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 REMOTE M-01.a Introduction to Theoretical Philosophy
• 180150 VO ( STEOP ) M-01.a STEOP: Introduction to Theoretical Philosophy

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

• EXAM ON-SITE M-01.b Introduction to Practical Philosophy
• 180151 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

• 180152 VU [ en de ] M-02 Introduction to Academic Writing in Philosophy

M-02.2 Supervised Reading Course

• 180021 LPS Struggle for recognition
• 180076 LPS [ en ] Penelope Maddy's Philosophical Naturalism
• 180153 LPS Nikolaus von Kues, "Conversation about the Globe Game"
• 180154 LPS Plato: Theaetetus
• 180156 LPS Arthur Schopenhauer: On the basis of morality
• 180186 LPS [ en ] Hume: Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

M-03 Thought and Language (20 ECTS)

M-03.1 Fundamentals of Logic

• 180157 VO M-03 Fundamentals of Logic

M-03.2 Exercise Course in Logic

• 180158 UE [ en de ] M-03 Exercise Course in Logic

M-03.3 Reasoning in Philosophy

• 180160 VU [ en de ] Argumentation Theory

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

• 180161 VO-L 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

• 180162 VO Greek Terminology

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

• 180163 VO-L History of Philosophy I (Antiquity)

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

• 180164 VO-L History of Philosophy II

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

• 180043 VO-L History of Philosophy III: Modern Period Until the End of the 19th Cent - 19. Jahrhundert
• 180165 VO-L History of Philosophy III: Modern Period Until the End of the 19th Century

M-05 Fundamentals of Theoretical Philosophy (15 ECTS)

M-05.1 Metaphysics and Ontology

• 180166 PS [ en ] Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy
• 180167 PS Metaphysics of Fictionality
• 180168 PS What ist life?

M-05.2 Lecture Course with Readings on Metaphysics and Ontology

• 180074 VO-L The Principle of Sufficient Reason
• 180187 VO-L Introduction to Analytical Metaphysics

M-05.3 Epistemology

• 180170 VO Introduction to Epistemology

M-05.4 Theory of Science

• 180044 VO Introduction to Philosophy of Science
• 180171 VO Introduction to Philosophy of Science

M-06 Fundamentals of Practical Philosophy (15 ECTS)

M-06.1 Ethics

• 010019 PS ( REMOTE ) Basic Texts: Anthropology and Ethics
• 180172 PS Cicero De natura deorum
• 180173 PS Bioethics: Evolutionary Ethics
• 180174 PS The communication theory of Apel and Habermas
• 180175 PS Amoralism: why be moral?
• 180176 PS The highest good

M-06.2 Lecture Course with Reading on Ethics

• 180177 VO-L Feminist ethics of alterity

M-06.3 Philosophy and Society

• 180178 VO Aesthetics of evil

M-06.4 Elements of Applied Ethics

• 180179 VO Foundations of Applied Ethics

Elective Modules (30 ECTS)

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

M-07 non-continuous assessment

• 180180 VO-L Innovation, cognition and knowledge generation - (summer course)

M-07 continuous assessment

• 010064 SE Media Regulation in Austria and Europe - Media Ethical Perspective
• 180030 SE The digital living space
• 180082 SE Science-Technology-Communication
• 180084 SE Media Workshop: Resistance
• 180181 KU Innovation Lab: from idea to prototype - (summer course)
• 180182 SE Animal & Technology
• 180183 SE The nuclear threat - Mit kritischer Betrachtung der Medien- und Technikphilosophie von Günther Anders.
• 180200 SE "The Lord of the Rings" - philosophical and didactic approaches
• 180214 SE [ en ] Philosophy and Literature

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

M-08 non-continuous assessment

• 010094 VO Intercultural Philosophy
• 090020 VO The Thought of (Pseudo-)Dionysius the Areopagite
• 180062 VO-L Intercultural Philosophy - Topics, methodology, and approaches
• 180184 VO-L The philosophical foundations of Civilizational Analysis
• 180188 VO-L Contemporary Chinese Political Philosophy

M-08 continuous assessment

• 010107 SE The dawn of (colonial?) modernity. Thomas Hobbes and John Locke

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

• 180089 SE ( ON-SITE ) Schelling - About the essence of human freedom

M-09 non-continuous assessment

• 010117 VO Hermeneutics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science
• 090051 VO Area of Ancient Greek Literature (Prose) - Lebensbeschreibungen antiker Philosophen

M-09 continuous assessment

• 180045 SE [ en ] Pluralism, Perspectivism, Relativism in the Philosophy of Science
• 180046 SE Pluralism, Perspectivism, Relativism in the Philosophy of Science
• 180048 SE The Metasemantics of Quantum Mechanics
• 180056 SE Philosophy of experience - Robert REININGER - Metaphysik der Wirklichkeit
• 180089 SE ( ON-SITE ) Schelling - About the essence of human freedom
• 180185 SE Epistemicide and the decolonization of knowledge
• 180192 SE [ en ] Pluralism, Perspectivism, Relativism in the Philosophy of Science
• 180194 SE Wittgenstein Philosophical Investigations
• 180210 SE Language and power at Butler

