• The Greek Enlightenment and the most prominent Ancient Greek philosophers, most notably Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.
• The intersection of Greek and Judeo-Christian thought in Late Antiquity.
• The nature of moral problems and an overview of important approaches to moral reasoning (e.g. consequentialism, rule morality, human rights, virtue ethics).

• Systematic study of questions relating to epistemology, philosophy of science and/or aesthetics.
• Note: Two of the three subdisciplines will be taught in any given year.

• Systematic study of questions relating to philosophy of religion, philosophy of mind, and/or applied ethics.
• Note: Two of the three subdisciplines will be taught in any given year.

The focus of this module is on conceptualisations of meaning in the work of de Saussure, Foucault and Derrida. The ethical and political implications of these positions will also be considered.

• Phenomenology as philosophical method and its relationship to existentialism (resp. existential phenomenology).
• Central themes and ideas in the work of philosophers such as Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Jean-Paul Sartre.

A thorough discussion of prominent themes, texts and thinkers in African Philosophy. The module may include themes such as the following: metaphilosophy, epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, political philosophy and feminism.

• Contemporary trends in ideology critique, for example eco-feminism, critical race theory, postcolonial theory and queer theory.
• The relevance of ideology critique for the analysis and evaluation of various social discourses (e.g. literature, political rhetoric, policy formulation, science, sexuality) prevalent in South African society.

The origins of analytic philosophy and philosophical logic (Moore, Russell, Frege, Wittgenstein). Themes may include:

• Logical positivism (e.g. Schlick, Carnap, Neurath, Feigl, Waismann, Ayer).
• Linguistic analysis/philosophy of ordinary language (e.g. Wittgenstein, Ryle, Austin).
• Scientific naturalism (e.g. Quine).
• Philosophical logic and the understanding of modality (e.g. Kripke, Putnam).
• Philosophy of mind: the analysis and evaluation of functionalism (e.g. Ryle, Putnam, Dennett, Searle, Chalmers).

• Themes such as the nature and justification of the state, the social contract, the sources of political legitimacy, and the nature of and conditions for freedom.
• Moral principles for the distribution of benefits and burdens among members of a society, e.g. fairness, equality, liberty, desert, need, communality or well-being.
• Problems relating to poverty, inequality and property ownership.

Culture and technology, applied ethics, social philosophy; the Engineering Council of SA (ECSA) code of conduct for professional persons; case studies of typical situations from the engineering practice, including the social, workplace and physical environment.