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Department of Philosophy

Guide to Philosophy Modules for Second Year Students in 2020/21

Guide to Second Year Modules for 2020/21Contents

Section 1 – Introduction

Modules 2

Key Ideas modules 2

Second Year Option Modules 2

Electives 3

Languages for All 3

Changing modules 4

Maximum numbers on modules 4

Section 2 – Degree Programmes Structures

Philosophy Single Subject 5

English and Philosophy 12

Philosophy and Linguistics 18

French/German and Philosophy 22

History and Philosophy 27

Mathematics and Philosophy 31

Philosophy and Sociology 35

Physics with Philosophy 41

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Section 1 – Introduction This Catalogue sets out the modules which will be available to present first year students in their second year, 2020-21. All current first year students, whatever their degree combination, need to choose the Philosophy modules for their second year. These choices can be reviewed later, with certain restrictions (see Changing Modules on the next page). Students on joint programmes will hear from their other department about the modules they need to take with them.

Students will need to register their module selections via an online system which will be made available between 10 am on Monday 24th February and 5 pm on Monday 2nd March 2020. More information about this will be sent out shortly and students should check their University of York email account regularly for any updates.

Advice from SupervisorsYou are strongly advised to read through this catalogue and then discuss your module options with your supervisor before selecting the modules online. Supervisors are available during their Drop-in Feedback and Advice Time sessions or at other times by special arrangement.

If you are a joint student and your supervisor is not in Philosophy you can discuss your choices with either Louise Richardson (Philosophy Chair of Board of Studies) or Barry Lee (Chair of the Philosophy Teaching Committee).

ModulesAll modules taken in the second and third year are University assessed and count towards your final degree classification. Students must take 120 credits over the course of the year. This includes modules taken for assessment in any other department.

Key Ideas (20 credits)/ Key Ideas – Short (10 credits – for specific programmes only)The Key Ideas modules introduce key issues in three central areas of philosophy:

Value Theoretical Philosophy History of Philosophy

These modules are designed to aid the development of core philosophical skills.

Second Year Options (10 credits)Second year options give you an opportunity to broaden your knowledge of the discipline by taking shorter, more focused modules dealing with a particular area, topic or skill.

Lecture-based ModulesThese modules are designed to introduce a specialist area of Philosophy and are generally taught by weekly lectures, with four additional 1.5 hour seminars during the term.

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https://www.york.ac.uk/media/philosophy/documents/1%20Drop%20in%20Feedback%20and%20Advice%20Time%20Sessions%20Autumn%201%202019.pdf

https://www.york.ac.uk/media/philosophy/documents/1%20Drop%20in%20Feedback%20and%20Advice%20Time%20Sessions%20Autumn%201%202019.pdf

Reading Group ModulesThese modules provide an opportunity for close study of a philosophical text and are generally taught by a weekly 90-minute reading group to discuss set readings.

Elective Modules Please note that only students on the Philosophy Single Subject programme may substitute a Philosophy module for an elective in their second year.

Within the University Elective Module scheme the opportunity exists to substitute modules in other departments for some Philosophy modules. If you wish to take any elective module you should first consult the University's Compendium of Elective Modules, see your supervisor or joint programme adviser, and then enquire in the relevant department whether space is available. You should then download an elective registration form. Hard copies are from Carol Dixon in the Philosophy Office to whom the form must be returned on completion by the Department offering the elective.

Please note: as there is no guarantee that there would be a place available on an elective of your choice or that it would be compatible with your timetable, when choosing your modules for 2020/21 you should ensure that you select 120 credits of modules from your degree programme. If it is subsequently confirmed that a place is available on the elective and it fits in with your timetable you may apply to replace one of your modules with an elective by using the elective form mentioned above.

Languages for All - modules taught by the Language Teaching CentreThe opportunity also exists on some degree programmes to substitute Philosophy modules with Languages for All (LFA) modules. If you wish to take an LFA module you should first consult the LFA webpages. LFA modules are taught over the Autumn and Spring Terms and then assessed in the Summer Term. They require considerable commitment and cannot be dropped after Week 3 of the Autumn Term. If you are considering taking an LFA module, you should be sure to discuss it with your supervisor first.

