Diploma of Arts - Philosophy

University of Tasmania (UTAS)

Philosophy also gives you skills in analysis, reasoning, and clear and cogent communication - highly valued attributes across all study areas in the Bachelor of Arts as well as contemporary professions. In this major you will encounter philosophical issues from different perspectives across both Eastern and Western philosophical traditions. In the first year, you will study some of the central branches of philosophy - ethics and political philosophy, metaphysics, and epistemology. In the second year you will explore the history of philosophical thinking, in ancient Greece, the Buddhist tradition and the early modern world in Europe. By third year you will be investigating current issues: reading major modern philosophical texts, examining the connections between philosophy and other fields of inquiry, and bringing philosophical work to bear on contemporary problems.

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

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