PHL130: Introduction to Philosophy

This unit is designed to appeal to everyone who is interested in fundamental questions about life and society, and who wants to increase their ability to understand, develop, and articulate reasoned arguments. Typical questions: What is the mind? Is there a God? Do we have free will? Do animals have rights? What moral obligations do we have to people who are starving? Is reason more important than emotion? What is the ultimate nature of reality? Do our lives have meaning?

Points	3
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
Contact Time	Lectures/tutorials: up to 2.5 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Nil. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
School	School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Unit Coordinator	Dr Peta Bowden Position: Senior Lecturer E-mail: P.Bowden@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 4.055 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 6328
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Peta Bowden Senior Lecturer (P.Bowden@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 6328 Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 4.055 MURDOCH S2: Internal (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)   MURDOCH S2: External (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)