Please note that in the second year only students on the Philosophy Single Subject programme may replace a Philosophy module with an LFA module to count for credit.

Please also note that if you choose to take an LFA module that is below the level appropriate to your stage (ie, below second year level) this may be approved but the module will only be marked on a pass/fail basis and the credits would not be used to calculate the overall degree mark. Please contact Carol Dixon in the Philosophy Department for further details.

Practical considerations (e.g. timetable clashes, over-subscription, or pre-requisites in the other Department), may mean you are not able to take a specific elective or LFA module.

The University imposes an upper limit on the number of credits you may take as Electives or LFA modules. You may take up to 20 credits of electives in your second year.

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http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/ltc/lfa

http://www.york.ac.uk/philosophy/current/undergraduate/modules/#tab-4

http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/sro/electives.htm

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Changing Modules

Autumn and Spring TermsYou may change out of or into a module up to the end of the second week of teaching on that module (normally the end of Week 3) but no later than that.

Summer TermDue to the restricted number of teaching weeks in the Summer Term, Second Year 10-credit modules taken in the Summer Term cannot be changed once term has started.

Requests for changes should be sent to Carol Dixon.

Although changing modules is permissible under the rules above, practical considerations, (e.g. timetable clashes and over-subscription), may mean you are not able to change onto a specific module.

Only where there are exceptional reasons, such as illness, and with the permission of the Board of Studies and the University’s Special Cases Committee, can you drop out of a module after the deadline.

NB No change of module will be recognised unless notification of it has been received and acknowledged by Carol Dixon in the Department office.

Maximum numbers on modules Key Ideas modules are normally capped at 60 All other modules are normally subject to a maximum number cap: Lecture-based modules: 45 Reading group modules: 30

Section 2 – Degree Programme StructureYour choice of modules for the second and third years (Stages 2 and 3) is governed by the programme structure for your degree programme (as detailed below) but there are two general rules that apply to all programmes:

1. All students may take a maximum of 60 credits and a minimum of 20 credits in any term (a module lasting more than one term is considered to have its credits spread evenly across its duration).

2. All students must take 120 total credits in the second year, including credits taken in other departments if they are combined students, and any elective modules.

These rules are meant to protect you from over-burdening yourself. The credit value of a module reflects the time spent in teaching and learning.

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Philosophy Single Subject

Year (Stage 2) (120 credits)

Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term

*Key Ideas Module (20) *Key Ideas Module (20)

*Key Ideas Module (20) *Key Ideas Module (20)

Option Module (10)

A further Option Module in any one of the terms (10)

*Key Ideas Module (20), or LFA, or elective**

Students may replace one Key Ideas module and one Option Module with either History of Political Thought (30) or Contemporary Political Philosophy (30)

NB Students may not take more than 60 credits in a single term

*Students must take at least one Key Ideas module from each of the three bands below:

Value:

Aesthetics

Applied Ethics

Ethical Theory

Feminist Philosophy

Religious Ethics

Theoretical:

Metaphysics

Intermediate Logic

Philosophy of Language

Philosophy of Mind

Philosophy of Science

History:

Aristotle

Hume’s Empiricism

Kant’s Copernican Revolution

Nietzsche

Rationalism: Spinoza and Leibniz

**You may only take 20 credits in electives or LFA modules in a single year.

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MODULES AVAILABLE TO PHILOSOPHY SINGLE SUBJECT STUDENTS

Key Ideas Modules

Autumn Term 2020

MODULE CODE

MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS

PHI00091IBand: Value

AESTHETICSBrief details:This module will introduce students to some of the key issues and concepts in contemporary analytical aesthetics (philosophy of art), in relation to a range of art forms, including the visual arts, music, and literature.

70% Essay30% Exam

20

PHI00109IBand:Value

FEMINIST PHILOSOPHYBrief details:Feminist philosophers study issues in social and political philosophy, but also philosophy of language, metaphysics and epistemology. Are our conceptions of, for example, knowledge or value ‘gendered’ in problematic ways?

70% Essay30% Exam

20

PHI00081IBand:History

HUME’S EMPIRICISMBrief details:This module will introduce the key ideas in Hume’s philosophy, including, for example, impressions and ideas, causation, induction, external world scepticism, the self, liberty and necessity.

