School Of Humanities And Communication ArtsPhilosophy and the VisualWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101761.2
Discipline: PHILOSOPHY
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
It is assumed that the students enrolled in this unit will have completed core units for the BA at the first year level, and all of the general prerequisites for taking a level three unit. No additional knowledge will be assumed.
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Successful completion of 60 credit points
About this Unit
In the past and present, vision has been both privileged as a metaphor for truth, and denigrated as the source of distortion, illusions, and lies. This unit begins by situating the contemporary fascination with ‘visual cultures’ within the context of a long tradition of philosophical discourse on vision and sight. It traces the relationship between the emergence of visual technologies and the language used by philosophers to discuss truth and falsehood. It explores the manner in which current visual cultures call for both to repeat and to rewrite our philosophical inheritance.
Specialisations
| M1024.1 | Religion, Anthropology and Philosophy | CONTINUING |
| M1025.1 | Media and Visual Cultures | CONTINUING |
| SM1032.1 | Religion, Anthropology and Philosophy | CONTINUING |