Full Time Philosophy

Philosophy
Level Three | Aireville Campus | Full-Time

Course Description
Philosophy A Level aims to provide you with an understanding of the concept and application of philosophy. The Oxford English Dictionary defines philosophy as the use of reason and argument in the search for truth and knowledge of reality, especially of the causes and nature of things and of the principles governing existence, perception, human behaviour and the material universe.

Course Content AS Level

• Module 1: Reason and Experience Why should I Be Governed? Why should I Be Moral? The Idea of God, Persons
• Module 2: Knowledge of the External World, Tolerance, The Value of Art, God and The World, The Debate over Free Will and Determinism

A2 Level

• Module 3; Philosophy of Mind
• Module 4: Text Friederich Nietzcshe 'Beyond Good and Evil'.

Career Progression
AS to A2 level
A2 progression to other AS/A2 levels or Higher Education e.g. HNC/D or BA (Hons)
Employment requiring a Level 3 qualification

Is this course available as evening study? No Suggested Course Combinations
Philosophy combines with Sociology, Government and Politics, English, History, Classical Civilisations, Critical Thinking, Applied ICT, Archaeology.