Through studying influential philosophers and reflecting on our engagement with art, we explore: the nature and value of art; learning from art; enjoyment of art; art's role in our lives; originality, expression, creativity and inspiration.
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Accredited courses include undergraduate and postgraduate level courses.
Come immerse yourself in Augustine's Confessions, a profound reflection on the inner life and motivations of one of history's greatest thinkers and writers. The course combines historical, literary, religious, philosophical and psychological approaches.
'What is truth?' is a perplexing and elusive question. A good first response is that truth and falsity are properties of what people say or think. But how is what we think related to actual facts? And what caused the recent corrosion of truth?
An exploration of happiness through classical and contemporary philosophy, examining flourishing, pleasure, emotions, morality, freedom, and the good life through philosophers including Aristotle, Kant, Mill, and contemporary philosophers.
Marx's Capital is one of the most famous and consequential books of the last two hundred years. Melding philosophy, political economy, history and more, delivered in a pungent literary style, it remains one of the classic accounts of the modern condition.
The theory of knowledge is one of the most central areas of philosophy. During this online course, students will cover key issues in epistemology while also learning to think independently and develop answers to the core questions in this area.
In this introduction to ethics, we shall examine four important ethical theories, applying them to two practical questions: the rights of animals and euthanasia. There will be plenty of opportunity to engage in debate and test your own thinking.
The philosophy of mind is concerned with questions about the nature of mind and the relation between our minds and the physical world. This course provides an introduction to the mind body problem, one of the most intractable problems in philosophy.
Political philosophy contains some of the greatest writings in the Western intellectual tradition. This online course introduces you to the central questions concerning the state, by means of classical and contemporary texts.
An introduction to metaphysics, the most general investigation of reality. It has been at the centre of philosophy since the beginning of the Western tradition in ancient Greece, and many of its concerns are the same as those of Plato and Aristotle.
We think we know, but do we? We think we are free, but are we? We think our actions are moral, but are they? What is this reality we take ourselves to live in? The oldest questions meet the newest technology in this online introduction to philosophy.
Reasoning enables us to acquire knowledge, to persuade others and to evaluate their arguments. But only if we reason well. We shall be learning how to recognise, evaluate, construct and analyse arguments, and how to recognise common fallacies.