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Course dates: Tuesday 06 October - Tuesday 15 December 2026

Class timetable: 10 sessions (View class timetable for Tuesday 06 October 2026 to Tuesday 15 December 2026)

Timetable data for Tuesday 06 October 2026 to Tuesday 15 December 2026

Day of class Date of class Time Venue
Tuesday 06-Oct-2026 6:00pm - 9:00pm 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London
Tuesday 13-Oct-2026 6:00pm - 9:00pm 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London
Tuesday 20-Oct-2026 6:00pm - 9:00pm 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London
Tuesday 27-Oct-2026 6:00pm - 9:00pm 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London
Tuesday 03-Nov-2026 6:00pm - 9:00pm 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London
Tuesday 17-Nov-2026 6:00pm - 9:00pm 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London
Tuesday 24-Nov-2026 6:00pm - 9:00pm 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London
Tuesday 01-Dec-2026 6:00pm - 9:00pm 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London
Tuesday 08-Dec-2026 6:00pm - 9:00pm 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London
Tuesday 15-Dec-2026 6:00pm - 9:00pm 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London

Location: 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London

Fees: 拢1810.00

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Course Overview

Our Knowledge and Reality short course provides you with a foundation in epistemology and metaphysics as you consider the nature of the world around us, our place in that world and what we know about both.

Join us as we address a number of questions such as: How do we know that the external world really exists, when we cannot step outside our own perceptions to find out? Is experience a reliable source of knowledge? What other sources of knowledge are there? Does God exist? Is faith bound by the normal standards of rationality? What does it mean to be a person, and what makes someone the same person over time? What is the relationship between the self, the mind and the body? What is the nature of causation, or of time? How do we decide if something exists? If everything in the universe is determined by scientific laws, how can we have free will? How do social categories like race bear on our identities?聽

In this course you will be introduced to classic and contemporary answers to these questions and philosophical techniques typically used for dealing with them. We will cover:

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  • faith and rationality聽
  • sources of knowledge聽
  • the existence of God聽
  • mind and body聽
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  • free will and determinism聽
  • personal identity聽
  • social categories like race or gender.

Assessment is via a 1000-word writing assignment (50%) and 1000-word examination (50%).

As a student on this course, you will study alongside 糖心logo入口 students enrolled on one of our undergraduate or postgraduate courses, giving you the opportunity to network with a range of 糖心logo入口 current students whilst you learn.

This can be taken as a standalone short course or as part of:

Credits: 30 credits at level 4

Fees

Students are charged a tuition fee for each short course on registering. Please view details for this course, including dates, location and fees at the top of this page. Short course fees may be subject to annual inflationary increases. For more information, please see our Fees Policy.

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Entry Requirements

Most of our short courses have no formal entry requirements and are open to all students.

This short course has no prerequisites.

As part of the registration process, you may be required to submit a copy of a suitable form of ID.

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How to Register

You register directly onto the classes you would like to take. Classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis - so register early.

If you want to take more than one short course, you can select each one separately and then register onto them together via our online application portal. There is usually no formal selection process, although some modules may have prerequisites and/or other requirements, which will be specified where relevant.