70% Essay30% Exam

20

PHI00096IBand:Theoretical

INTERMEDIATE LOGIC(Autumn and Spring)Brief details:The module aims to introduce students to formal logic, in contrast to Reason & Argument which focuses on the logic of natural languages.

50% Essay50% Exam

20


PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE Brief details:This module will investigate a range of key puzzles, problems, issues, and debates in philosophy of language.

70% Essay30% Exam

20


RATIONALISM: SPINOZA & LEIBNIZBrief details: This module looks at Descartes’ discussion of

70% Essay30% Exam

20

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substance, attribute, and the mind/body relationship along with responses found it the works of Spinoza and Leibniz.

PHI00072IBand:Value

RELIGIOUS ETHICSBrief details:The aim of this module is to introduce students to a number of issues in religious ethics. In particular, whether features of morality provide us with evidence for the existence of God, whether theism can provide an adequate framework for ethics, and whether features of religious faith are in tension with the requirements of morality.

70% Essay30% Exam

20

Spring/Summer 2020

MODULE CODE


PHI00079IBand:Value

APPLIED ETHICSBrief details:This module introduces students to a range of important debates in applied ethics, such as global poverty, animal ethics, abortion, and euthanasia.

70% Essay30% Exam

20


ARISTOTLEBrief details: This module introduces the key ideas in Aristotle’s philosophy, including, for example, his theory of substance and accident, hylomorphism, and efficient, formal, material and final causation.

70% Essay30% Exam

20


ETHICAL THEORYBrief details: This module introduces some key issues in moral philosophy including the concept of value; moral aggregation; population ethics; problems of co-operation, and the role of character ethics.

70% Essay30% Exam

20


KANT’S COPERNICAN REVOLUTIONBrief details: Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is, by common consent, one of the most important and influential works of modern philosophy, both for those in the analytic and continental traditions. Topics to be covered include: Kant's 'Copernican

70% Essay30% Exam

20

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https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/PHI00097I/2020-21




revolution in metaphysics', his reply to Hume's causal scepticism, the distinction between phenomena (appearances) and noumena (things-in-themselves), and his defence of freedom of the will.


METAPHYSICSBrief details:This module is an advanced introduction to contemporary analytic metaphysics in which we examine several topics in detail. These topics might include the possibility of metaphysics, ordinary objects (composition, constitution, and identity), properties, abstract entities, modality (possible and impossible worlds), amongst others.

70% Essay30% Exam

20


NIETZSCHEBrief details:This module will provide an introduction to some key themes in Nietzsche’s philosophy

70% Essay30% Exam

20


PHILOSOPHY OF MINDBrief details:This module will introduce central issues in the philosophy of mind, including the metaphysics of mind (the mind-body problem), the epistemology of mind (knowledge of our own and others’ minds), intentionality and agency.

70% Essay30% Exam

20


PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCEBrief details:This module will introduce several key themes in contemporary philosophy of science.

70% Essay30% Exam

20

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30-credit Politics Modules (available to Philosophy Single Subject Students only)

Autumn 2020, Spring 2021 and Summer Terms 2021

MODULE CODE MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS

POL00004I

CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHYBrief details:By what criteria do we decide that political arrangements are just or unjust? What would a just society be like?

40% Essay and 60% Exam

30

POL00005I

HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHTBrief details:This module explores the continued relevance of some classic texts in modern political theory. It focuses specifically on the 'social contract tradition' and its critics: Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Hume and Kant.

60 % Essay and 40% Exam

30

Second Year 10-Credit Option Modules

Autumn Term 2020

MODULE CODE


PHI00007I ENGAGING PHILOSOPHY 1 : APPLYING WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED Brief details: In this module you will work independently on a philosophical topic, with particular emphasis upon the lessons you have learned from feedback on your first year work. You will be encouraged to apply what you have learned in first year to your work on this module and beyond. You will work relatively independently to form a critical but sympathetic understanding of some philosophical texts from a non-contemporary historical context or a non-Western cultural context.

15% Reflective account/85% essay

10

PHI00042I IMAGINATIONBrief details: This module examines the role of the

100% Exam 10

10



https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/POL00005I/2020-21

https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/POL00004I/2020-21

imagination in epistemology, philosophy of mind and aesthetics from historical and contemporary perspectives.

