Master Philosophy (941 [3] - Version 2024)

Orientation Course

• 180252 OV ( OV ) Orientation Course - für Beginner*innen des MA Philosophie, MA EST & MA Interdisziplinäre Ethik

Entry Phase (30 ECTS)

E1 Philosophical Research and Methods (10 ECTS)

E1 Philosophical Research and Methods (npi)

• 180127 VO-L Philosophical Research and Philosophical Methods

E1 Philosophical Research and Methods (pi)

• 180128 KU [ en ] Practical Research Methods
• 180129 KU Practical Research Methods
• 180258 KU Practical Research Methods

E2 Central Topics in Practical Philosophy (10 ECTS)

E2 Structure a (10 ECTS)

• 180130 KU Central Topics in Practical Philosophy
• 180131 KU [ en ] Central Topics in Practical Philosophy
• 180257 KU [ en ] Central Topics in Practical Philosophy

E2 Structure b (10 ECTS)

E2 Structure b (npi)

E2 Structure b (pi)

E3 Central Topics in Theoretical Philosophy (10 ECTS)

E3 Structure a (10 ECTS)

• 180133 KU [ en ] Central Topics in Theoretical Philosophy
• 180178 KU Central Topics in Theoretical Philosophy

E3 Structure b (10 ECTS)

E3 Structure b (npi)

E3 Structure b (pi)

Main Phase (60 ECTS from the following Elective Modules)

H1 Metaphysics (10 ECTS)

H1 Metaphysics(npi + pi) (10 ECTS)

H1 Metaphysics (npi)

H1 Metaphysics (pi)

H1 Metaphysics (pi) (10 ECTS)

• 180135 KU [ en ] Aristotle: De Anima
• 180171 KU [ en ] Universalism in the Philosophy of the Enlightenment
• 180209 KU [ en ] The Language and Metaphysics of Fiction
• 180234 KU Epistemology
• 180255 KU [ en ] Metametaphysics

H2 Ethics and Metaethics (10 ECTS)

H2 Ethics and Metaethics (npi + pi) (10 ECTS)

H2 Ethics and Metaethics (npi) (10 ECTS)

H2 Ethics and Metaethics (pi) (10 ECTS)

H2 Ethics and Metaethics (pi) (10 ECTS)

• 180137 KU [ en ] Reasons
• 180141 KU The Governance of the Self and others
• 180142 KU [ en ] Ethics of War and Peace
• 180149 KU [ en ] Reproductive Medicine
• 180172 KU [ en ] The Concept of Dignity
• 180186 KU [ en ] Moral Epistemology
• 180213 KU [ en ] Holding (Each Other) Responsible
• 180253 KU [ en ] Kant’s Practical Philosophy - Original Texts and Contemporary Reception

H3 Political, Feminist, and Social Philosophy (10 ECTS)

H3 Political, Feminist, and Social Philosophy (npi + pi) (10 ECTS)

H3 Political, Feminist, and Social Philosophy (npi)

H3 Political, Feminist, and Social Philosophy (pi)

H3 Political, Feminist, and Social Philosophy (pi) (10 ECTS)

• 180141 KU The Governance of the Self and others
• 180142 KU [ en ] Ethics of War and Peace
• 180149 KU [ en ] Reproductive Medicine
• 180253 KU [ en ] Kant’s Practical Philosophy - Original Texts and Contemporary Reception

H4 Philosophy of Mind (10 ECTS)

H4 Philosophy of Mind (npi + pi) (10 ECTS)

H4 Philosophy of Mind (npi)

H4 Philosophy of Mind (pi)

H4 Philosophy of Mind (pi) (10 ECTS)

• 010113 SE Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. The true spirit. Ethical life
• 180135 KU [ en ] Aristotle: De Anima
• 180168 KU The Book of Job - Philosophical, Psychoanalytic, and Literary Receptions
• 180227 KU Phenomenologies of Embodiment - Classical Approaches and Critical Revisions

H5 Epistemology (10 ECTS)

H5 Epistemology (npi + pi) (10 ECTS)

H5 Epistemology (npi)

H5 Epistemology (pi)

H5 Epistemology (pi) (10 ECTS)

• 180148 KU [ en ] Artifactuality in Scientific Research
• 180171 KU [ en ] Universalism in the Philosophy of the Enlightenment
• 180186 KU [ en ] Moral Epistemology
• 180228 KU [ en ] Foucault and Southern Epistemologies
• 180234 KU Epistemology

H6 Philosophy of Science (10 ECTS)

H6 Philosophy of Science (npi + pi) (10 ECTS)

H6 Philosophy of Science (npi)

H6 Philosophy of Science (pi)

H6 Philosophy of Science (pi) (10 ECTS)

• 180148 KU [ en ] Artifactuality in Scientific Research
• 180149 KU [ en ] Reproductive Medicine
• 180150 KU What is Formalism?
• 180165 KU Paul Feyerabend - Science as Art. The Folly of Philosophers

H7 Philosophy of Language and Logic (10 ECTS)

H7 Philosophy of Language and Logic (npi + pi) (10 ECTS)

