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Department of Philosophy

Guide to Philosophy Modules for Third and Fourth Year Students in 2021-2022

Guide to Third and Fourth Year Modules for2021 - 2022

Contents

Section 1 – Introduction

Modules 3

Taught Modules 3

Advanced Modules 3

Dissertation (Short) 4

Dissertation (Long) 4

Elective Modules 4

Languages for All 5

Changing Modules 5

Maximum Numbers on Modules 5

Section 2 – Degree Programme Structures

Philosophy Single Subject 7

English and Philosophy 13

Philosophy and Linguistics 17

French/German and Philosophy 23

History and Philosophy 28

Mathematics and Philosophy 34

Philosophy and Sociology 40

Physics with Philosophy 45

Section 1 - IntroductionThis guide sets out the assessed modules, which will be available to present second year students in their third year, 2021-2022 (or present third year students in their fourth year if applicable). All current second year students, whatever their combination, need to choose the Philosophy modules for their third 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 spending 2021-2022 abroad or on placements will make their module choices for the following year in Spring Term 2022.

Students will need to register their module selections via an online system which will be made available between 10 am on Monday 19 April and 5 pm on Monday 3 May 2021. More information about this will be sent out nearer the time and students should check their University of York email account regularly for any updates.

Advice from Supervisors

You 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 Contact Hours or at other times by special arrangement.

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

MODULESPhilosophy modules taken in the second and third year are University assessed modules and count towards the Final Degree. Students must take 120 credits over the course of each of those years. This includes modules taken for assessment in any other department.

Taught Modules (normally 20 credits)Most of your work will be concentrated on taught modules, for which there will normally be lectures and seminars.

Advanced Modules (AM) (10 credits)These are modules which involve private study, guided by a supervisor. Advanced Modules provide an opportunity for further study on the topic of a taught module and can only be taken if you have taken the corresponding taught module. As the Advanced Module consists of a further essay in a Taught Module, there is no further teaching. Students will have one meeting early in the Summer Term to confirm a topic and also the provision of oral or written feedback on an essay plan, if it is submitted by an agreed deadline. Essays for advanced modules are submitted on Wednesday of Week 6 of the Summer Term.

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https://www.york.ac.uk/philosophy/current/

Dissertation (Short) (20 credits) A student who wants to work independently in the third year on some particular aspect of a philosopher or on a fairly restricted or specialised topic can apply to the Board of Studies for permission to write a term-long Short Dissertation (4000 words) in either the Autumn or Spring Term by submitting a plan of their proposed subject by a set deadline. The subject proposed should not be a mere duplication of topics covered in already available modules, though it may comprise a substantial and detailed development of such a topic. If the Short Dissertation proposal is approved, the student will work under the supervision of a member of staff (whose agreement should be obtained before applying to the Board). Please note, if a member of staff has several Short Dissertations to supervise, students may be allocated an alternative supervisor.

Students choose the Short Dissertation via the option module app.

NB Students wishing to take the Short Dissertation in Autumn Term 2021 are required to submit a research proposal to [email protected] by 5 pm on Monday Week 9 Summer Term (14 June 2021). More details about putting together a research proposal will be made available during Summer Term 2021.

Students wishing to take the Short Dissertation in Spring Term 2022 will be contacted during the Autumn Term about writing a research proposal.

Dissertation (Long) (40 Credits) (Available only to Single Subject Philosophy students)A student who wants to work independently in the third year on an extended investigation of some particular aspect of a philosopher or on a fairly restricted or specialised topic can apply to the Board of Studies for permission to undertake a year-long Long Dissertation, by submitting a plan of their proposed subject by a set deadline. The subject proposed should not be a mere duplication of topics covered in already available modules, though it may comprise a substantial and detailed development of such a topic. The Long Dissertation is assessed by 1) a Dissertation Outline (1000 words) and Annotated Bibliography (2000 words) due Week 2 Spring Term, and 2) an 8000 word essay due Week 6 Summer Term. The Long Dissertation is only available to single subject students, and students need a Stage 2 average of at least 60 to be eligible.

Please note: a student wishing to take the long dissertation does not select it via the online option module app. Instead, they should select their normal 120 credits for the year and email Carol Dixon ([email protected]) by 5 pm on Monday Week 3 Summer Term (3 May 2021) with an expression of interest in taking the long dissertation. They will then be required to submit a research proposal to [email protected] by 5 pm on Monday Week 9 Summer Term (14 June 2021). Guidance on how to write a research proposal will be given during Summer Term 2021.

