Begins with Neo-Platonism and proceeds with such thinkers as Augustine, Eigena, Anselm, Thomas Aquiliam of Ockham. A survey of the development of German idealism after Kant and the voluntaristic reactions to it. Also considers British Empiricism and French Positivism. It also considers selected topics in the Philosophy of logic and the Philosophy of mathematics. An examination of the possibility and nature of ethical knowledge and the meaning of moral discourse.
Special consideration is given to contemporary discussions.
A study of the methods, concepts and presuppositions of scientific inquiry. An attempt is made to understand the historical development of science in the context of various theories of knowledge and reality. An examination of the nature and basis of criticism in the fine arts and literature, the nature and function of art, aesthetic standards, the concept of beauty, artistic creativity and the meaning of truth in literature and the arts. A survey of the debate about the concept of law in the history of Philosophy and an examination of the recent revival of the debate in greater detail. Specific topics include the nature of legal reasoning, the legal enforcement of morality, the problem of responsibility, and the concept of justice.