M.A.S. in Philosophy

This course introduces the two great founders of Western philosophy through their complementary approaches. The first part explores Plato’s thought, focusing on the search for truth, virtue, the immortality of the soul, and the Theory of Forms, while highlighting the central role of Socrates, dialogue, and dialectical inquiry.

This course introduces some of the key elements in Aristotle's thought. 

This course introduces the philosophical foundations of ethics through a close reading of the major works of Plato and Aristotle. It begins by defining ethics as a branch of philosophy concerned with the rational search for the good, before examining the origins of ethical thought in ancient Greece. 

Legal, Philosophical and Moral dimension

Investigators have a duty to ensure subjects give not only informed, but voluntary consent?

Concerned with restoring and strengthening bonds between professionals, patients and families, not simply dealing with principles like bioethics.

Etymologically, the word "Epistemology", from the Greek, means the science of knowledge. It is an investigation of knowledge and its problems. A synonymous term is Criteriology which again from the Greek means to distinguish or judge. It deals with testin g knowledge to find truth or detect error.

The modern epistemological problem has two aspects:

1. The opposition between science and philosophy or truth and error. We find this basically in Descartes and Kant.

2. The conflict between science and science or that of contemporary and classic physics and not an opposition between science and philosophy or truth and error.

This course offers an introduction to the nature, purpose, and development of philosophy. It explores what philosophy is, why it has remained a central intellectual discipline, and how it relates to other fields of inquiry, particularly theology. 

According to Gibelin in his Foreword to Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone, Freedom is the central theme of Kant’s philosophy. This course will introduce to Kant, centering on Freedom as a key concept to understand his philosophy, in the three spheres defined by the critical project: Metaphysics, Moral and Aesthetics.

This course will engage the question of how we are to construe the relationship that obtains between body and soul/mind. Rather than adopting a purely historical approach, beginning with Aristotle, the text begins with an exposition of three different contemporary treatments of this issue before proceeding to expound important aspects of Aristotle’s and St. Thomas Aquinas’s metaphysics of human nature.

This course will introduce the students to the historical beginning of bioethics, as well as some of the moral theories employed in bioethics discourse.
 

To show the implications of normative theories for specific moral issues or contemporary debates on particular ethical issues.

To show the implications of normative theories for specific moral issues or contemporary debates on particular ethical issues.

The norm is the idea central to the thought of Michel Foucault. It is the point from which he studies modern society. He distinguishes the norm from other forms of power.

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to epistemology, the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature, sources, justification, and limits of human knowledge. 

The main objective of this unit is to get an above all understanding of what Indian Philosophy is and in what circumstances it has developed. Though Indian Philosophy has developed in different parts of India it has many common characteristics hence the student is likely to know a few important ones. Furthermore, one should have a basic understanding of what Indian philosophy is accused of.

By Studying this particular unit one must be able to understand what is the meaning of Upaniṣad, how it was developed from Vedas and what are its main teachings and how they reach their logical culmination in the identity of the self and the Brahman. One must also be able to understand the Upaniṣadic view point of bondage and liberation along with the cosmogony and puruṣārtas.

The main objective of the conclusion is to introduce the students to the different systems of Indian Philosophy as it deals with various philosophical thoughts of several traditions originated in Indian Subcontinent.

This course seeks to introduce students to analytic philosophy. 

This course offers a structured and rigorous journey through the history of ethics, from Plato to contemporary utilitarianism, in order to highlight the diversity of possible foundations for morality. 

This course offers a systematic introduction to Metaphysics, or the Philosophy of Being, the branch of philosophy that studies being as being and investigates the ultimate causes and principles of reality. 

SEM48 - Human Rights, Philosophy and Religious Studies

4th October - 29th November 2021 

presented by Isaac Mutelo

The Hegelian philosophy presents itself as a system, a systematic knowledge. It is not the expression of a feeling or an intuition. Philosophy is a science, a knowledge. It's not a way of life like ancient philosophy...

E-seminar in Philosophy and Social Sciences
by Jaco Kruger
From 11th April to 6th June 2022

E-seminar in Philosophy and Law

by Isaac Mutelo

From 3rd October to 28th November 2022

E-seminar in Philosophy
by Jaco Kruger
From 17th April to 12th June 2023

E-seminar in Social Sciences
by Lorenzo Gallo
From 2nd october to 27th november 2023

E-seminar in philosophy

Didier Peters

From 14 April to 8 June 2025

This e-seminar in Philosophy will take place from 6th October to 30th November 2025. Srećko Koralija explores the roles of leadership and followership in a world increasingly influenced by artificial intelligence and algorithmic decision-making.

This e-seminar in Philosophy will take place from 6th October to 30th November 2025.

This seminar will take place from 6th October to 30th November 2025. It explores the ethical implications of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics by engaging with key ethical issues and aspects, including privacy, autonomous systems, job displacement, algorithmic bias, surveillance issues, and the moral status of machines.

This seminar aims to offer students an immersion in processual metaphysics, exploring its conceptual foundations and interdisciplinary implications. The approach adopted is not limited to theoretical understanding: it also engages in critical reflection on how processual thinking can transform our views of knowledge, ethics and social relations.

This seminar will take place from March 1 to April 25, 2027.

Explore the challenges and future of democracy, including human rights, inequality, authoritarianism, and civic engagement through case studies and critical analysis.

Explore the concept of civilization and ecological civilization, its philosophical foundations, ethical implications, and the risks of civilizational collapse.

This seminar examines the ethical, philosophical, and social challenges raised by human enhancement technologies. Through an interdisciplinary approach combining philosophy, medicine, and technology studies, participants will explore debates on genetic engineering, neurotechnology, life extension, human dignity, and the moral limits of bioenhancement.

This Seminar will take place from October 4 to November 28, 2027.