Course Outline:
This course aims to cultivate students' consciousness of language, in particular the philosophical discourse. Class discussion and debate, critical reading and writing will be used to improve the students' capability of language and their methodology of philosophical thinking. The nature and character of philosophical discourse will be discussed. Also addressed are topics such as conceptual vs pictorial thinking, creative vs explicative thought, literal and metaphorical meaning, definition, explication, interpretation and translation.
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