PHI00107I READING MARXBrief details: This module will provide a close reading of some of the key texts of Karl Marx, examining some of the most important elements of Marx'’ contribution to political philosophy.

100% Essay 10

PHI00019I READING PLATOBrief details:This module will promote engagement with Plato’s ideas through close textual study of a Platonic dialogue.

100% Essay 10

Spring Term 2021

MODULE CODE


PHI00105I PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCEBrief details:The module aims to develop an understanding of the nature of our society and of our knowledge of it through philosophical examination of the social sciences.

100% Exam 10

PHI00008I PHILOSOPHY OF TIMEBrief details:This module will introduce students to some of the central philosophical questions concerning the nature of time.

100% Exam 10

PHI00114I TRAUMA AND PHILOSOPHYBrief details:In this module, students will gain an understanding of (a) how philosophical concepts or theories may inform our understanding of trauma and (b) how studying experiences of trauma may inform philosophical debates.

100% Essay 10

11






Spring/Summer Terms 2021

MODULE CODE


PHI00111I ENGAGING PHILOSOPHY II: PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIETY PODCASTSBrief details:In this module, you will investigate the philosophical aspects of an issue with ‘real-world’ social, political or ethical implications, working in a group to write and produce a podcast informing listeners of the philosophy behind the headlines.

Podcast 60%Podcast script 40%

10

Summer Term 2021

MODULE CODE


PHI00013I CAUSATION & LAWSBrief details:This module introduces the topics of causation, laws of nature and the relationship between these two subject matters of philosophical study.

100% Exam 10

PHI00016I DEFINING CREATIVITYBrief details:In this module we will read a selection of influential philosophical works on creativity in order to come to grips with some of the complications surrounding the provision of a tenable definition of creativity.

100% Essay 10

PHI00071I HEGELBrief details:An introduction to Hegel’s philosophy as presented in his 1807 through his Phenomenology of Spirit.

100% Essay 10

PHI00108I READINGS IN THE ETHICS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEBrief details:Artificial intelligence is forcing us to confront new ethical questions. How much control should we cede to AI systems, and what impact will they

100% Essay 10

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have on our moral lives?PHI00063I ROUSSEAU

Brief details:This module provides students with an introduction to Rousseau’s philosophy through the close study of selections from his work.

100% Essay 10

PHI00040I SOCIAL EPISTEMOLOGYBrief details:In this module we will read contemporary philosophical papers in social epistemology including testimony, disagreement, expertise, judgement aggregation, and systems design.

100% Essay 10

PHI00100I STRUCTURE OF THE GOOD, THEBrief details:In this module we will reflect upon various distinctions within the evaluative domain; consider crucial structural issues for ethical thought, like the transivity of the relation of being better than; provide conceptual tools to sharpen our evaluative discourse and make it more transparent; practise and improve the skills of philosophical thinking and debating.

100% Essay 10

English and Philosophy

Year (Stage) 2 (60 credits in Philosophy)Students may choose one of the following options:


English Module (20) English Module* (20)

(English) Critical Practice* (20)

Philosophy Key Ideas Module (20)

Philosophy Key Ideas Module (20)

2 x Philosophy Option Module (10) in either Spring or Summer

* You may instead choose one 30-credit World Literature module in the Spring and Summer Term with one 10-credit Topic module in the Summer term.

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MODULES AVAILABLE TO ENGLISH/PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS

Key Ideas Modules

Autumn Term 2020

MODULE CODE




70% Essay30% Exam

20

PHI00109IBand:Value


70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20



50% Essay50% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20


RATIONALISM: SPINOZA & LEIBNIZBrief details: This module looks at Descartes’ discussion of

70% Essay30% Exam

20

14







substance, attribute, and the mind/body relationship along with responses found it the works of Spinoza and Leibniz.

PHI00072IBand:Value


70% Essay30% Exam

20


MODULE CODE


PHI00079IBand:Value


70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20


KANT’S COPERNICAN REVOLUTIONBrief details: Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is, by common consent, one of the most important and influential works of modern philosophy, both for those in the analytic and continental traditions. Topics to be covered include: Kant's 'Copernican

70% Essay30% Exam

20

15






revolution in metaphysics', his reply to Hume's causal scepticism, the distinction between phenomena (appearances) and noumena (things-in-themselves), and his defence of freedom of the will.



