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2251

PHIL 105

: Critical Thinking
2022 Summer School (1220)
An introduction to reasoning, argument, and explanation that emphasises the development of practical skills and their use in everyday life. The course introduces different forms of reasoning and explains techniques to evaluate them. It will enable students to distinguish good arguments and explanations from bad ones, to explain the difference, and thereby to improve critical thinking abilities.
Subject: Philosophy
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2252

PHIL 105

: Critical Thinking
2021 Semester Two (1215)
An introduction to reasoning, argument, and explanation that emphasises the development of practical skills and their use in everyday life. The course introduces different forms of reasoning and explains techniques to evaluate them. It will enable students to distinguish good arguments and explanations from bad ones, to explain the difference, and thereby to improve critical thinking abilities.
Subject: Philosophy
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2253

PHIL 105

: Critical Thinking
2021 Semester One (1213)
An introduction to reasoning, argument, and explanation that emphasises the development of practical skills and their use in everyday life. The course introduces different forms of reasoning and explains techniques to evaluate them. It will enable students to distinguish good arguments and explanations from bad ones, to explain the difference, and thereby to improve critical thinking abilities.
Subject: Philosophy
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2254

PHIL 105

: Critical Thinking
2021 Summer School (1210)
An introduction to reasoning, argument, and explanation that emphasises the development of practical skills and their use in everyday life. The course introduces different forms of reasoning and explains techniques to evaluate them. It will enable students to distinguish good arguments and explanations from bad ones, to explain the difference, and thereby to improve critical thinking abilities.
Subject: Philosophy
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2255

PHIL 105

: Critical Thinking
2020 Semester Two (1205)
Dialogue, argument and discussion are analysed. Distinctions are drawn between persuasive, logically good and materially good arguments. The focus is on well reasoned persuasive dialogue, and mistakes in persuasive reasoning. Topics include the point of an argument, strength of arguments, fallacious reasoning, relevance of reasons, and burden of proof.
Subject: Philosophy
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2256

PHIL 105

: Critical Thinking
2020 Semester One (1203)
Dialogue, argument and discussion are analysed. Distinctions are drawn between persuasive, logically good and materially good arguments. The focus is on well reasoned persuasive dialogue, and mistakes in persuasive reasoning. Topics include the point of an argument, strength of arguments, fallacious reasoning, relevance of reasons, and burden of proof.
Subject: Philosophy
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2257

PHIL 105

: Critical Thinking
2020 Summer School (1200)
Dialogue, argument and discussion are analysed. Distinctions are drawn between persuasive, logically good and materially good arguments. The focus is on well reasoned persuasive dialogue, and mistakes in persuasive reasoning. Topics include the point of an argument, strength of arguments, fallacious reasoning, relevance of reasons, and burden of proof.
Subject: Philosophy
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2258

PHIL 105G

: Critical Thinking
2021 Semester Two (1215)
An introduction to reasoning, argument, and explanation that emphasises the development of practical skills and their use in everyday life. The course introduces different forms of reasoning and explains techniques to evaluate them. It will enable students to distinguish good arguments and explanations from bad ones, to explain the difference, and thereby to improve critical thinking abilities.
Subject: Philosophy
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2259

PHIL 105G

: Critical Thinking
2021 Semester One (1213)
An introduction to reasoning, argument, and explanation that emphasises the development of practical skills and their use in everyday life. The course introduces different forms of reasoning and explains techniques to evaluate them. It will enable students to distinguish good arguments and explanations from bad ones, to explain the difference, and thereby to improve critical thinking abilities.
Subject: Philosophy
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2260

PHIL 105G

: Critical Thinking
2021 Summer School (1210)
An introduction to reasoning, argument, and explanation that emphasises the development of practical skills and their use in everyday life. The course introduces different forms of reasoning and explains techniques to evaluate them. It will enable students to distinguish good arguments and explanations from bad ones, to explain the difference, and thereby to improve critical thinking abilities.
Subject: Philosophy
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2261

PHIL 105G

: Critical Thinking
2020 Semester Two (1205)
Dialogue, argument and discussion are analysed. Distinctions are drawn between persuasive, logically good and materially good arguments. The focus is on well reasoned persuasive dialogue, and mistakes in persuasive reasoning. Topics include the point of an argument, strength of arguments, fallacious reasoning, relevance of reasons, and burden of proof.
Subject: Philosophy
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2262

PHIL 105G

: Critical Thinking
2020 Semester One (1203)
Dialogue, argument and discussion are analysed. Distinctions are drawn between persuasive, logically good and materially good arguments. The focus is on well reasoned persuasive dialogue, and mistakes in persuasive reasoning. Topics include the point of an argument, strength of arguments, fallacious reasoning, relevance of reasons, and burden of proof.
Subject: Philosophy
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2263

PHIL 105G

: Critical Thinking
2020 Summer School (1200)
Dialogue, argument and discussion are analysed. Distinctions are drawn between persuasive, logically good and materially good arguments. The focus is on well reasoned persuasive dialogue, and mistakes in persuasive reasoning. Topics include the point of an argument, strength of arguments, fallacious reasoning, relevance of reasons, and burden of proof.
Subject: Philosophy
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2264

