Problems in Philosophy: a discussion class
Summer Term 2018, Mondays, 13:00 – 15:00, ten weeks starting 23rd April Course Tutor: Jane O’Grady. In what circumstances would you save the lives of five people by letting one person die? How free are you? Are you the same person you were twenty years ago? In any case, who on earth are you? This course will […]
Philosophy and Film
Summer Term 2018, Mondays, 11:00 – 13:00, ten weeks starting 23rd April Course Tutor: Mark Fielding Charlie Chaplin, Star Wars, Marilyn Monroe, Dr Strangelove. The cultural, social, and political impact of film has made it a central part of our lives — but why? This short course provides an opportunity to discuss the philosophical contributions of some […]
History of Philosophy 2
Spring Term 2018, Tuesdays, 19:00 – 21:00, ten weeks starting 16th January Course Tutor: Jane O’Grady. From the Enlightenment to 1900. ‘Daring to know’ and the rule of reason, liberation from priests and kings – to the overruling of reason, rise of naturalism, and death of God. Berkeley, Hume, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Romanticism, and Schopenhauer. See course-outline2 (Word doc) […]
Heidegger
Spring Term 2018, Tuesdays, 19:00 – 21:00, ten weeks starting 16th January Course Tutor: Mark Fielding Martin Heidegger is amongst the most influential and important thinkers of the 20th Century. The first part of the course covers his magnum opus, Being and Time (1927). We then move on to consider his later writings on technology, art, and language. To […]
Philosophies of Modern Life
Spring Term 2018, Tuesdays, 17:00 – 19:00, ten weeks starting 16th January Course Tutor: John Holroyd. What ideas about human nature and how best to live, lie under the surface of modern western culture and its multi-cultures? We shall explore a range of ideologies that to a lesser or greater extent make up the ebb and flow […]
Classical Greek Philosophy
Spring Term 2018, Tuesdays, 15:00 – 17:00, ten weeks starting 16th January Course Tutor: Anja Steinbauer. This course will explore the ideas of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle set in the context of their time. We will read passages from some of the famous but importantly also from some of the less standardly studied texts. We will discuss […]
Philosophy, Lies and Politics
Spring Term 2018, Tuesdays, 11:00 – 13:00, ten weeks starting 16th January Course Tutor: Anja Steinbauer. Might Nietzsche be right, claiming that lying is “a condition of life?” – Or Kant, arguing that lying means annihilating human dignity? Is it ever acceptable for governments to lie to the public or for individuals to lie to the government? […]
Lacan with Levinas and Sartre
Spring Term 2018, Mondays, 19:00 – 21:00, ten weeks starting 15th January Course Tutor: Keith Barrett. Jacques Lacan was one of the most innovative thinkers of the 20th century, bringing together philosophy and psychoanalysis to create a subtle and powerful vision of the human condition that has been uniquely influential on the contemporary intellectual scene. The course […]
Philosophy of History from Kant to Foucault
Spring Term 2018, Mondays, 19:00 – 21:00, ten weeks starting 15th January Course Tutor: Meade McCloughan. How should we, as historical beings, understand ourselves and our place in history? Are we moving forward, and if so, how and to what? Or should we be looking back, to understand how we got to where we are now? This […]