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Bachelor in Philosophy (BA) - New Bulgarian University
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Bachelor in Philosophy (BA) - New Bulgarian University

New Bulgarian University
SofiaBulgaria
On campus
Full-time
€1,531.61/year
Duration
4 Years
Language
English
Apply date
Sep 2024

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Program Description

The bachelor in Philosophy (BA) (Major) includes a mix of the following three types of courses: 1) courses on significant periods, personalities, and schools of thought in philosophy history, 2) introductions to major philosophical disciplines, 3) courses on essential topics in contemporary science, art, politics, and society.

Nowadays, its task is to clarify the concepts that we use, to acquire knowledge about the world and to provide landmarks for our actions, to test new approaches and methods of knowledge, and to critically examine the established stereotypes of knowledge and effort, as well as the institutions that support them.

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Curriculum

Year 1

Semester 1

Introduction to Philosophy

Epistemology

Aesthetics

Political Philosophy

The Philosophy of Socrates and Plato

Semester 2

Ethics

Philosophy and Social Sciences

Aristotle

Understanding Texts

Logic

Year 2

Semester 3

Philosophy of Religion

Medieval Philosophy

Practical Logic

Analytical Philosophy

Origins and Foundations of the Modern Democracy

Philosophy of Science

Philosophical Anthropology

Philosophy of Law

Semester 4

Contemporary Moral Philosophy

Philosophy of Skepticism

Philosophy of Mind

Pragmatism

Modern Society

Gender and Sexuality

Descartes and Spinoza

Phenomenology and Hermeneutics

Year 3

Semester 5

Locke and Hume

Philosophy and Cognitive Science

Free Will

Enlightenment

Existentialism

Friedrich Nietzsche

Social contract theories

The Public Sphere

Training Courses:
Philosophical research Projects – Part I
Seminar: Reading and writing skills in Philosophy – part I
Philosophical Cafe (European dialogues) – Part I

Semester 6

State and Constitutionalism

Contemporary Bulgarian Philosophy

Kant and the Critique of Pure Reason

Sovereignty and Human Rights

Ordinary Language Philosophy

Justice

Critical Theory

Moral Problems in Medicine

Training Courses:
Philosophical research Projects – Part II
Seminar: Reading and writing skills in Philosophy – part II
Philosophical Cafe (European dialogues) – Part II

Year 4

Semester 7

Religion and Politics

Philosophy of Film

Utilitarianism and Rational Choice Theory

Globalization

Theories of truth

Publicity and media

Kant's practical philosophy

Virtue ethics

Training Courses:
Ad hoc course – Part III
Teaching Philosophy
Project: Preparing scientific articles – part I

Semester 8

Philosophy of Art

Hegel’s Practical Philosophy

Contemporary Art and Critical Philosophy

Karl Marx

Heidegger

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Training Courses:
Ad hoc course – Part IV
Internship: Research in archives and databases
Project: Preparing scientific articles – part II

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