject

Code	Subject	Coordinator	Level	Semester
PHIL30007	The Philosophy of Philosophy	François Schroeter	3	2
PHIL40020	Reading and Writing Philosophy	Chris Cordner	4	1

 

Master of Arts in Professional and Applied Ethics

Code	Subject	Coordinator	Level	Semester
PHIL90004	Ethical Theory and Practice	Chris Cordner	9	1
PHIL90010	Inequality in Society and the World	Daniel Halliday	9	1
PHIL90025	Issues in Bioethics	Chris Cordner	9	1
PHIL90015	Issues in Professional and Applied Ethics	TBA	9	2
PHIL90009	Violence War and Terrorism	Daniel Halliday	9	2

 

 

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