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PHIL510 Introducing Philosophy for Theology

10 cp
Prerequisites
Nil
Teaching Organisation This unit involves 150 hours of focused learning. The total includes formally structured learning activities such as lectures, tutorials, online learning, video-conferencing or supervision. The remaining hours typically involve reading, research, and the preparation of tasks for assessment.

Since the beginning of Christian thought, theologians have been in constant dialogue with the western philosophical tradition, this mutually enriching and often vigorous exchange continuing to the present day. This unit provides theology students with a broad, problem-centred and issues-based introduction to philosophy, focusing particularly on issues of crucial relevance to theology. Specific topics covered will be drawn from a wide variety of philosophical specialisations including philosophical anthropology, philosophy of mind, epistemology and hermeneutics, logic, ethics, social and political philosophy, life philosophy, metaphysics, philosophy of religion and philosophical theology.

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