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

• 180089 SE ( ON-SITE ) Schelling - About the essence of human freedom

M-10 non-continuous assessment

• 010351 VO Contemporary Philosophy - Jürgen Habermas and Karl-Otto Apel in a Global Dispute. Discursive Reason in Ethics, Politics and Religion
• 090020 VO The Thought of (Pseudo-)Dionysius the Areopagite
• 180074 VO-L The Principle of Sufficient Reason
• 180199 VO-L [ en ] Introduction to Philosophy of Mind

M-10 continuous assessment

• 180048 SE The Metasemantics of Quantum Mechanics
• 180056 SE Philosophy of experience - Robert REININGER - Metaphysik der Wirklichkeit
• 180089 SE ( ON-SITE ) Schelling - About the essence of human freedom
• 180193 SE Leibniz reads Locke
• 180195 SE Schelling: System of Transcendental Idealism 1800
• 180197 SE Englisch Ancient philosophy and ancient mathematics

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

M-11 non-continuous assessment

• 010028 VO Advanced Course Theological Ethics I (Fundamental Moral Theology)
• 010031 VO Basic Course Theological Ethics II (Applied Ethics)
• 010094 VO Intercultural Philosophy
• 090020 VO The Thought of (Pseudo-)Dionysius the Areopagite
• 180062 VO-L Intercultural Philosophy - Topics, methodology, and approaches
• 180127 SE [ en ] Introduction to Indian philosophy
• 180202 VO-L Immanuel Kant: Selected small writings
• 180203 VO-L Questions of aesthetics 1: What is art?
• 180204 VO-L Englisch Transformations in the philosophy of religion

M-11 continuous assessment

• 010009 SE Sovereignty and Death
• 010106 SE ( MIXED ) Seminar on Aesthetics: The Question of Beauty
• 020026 SE Philosophy - Religionsphilosophie Immanuel Kants
• 060021 SE Central themes in the Moreh Nevuchim of Moses Maimonides (1135/38-1204)
• 060040 SE 20th-Century Jewish Thought - An Introduction
• 180200 SE "The Lord of the Rings" - philosophical and didactic approaches
• 180201 SE [ en ] ( MIXED ) Theodicy and the Problem of Suffering
• 180206 KU Phenomenology of religion
• 180211 KU Wittgenstein on Religion

M-12 Ethics, Applied Ethics (10 ECTS)

M-12 non-continuous assessment

• 010028 VO Advanced Course Theological Ethics I (Fundamental Moral Theology)
• 010031 VO Basic Course Theological Ethics II (Applied Ethics)
• 010066 VO Ethics II - Political Ethics and Social Ethics - Einführung in die politische Ethik
• 090051 VO Area of Ancient Greek Literature (Prose) - Lebensbeschreibungen antiker Philosophen
• 180028 VO-L Basics of sports ethics
• 180202 VO-L Immanuel Kant: Selected small writings

M-12 continuous assessment

• 010011 SE Clinical Rounds
• 010064 SE Media Regulation in Austria and Europe - Media Ethical Perspective
• 010099 FS "Doing Justice to the Social" - Sally Haslanger and Social Justice
• 180025 SE Legality and morality
• 180029 SE Ethical Challenges of the Anthropocene: Ecological Ethics
• 180046 SE Pluralism, Perspectivism, Relativism in the Philosophy of Science
• 180050 SE [ en ] Collective Responsibility
• 180207 KU [ en ] Topics in Moral Philosophy
• 180208 SE [ en ] Virtue ethics
• 270177 VO+SE Ethics in Natural Sciences

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

M-13 non-continuous assessment

• 010066 VO Ethics II - Political Ethics and Social Ethics - Einführung in die politische Ethik
• 180049 VO-L The Metasemantics of Quantum Mechanics

M-13 continuous assessment

• 010009 SE Sovereignty and Death
• 010099 FS "Doing Justice to the Social" - Sally Haslanger and Social Justice
• 010107 SE The dawn of (colonial?) modernity. Thomas Hobbes and John Locke
• 010119 SE "Querdenker", Science Deniers, Enemies of Democracy- a political-ethical challenge. - Reading and socio-ethical discussion of the book "Gekränkte Freiheit - Aspekte des libertären Autoritarismus
• 030192 SE Liberty & Liberation: On Christoph Menke´s Legal Philosophy - für Diplomand*innen und Doktorand*innen
• 030352 SE [ en ] Foundations and Applications of Discrimination Law
• 180050 SE [ en ] Collective Responsibility
• 180084 SE Media Workshop: Resistance
• 180209 SE Critical hermeneutics
• 180210 SE Language and power at Butler
• 180215 SE Phenomenological and post-phenomenological theories of the body

M-14 Contemporary Philosophy (10 ECTS)

M-14 non-continuous assessment

• 010351 VO Contemporary Philosophy - Jürgen Habermas and Karl-Otto Apel in a Global Dispute. Discursive Reason in Ethics, Politics and Religion
• 180188 VO-L Contemporary Chinese Political Philosophy

