Department of Philosophy

Academics

Course Syllabi for Undergraduate Level Courses

Important Notes

As a majority of the courses operated by the Department are co-listed on different major and minor programmes, please note that the syllabi on this page have been organised according to the programme structure of BA (Hon) Philosophy. Students on other programmes (e.g. BA Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence and all minor programmes) should refer to the additional notes below.

 

For course outlines, you may retrieve them on the appropriate page in myLingnanPortal, or you may contact your instructor directly.

For BA (Hons) Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence, as all courses are also listed under the BA (Hon) Philosophy programme, please note the following different categorisation of courses between the two programmes:

 

CourseCategory in BA (Hon) Philosophy and Artificial IntelligenceCategory in BA (Hon) Philosophy
PAI3001 Data Analysis for the HumanitiesRequired CourseProgramme Elective Courses
PAI3002 Ethics and Artificial Intelligence
PAI3003 Programming for the Humanities 
PAI4001 AI Ethics and Social Policy
PAI4002 Consciousness, Creativity, and Computation
PAI4003 Philosophy of Machine Learning
PHI2118 A Philosophical Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
PHI3231 EpistemologyRequired Courses
PHI3265 Philosophy of Mind
PHI4366 Philosophy of Language
PHI3102 Chinese Political Philosophy
PHI3103 Advanced Western Ethics
PHI3104 Western Political Philosophy
PHI3232 Ethics: The Chinese Tradition
PHI4001 Research Seminar
PHI4301 Directed Research Project
All Elective CoursesProgramme Elective CoursesProgramme Elective Courses

 

 

For students on Minor in Philosophy, please refer to the programme structure of BA Philosophy directly in regard to the categorisation of course syllabi below.

 

For students on Minor in Artificial Intelligence and Ethics, as a majority of courses are also listed under the BA (Hon) Philosophy programme, please note that the following different categorisation of courses between the two programmes:

 

CourseCategory in Minor in Artificial Intelligence and Ethics (from 2025-26 onwards)Category in BA (Hon) Philosophy
PHI2118 A Philosophical Introduction to Artificial IntelligenceRequired CoursesProgramme Elective Courses
PAI3002 Ethics and Artificial Intelligence
PHI3265 Philosophy of MindElective Courses (Category A)Required Courses
PAI4002 Consciousness, Creativity, and ComputationProgramme Elective Courses
PAI4003 Philosophy of Machine Learning
PAI4001 AI Ethics and Social PolicyElective Courses (Category B)Programme Elective Courses
CLD9032 The Social Impact of Artificial Intelligence(Not operated by Department of Philosophy)
PHI3201 Applied EthicsProgramme Elective Courses
PAI3001 Data Analysis for the HumanitiesElective Courses (Category C)Programme Elective Courses
PAI3003 Programming for the Humanities
CDS2002 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence(Not operated by Department of Philosophy)

 

 

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History of Philosophy Unit

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Core Philosophy Courses

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Ethics and Political Philosophy Unit

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Capstone Unit

Aesthetics

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Chinese Philosophy

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Continental Philosophy

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Ethics and Practical Philosophy

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Philosophy of Natural and Human Sciences

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Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence

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Special Topics