| PHIL 501 Philosophy of Social Sciences |
3 Credits |
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This course is an introduction to the main issues
and approaches in the philosophy of social sciences,
with a focus on questions of methodology. These include
whether social sciences employ a methodology
different from that of the natural sciences;
whether explanations in terms of
reasons differ in any way from those in terms
of causes; the nature of social reality; the relationship
between individuals and social structures; the debate
between methodological individualism and
methodological holism; whether social sciences are value-
free or not and the problem of objectivity. General
approaches to be discussed are positivism, realism,
the hermeneutical-interpretive and critical schools. These
approaches and issues will be exemplified
in the context of various social scientific disciplines.
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| Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
| Spring 2023-2024 |
Philosophy of Social Sciences |
3 |
| Spring 2022-2023 |
Philosophy of Social Sciences |
3 |
| Spring 2021-2022 |
Philosophy of Social Sciences |
3 |
| Spring 2020-2021 |
Philosophy of Social Sciences |
3 |
| Spring 2019-2020 |
Philosophy of Social Sciences |
3 |
| Spring 2017-2018 |
Philosophy of Social Sciences |
3 |
| Spring 2016-2017 |
Philosophy of Social Sciences |
3 |
| Spring 2015-2016 |
Philosophy of Social Sciences |
3 |
| Spring 2013-2014 |
Philosophy of Social Sciences |
3 |
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| Corequisite: __ |
| ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
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| PHIL 521 Personhood and Personal Identity |
3 Credits |
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This course pursues a philosophical inquiry into the
significance of being a `person? and the conditions
of personal identity, through a critical examination of
some of the major theories on personal
identity and personhood developed so far.
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Course Name |
SU Credit |
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| Prerequisite: __ |
| Corequisite: __ |
| ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
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| PHIL 522 Philosophy of Art |
3 Credits |
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This course aims to provide both an introduction
to philosophies of art and an opportunity to philosophise
art, actual and perhaps imaginary: what has
counted as art, for someone somewhere, as well as
what might count as such. The aims of philosophy
will be reviewed - such as truth, value,
understanding - in the light of different works of art
and different ways of understanding them. The aims,
or ends, of art will also therefore be put in
question.
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| Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
| Fall 2004-2005 |
Philosophy of Art (VA522) |
3 |
| Fall 2002-2003 |
Philosophy of Art (VA522) |
3 |
| Fall 2000-2001 |
Philosophy of Art (VA522) |
3 |
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| Prerequisite: __ |
| Corequisite: __ |
| ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
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| PHIL 525 European Humanism and After |
3 Credits |
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The aim of this course is to offer insight in the
humanist tradition in Europe (Vico, 19th
century's historicism, 20th century's philology),
with a focus on its "reactivation" by Edward
Said before and after Orientalism. This will
provide the opportunity to give some hints about
humanist philosophy in the 20th century
as well as anti-humanist thinking (e.g. Nietzsche,
Foucault, Derrida). The stake is the necessity
of producing a general critique of the
philological enterprise in the last two centuries.
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| Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
| Fall 2013-2014 |
European Humanism and After |
3 |
| Spring 2009-2010 |
European Humanism and After |
3 |
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| Prerequisite: __ |
| Corequisite: __ |
| ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
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| PHIL 550 Science and Society |
3 Credits |
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This course aims to study the two-way interaction
between science and society. It aims to
understand how science and science-driven
technology change society and in turn how
social factors influence them. Topics covered
will include: the changing nature of scientific
research, the challenges to formulating science
policy in democratic societies, the
comercialization of scientific research, how
scientific controversies on matters of interest to
the public are played out, and normative
questions that these issues raise.
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| Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
| Spring 2023-2024 |
Science and Society |
3 |
| Spring 2021-2022 |
Science and Society |
3 |
| Spring 2020-2021 |
Science and Society |
3 |
| Spring 2019-2020 |
Science and Society |
3 |
| Spring 2018-2019 |
Science and Society |
3 |
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| Prerequisite: __ |
| Corequisite: __ |
| ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
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