Bachelor of Arts

Philosophy


2008 BA Handbook


Field of Study

Philosophy

Structure
Major
Level 1 (25 points)

and one of:

  • 161-111 Great Ideas in Philosophy
  • 161-108 Philosophical Issues
  • 136-105 Science, Philosophy, History

Level 2/3 (75 points)

  • Two core subjects (Category A),
  • Three subjects either from the core or optional list (Categories A or B),
  • and the capstone subject 161-310 What is Philosophy? to be taken in the final academic year of the degree.
Minor
As for the major except that students are required to take four subjects from Categories A and B, including at least one from Category A. The capstone subject is not available in the minor.

Philosophy: Level 1

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Code Title Semester Credit Points
136-105 Science, Philosophy and History 2 12.500
161-108 Philosophical Issues 1 12.500
161-111 Great Ideas in Philosophy 2 12.500

Philosophy Level 2/3 Category A

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Code Title Semester Credit Points
161-020 Phenomenology 12.500
136-033 Science, Reason and Reality 1 12.500
161-202 Objectivity and Value 12.500
161-212 Logic for Philosophers 1 12.500
161-221 Asian and Comparative Philosophy 1 12.500
161-237 Analytic Philosophy 12.500

Philosophy: Level 2/3 Category B

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Code Title Semester Credit Points
136-040 The Ways of Science 12.500
136-207 Philosophy of Biology 2 12.500
136-208 History and Philosophy of Mathematics 12.500
136-211 Asian Civilisations and Science 12.500
161-007 Great Thinkers in Moral Philosophy 12.500
161-008 Ethical Theory 2 12.500
161-010 Epistemology 12.500
161-011 Philosophy of Language 12.500
161-012 Political Thought 1 12.500
161-017 Does God Exist? 1 12.500
161-018 Aesthetics 12.500
161-019 Greek Philosophy 12.500
161-021 From Hermeneutics to Derrida 12.500
161-024 Biomedical Ethics 12.500
161-030 The Rise of Modern Philosophy 1 12.500
161-035 Philosophy of Buddhism 12.500
161-200 Philosophy of Law 1 12.500
161-201 Reasoning and Uncertainty 2 12.500
161-215 Philosophy of Mind 2 12.500
161-217 Kant's Metaphysics of Experience 1 12.500
161-219 Argumentation Theory 2 12.500
161-220 Existentialism and its Critics 2 12.500
161-236 Nietzsche and Hegel 1 12.500
161-238 Indian Philosophy 2 12.500
161-240 Chinese Philosophy 12.500
161-241 Mathematical Logic 12.500
161-247 Metaphysics 2 12.500

Philosophy: Level 3 Capstone

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Code Title Semester Credit Points
161-310 What is Philosophy? 2 12.500
Links School of Philosophy - http://www.philosophy.unimelb.edu.au/