M-14 continuous assessment

• 010009 SE Sovereignty and Death
• 030192 SE Liberty & Liberation: On Christoph Menke´s Legal Philosophy - für Diplomand*innen und Doktorand*innen
• 060040 SE 20th-Century Jewish Thought - An Introduction
• 180183 SE The nuclear threat - Mit kritischer Betrachtung der Medien- und Technikphilosophie von Günther Anders.
• 180185 SE Epistemicide and the decolonization of knowledge
• 180194 SE Wittgenstein Philosophical Investigations
• 180206 KU Phenomenology of religion
• 180210 SE Language and power at Butler
• 180211 KU Wittgenstein on Religion
• 180214 SE [ en ] Philosophy and Literature
• 180215 SE Phenomenological and post-phenomenological theories of the body

M-15 Philosophy of Science (10 ECTS)

M-15 non-continuous assessment

• 010117 VO Hermeneutics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science
• 180049 VO-L The Metasemantics of Quantum Mechanics
• 180180 VO-L Innovation, cognition and knowledge generation - (summer course)

M-15 continuous assessment

• 128304 AR [ en ] Philosophy of Language Science
• 180045 SE [ en ] Pluralism, Perspectivism, Relativism in the Philosophy of Science
• 180046 SE Pluralism, Perspectivism, Relativism in the Philosophy of Science
• 180047 SE [ en ] Philosophy of Science
• 180048 SE The Metasemantics of Quantum Mechanics
• 180082 SE Science-Technology-Communication
• 180181 KU Innovation Lab: from idea to prototype - (summer course)
• 180192 SE [ en ] Pluralism, Perspectivism, Relativism in the Philosophy of Science
• 180217 SE [ en ] Rules and Meaning in Quantum Mechanics
• 180218 SE [ en ] Philosophy of Science Colloquium
• 270277 PR [ de en ] Advanced Practical Course Organometallic and Organoelement Chemistry

Compulsory Modules (35 ECTS)

M-16 Individual Specialisation (15 ECTS)

• 010011 SE Clinical Rounds
• 020026 SE Philosophy - Religionsphilosophie Immanuel Kants
• 180028 VO-L Basics of sports ethics
• 180029 SE Ethical Challenges of the Anthropocene: Ecological Ethics
• 180046 SE Pluralism, Perspectivism, Relativism in the Philosophy of Science
• 180047 SE [ en ] Philosophy of Science
• 180048 SE The Metasemantics of Quantum Mechanics
• 180049 VO-L The Metasemantics of Quantum Mechanics
• 180050 SE [ en ] Collective Responsibility
• 180056 SE Philosophy of experience - Robert REININGER - Metaphysik der Wirklichkeit
• 180062 VO-L Intercultural Philosophy - Topics, methodology, and approaches
• 180082 SE Science-Technology-Communication
• 180089 SE ( ON-SITE ) Schelling - About the essence of human freedom
• 180127 SE [ en ] Introduction to Indian philosophy
• 180180 VO-L Innovation, cognition and knowledge generation - (summer course)
• 180181 KU Innovation Lab: from idea to prototype - (summer course)
• 180182 SE Animal & Technology
• 180183 SE The nuclear threat - Mit kritischer Betrachtung der Medien- und Technikphilosophie von Günther Anders.
• 180184 VO-L The philosophical foundations of Civilizational Analysis
• 180185 SE Epistemicide and the decolonization of knowledge
• 180188 VO-L Contemporary Chinese Political Philosophy
• 180192 SE [ en ] Pluralism, Perspectivism, Relativism in the Philosophy of Science
• 180193 SE Leibniz reads Locke
• 180194 SE Wittgenstein Philosophical Investigations
• 180195 SE Schelling: System of Transcendental Idealism 1800
• 180197 SE Englisch Ancient philosophy and ancient mathematics
• 180199 VO-L [ en ] Introduction to Philosophy of Mind
• 180200 SE "The Lord of the Rings" - philosophical and didactic approaches
• 180201 SE [ en ] ( MIXED ) Theodicy and the Problem of Suffering
• 180202 VO-L Immanuel Kant: Selected small writings
• 180203 VO-L Questions of aesthetics 1: What is art?
• 180204 VO-L Englisch Transformations in the philosophy of religion
• 180206 KU Phenomenology of religion
• 180207 KU [ en ] Topics in Moral Philosophy
• 180208 SE [ en ] Virtue ethics
• 180209 SE Critical hermeneutics
• 180210 SE Language and power at Butler
• 180211 KU Wittgenstein on Religion
• 180214 SE [ en ] Philosophy and Literature
• 180215 SE Phenomenological and post-phenomenological theories of the body
• 180217 SE [ en ] Rules and Meaning in Quantum Mechanics
• 180218 SE [ en ] Philosophy of Science Colloquium
• 270163 SE Begleitlehrveranstaltung zur Schulpraxis

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

• 180089 SE ( ON-SITE ) Schelling - About the essence of human freedom