70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20


Spring Term 2021

MODULE CODE



100% Exam 10

16







100% Exam 10


100% Essay 10


MODULE CODE




10

Summer Term 2021

MODULE CODE



100% Exam 10

PHI00016I DEFINING CREATIVITYBrief details:In this module we will read a selection of influential philosophical works on creativity in order to come to grips with some of the complications surrounding the provision of a

100% Essay 10

17






tenable definition of creativity.


100% Essay 10

PHI00108I READINGS IN THE ETHICS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEBrief details:Artificial intelligence is forcing us to confront new ethical questions. How much control should we cede to AI systems, and what impact will they have on our moral lives?

100% Essay 10

PHI00063I ROUSSEAUBrief details:This module provides students with an introduction to Rousseau’s philosophy through the close study of selections from his work.

100% Essay 10


100% Essay 10


100% Essay 10

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Philosophy and Linguistics

Year (Stage) 2 (60 credits in Philosophy)


Introduction to Language Acquisition (20, core-Linguistics)

One 20-credit Linguistics module. One further 20-credit Linguistics module or a 20-credit elective module.

Philosophy of Language, (20, core - Philosophy)

Key Ideas module (20, Philosophy)

Key Ideas module (20) in the spring term, or two 10-credit options, each of which must be taken in a different term ie, chosen from Autumn, Spring or Summer

MODULES AVAILABLE TO PHILOSOPHY/LINGUISTICS STUDENTS

Key Ideas Modules


MODULE CODE


PHI00079IBand:Value


70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20


ETHICAL THEORYBrief details: This module introduces some key issues in moral philosophy including the concept of value; moral aggregation; population ethics; problems of co-

70% Essay30% Exam

20

19




operation, and the role of character ethics.PHI00097IBand:History

KANT’S COPERNICAN REVOLUTIONBrief details: Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is, by common consent, one of the most important and influential works of modern philosophy, both for those in the analytic and continental traditions. Topics to be covered include: Kant's 'Copernican revolution in metaphysics', his reply to Hume's causal scepticism, the distinction between phenomena (appearances) and noumena (things-in-themselves), and his defence of freedom of the will.

70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20

20







Autumn Term 2020MODULE CODE


PHI00042I IMAGINATIONBrief details: This module examines the role of the imagination in epistemology, philosophy of mind and aesthetics from historical and contemporary perspectives.

100% Exam 10


100% Essay 10


100% Essay 10

Spring Term 2021

MODULE CODE



100% Exam 10


100% Exam 10

PHI00114I TRAUMA AND PHILOSOPHYBrief details:In this module, students will gain an understanding of (a) how philosophical concepts or theories may inform our understanding of

100% Essay 10

21







trauma and (b) how studying experiences of trauma may inform philosophical debates.


MODULE CODE




10

Summer Term 2021

MODULE CODE



100% Exam 10


100% Essay 10


100% Essay 10

PHI00108I READINGS IN THE ETHICS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEBrief details:

100% Essay 10

22







Artificial intelligence is forcing us to confront new ethical questions. How much control should we cede to AI systems, and what impact will they have on our moral lives?


100% Essay 10


100% Essay 10


100% Essay 10

French/German and Philosophy

Year (Stage 2) (60 credits in Philosophy)

Autumn Term Spring Term Summer TermFrench/German Language and Society II (20, core French/German)At least one French/German option module (20, French/German)Linguistics option, French/German option module or Elective (20)Philosophy of Language (20, core Philosophy)

Key Ideas Module (20, Philosophy)

A further 20 credits of Philosophy made up of:a further Key Ideas Module (20), or one 10-credit option in the Spring Term and one 10-credit option in the Summer Term.

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MODULES AVAILABLE TO FRENCH/GERMAN AND PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS

Key Ideas Modules


MODULE CODE


PHI00079IBand:Value


70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20


METAPHYSICSBrief details:This module is an advanced introduction to contemporary analytic metaphysics in which we

70% Essay30% Exam

20

24






examine several topics in detail. These topics might include the possibility of metaphysics, ordinary objects (composition, constitution, and identity), properties, abstract entities, modality (possible and impossible worlds), amongst others.



