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Philosophy and Biology - PHIL2118
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of History and Philosophy
 
 
Course Outline: http://philosophy.arts.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 6 level 1 units of credit in Philosophy and 36 units of credit overall or 30 units of credit in HPSC or BIOS1011
 
 
Excluded: HPST3012, HPST3117
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Our understanding of ourselves is powerfully shaped by our conception of our biological nature. Central in this conception is the idea that we have evolved so the theory of evolution plays an important role in our understanding of ourselves. Aims at being an in-depth examination of some of the conceptual and philosophical issues which are raised by evolutionary theory. In particular, we will look at the explanatory structure of modern evolutionary theory and its relationship to the vexed issue of classification.

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