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Participants who attend at least seventy-five per
cent of the course will receive a certificate of
attendance.
How to apply
Apply in advance by sending cheque/draft/postal
money order, made payable to Trinity College
no. 1 account. An application form is not
necessary. Please include name,
correspondence address, telephone number
and, if available, email address to TCIN Evening
Course Co-ordinator, TCIN, Lloyd Institute,
Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Phone: 01 896 8535, email:
Fee
€250 for eighteen weeks. Concession rate
(
€140) available to second and third level
students, unemployed persons and those in
receipt of a social welfare pension. Payment
must accompany enrolment.
Time and place
Tuesdays, 7 p.m. - 8.20 p.m., in LB11, Lloyd
Institute, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Duration
Eighteen weeks over two terms: Michaelmas
term (nine weeks), Hilary term (nine weeks).
Philosophy and Love
The nature and significance of love has been
investigated by philosophers of many different
traditions, pursuing many different kinds of
inquiry. The lectures in this course will explore
the insights of the ancient Greeks on the
different kinds of love and their place in a good
life, and the theories of contemporary
philosophy of mind and philosophy of
psychology including theories that reduce love
to a purely physical phenomenon. The course
will also consider the moral questions posed by
love. Should you do anything for love? In a
burning building, should you save your loved
ones before saving strangers? Other
philosophical puzzles about love that the course
will cover include the puzzle of whether it is
possible to love things that don’t exist.
Lecturers
The lecturers are drawn from the staff of the
Department of Philosophy at Trinity College
Dublin.
How to apply
Register in advance (prior to 23 September
2014)
by post, to the Executive Officer,
Department of Philosophy, Arts Building, Trinity
College, Dublin 2 enclosing a cheque/draft/
postal money order made payable to Trinity
College no. 1 account. Your receipt will be your
ticket for the series. Registration is also possible
on the evening of the first lecture of the series
(
outside the lecture theatre).
Fee
The cost for the full series is €50. Concession
rate (€25) is available to students, unemployed
persons and those in receipt of a social welfare
pension.
Date, time and place
There will be twelve lectures beginning
on Tuesday, 23 September 2014,
7.30
p.m. - 9 p.m., in the Uí Chadhain Theatre,
Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Please
note there will be no lecture on Tuesday, 4
November 2014.
Further information
Further information can be obtained from
or Ms Una
Campbell, Philosophy Department, Trinity
College Dublin, Phone: 01 896 1529,
email:
