This course aims at introducing the basic ideas and methods of modern philosophical hermeneutics from Schleiermacher, Dilthey, Gadamer to Ricoeur. It will also use examples like translation and inter-cultural dialogue to illustrate the significance of philosophical hermeneutics. Special attention will be given to the possibility of the dialogue between Chinese and Western culture and philosophy.

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The course aims to: (1) introduce students to the field of Critical Disability Studies as an area of interdisciplinary and cross-cultural analyses; (2) look at different dimensions of disability and acquaint students with a range of issues addressed by critical disability studies; and (3) prepare students with opportunities to understand and engage with the complex nature of the relationship between disabilities and their social, cultural, economic and political dimensions.

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This course aims to provide students with a systematic introduction in the basic ideas in philosophical aesthetics. Rather than impoverishing artistic experience by cold philosophical analysis, it aims at enriching aesthetic imagination by providing ideas incurred but probably unnoticed during the artistic experience. It helps students understand the aesthetic discussion and criticism in different art forms like painting, poetry to music, and the possible relation between them. Examples from different art forms from different cultures and historical periods will be used in teaching. This course can be understood as a progression from and further deepening of the undergraduate required course “Artistic Creativity and Aesthetic Awareness”.

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Student will have to submit a Honours Project topic in Year II. The Project will run throughout the summer of Year II to Year III, earning 3 units each semester. The completed work will be of approximately 7,000- 10,000 words in English or 10,000-15,000 characters in Chinese. Students will have a Programme’s Honours Projects Handbook listing all the rules, requirements and guidelines as well as detailed information on the Project including topic selection, form and style, assessment, and other data. The Projects will take into account the process assessment.

This course aims to (1) enable students to cope with the writing tasks in the commercial and public fields of employment in Hong Kong; (2) help student grasp and understand the functional forms of writing in both English and Chinese; and (3) teach students the intellectual and practical skills necessary for effective communication in the commercial field.

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