Postgraduate Course: Ancient Philosophy Seminar II (PHIL11107)

Course Outline
School	School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	College	College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	This course aims to introduce students to the detailed study of a key text or topic in ancient philosophy. The teaching is seminar based, and each week students will have to prepare by reading set work.
Course description	Typical topics are likely to include: - ancient theories of the good - ancient metaphysics - Aristotle's psychology - Plato's cosmology - Presocratic theories of perception Whilst texts may include: - Plato's Republic - Phaedo- Timaeus - Aristotle's De Anima - Physics - Metaphysics - Passages from Presocratic and Stoic philosophers

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered

Learning Outcomes
to develop both students' philosophical skills and their ability to identify and analyze the ideas and arguments of ancient philosophical texts which are multiply interpreted.