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Philosophy of a Specific Discipline: Philosophy of European Languages and Cultures

Master

Philosophy of European Languages and Cultures is a specialisation of the MA programme Philosophy of a Specific Discipline. The two-year Master’s programme in Philosophy of a Specific Discipline is intended for students in a particular academic discipline who are interested in the philosophical foundations and methodological aspects of that discipline.

For information about the objectives and general structure of the programme, the MA thesis and the requirements for graduation, please see the website of the MA in Philosophy of Specific Discipline. For a brief description of this specialisation click on ‘Informatie’ above.

Structure of the programme

First Year

  • 10 EC / MA course in Philosophy

  • 10 EC / MA course in Philosophy

  • 10 EC / Specialist MA course in European Languages and Cultures

  • 30 EC / MA courses in European Languages and Cultures

Second Year

  • 10 EC / Specialist MA course in European Languages and Cultures

  • 10 EC / MA courses in European Languages and Cultures

  • 10 EC / Literature Study in the area of the MA thesis

  • 30 EC / MA thesis

First year / Second year

The following MA courses in Philosophy and specialist MA courses in Philosophy of European Languages and Cultutes are on offer in 2009-2010:

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2

Specialist courses in Philosophy of European Languages and Cultures
Het ding bij Benjamin 10
Het ding bij Heidegger en Ponge 10
Nietzschean and Post-Nietzschean Aesthetics 10
Wijsgerige antropologie IV: Taal en Romantiek 10

MA courses in Philosophy
Newton as Philosopher 10
Philosophy and History of Philosophy: an Uneasy Couple? 10
Philosophy of Historiography I: General and Intellectual History 10
Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding 10
Philosophy of Historiography II: History of Science 10
The Taming of the Mind 10
Ethics and Evolution 10
Moral Psychology 10

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Description

The specialisation Philosophy of European Languages and Cultures concentrates on the relation between philosophical thought and European culture. What is the relation between philosophical thought and the language in which it has been expressed? How is philosophical thought related to the historical context? What are the circumstances in terms of which these ideas should be understood? Philosophy of European Languages and Cultures covers questions about the relationship between language and thought, and between philosophy, literature and art.

Specialisation co-ordinator

Dr. G.T.M. (Gerard) Visser
g.t.m.visser@phil.leidenuniv.nl