70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20


Spring Term 2021

MODULE CODE



100% Exam 10


100% Exam 10

PHI00114I TRAUMA AND PHILOSOPHYBrief details:In this module, students will gain an understanding of (a) how philosophical concepts

100% Essay 10

25







or theories may inform our understanding of trauma and (b) how studying experiences of trauma may inform philosophical debates.


MODULE CODE




10

Summer Term 2021

MODULE CODE



100% Exam 10


100% Essay 10


100% Essay 10

PHI00108I READINGS IN THE ETHICS OF ARTIFICIAL 100% Essay 10

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INTELLIGENCEBrief details:Artificial intelligence is forcing us to confront new ethical questions. How much control should we cede to AI systems, and what impact will they have on our moral lives?


100% Essay 10


100% Essay 10


100% Essay 10

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History and Philosophy



Histories and Contexts (20-credit History option)

Explorations (30-credit History option)

Disciplines of History (10-credit Core History Module)

Philosophy Key Ideas (20 credits) Philosophy Key Ideas (20 Credits)

2x Philosophy Options (10 credits each)

MODULES AVAILABLE TO HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS

Key Ideas Modules

Autumn Term 2020

MODULE CODE




70% Essay30% Exam

20

PHI00109IBand:Value


70% Essay30% Exam

20


HUME’S EMPIRICISMBrief details:This module will introduce the key ideas in Hume’s philosophy, including, for example, impressions and ideas, causation, induction,

70% Essay30% Exam

20

28

external world scepticism, the self, liberty and necessity.



50% Essay50% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20


RATIONALISM: SPINOZA & LEIBNIZBrief details: This module looks at Descartes’ discussion of substance, attribute, and the mind/body relationship along with responses found it the works of Spinoza and Leibniz.

70% Essay30% Exam

20

PHI00072IBand:Value


70% Essay30% Exam

20


MODULE CODE


PHI00079IBand:Value


70% Essay30% Exam

20


ARISTOTLEBrief details: This module introduces the key ideas in Aristotle’s philosophy, including, for example,

70% Essay30% Exam

20

29

his theory of substance and accident, hylomorphism, and efficient, formal, material and final causation.



70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20

30


Summer Term 2021

MODULE CODE



100% Exam 10


100% Essay 10


100% Essay 10


100% Essay 10


100% Essay 10


100% Essay 10

31


100% Essay 10

Mathematics and Philosophy


Autumn Term Spring Term Summer TermLinear Algebra (10, core)Vector Calculus (10, core)Pure Mathematics (40, core)Key Ideas Intermediate Logic (20, core Philosophy)

Either PHI00074I Key Ideas Metaphysics (20) or PHI00080I Key Ideas Philosophy of Science (20)A further Philosophy Key Ideas module (20), or two 10-credit options, each of which must be taken in a different term

MODULES AVAILABLE TO MATHS AND PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS

Key Ideas Modules


MODULE CODE


PHI00079IBand:Value


70% Essay30% Exam

20

32



70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20


NIETZSCHEBrief details:This module will provide an introduction to some key themes in Nietzsche’s philosophy.

70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20

33



70% Essay30% Exam

20


Spring Term 2021

MODULE CODE



100% Exam 10


100% Exam 10


100% Essay 10


MODULE CODE




10

34

Summer Term 2021

MODULE CODE



100% Exam 10


100% Essay 10


100% Essay 10


100% Essay 10


100% Essay 10


100% Essay 10

PHI00100I STRUCTURE OF THE GOOD, THEBrief details:In this module we will reflect upon various

100% Essay 10

35

distinctions within the evaluative domain; consider crucial structural issues for ethical thought, like the transivity of the relation of being better than; provide conceptual tools to sharpen our evaluative discourse and make it more transparent; practise and improve the skills of philosophical thinking and debating.

Philosophy and Sociology


Autumn Term Spring Term Summer TermSOCIOLOGY: Either, Social Research Methods (30 Credits), if intending to do a dissertation at stage 3, plus a further 30-credit option, or two 30-credit modules.

