The Study on the Curriculum Setting and Characteristics of Cambridge Undergraduate Philosophy Major

Zhimin TAN, Yanqiang CUI

Abstract


Education of philosophy is both an old and new topic. It is an important approach for human thoughts propagation and theoretical studies. At theUniversityofCambridge, philosophy teaching and learning activities have been existed for 804 years, born at the same time with the university. . This thesis aims to examine the developmental process  of philosophy education at the undergraduate level,, to  investigate the curriculum of philosophy education of the latest ten years, and to summarize the characteristics of philosophy education  at the University of Cambridge.


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The University of Cambridge; philosophy; curriculum; characteristics

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