If the proposal is approved, and the student achieves a Stage 2 average of 60 or above, they will be added to the Long Dissertation and removed from 40 credits of option modules (including the two Advanced Modules) at the end of the Summer Term.

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Elective modules – choosing a module outside the Philosophy DepartmentWithin the University Elective Module scheme, the opportunity exists in some degree programmes 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 Rob Trueman or Barry Lee (if you are a joint student and don’t have a Philosophy supervisor), and then enquire in the relevant department whether space is available. Forms for elective registration are also available on line and also from Carol Dixon in the Philosophy Office to whom the form must be returned on completion by the Department offering the Elective. The University imposes an upper limit on the amount of credits you may take as Electives or LFA modules. This is 40 credits over years two and three.

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 2021/22 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 that 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 Centre

The 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 and discuss this option carefully with your supervisor or joint programme adviser. You should be aware that these modules run across all three terms and are treated in the same way as Philosophy modules in respect of attendance and assessment requirements.

Please also note that if you opt to take an LFA module that is more than one level below the level appropriate to your stage (ie, below second year) 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. You would still need to pass the module in order to meet the requirements of your degree. 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 get onto a specific elective or LFA module.

The University imposes an upper limit on the amount of credits you may take as Electives or LFA modules. This is 40 credits over years two and three.

Changing ModulesAutumn 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 TermAdvanced Modules

The deadline for changing Advanced Modules is Friday, Week 10, Spring Term.

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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

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

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 or the University’s Special Cases Committee, can you drop out of a module after the deadline.

Maximum Numbers on ModulesModules are normally subject to a maximum number cap:

Third year 20-credit modules: 45Third year Advanced Modules are normally capped at 20.

Section 2 - Degree Programme Structure

Your choice of modules for the third year is governed by the programme structure or specifications for your degree programme, as detailed below but there are two general rules which 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 credits in the third year, including credits taken in other departments if they are combined students, and any elective modules including LFA 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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https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/programme-specs/


Philosophy Single Subject

Year (Stage) 3 (120 credits) You will choose from a range of 20 credit third year modules across the Autumn and

Spring Terms and must take two 10-credit Advanced* Modules in the Summer Term. Typically, you will take five 20-credit modules and two 10-credit Advanced* Modules.

You may substitute a 20 credit third year module with 20 credits of electives or Languages for All modules (subject to timetabling constraints).**

You may replace the 20 credits of Advanced* Modules and a 20 further credits with the 40-credit Long Dissertation, provided that you have a Stage 2 average of 60 or higher. As your Stage 2 result is not confirmed until the progression meeting at the end of the Summer Term, you should choose 120 credits of 20-credit and Advanced* Modules during the option module selection process.

Please note that at least 100 credits have to be taken in Philosophy third year modules.

*You must have also chosen the associated 20-credit version of the same module.**The University imposes an upper limit on the amount of credits you may take as electives or LFA modules.

MODULES AVAILABLE TO PHILOSOPHY SINGLE SUBJECT STUDENTS

YEAR-LONG MODULEMODULE CODE

MODULE NAME YEAR ASSESSMENT CREDITS

PHI00101H DISSERTATION (LONG) (Optional module, only available for Philosophy Single Subject studentsBrief details:This module enables students to work independently on an extended piece of work addressing a well-defined philosophical problem, chosen by themselves with guidance from a supervisor.

3 Essay 40

AUTUMN TERM 2021 – 20 CREDIT MODULESMODULE CODE


PHI00002H CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN BIOETHICSBrief details: This module will explore philosophically the moral implications of advances in sciences

3 100% Essay 20

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https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/PHI00002H/2021-22



MODULE CODE


related to medicine.PHI00041H DISSERTATION (SHORT)

Brief details:This module enables students to work independently on a well-defined philosophical problem, chosen by themselves with guidance from a supervisor.

3 100% Essay 20

PHI00121H FURTHER TOPICS IN ETHICSBrief details:In this module there will be discussion of further topics in meta-ethics/normative ethics. Topics covered include the possibility of altruism, internal reasons, moral realism, error theory, expressivism, and consequentialism.

3 100% Essay 20

PHI00122H HAPPINESS, UTILITY AND WELL-BEINGBrief details: This module offers a philosophical investigation into the nature and significance of happiness and well-being. It also considers issues of happiness as they arise within psychology, sociology, and economics.

