philosophic anthropology

Philosophic Anthropology

Module Code: 405PPA Credits: 10 Contact Hours: 30 Level: 4 Lecturer:

Syllabus

Philosophical anthropology is the philosophical discipline that seeks to unify the several empirical investigations and phenomenological explorations of human nature in an effort to understand human beings as both creatures of their environment and creators of their own values.

Although the majority of philosophers throughout the history of philosophy can be said to have a distinctive “anthropology” that undergirds their thought, philosophical anthropology itself, as a specific discipline in philosophy, arose within the later modern period as an outgrowth from developing methods in philosophy, such as phenomenology and existentialism. The former, which draws its energy from methodical reflection of human experience from the philosopher’s own personal experience, naturally aided the emergence of philosophical explorations of human nature and the human condition.

This module is a philosophical exploration of the meaning of being human, and examines various philosophical theories of being human, and questions of identity, consciousness, inquiry, death, the interpersonal, and the transcendent as conditions of being human.