Bachelor of Arts (BA) - The University of Hong Kong
Bachelor of Arts (BA) - The University of Hong Kong
Bachelor of Arts (BA) - The University of Hong Kong
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285Group IV: History <strong>of</strong> PhilosophyPHIL2001.<strong>The</strong> beginnings <strong>of</strong> philosophy (6 credits)(This course is also <strong>of</strong>fered to second and third year non-<strong>BA</strong> students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)<strong>The</strong> contents <strong>of</strong> this course will vary from year to year, but it is likely to include important early thinkerslike Plato and Aristotle in the West, and/or Confucius and Lao Tze in China. Details will be announcedin good time in the departmental booklet 'Choices in Philosophy'.Assessment: 100% coursework (may include in-class test).PHIL2002.Early modern philosophy (6 credits)(This course is also <strong>of</strong>fered to second and third year non-<strong>BA</strong> students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)<strong>The</strong> contents <strong>of</strong> this course will vary from year to year, but it is likely to cover various importantthinkers from Descartes to Kant, including the Eighteenth Century Empiricists. Details will beannounced in good time in the departmental booklet 'Choices in Philosophy'.Assessment: 100% coursework (may include in-class test).PHIL2440.Confucius (6 credits)(This course is also <strong>of</strong>fered to second and third year non-<strong>BA</strong> students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course will look at modern interpretations <strong>of</strong> traditional Confucianism, primarily from theperspective <strong>of</strong> modern analytical philosophy, but with some attention also to the sociological literature,and to modern applications <strong>of</strong> Confucianism, for example in Singapore.Assessment: 100% coursework (may include in-class test).PHIL2010.Plato (6 credits)(This course is also <strong>of</strong>fered to second and third year non-<strong>BA</strong> students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course will address Plato's views on morality, the mind, knowledge and reality.Assessment: 100% coursework (may include in-class test).PHIL2011.Aristotle (6 credits)(This course is also <strong>of</strong>fered to second and third year non-<strong>BA</strong> students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)<strong>The</strong> ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle researched virtually every aspect <strong>of</strong> human knowledgeavailable at the time, producing a body <strong>of</strong> work that influences philosophy and many other fields downto the present. This course will look at some <strong>of</strong> his writings in the physical sciences and in human affairs,examining the interconnection among these areas <strong>of</strong> inquiry.Assessment: 100% coursework (may include in-class test).<strong>The</strong>re is no prerequisite for this course.
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