History of Western Philosophy
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In Twickenham
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Twickenham
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Philosophy has a living past – the problems Plato discussed still inform contemporary debates in Philosophy. Focussing on such thinkers as Plato, Augustine, Kant, and Hegel we shall see how the problems of philosophy have developed and are still central to our concerns today.
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- Descartes
- Aristotle
- Project
- Biology
- Modern Philosophy
- IT
- Philosophy
- Western Philosophy
- Plato
Course programme
Week 1 The beginning of Philosophy: Thales and the Presocratics
Week 2 Plato: the distinction between Appearance and Reality
Week 3 Aristotle: Philosophy and Nature
Week 4 Augustine: Philosophy in the Middle Ages
Week 5 Descartes and the beginning of Modern Philosophy
Week 6 Hume: Philosophy and Experience
Week 7 Kant’s Copernican Revolution
Week 8 Hegel: Self realisation as the project of Philosophy
Week 9 The Linguistic Turn: Philosophy in the Twentieth Century
Week 10 Looking to the Future: Philosophy and Biology
History of Western Philosophy