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Minor Philosophy

2023-2024

The English-taught Minor Philosophy (30 ECTS or a smaller package of 15 ECTS, to be taken in Semester 1a) offers an exciting and comprehensive introduction into the major philosophers and philosophical ideas and theories from ancient times to the present.

In the first course, History of Philosophy I, you will study some great thinkers from Plato to Kant. In Semester 1b, the course History of Philosophy II will take you into the philosophical debates of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, featuring Hegel, Nietzsche, Sartre, Russell, Wittgenstein, and many more. The other courses are devoted to four important areas of contemporary philosophical thinking: ethics, philosophy of science, social-political philosophy, and logic and argumentation.

From these six courses you will learn what philosophical thinking is, how it has been carried out over the centuries, and how exciting logical reasoning, clear thinking, conceptual analysis and reflection is. And you will discover how important philosophy is.

As Socrates had already said: “the un-examined life is not worth living”. If you are a critical thinker who’d like to broaden and deepen your knowledge and thinking, this minor is an absolute must.

The Minor Philosophy runs the entire Semester 1a-b. Students interested in following the 15 ECTS package take the three courses offered in Semester 1a.

Course name
Code
Type
Period (preliminary)
History of Philosophy I (5 ECTS)
FI170GES1
compulsory
semester 1a (sept-nov)
Reasoning and Arguing (5 ECTS)
FI080RED
compulsory
semester 1a (sept-nov)
Social and Political Philosophy (5 ECTS)
FI140SPF
compulsory
semester 1a (sept-nov)
Good and Evil: Introduction to Ethics (5 ECTS)
FI080GEK
compulsory
semester 1b (nov-feb)
History of Philosophy II (5 ECTS)
FI180GES2
compulsory
semester 1b (nov-feb)
Philosophy of Science (5 ECTS)
FI180WET
compulsory
semester 1b (nov-feb)

Enrolment details

You need to register for this minor via Progress. After having registered for the Minor Philosophy, you will be enrolled in the individual courses by the educational administration.

Eager for more?

If you have enjoyed this Minor, why not upgrade it to a bachelor's degree by adding another 30 ECTS? In the Bachelor Philosophy of a Specific Discipline, you combine your own bachelor with this one-year bachelor programme (30 ECTS Minor, 5 ECTS specialisation course, 15 ECTS discipline-related philosophy electives, and 10 ECTS bachelor's thesis). At the end of three or four years you will be awarded two bachelor's degrees.

Contact the bachelor's study advisor for information.

Last modified:21 April 2023 11.17 a.m.