PHIL 200

: Philosophy of Mind
2021 Semester One (1213)
There are many philosophical problems concerning mental lives (in particular, human mental lives), how they are constituted, and what makes them possible – problems which have generated a vast literature and diverse important philosophical theories. Theories introduced and critically examined will include dualisms, but will mainly comprise forms of physicalism such as philosophical behaviourism, the identity theory and especially functionalist theories.
Subject: Philosophy
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy or 60 points
Restriction: PHIL 320
2265

PHIL 204

: Greek Philosophy
2024 Semester Two (1245)
An introduction to some of the important figures in ancient philosophy and the issues with which they were concerned. The work of the Presocratics, Plato, and Aristotle will be explored, with a detailed discussion of the philosophical system of either Plato or Aristotle and its importance in the history of philosophy.
Subject: Philosophy
Prerequisite: 60 points from BA courses at Stage I
2266

PHIL 204

: Greek Philosophy
2023 Semester Two (1235)
An introduction to some of the important figures in ancient philosophy and the issues with which they were concerned. The work of the Presocratics, Plato, and Aristotle will be explored, with a detailed discussion of the philosophical system of either Plato or Aristotle and its importance in the history of philosophy.
Subject: Philosophy
Prerequisite: 60 points from BA courses at Stage I
2267

PHIL 204

: Greek Philosophy
2021 Semester Two (1215)
An introduction to some of the important figures in ancient philosophy and the issues with which they were concerned. The work of the Presocratics, Plato, and Aristotle will be explored, with a detailed discussion of the philosophical system of either Plato or Aristotle and its importance in the history of philosophy.
Subject: Philosophy
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy, or EUROPEAN 100 and 15 points in Philosophy
2268

PHIL 205

: Community, Society and Rights
2021 Semester Two (1215)
Addresses a variety of topics in political philosophy such as: the political theories of Locke and Hobbes; the nature of rights and rights-holders; sovereignty; strategies for securing stable and just societies between people with significantly different moral, political and cultural views; and the relationship between individuals and communities. Topics will be related to contemporary political issues in New Zealand and, in particular, to the Treaty of Waitangi.
Subject: Philosophy
Prerequisite: 30 points in Global Politics and Human Rights, Philosophy or Politics and International Relations
2269

PHIL 205

: Community, Society and Rights
2020 Semester Two (1205)
Addresses a variety of topics in political philosophy such as: the political theories of Locke and Hobbes; the nature of rights and rights-holders; sovereignty; strategies for securing stable and just societies between people with significantly different moral, political and cultural views; and the relationship between individuals and communities. Topics will be related to contemporary political issues in New Zealand and, in particular, to the Treaty of Waitangi.
Subject: Philosophy
Prerequisite: 30 points in Global Politics and Human Rights, Philosophy or Political Studies or Politics and International Relations
2270

PHIL 206

: Language, Truth and Meaning
2025 Semester One (1253)
Explores how language is used to communicate ideas. Topics may include: the nature of meaning, how words can convey meaning, how word meaning combines to create sentential meaning, how we communicate better by not saying what we mean, how we repair and reconstrue utterances to extract meaning, how truth is related to meaning, how slurs work.
Subject: Philosophy
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy
Restriction: PHIL 306
2271

PHIL 207

: Philosophy and Religion
2024 Semester One (1243)
Examines the relationship between philosophy and religion from the perspective of different philosophical and religious traditions. Topics include: the nature of ultimate reality, arguments for and against the existence of God or gods, competing philosophical and religious accounts of life after death, religious pluralism and diversity.
Subject: Philosophy
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy
Restriction: PHIL 327
2272

PHIL 207

: Philosophy of Religion
2021 Semester Two (1215)
A study of the relationship between reason and faith; is belief in the Judaeo-Christian God reasonable? Topics include: the problem of evil, the meaningfulness of religious language, alternative concepts of God, Hume on miracles, and Kierkegaard and William James on faith and reason.
Subject: Philosophy
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy
Restriction: PHIL 327
2273

PHIL 207

: Philosophy of Religion
2020 Semester Two (1205)
A study of the relationship between reason and faith; is belief in the Judaeo-Christian God reasonable? Topics include: the problem of evil, the meaningfulness of religious language, alternative concepts of God, Hume on miracles, and Kierkegaard and William James on faith and reason.
Subject: Philosophy
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy
Restriction: PHIL 327
2274

PHIL 209

: 19th-Century European Philosophy
2023 Semester One (1233)
Examines key figures in nineteenth-century European philosophy, including Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Søren Kierkegaard, and Karl Marx. Considers alternative reactions to the human condition, either by minimising suffering and seeking tranquillity, by embracing the pain that life contains and continuing to struggle for greatness, by aiming to experience one’s true individuality, or by working to establish a non-exploitative social community.
Subject: Philosophy
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy or EUROPEAN 100 and 15 points in Philosophy
Restriction: PHIL 329
2275

PHIL 209

: 19th-Century European Philosophy
2022 Semester One (1223)
Examines key figures in nineteenth-century European philosophy, including Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Søren Kierkegaard, and Karl Marx. Considers alternative reactions to the human condition, either by minimising suffering and seeking tranquillity, by embracing the pain that life contains and continuing to struggle for greatness, by aiming to experience one’s true individuality, or by working to establish a non-exploitative social community.
Subject: Philosophy
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy or EUROPEAN 100 and 15 points in Philosophy
Restriction: PHIL 329