What is real? What role does perception play? How do we ascertain what is real in an age of global media, increased simulation (and simulacra), misinformation, disinformation, virality, spin, hype (and hyperbole)? Why does it matter perhaps more than ever?

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face

SUGGESTED READING

• Russell, Bertrand, A History of Western Philosophy
• Plato, The Republic
• Bradley, F.H., Appearance and Reality
• Nozick, Robert, Philosophical Explanations

COURSE OUTLINE

• What is reality? What is perception?
• Perception and reality in the digital age

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Understand the nature of reality
2. Analyse theories of perception
3. Understand the relation between perception and reality