H7 Philosophy of Language and Logic (npi)

H7 Philosophy of Language and Logic (pi)

H7 Philosophy of Language and Logic (pi) (10 ECTS)

• 180150 KU What is Formalism?
• 180209 KU [ en ] The Language and Metaphysics of Fiction

H8 Aesthetics (10 ECTS)

H8 Aesthetics (npi + pi) (10 ECTS)

H8 Aesthetics (npi)

H8 Aesthetics (pi)

H8 Aesthetics (pi) (10 ECTS)

• 180165 KU Paul Feyerabend - Science as Art. The Folly of Philosophers
• 180174 KU The Aesthetics of Nature: An Intercultural Perspective - From Spinoza to Karen Barad to The Tao of Physics

H9 Philosophy of Technology (10 ECTS)

H9 Philosophy of Technology (npi + pi) (10 ECTS)

H9 Philosophy of Technology (npi)

H9 Philosophy of Technology (pi)

H9 Philosophy of Technology (pi) (10 ECTS)

• 180166 KU [ en ] ( CIRCLE-U ) Large Language Models and the Future of Writing (Circle U. Course)

H10 Intercultural, Post- and Decolonial Philosophy (10 ECTS)

H10 Intercultural, Post- and Decolonial Philosophy (npi + pi) (10 ECTS)

H10 Intercultural, Post- and Decolonial Philosophy (npi)

H10 Intercultural, Post- and Decolonial Philosophy (pi)

H10 Intercultural, Post- and Decolonial Philosophy (pi) (10 ECTS)

• 180174 KU The Aesthetics of Nature: An Intercultural Perspective - From Spinoza to Karen Barad to The Tao of Physics
• 180228 KU [ en ] Foucault and Southern Epistemologies

H11 Philosophy of Religion (10 ECTS)

H11 Philosophy of Religion (npi + pi) (10 ECTS)

H11 Philosophy of Religion (npi)

H11 Philosophy of Religion (pi)

H11 Philosophy of Religion (pi) (10 ECTS)

• 180168 KU The Book of Job - Philosophical, Psychoanalytic, and Literary Receptions

H12 World Philosophies (10 ECTS)

H12 World Philosophies (npi + pi) (10 ECTS)

H12 World Philosophies (npi)

H12 World Philosophies (pi)

H12 World Philosophies (pi) (10 ECTS)

• 180174 KU The Aesthetics of Nature: An Intercultural Perspective - From Spinoza to Karen Barad to The Tao of Physics
• 180228 KU [ en ] Foucault and Southern Epistemologies

H13 History of Philosophy (10 ECTS)

H13 History of Philosophy (npi + pi) (10 ECTS)

H13 History of Philosophy (npi)

H13 History of Philosophy (pi)

H13 History of Philosophy (pi) (10 ECTS)

• 180135 KU [ en ] Aristotle: De Anima
• 180171 KU [ en ] Universalism in the Philosophy of the Enlightenment
• 180172 KU [ en ] The Concept of Dignity
• 180253 KU [ en ] Kant’s Practical Philosophy - Original Texts and Contemporary Reception

H14 Interdisziplinary Extension (10 ECTS)

H15 Specialisation (20 ECTS)

• 010113 SE Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. The true spirit. Ethical life
• 180135 KU [ en ] Aristotle: De Anima
• 180137 KU [ en ] Reasons
• 180141 KU The Governance of the Self and others
• 180142 KU [ en ] Ethics of War and Peace
• 180148 KU [ en ] Artifactuality in Scientific Research
• 180149 KU [ en ] Reproductive Medicine
• 180150 KU What is Formalism?
• 180165 KU Paul Feyerabend - Science as Art. The Folly of Philosophers
• 180166 KU [ en ] ( CIRCLE-U ) Large Language Models and the Future of Writing (Circle U. Course)
• 180168 KU The Book of Job - Philosophical, Psychoanalytic, and Literary Receptions
• 180171 KU [ en ] Universalism in the Philosophy of the Enlightenment
• 180172 KU [ en ] The Concept of Dignity
• 180174 KU The Aesthetics of Nature: An Intercultural Perspective - From Spinoza to Karen Barad to The Tao of Physics
• 180186 KU [ en ] Moral Epistemology
• 180209 KU [ en ] The Language and Metaphysics of Fiction
• 180213 KU [ en ] Holding (Each Other) Responsible
• 180227 KU Phenomenologies of Embodiment - Classical Approaches and Critical Revisions
• 180228 KU [ en ] Foucault and Southern Epistemologies
• 180234 KU Epistemology
• 180253 KU [ en ] Kant’s Practical Philosophy - Original Texts and Contemporary Reception
• 180255 KU [ en ] Metametaphysics

H16 Own Project (10 ECTS)

• 180175 KU Project

Finalization Phase (5 ECTS)

C1 Thesis Workshop (5 ECTS)

• 180162 KU Thesis Workshop
• 180211 KU Thesis Workshop
• 180230 KU Thesis Workshop
• 180256 KU [ en ] Thesis Workshop