Explore Aristotle’s philosophy across ethics, politics, science, drama and rhetoric in this ten-week course. Compare his ideas with Confucian social humanism and Persian Manichaeism, and consider their relevance to contemporary life and society.

Explore the philosophy of time through ancient and modern thought, psychology, neurobiology, and the arts. Examine subjective and objective experiences of time, relativity, memory, decision-making, and how time shapes identity and creativity.

Explore the philosophy of consciousness through neuroscience, quantum theory, and creativity. Examine leading theories, metacognition, and the binding problem to understand how the brain produces self, reality, and awareness.

Examine Epicureanism and Stoicism as lived philosophies of life. Explore ideas of pleasure, fear, friendship, justice and inner tranquillity through the works of Epicurus, Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, and their influence on modern thought.

Explore the fundamental questions of ethics in this course. Consider what it means to live a good life, responsibilities to others, and issues from fairness and virtue to media, environment and social responsibility in a changing world.

Explore the philosophy of media from writing to the internet. Analyse McLuhan’s “medium is the message,” Postman’s critiques, media’s impact on the brain, and the political, social and ethical implications of today’s information revolution.