Bachelor Philosophy (541 [3] - Version 2017)

Study Entrance and Orientation Phase (18 ECTS)

M-01.a STEOP-Module: Introduction to Theoretical Philosophy (9 ECTS)

• EXAM M-01.a Introduction to Theoretical Philosophy
• 180046 VO ( STEOP ) M-01.a STEOP: Introduction to Theoretical Philosophy

M-01.b STEOP-Module: Introduction to Practical Philosophy (9 ECTS)

• EXAM M-01.b Introduction to Practical Philosophy
• 180047 VO ( OV STEOP ) M-01.b STEOP: Introduction to Practical Philosophy

Basic Modules (82 ECTS)

M-02 Basic Skills in Philosophy (12 ECTS)

M-02.1 Introduction to Academic Writing in Philosophy

• 180048 VU [ en de ] M-02 Introduction to Academic Writing in Philosophy

M-02.2 Supervised Reading Course

• 180049 PS Nagarjuna: mind, world, and language
• 180165 PS The phenomenology of Edmund Husserl - Begrifflichkeit, Methoden, Themen
• 180205 PS Platon Politeia

M-03 Thought and Language (20 ECTS)

M-03.1 Fundamentals of Logic

• 180050 VO M-03 Fundamentals of Logic

M-03.2 Exercise Course in Logic

• 180051 UE [ de en ] M-03 Exercise Course in Logic

M-03.3 Reasoning in Philosophy

• 180052 VU [ de en ] M-03 Reasoning in Philosophy

M-03.4 Lecture Course with Readings on the Philosophy of Language

• 180053 VO Lecture Course with Readings on the Philosophy of Language

M-04 History of Philosophy until the End of the 19th Century (20 ECTS)

M-04.1 Lecture Course with Readings on Greek Terminology

• 180164 VO M-04 Greek Terminology

M-04.2 Lecture Course with Readings on the History of Philosophy I (Antiquity)

• 180055 VO-L History of Philosophy I (Antiquity)

M-04.3 Lecture Course with Readings on History of Philosophy II (Middle Ages and Early Modernity)

• 180056 VO-L History of Philosophy II

M-04.4 Lecture Course with Readings on the History of Philosophy III (Modern Philosophy)

• 180057 VO-L History of Philosophy III - Modern Period Until the End of the 19th Cent.

M-05 Fundamentals of Theoretical Philosophy (15 ECTS)

M-05.1 Metaphysics and Ontology

• 180059 PS Pomponazzi and the Debate on the Immortality of the Soul
• 180166 PS Learning Philosophy as Lifelong Death? - Der Tod als grundlegende Frage der Philosophie
• 180182 PS Introduction to ontology
• 180222 PS Aristotle: Physics V, VI, and VIII - Motion and Continuity

M-05.2 Lecture Course with Readings on Metaphysics and Ontology

• 180168 VO Introduction to Analytical Metaphysics

M-05.3 Epistemology

• 180060 VO Introduction to Epistemology
• 180169 VO Introduction to Epistemology

M-05.4 Theory of Science

• 180061 VO Introduction to Philosophy of Science

M-06 Fundamentals of Practical Philosophy (15 ECTS)

M-06.1 Ethics

• 180062 PS [ en ] Collective Responsibility
• 180063 PS Susan Wolf on the Limits of Morality
• 180178 PS Philosophy of the good life in antiquity and the present
• 180215 PS [ en ] Multiple Realization - Reductionism and Beyond

M-06.2 Lecture Course with Reading on Ethics

• 180170 VO-L Violence as a philosophical problem

M-06.3 Philosophy and Society

• 180172 VO Health: Ideal or Dangerous Threat?

M-06.4 Elements of Applied Ethics

• 180171 VO Foundations of Applied Ethics

Elective Modules (30 ECTS)

M-07 Philosophy of Media, Philosophy of Technology (10 ECTS)

• 180069 SE Media Workshop - pandemic
• 180070 VO-L [ en ] Introduction to Philosophy of Technology
• 180072 KU Feminist technology philosophy
• 180091 VO Roboethics
• 490400 VU PM1 Digital Transformations

M-08 Intercultural Philosophy, Non-European Philosophy (10 ECTS)

• 090088 VO Byzantine Studies (VO)
• 142038 VO Dogen: shobo genzo (Reflections in the True Dharma of Buddha). - Characteristic of the language and the culture of Zen-Buddhism
• 180073 SE Logic in Ancient China
• 180074 SE The philosophical foundations of civilizational analysis
• 180075 VO The relevance of Chinese philosophy
• 180076 VO Origins of Philosophy in a Global Perspective

M-09 Epistemology, Logic, Philosophy of Language (10 ECTS)

• 180069 SE Media Workshop - pandemic
• 180077 SE Wittgenstein: Tractatus
• 180079 SE Plato's: early dialogues

M-10 Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Ontology (10 ECTS)

• 010083 VO Metaphysics - Contemporary Approaches to Metaphysics
• 090088 VO Byzantine Studies (VO)
• 180080 SE Fundamental Questions of Existential Analysis - Selbstsein und Mitsein-Phänomenologie von Beziehungen und psychotherapeutische Praxis
• 180082 KU Animal cognition and minimal cognition - Thought, Language, and Social Cognition
• 180083 SE Beeing - Developing - Thinking - Philosophical Anthropology, Dialectic and Ontology
• 180084 SE Helmuth Plessner
• 180099 SE Think experience - Einübungen in die phänomenologische Forschung
• 180139 SE Hegel's science of logic - Zentrale Themen der Logik des Seins und der Logik des Wesens
• 180187 SE Platon: Sophist
• 180218 VO Introduction to psychoanalytic perspective on cultural & social phenomena - Depth psychology I
• 180220 SE Philosophy of seduction - Gibt es ein Eigenrecht des Scheins (Baudrillard u.a.)

