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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 thel 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

Eerste/Tweede Jaar

Vak EC Semester 1 Semester 2

Specialist MA courses in Philosophy of European Languages and Cultures
Philosophy of European Languages and Cultures: Filosofie van de literatuur II 10
Philosophy of European Languages and Cultures: Nietzsche and Politics 10
Philosophy of European Languages and Cultures: Walter Benjamin 10
Philosophy of European Languages and Cultures: Wijsgerige antropologie 10

MA courses in Philosophy
Ancient and Medieval Philosophy of Language and Semantics 10
Emotion, Cognition and Rationality 10
Filosofie van de literatuur II 10
Filosofie, psychiatrie en neurowetenschappen 10
Free Will and Determinism 10
History of Ancient Philosophy: Plato Timaeus: Science, Nature and Humanity 10
Morality and Rationality 10
Nietzsche and Politics 10
Political Obligation 10
Rationality and Action 10
Rechtvaardige en onrechtvaardige oorlogen. De traditie van de 'justum bellum' 10
Seminar Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics: philosophical issues, rhetorical aspects 10
The Great Debate over the Rationality of Science: Kuhn, Popper, Feyerabend, and the Vienna Circle 10
Truth and Truthfulness 10
Walter Benjamin 10
Wijsgerige antropologie 10
Wijsgerige antropologie IV 10
Wittgensteins Tractatus 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