This programme exploits the specific research expertise of members of staff. It accommodates those wishing to build on undergraduate study of analytical philosophy so as to acquire a deeper, and more specialised, understanding of contemporary analytical treatments of core problems in metaphysics and philosophy of language. In particular, it accommodates those wishing to prepare for doctoral research on a specific philosophical topic pertaining to one of these disciplines.
Content
You will take six taught courses and then write a dissertation under supervision.
The courses taken in the first semester are:
* Research methods (1)
* Metaphysics (1)
* Philosophy of language (1).
Those taken in the second semester are:
* Research methods (2)
* Metaphysics (2)
* Philosophy of language (2).
Although Research methods (1) and (2) include some general elements, mostly they are philosophy-specific.