3 100% Essay 20

PHI00128H IDOLATRY AND TRADITION: THE PHILOSOPHY OF MAIMONIDES AND CRESCASBrief details:Maimonides and Crescas were two Jewish philosophers who made important and lasting contributions to the philosophy of free will, of infinity, of religion and of ethics. In examining the relationship between their work we gain insight into the unique assumptions and preoccupations of the Jewish philosophical tradition, which often defined itself through opposition to the Greek roots which have helped frame Western philosophy.

3 100% Essay 20

PHI00123H MIND AND MORALITYBrief details:This module looks at the psychological dimensions of morality. We examine the interplay between perennial philosophical questions about moral responsibility,

3 100% Essay 20

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motivation and decision-making and a rapidly growing body of work in empirical psychology that helps sheds light on those questions.

PHI00049H PHILOSOPHY OF ACTIONBrief details:This module aims to provide and understanding of the nature of action.

3 100% Essay 20

PHI00013H PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS (compulsory for Physics/Phil; optional for other students)Brief details:To examine some of the philosophical and conceptual problems raised by classical, relativistic and quantum physics

3 100% Essay 20

PHI00102H PHILOSOPHY OF PSYCHOLOGYBrief details:This module will explore the impact of scientific theorising about the mind on our everyday understanding of ourselves.

3 100% Essay 20

PHI00125H PHILOSOPHY OF RECOGNITIONBrief details:The module explores the philosophy of recognition as it is developed by philosophers such as Rousseau, Fichte, Hegel, Fanon, Honneth, and Renault.

3 100% Essay 20

PHI00112H THEORIES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE: RAWLS AND BEYONDBrief details:This module considers fundamental questions of social justice, looking at philosophical accounts of how the social and economic structure of society should be organised

3 100% Essay 20

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SPRING TERM 2022 – 20 CREDIT MODULESMODULE CODE


PHI00119H COGNITIVE ANOMALIES, DECISION-MAKING, AND DEMOCRACYBrief details:Cognitive effects and biases (e.g. implicit bias, confirmation bias, choice blindness, 'group think', temporal discounting) impact on our ability to make good, rational decisions, both individually and as groups. This module will examine a selection of these effects, reflect on their implications for individual and collective judgements, and consider how they might be mitigated.

3 Essay 60%

Group Wiki 40%

20

PHI00018H CONSCIOUSNESSBrief details:The module will focus on philosophical approaches to the understanding of consciousness. The topics to be covered will be consciousness and the explanatory gap; eliminativism; functionalism and qualia; higher order thought and availability for higher order thought theories of consciousness, representationalism about consciousness.

3 100% Essay 20

PHI00041H DISSERTATION (SHORT)Brief details:This module enables students to work independently on a well-defined philosophical problem, chosen by themselves with guidance from a supervisor.

3 Essay 20

PHI00017H FOUNDATIONS OF MATHS (COMPULSORY FOR MATHS/PHIL; OPTIONAL FOR OTHER STUDENTS)Brief details:This module will exploring some key issues in the philosophy of mathematics, including the foundations of maths.

3 Essay 20

PHI00105H FROM MARX TO CRITICAL THEORYBrief details:The module aims to introduce students to key debates, positions, and arguments in what has come to be known as “Western

3 100% Essay 20

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Marxism” and “Critical Theory”.PHI00073H GERMAN IDEALISM

Brief details: This module will provide an introduction to the moral, legal, and political philosophy of German idealists such as Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel.

3 100% Essay 20

PHI00058H PHILOSOPHY OF CHRISTIANITYBrief details:This module examines the implications and beliefs of a range of Christian doctrines which have philosophical importance.

3 100% Essay 20

PHI00124H PHILOSOPHY OF GRIEFBrief details:This module investigates a number of philosophical issues and problems that arise in seeking to understand the nature and role of grief.

3 100% Essay 20

PHI00103H PHILOSOPHY OF LAWBrief details:This module will introduce students to some key debates, positions and arguments in the philosophy of law.

3 100% Essay 20

PHI00127H PHILOSOPHY OF TIMEBrief details:In this module, we examine some important and connected questions about the nature of time and consider a range of views about the metaphysics of time.

3 100% Essay 20

PHI00126H PROPERTY AND SELF-OWNERSHIPBrief details: This module will introduce students to key philosophical issues around property and self-ownership. These include theories about the justification of private property rights, debates about the limits of property ownership, and what kind of ownership, if any, we have over ourselves.

3 100% Essay 20

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SUMMER TERM 2022 – 10 CREDIT ADVANCED MODULES

MODULE CODE


Advanced Modules essentially consist of a further essay in one of the 3rd-year 20-credit Philosophy modules you have either already taken in the Autumn or Spring Terms. They provide an opportunity for you to return to a theme within a module which is of particular interest to you. As such, there is no further teaching for Advanced Modules though you will have one meeting with the tutor in early summer to agree a title. Formative feedback will be given on a draft essay plan.PHI00120H COGNITIVE ANOMALIES, DECISION-

MAKING, AND DEMOCRACY AM3 100% Essay 10

PHI00033H CONSCIOUSNESS AM 3 100% Essay 10

PHI00036H CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN BIOETHICS AM

3 100% Essay 10

PHI00032H FOUNDATIONS OF MATHS AM 3 100% Essay 10

PHI00133H FURTHER TOPICS IN ETHICS AM 3 100% Essay 10

PHI00109H FROM MARX TO CRITICAL THEORY AM

3 100% Essay 10

PHI00076H GERMAN IDEALISM AM 3 100% Essay 10

PHI00136H HAPPINESS, UTILITY AND WELL-BEING AM

3 100% Essay 10

PHI00134H IDOLATRY AND TRADITION:THE PHILOSOPHY OF MAIMONIDES AND CRESCA AM

3 100% Essay 10

PHI00129H MIND AND MORALITY AM 3 100% Essay 10

PHI00054H PHILOSOPHY OF ACTION AM 3 100% Essay 10

PHI00066H PHILOSOPHY OF CHRISTIANITY AM 3 100% Essay 10

PHI00131H PHILOSOPHY OF GRIEF AM 3 100% Essay 10

PHI00107H PHILOSOPHY OF LAW AM 3 100% Essay 10

PHI00028H PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS AM 3 100% Essay 10

PHI00104H PHILOSOPHY OF PSYCHOLOGY AM 3 100% Essay 10

PHI00130H PHILOSOPHY OF TIME AM 3 100% Essay 10

PHI00132H PROPERTY AND SELF-OWNERSHIP AM

3 100% Essay 10

PHI00114H THEORIES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AM 3 100% Essay 10

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English and Philosophy Year 3 (Stage 3)

You must take a total of 120 credits, including the 20-credit compulsory (core) module ‘Philosophy & Literature’, and a minimum of 40 credits in each department.

Autumn Term Spring Term Summer TermOne Philosophy Third Year Option (20)

One Philosophy Third Year Option (20)

ONE of a range of English Advanced Option modules (20)

ONE of a range of English Advanced Option modules (20)Philosophy & Literature Bridge Module (core 20)

20 further credits made up from one of the following:a) ONE additional autumn term Philosophy Third Year Option, orb) ONE additional autumn term English module



PHI00002H CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN BIOETHICSBrief details: This module will explore philosophically the moral implications of advances in sciences related to medicine.

3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20

PHI00122H HAPPINESS, UTILITY AND WELL-BEING

3 100% Essay 20

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MODULE CODE


Brief details: This module offers a philosophical investigation into the nature and significance of happiness and well-being. It also considers issues of happiness as they arise within psychology, sociology, and economics.


3 100% Essay 20

PHI00123H MIND AND MORALITYBrief details:This module looks at the psychological dimensions of morality. We examine the interplay between perennial philosophical questions about moral responsibility, motivation and decision-making and a rapidly growing body of work in empirical psychology that helps sheds light on those questions.

3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20

PHI00102H PHILOSOPHY OF PSYCHOLOGYBrief details:

3 100% Essay 20

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MODULE CODE


This module will explore the impact of scientific theorising about the mind on our everyday understanding of ourselves.


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20




3 Essay 60%

Group Wiki 40%

20

PHI00018H CONSCIOUSNESSBrief details:The module will focus on philosophical approaches to the understanding of consciousness. The topics to be covered will be consciousness and the explanatory gap; eliminativism; functionalism and qualia; higher order thought and availability for higher order thought theories of consciousness, representationalism about

3 100% Essay 20

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MODULE CODE


consciousness.PHI00041H DISSERTATION (SHORT)

Brief details:This module enables students to work independently on a well-defined philosophical problem, chosen by themselves with guidance from a supervisor.

3 Essay 20


3 Essay 20

PHI00105H FROM MARX TO CRITICAL THEORYBrief details:The module aims to introduce students to key debates, positions, and arguments in what has come to be known as “Western Marxism” and “Critical Theory”.

