- PH5018 - Research Methods in Philosophy
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- Credit Points
- 10
- Course Coordinator
- Dr Peter Baumann
Pre-requisites
In general, an upper second class Honours degree (or equivalent) in Philosophy or in a subject with Philosophy as a major component
Co-requisites
None
Notes
NoneOverview
The course will give students training in library skills and using computer data bases for research. It will introduce students to research methods and practices in Philosophy
Structure
Assessment
Continuous assessment 100%
- PH5019 - Dissertation Colloquium
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- Credit Points
- 10
- Course Coordinator
- Dr Peter Baumann
Pre-requisites
In general, an upper second class Honours degree (or equivalent) in Philosophy.
Co-requisites
None
Notes
NoneOverview
Training in research methods appropriate to the particular style of dissertation that is expected in the programme
Structure
Assessment
100% continuous assessment
- PH5020/PH5521 - Advanced Topics in Formal and Philosophical Logic
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- Credit Points
- 20
- Course Coordinator
- Dr Peter Baumann
Pre-requisites
In general, an upper second class Honours degree (or equivalent) in Philosophy or in a subject with Philosophy as a major component.
Co-requisites
None
Notes
Will run in second half-session 2006-2007Overview
The content of the course will invariably consist of a range of key topics and debates definitive of the contemporary state of formal and philosophical logic.
More specifically, the topics constituting course content will typically be drawn from the following list (but need not be confined thereto:
* Conditionals
* Counterfactuals
* Modal Logics
* Intensional Logics
* Deviant Logics
* The Logic of Formal Dialogue
* The Logic of Truth
* Probability
Structure
Assessment
100% continuous assessment
- PH5021/PH5519 - Truth and Knowledge: Contemporary Issues
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- Credit Points
- 20
- Course Coordinator
- Dr Peter Baumann
Pre-requisites
Normally, an upper second class Honours degree (or equivalent) in Philosophy or in a subject with Philosophy as a major component.
Co-requisites
None
Notes
Will run in first half-session 2006-7Overview
The content of the course will invariably consist of a range of key topics and debates definitive of the contemporary state of Epistemology and Theoretical Philosophy.
More specifically, the topics constituting course content will typically be drawn from the following list (but need not be confined thereto):
* Recent Debates about Scepticism
* New Conceptions of Knowledge: Contextualism, Virtue Epistemology, Social Epistemology.
* Internalism vs. Externalism
* The Nature of Concepts
* Truth
* Rationality and Justification
* A Prior Knowledge
* Perception
* Self-Knowledge
Structure
Assessment
100% continuous assessment
- PH5022/PH5518 - Advanced Topics in Practical Philosophy
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- Credit Points
- 20
- Course Coordinator
- Dr Peter Baumann
Pre-requisites
In general, an upper second class Honours degree (or equivalent) in Philosophy or in a subject with Philosophy as a major component.
Co-requisites
None
Notes
Will run in the second half-session of 2006-2007Overview
The content of the course will invariably consist of a range of key topics and debates definitive of the contemporary state of Practical Philosophy.
More specifically, the topics constituting course content will typically be drawn from the following list (but need not be confined thereto):
* Recent Developments in Normative Ethics
* Reason and Motivation: Internalism and Externalism
* Moral Relativism
* The Nature of Moral Emotions
* Morality and Religion
* Moral Realism
* Practical Conflicts: Moral Dilemmas and Value Incommensurability
* Moral Luck
* New Theories of Autonomy
* Recent Theories of Action
* Practical Rationality
* Contemporary Issue in Political TheoryStructure
Assessment
100% continuous assessment
- PH5520 - Dissertation / Philosophy
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- Credit Points
- 60
- Course Coordinator
- Dr Peter Baumann
Pre-requisites
For level 5 students in Philosophy
Co-requisites
None
Notes
NoneOverview
The content of the course will necessarily vary and consist of a range of key topics and debates definitive of the contemporary state of Philosophy in general.
Structure
Assessment
100% continuous assessment - dissertation of 15,000 - 20,000 words.