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PHIL150 Introduction to Philosophy B: Search for Reality

Updated: 01 November 2006
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus
Online level Level A - Internet access required
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
24 September 2007 27 September 2007 Optional
Supervised Exam November
Pre-requisites None
Co-requisites None
Restrictions PHIL 100
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Peter Forrest (pforrest@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit examines humanity's attempt to discover the nature of reality and of our knowledge of it beginning with the Ancient Greeks. The questions raised by the Greeks and later philosophers include: Can we trust our senses? Can we distinguish between illusion and reality? What kinds of things exist? Are change and time real? Are our wills free as they seem to be?

Prescribed Material
Mandatory
Textbook information is only available from 2008 units onwards.
Recommended Material
Optional
Textbook information is only available from 2008 units onwards.
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
   

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