3 100% Essay 20

PHI00073H GERMAN IDEALISMBrief details: This module will provide an introduction to the moral, legal, and political philosophy of German idealists such as Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel.

3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20

PHI00127H PHILOSOPHY OF TIMEBrief details:

3 100% Essay 20

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MODULE CODE


In this module, we examine some important and connected questions about the nature of time and consider a range of views about the metaphysics of time.


3 100% Essay 20

Philosophy and Linguistics

Year 3 (Stage 3)

There are no compulsory (core) modules for this programme. You must take at least 60 credits in Philosophy and at least 40 credits in Linguistics, choosing from one of the three following combinations:

Option 1

Two 20-credit Third Year Philosophy modules plus the two associated 10-credit Advanced Modules:

Autumn Term Spring Term Summer TermThird Year Linguistics Option* (20)

40 credits of Linguistics modules*

Philosophy Third Year Option (20)


The two Philosophy Advanced Modules (associated with the 20-credit Philosophy Option Modules) 10 + 10

*Students may replace a maximum of 20 credits of Linguistics with a 20-credit Third Year Philosophy module, an elective, or LFA module (subject to timetable constraints). Only 40 credits of electives or LFA modules may be taken over Stages 2 and 3.

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Option 2

Two 20-credit Third Year Philosophy modules plus one of the associated 10-credit Advanced Modules. In addition you take a 10-credit elective option.

Autumn Term Spring Term Summer TermThird Year Linguistics* Option (20)

40 credits of Linguistics modules*



One Philosophy Advanced Module (associated with one of the 20-credit Philosophy Option Modules) (10)

10 credit elective module.

*Students may replace a maximum of 20 credits of Linguistics with a 20-credit 3 rd Year Philosophy module, an elective, or LFA module (subject to timetable constraints). Only 40 credits of electives or LFA modules may be taken over Stages 2 and 3.




3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20

PHI00122H HAPPINESS, UTILITY AND WELL-BEINGBrief details: This module offers a philosophical investigation into the nature and significance of happiness and well-being. It also considers issues of

3 100% Essay 20

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happiness as they arise within psychology, sociology, and economics.


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20

PHI00125H PHILOSOPHY OF RECOGNITION 3 100% Essay 20

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Brief details:The module explores the philosophy of recognition as it is developed by philosophers such as Rousseau, Fichte, Hegel, Fanon, Honneth, and Renault.


3 100% Essay 20




3 Essay 60%

Group Wiki 40%

20


3 100% Essay 20

PHI00041H DISSERTATION (SHORT)Brief details:This module enables students to work independently on a well-

3 Essay 20

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MODULE CODE


defined philosophical problem, chosen by themselves with guidance from a supervisor.


3 Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20

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3 100% Essay 10




3 100% Essay 10



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3 100% Essay 10


French or German and Philosophy

Year 4 (Stage 3) (Year 3 for students who don’t take a year abroad)

You must take the core (compulsory) module French or German Language and Society III (20 credits) plus the French or German Philosophy Text module (10). In addition, you must take a further 40 credits of Language/Linguistics option modules and a further 50 credits of Philosophy credits.

Autumn Term Spring Term Summer TermFrench/German language and society III (20, core, French/German)20 further credits in the target language, from among the Language options.Linguistics option or French/German option module (20 credits)Philosophy Third Year Option (20)


Philosophy Advanced Module

(taken in one of the associated 20-credit Philosophy

modules)(10)French/German Philosophy Text

(bridge) Module (10, core)




3 100% Essay 20

PHI00041H DISSERTATION (SHORT)Brief details:This module enables students to work independently on a well-defined philosophical problem,

3 100% Essay 20

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chosen by themselves with guidance from a supervisor.


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20

PHI00049H PHILOSOPHY OF ACTIONBrief details:

3 100% Essay 20

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MODULE CODE


This module aims to provide and understanding of the nature of action.


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20



PHI00119H COGNITIVE ANOMALIES, DECISION-MAKING, AND DEMOCRACYBrief details:Cognitive effects and biases (e.g. implicit bias, confirmation bias, choice blindness, 'group think', temporal discounting) impact on our ability to make good, rational decisions, both individually and as groups. This module will examine a selection of these effects, reflect on their implications for individual and collective judgements, and consider

3 Essay 60%

Group Wiki 40%

20

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MODULE CODE


how they might be mitigated.PHI00018H CONSCIOUSNESS

Brief details:The module will focus on philosophical approaches to the understanding of consciousness. The topics to be covered will be consciousness and the explanatory gap; eliminativism; functionalism and qualia; higher order thought and availability for higher order thought theories of consciousness, representationalism about consciousness.

