Western Culture and Ultimate Reality May 24, 2012

We can usefully understand a given society in terms of its characteristic visions of ultimate reality. What, as shown both by its philosophical preoccupations and its socially valued activities (its economic relations, its sacred rituals, its art), is its basic vision of what truly is? In this course we turn the spotlight on western culture. We familiarise ourselves with some of the major philosophical issues involved in contending views of the ultimately real. We consider how in different periods western culture has instituted different visions of absolute reality, truth and value. And we analyse the birth and death of these visions. Details of this event may be subject to change. Please visit http://www.cce.usyd.edu.au/course/wcur for more information or to register.

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