This is philosophy

Presents a picture of what philosophy is about, by conveying an impression of the presentation of the subject to university undergraduate students. Designed to enable final year high school students to decide whether to read philosophy at university.

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Credits

producer

Timothy Read

production company

Film Australia

Australian Commonwealth Film Unit

director

Arch Nicholson

Duration

00:26:57:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1973

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

010834

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education - Australia - Curricula

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education, Higher

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Philosophy - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

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Australia, 1973

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