Philosophy is the study of the fundamental nature of reality and the human experience. It is the bedrock you reach when, in any other discipline, you keep asking: why? At the ANU, philosophy is also a method: approaching a question by breaking it down into its component parts, building up reasoned, logical arguments—and following them wherever they lead, however surprising.
Learning Outcomes
- closely analyse and critique arguments in a wide variety of fields and contexts;
- develop cogent arguments and presentations of ideas; and
- apply complex abstract ideas to real-world phenomena in a wide variety of fields and contexts.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This minor requires the completion of 24 units from the following lists, which must include:
A maximum of 12 units from the completion of the following list:
PHIL1004 - Fundamental Ideas in Philosophy: An Introduction (6 units)
PHIL1005 - Logic and Critical Thinking (6 units)
PHIL1008 - Introduction to Ethics (6 units)
A minimum of 12 units from the completion of the following list:
PHIL2012- Buddhist Philosophy (6 units)
PHIL2020- Theories of Social Justice (6 units)
PHIL2042- Philosophy of the Cosmos (6 units)
PHIL2057- Philosophy of Science (6 units)
PHIL2061- Philosophy of Mind (6 units)
PHIL2074- Modern Theories of Knowledge (6 units)
PHIL2080- Logic (6 units)
PHIL2082- Sex and Death: the Philosophy of Biology (6 units)
PHIL2087- Nietzsche (6 units)
PHIL2122- Philosophy and Public Policy (6 units)
PHIL2125- Rationality and Social Cooperation (6 units)
PHIL2126- Science in Society: Ethics, Public Policy and Scientific Practice (6 units)
PHIL2127- The Philosophy of Time (6 units)
PHIL2128- Philosophy of Physics (6 units)
PHIL2129- Metaethics: The Nature of Moral Judgment (6 units)
PHIL2289- Leviathan, Art and Law: Constituting the Body Politic (6 units)
PHIL2290- Philosophy, AI and Society (6 units)
PHIL3073- Advanced Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy (6 units)
PHIL3074- Advanced Philosophical Topics (6 units)
PHIL3075- The Philosophy of Gender: Knowledge, Power, Bodies (6 units)
PHIL3076- Philosophy of the Life Sciences (6 units)
PHIL3077- The Metaphysics of David Lewis (6 units)
PHIL3078- The Philosophy of Emotions (6 units)
PHIL3079 - Evolution and Human Nature (6 units)
ASIA2054 - Chinese Philosophy: Creation and Development (6 units)
POLS2063 - Contemporary Political Theory (6 units)
POLS2102- Political Belief and Deceit (6 units)
12 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| MATH1042 | Philosophy of the Cosmos | 6 |
| PHIL1004 | Fundamental Ideas in Philosophy: An Introduction | 6 |
| PHIL1005 | Logic and Critical Thinking | 6 |
| PHIL 1007: What is Humanity? |
12 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| PHIL 2016: Philos of Language | ||
| PHIL2020 | Theories of Social Justice | 6 |
| PHIL2042 | Philosophy of the Cosmos | 6 |
| PHIL2057 | Philosophy of Science | 6 |
| PHIL 2060: Contemporary Metaphysics | ||
| PHIL2061 | Philosophy of Mind | 6 |
| PHIL 2064: Theories of Ethics | ||
| PHIL2074 | Modern Theories of Knowledge | 6 |
| PHIL2080 | Logic | 6 |
| PHIL2082 | Sex and Death: the Philosophy of Biology | 6 |
| PHIL 2094: The Problem of Free Will | ||
| PHIL 2100: Origins of Analy Philo | ||
| PHIL 3070: Reason, Crit & Self | ||
| PHIL3072 | Advanced Analytic Philosophy | 6 |
| PHIL 2059: Love Death Freedom | ||
| PHIL2087 | Nietzsche | 6 |
| PHIL 2092: The Enlightenment | ||
| PHIL 2097: European Philosophy B | ||
| PHIL 2101: Democracy, Difference & Desire | ||
| PHIL 2102: Film as Philosophy | ||
| PHIL 2111: Global Citizens | ||
| PHIL 2114: Sustainability System & Agency | ||
| PHIL 3071: Adv Continental Phil | ||
| PHIL3073 | Advanced Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy | 6 |
| POLS 2076: Frankfurt School | ||
| ASIA2054 | Chinese Philosophy: Creation and Development | 6 |
| PHIL 2065: Politics and Rights | ||
| PHIL 2085: Applied Ethics | ||
| PHIL 2110: Social Philosophy | ||
| PHIL2113 | Global Justice | 6 |
| PHIL 2115: Hobbes to Mill | ||
| PHIL 3062: Advanced Phil Topics A | ||
| PHIL 3063: Advanced Philo Topics B | ||
| POLS2063 | Contemporary Political Theory | 6 |
| POLS2102 | Political Belief and Deceit | 6 |