| CODE | PHI1003 | ||||||
| TITLE | Philosophical Anthropology - Perception, Language, Action | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Philosophy | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Philosophical Anthropology 1: Perception The classification of things in terms of communicative possibilities. Sensory communication. Perception and language. Philosophical Anthropology 2: Language The elements of language. Subject words and predicate expressions. The relation of signs to the world. Speech acts and conversation. Philosophical Anthropology 3: Action Introduction to the concept of ‘action’: actions as a sub-class of events 1. ‘An action is the doing of many things’ 2. The individuation of human action 3. The will in philosophical tradition 4. Reasons for acting and acting under a description 5. The logic of practical reasoning 6. When things go wrong: akrasia 7. The will, freedom and responsibility Reading List - Gonzalez-Crussi, F. (1991) The Five Senses. New York: Vintage Books. - Smith, J. (1989) Senses and Sensibilities. New York: John Wiley & Sons. - De Bretton Platts, M. (ed.), (1997) Ways of Meaning: An Introduction to a Philosophy of Language. M.I.T. Press. - Serracino Inglott, P. (1995) Peopled Silence. Malta: Malta University Publishers Ltd. - Taylor, C. (1985) Human Agency and Language, Philosophical Papers I, Cambridge University Press. - Anscombe E. (1968) Intention. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. - Davidson D. (2002) Essays on Actions and Events. Oxford: Oxford University Press. - Hornsby J. (1980) Actions. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. - Mele Alfred R. (ed.) (1997) The Philosophy of Action. Oxford: Oxford University Press. - Velleman David J. (2000) The Possibility of Practical Reason. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | John Avellino Mark Sultana |
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