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Last updated: 4 March 2022
Trimester 1: Melbourne (Burwood), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Cloud (online)
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ASP109
1 x 1-hour class per week, 1 x 1-hour seminar per week
All students will also be able to engage in discussion of the unit material via discussion forums on CloudDeakin
1 x 1-hour class per week (recordings provided), 1 x 1-hour online seminar per week
Over the course of this unit, students will develop a critical understanding of key ideas in existentialist philosophy and debates over power and freedom in postwar European thought. Existentialist accounts of themes such as freedom, anguish (or anxiety), mortality, authenticity, and value will be discussed, as well as critiques of existentialism offered by subsequent major thinkers.
Understand, compare, and critically evaluate key ideas in 20th-century French philosophy concering the nature of subjectivity and freedom from a range of philosophers
GLO1: Discipline specific
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO8: Global citizenship
Critically apply a number of key ideas from 20th-century French thinkers to practical examples, and understand and evaluate how these ideas relate to current views about subjectivity and the social order.
GLO5: Problem solving
Construct and evaluate philosophical arguments, backed by relevant evidence, and present competing claims in the context of philosophical dialogue.
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year.
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
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