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PHIL 217
: Philosophy of Law2020 Semester Two (1205)
Themes in contemporary Western philosophy of law, relating to debates between liberal and non-liberal conceptions of law, including questions about the nature of legal rules, legal reasons and the relationship between law and morality. Major positions in legal theory will be covered, from legal positivism to critical legal studies.
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy or 90 points
Restriction: PHIL 337
Restriction: PHIL 337
777
PHIL 218
: Problems in Epistemology2024 Semester One (1243)
Epistemology is the study of knowledge, rationality, belief and related topics. This course will give an overview of epistemology but will focus on three main issues: foundationalism versus coherentism, internalism versus externalism and replies to scepticism.
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy
Restriction: PHIL 338
Restriction: PHIL 338
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PHIL 218
: Problems in Epistemology2022 Semester Two (1225)
Epistemology is the study of knowledge, rationality, belief and related topics. This course will give an overview of epistemology but will focus on three main issues: foundationalism versus coherentism, internalism versus externalism and replies to scepticism.
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy
Restriction: PHIL 338
Restriction: PHIL 338
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PHIL 218
: Problems in Epistemology2020 Semester One (1203)
Epistemology is the study of knowledge, rationality, belief and related topics. This course will give an overview of epistemology but will focus on three main issues: foundationalism versus coherentism, internalism versus externalism and replies to scepticism.
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy
Restriction: PHIL 338
Restriction: PHIL 338
780
PHIL 222
: Intermediate Logic2025 Semester Two (1255)
Natural deduction for propositional and predicate logic; introductory metalogic and related topics in formal logic.
Prerequisite: PHIL 101
Restriction: PHIL 201
Restriction: PHIL 201
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PHIL 222
: Intermediate Logic2024 Semester Two (1245)
Natural deduction for propositional and predicate logic; introductory metalogic and related topics in formal logic.
Prerequisite: PHIL 101
Restriction: PHIL 201
Restriction: PHIL 201
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PHIL 222
: Intermediate Logic2022 Semester Two (1225)
Natural deduction for propositional and predicate logic; introductory metalogic and related topics in formal logic.
Prerequisite: PHIL 101
Restriction: PHIL 201
Restriction: PHIL 201
783
PHIL 222
: Intermediate Logic2021 Semester Two (1215)
Natural deduction for propositional and predicate logic; introductory metalogic and related topics in formal logic.
Prerequisite: PHIL 101
Restriction: PHIL 201
Restriction: PHIL 201
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PHIL 222
: Intermediate Logic2020 Semester Two (1205)
Natural deduction for propositional and predicate logic; introductory metalogic and related topics in formal logic.
Prerequisite: PHIL 101
Restriction: PHIL 201
Restriction: PHIL 201
785
PHIL 225
: Power, Critique and Emancipation2025 Semester One (1253)
What is power? When are relations of power are legitimate and illegitimate? How is power structured in the modern world? How can illegitimate structures of power can be resisted and reordered to promote justice and human flourishing? This course examines and analyses cultural, economic, political and epistemic structures of power, including gender, race, and class.
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy or 60 points passed
Restriction: PHIL 345
Restriction: PHIL 345
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PHIL 225
: Power, Critique and Emancipation2024 Semester One (1243)
What is power? When are relations of power are legitimate and illegitimate? How is power structured in the modern world? How can illegitimate structures of power can be resisted and reordered to promote justice and human flourishing? This course examines and analyses cultural, economic, political and epistemic structures of power, including gender, race, and class.
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy or 60 points passed
Restriction: PHIL 345
Restriction: PHIL 345
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PHIL 225
: Power, Critique and Emancipation2023 Semester One (1233)
What is power? When are relations of power are legitimate and illegitimate? How is power structured in the modern world? How can illegitimate structures of power can be resisted and reordered to promote justice and human flourishing? This course examines and analyses cultural, economic, political and epistemic structures of power, including gender, race, and class.
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy or 60 points passed
Restriction: PHIL 345
Restriction: PHIL 345
788
PHIL 225
: Power, Critique and Emancipation2022 Semester Two (1225)
What is power? When are relations of power are legitimate and illegitimate? How is power structured in the modern world? How can illegitimate structures of power can be resisted and reordered to promote justice and human flourishing? This course examines and analyses cultural, economic, political and epistemic structures of power, including gender, race, and class.
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy or 60 points passed
Restriction: PHIL 345
Restriction: PHIL 345
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PHIL 225
: Power, Critique and Emancipation2021 Semester Two (1215)
What is power? When are relations of power are legitimate and illegitimate? How is power structured in the modern world? How can illegitimate structures of power can be resisted and reordered to promote justice and human flourishing? This course examines and analyses cultural, economic, political and epistemic structures of power, including gender, race, and class.
