Great Minds I - Period 1

Social Sciences & Humanities Program
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Dates: mid Aug 2025 - late Dec 2025

Social Sciences & Humanities

Great Minds I - Period 1

Great Minds I - Period 1 Course Overview

OVERVIEW

CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Primary Subject Area: Philosophy
Instruction in: English
Course Code: W_BA_MNDI
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 200
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 84

DESCRIPTION

This course treats Western philosophy from 6 BC to the 14th century AD. It introduces you to Ancient and Medieval philosophy, by studying the thinking of Plato, Aristotle, Boëthius, Thomas Aquinas, as well as Arabic and ancient female philosophers. We will focus on the relation between world, knowledge and language (metaphysics, epistemology, logics).

Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.


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