M-11 Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Culture, Aesthetics (10 ECTS)

• 010107 SE Simone Weil - Mysticism and Politics
• 090088 VO Byzantine Studies (VO)
• 142038 VO Dogen: shobo genzo (Reflections in the True Dharma of Buddha). - Characteristic of the language and the culture of Zen-Buddhism
• 180074 SE The philosophical foundations of civilizational analysis
• 180075 VO The relevance of Chinese philosophy
• 180076 VO Origins of Philosophy in a Global Perspective
• 180080 SE Fundamental Questions of Existential Analysis - Selbstsein und Mitsein-Phänomenologie von Beziehungen und psychotherapeutische Praxis
• 180085 SE Philosophy of Religion
• 180087 SE Theodor W. Adorno: Aesthetic Theory
• 180088 SE The concept of God in modern philosophy
• 180089 KU The Philosophy of Film Noir
• 180153 SE Racism and the question of cultural identity
• 180155 SE Jean-Luc Nancy: Why are there so many arts and not just one art? - (Einführung in die Kunstphilosophie)
• 180217 KU Deleuze/Peirce/Bergson - Movement-Image and Time-Image
• 180220 SE Philosophy of seduction - Gibt es ein Eigenrecht des Scheins (Baudrillard u.a.)

M-12 Ethics, Applied Ethics (10 ECTS)

• 180082 KU Animal cognition and minimal cognition - Thought, Language, and Social Cognition
• 180091 VO Roboethics
• 180092 KU Philosophical Practice: an introduction
• 180093 KU Philosophy of human rights
• 180153 SE Racism and the question of cultural identity
• 180199 VO Introduction into Animal Ethics
• 180207 VO "Principles of Biomedical Ethics" by Tom Beauchamp and James Childress
• 290055 VO [ en ] Climate Change and Climate Crisis. Future perspectives and concepts.

M-13 Social Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Gender Theory (10 ECTS)

• 010107 SE Simone Weil - Mysticism and Politics
• 180072 KU Feminist technology philosophy
• 180074 SE The philosophical foundations of civilizational analysis
• 180075 VO The relevance of Chinese philosophy
• 180087 SE Theodor W. Adorno: Aesthetic Theory
• 180096 SE Theories of Society in Phenomenology and Discourse Theory
• 180097 VO Marx: History from below - The forced labour modes of production
• 180098 SE Power and Subject in Foucault

M-14 Contemporary Philosophy (10 ECTS)

• 010083 VO Metaphysics - Contemporary Approaches to Metaphysics
• 180070 VO-L [ en ] Introduction to Philosophy of Technology
• 180072 KU Feminist technology philosophy
• 180074 SE The philosophical foundations of civilizational analysis
• 180075 VO The relevance of Chinese philosophy
• 180082 KU Animal cognition and minimal cognition - Thought, Language, and Social Cognition
• 180084 SE Helmuth Plessner
• 180087 SE Theodor W. Adorno: Aesthetic Theory
• 180089 KU The Philosophy of Film Noir
• 180091 VO Roboethics
• 180092 KU Philosophical Practice: an introduction
• 180093 KU Philosophy of human rights
• 180098 SE Power and Subject in Foucault
• 180099 SE Think experience - Einübungen in die phänomenologische Forschung
• 180100 KU Levinas and Jullien
• 180153 SE Racism and the question of cultural identity
• 180186 VO Introduction in Helmuth Plessner's Philosophical Anthropology
• 180210 KU [ en ] Cognitive Science Peer Teaching Course
• 180217 KU Deleuze/Peirce/Bergson - Movement-Image and Time-Image
• 180218 VO Introduction to psychoanalytic perspective on cultural & social phenomena - Depth psychology I
• 180220 SE Philosophy of seduction - Gibt es ein Eigenrecht des Scheins (Baudrillard u.a.)
• 290055 VO [ en ] Climate Change and Climate Crisis. Future perspectives and concepts.

M-15 Philosophy of Science (10 ECTS)

• 180077 SE Wittgenstein: Tractatus
• 180137 SE [ en ] Quantum Ontology
• 180138 SE [ en ] Introduction to Quantum Foundations
• 180167 VO-L Philosophy of Immunology
• 180175 VO-L Philosophy of Science and History of Science of Research in Psychoanalysis Part 1
• 180210 KU [ en ] Cognitive Science Peer Teaching Course
• 180212 SE [ en ] Artefacts and Scientific Reasoning
• 180219 SE [ en ] Introduction to Philosophy of Science

Compulsory Modules (35 ECTS)

M-16 Individual Specialisation (15 ECTS)

M-17 Focused Research, Bachelor's Theses (20 ECTS)