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy or 60 points passed
Restriction: PHIL 345
Restriction: PHIL 345
790
PHIL 225
: Power, Critique and Emancipation2020 Semester One (1203)
An examination of support for political struggles for freedom, justice and recognition through the philosophical critique of modern society. Topics include science and technology, bureaucratisation, social control, social alienation, mass communication, the commodification of culture, and the idea of critique. Theorists may include Horkheimer, Adorno, Marcuse, Benjamin, Arendt, Habermas and Honneth.
Prerequisite: 15 points in Philosophy, and 30 points passed
Restriction: PHIL 345
Restriction: PHIL 345
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PHIL 228
: Special Topic: Political Philosophy: Resistance and Reconciliation2025 Semester Two (1255)
Explores philosophical concepts arising from and enacted within resistance movements and processes of reconciliation in Aotearoa New Zealand, wider Moana-Oceania and the world.
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy at Stage I or 60 points at Stage I
Restriction: PHIL 308
Restriction: PHIL 308
792
PHIL 231
: Indigenous Philosophy2025 Semester Two (1255)
An exploration of concepts and ideas from a range of Indigenous philosophies, critically examining these with a view to understanding their theoretical underpinnings, conceptual migrations, and contemporary significance in both local and global contexts.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage I in Philosophy or 60 points passed
Restriction: PHIL 331
Restriction: PHIL 331
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PHIL 231
: Indigenous Philosophy2024 Semester Two (1245)
An exploration of concepts and ideas from a range of Indigenous philosophies, critically examining these with a view to understanding their theoretical underpinnings, conceptual migrations, and contemporary significance in both local and global contexts.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage I in Philosophy or 60 points passed
Restriction: PHIL 331
Restriction: PHIL 331
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PHIL 250
: Philosophy and the Environment2024 Semester Two (1245)
Philosophical questions relating to the environment and our use of it, such as the following: Do we have obligations to future generations, especially concerning preservation of the environment? What are our moral and epistemic responsibilities regarding climate change and other environmental issues? Does nature have intrinsic value? Is it better to live in a natural world or a virtual world.
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy or 60 points
Restriction: PHIL 351
Restriction: PHIL 351
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PHIL 250
: Philosophy and the Environment2023 Semester Two (1235)
Philosophical questions relating to the environment and our use of it, such as the following: Do we have obligations to future generations, especially concerning preservation of the environment? What are our moral and epistemic responsibilities regarding climate change and other environmental issues? Does nature have intrinsic value? Is it better to live in a natural world or a virtual world.
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy or 60 points
Restriction: PHIL 351
Restriction: PHIL 351
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PHIL 260
: Philosophy of Science2023 Semester Two (1235)
Addresses philosophical questions about science, such as: What distinguishes science from pseudoscience? How is scientific knowledge generated and structured? Should we believe scientific claims about things we cannot directly observe? Do scientific theories give us true accounts of the world? Examines philosophical accounts of science and cases from historical and contemporary scientific research. A background in science is not expected.
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy or 60 points
Restriction: PHIL 360
Restriction: PHIL 360
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PHIL 260
: Philosophy of Science2021 Semester Two (1215)
What makes science a distinctive way of discovering knowledge about our world whether natural, biological or social? Ever since science started in Ancient Greece, a number of different theories about the worldview, methods and rationality of science have been proposed that distinguish it from religion, pseudo-science and myth. The course examines some of these accounts of the nature of science.
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy or 60 points
Restriction: PHIL 360
Restriction: PHIL 360
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PHIL 261
: Metaphysical Structures of the World2020 Semester One (1203)
Metaphysics attempts to give a quite general picture of the nature and structure of the world, and particularly investigates philosophical problems which thereby arise. Science, common sense, religions and cultures all presuppose metaphysical worldviews. Traditional metaphysical problems concern laws, causation, time, space, substance, identity, attributes and universals, free will, reality, existence etc. Course topics will be selected from such traditional problems.
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy or 60 points
Restriction: PHIL 361
Restriction: PHIL 361
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PHIL 263
: Philosophy of Biology2025 Semester Two (1255)
Examines philosophical and conceptual issues in the life sciences. Topics may include the units and levels of selection, adaptationism, the evolution of altruism, biology and ethics, sociobiology and evolutionary psychology, cultural evolution, evolution versus creationism, and the origin and nature of life.
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy or 60 points
Restriction: PHIL 363
Restriction: PHIL 363
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PHIL 263
: Philosophy of Biology2022 Semester One (1223)
Examines philosophical and conceptual issues in the life sciences. Topics may include the units and levels of selection, adaptationism, the evolution of altruism, biology and ethics, sociobiology and evolutionary psychology, cultural evolution, evolution versus creationism, and the origin and nature of life.
Prerequisite: 30 points in Philosophy or 60 points
Restriction: PHIL 363
Restriction: PHIL 363