Philosophy Key Ideas Module (20 credits)

Philosophy Key Ideas Module (20 credits)

2 x Philosophy Option* Modules (10 credits each)

*Option modules could be taken in the Autumn and Spring Terms but only with the permission of the Chair of the Philosophy Board of Studies.

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MODULES AVAILABLE TO PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIOLOGY STUDENTS

Key Ideas Modules

Autumn Term 2020MODULE CODE




70% Essay30% Exam

20

PHI00109IBand:Value


70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20



50% Essay50% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20


RATIONALISM: SPINOZA & LEIBNIZBrief details: This module looks at Descartes’ discussion of substance, attribute, and the mind/body

70% Essay30% Exam

20

37

relationship along with responses found it the works of Spinoza and Leibniz.

PHI00072IBand:Value


70% Essay30% Exam

20


MODULE CODE


PHI00079IBand:Value


70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20


KANT’S COPERNICAN REVOLUTIONBrief details: Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is, by common consent, one of the most important and influential works of modern philosophy, both for those in the analytic and continental traditions. Topics to be covered include: Kant's 'Copernican revolution in metaphysics', his reply to Hume's

70% Essay30% Exam

20

38

causal scepticism, the distinction between phenomena (appearances) and noumena (things-in-themselves), and his defence of freedom of the will.


METAPHYSICSBrief details:This module is an advanced introduction to contemporary analytic metaphysics in which we examine several topics in detail. These topics might include: the possibility of metaphysics, ordinary objects (composition, constitution, and identity), properties, abstract entities, modality (possible and impossible worlds), amongst others.

70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20



70% Essay30% Exam

20



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Please note: Students normally take two 10-credit options in the Summer Term. However, a module may be taken in the Autumn or Spring Terms with the approval of the Philosophy Chair of Board of Studies in consultation with the Sociology Department*

Autumn Term 2020*

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PHI00042I IMAGINATIONBrief details: This module examines the role of the imagination in epistemology, philosophy of

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mind and aesthetics from historical and contemporary perspectives.


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Spring Term 2021*

Please note: Students normally take two 10-credit options in the Summer Term. However, a module may be taken in the Autumn or Spring Terms with the approval of the Philosophy Chair of Board of Studies in consultation with the Sociology Department*

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Spring/Summer Terms 2021*

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Physics with Philosophy


Autumn Term Spring Term Summer TermLagrangian Mechanics and Solid State Physics (20 credits, core)Electromagnetism and Fourier Optics (20 credits, core)Quantum Physics I: Quantum Mechanics, Atomic Physics and Lasers (20 credits, core)Mathematics II (10 credits, core)

Mathematics III (10 credits, core)

Key Ideas Philosophy of Science (20 credits, core)

Either Philosophy Key Ideas module in the Autumn Term (20 credits) or Key Ideas (short) taken in the Autumn Term (10) and one Option module in any term or elective or LFA module

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MODULES AVAILABLE TO PHYSICS WITH PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS

Key Ideas Modules

Autumn Term 2020

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PHI00067I AESTHETICS (SHORT) 10PHI00109IBand:Value


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PHI00110I FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY (SHORT) 10PHI00081IBand:History


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PHI00095I INTERMEDIATE LOGIC (SHORT)PHI00073IBand:Theoretical


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PHI00086I PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE (SHORT) 10PHI00077I RATIONALISM: SPINOZA & LEIBNIZ 70% Essay 20

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Band:History

Brief details: This module looks at Descartes’ discussion of substance, attribute, and the mind/body relationship along with responses found it the works of Spinoza and Leibniz.

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PHI00094I RELIGIOUS ETHICS (SHORT) 10



Autumn Term 2020

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PHI00042I IMAGINATIONBrief details: This module examines the role of the imagination in epistemology, philosophy of mind and aesthetics from historical and contemporary perspectives.

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Spring Term 2021

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PHI00100I STRUCTURE OF THE GOOD, THEBrief details:In this module we will reflect upon various distinctions within the evaluative domain; consider crucial structural issues for ethical

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thought, like the transivity of the relation of being better than; provide conceptual tools to sharpen our evaluative discourse and make it more transparent; practise and improve the skills of philosophical thinking and debating.

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