The questions of what philosophy is and what philosophers do are approached through a discussion of the work of philosophers such as Descartes, Berkeley, Hume, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, and Beauvoir. The first section of the course is devoted to questions of what there is (metaphysics) and what it is to know (epistemology), and topics covered include scepticism, the relationship between mind and body, and idealism. The second section provides an introduction to philosophy from the existential and phenomenological perspectives of embodiment, sexuality, and love. -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr M La Caze
