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PHIL303 Epistemology: The Enlightenment and Beyond

Updated: 02 October 2008
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus
Online level Level B - Internet access required
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
14 April 2009 17 April 2009 Non-Mandatory
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites 6 cp in PHIL or candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions PHIL203 or PHIL403 or PHIL503 or PHRS203 or PHRS240 or PHRS340 or PHRS403
Notes None
Combined Units PHIL503 - Epistemology: The Enlightenment and Beyond
Coordinator(s) Anthony Lynch (alynch@une.edu.au)
Unit Description This unit provides a critical exposition of the Enlightenment Project, especially as it applies to science and to religion. Among other topics, there will be an introduction to the thought of Hume and Kant, and an examination of some contemporary responses to these two key enlightenment thinkers, including a discussion of realism concerning science and concerning religion.
Materials No text required
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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