3 100% Essay 20


3 Essay 20


3 Essay 20

PHI00057H FRENCH AND PHILOSOPHY TEXT MODULE (FRENCH & PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS ONLY, COMPULSORY)Brief details:Students will practise reading philosophy in French.

3 Essay 10


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20

PHI00058H PHILOSOPHY OF CHRISTIANITY 3 100% Essay 20

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Brief details:This module examines the implications and beliefs of a range of Christian doctrines which have philosophical importance.


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


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3 100% Essay 10




3 100% Essay 10



3 100% Essay 10


3 100% Essay 10










3 100% Essay 10


History and Philosophy

Year (Stage) 3You must take a 40-credit History Special Subject, the Philosophy of History PHI00021H (10), a Philosophy Third Year module (20) and its associated Advanced Module (10). The remaining 40 credits can be taken as either the History Dissertation (40), or two 20-credit Philosophy Third Year modules.

Autumn Term Spring Term Summer TermHistory Special Subject (40 credits)

PHI00021H Philosophy of History (10 credits, core)

Philosophy 3rd Year Module (20 credits)

Philosophy Advanced Module (10 credits)*

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Either History Dissertation (40 credits) or two further 20-credit 3rd Year Philosophy modules.

*Further study in the Philosophy 20 credit module.




3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20

PHI00128H IDOLATRY AND TRADITION: THE PHILOSOPHY OF MAIMONIDES AND CRESCASBrief details:Maimonides and Crescas were two Jewish philosophers who made important and lasting contributions to the philosophy of free will, of infinity, of religion and of ethics. In examining the relationship between their work we gain insight into the unique assumptions and

3 100% Essay 20

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MODULE CODE


preoccupations of the Jewish philosophical tradition, which often defined itself through opposition to the Greek roots which have helped frame Western philosophy.


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20

PHI00021H PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY (HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS ONLY)Brief details:This module introduces the philosophy of history of R.G. Collingwood, a 20th Century thinker broadly in the tradition of British Idealism, and the most important British philosopher of history.

3 100% Essay 10


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20

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3 100% Essay 20




3 Essay 60%

Group Wiki 40%

20


3 100% Essay 20


3 Essay 20

PHI00017H FOUNDATIONS OF MATHS (COMPULSORY FOR MATHS/PHIL; OPTIONAL FOR OTHER STUDENTS)

3 Essay 20

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Brief details:This module will exploring some key issues in the philosophy of mathematics, including the foundations of maths.


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20


3 100% Essay 20

PHI00126H PROPERTY AND SELF-OWNERSHIPBrief details: This module will introduce students to key philosophical issues around property and self-ownership. These include theories about the

3 100% Essay 20

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MODULE CODE


justification of private property rights, debates about the limits of property ownership, and what kind of ownership, if any, we have over ourselves.


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3 100% Essay 10




3 100% Essay 10



3 100% Essay 10


3 100% Essay 10










3 100% Essay 10


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Mathematics and Philosophy

Year (Stage) 3 All students must take the compulsory (core) module Foundations of Maths. The remaining credits of this degree may be weighted in each department as follows:

80 Credits Maths/40 Credits Philosophy

40-credit Maths Project 40 credits of Maths from the PURE stream 20-credit Foundations of Maths bridge module in Spring Term (core) 20-credit Philosophy Third Year Module

60 Credits Maths/60 Credits Philosophy

60 credits of Maths from the PURE stream 20-credit Foundations of Maths bridge module in Spring Term (core) 20-credit Philosophy Third Year Module The two 10-credit Advanced Modules linked to the Foundations of Maths and

Philosophy Third Year Module.

80 Credits Philosophy/40 Credits Maths

40 credits of Maths from the PURE stream 20-credit Foundations of Maths bridge module in Spring Term (core) 20-credit Philosophy Third Year module taken in the Autumn or Spring Term 20-credit Philosophy Third Year module taken in the Autumn or Spring Term Two 10-credit Advanced Modules linked to Foundations of Maths and/or the two

Philosophy Third Year Modules.




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PHI00123H MIND AND MORALITYBrief details:This module looks at the psychological dimensions of morality. We examine the interplay between perennial philosophical questions about moral responsibility, motivation and decision-making and

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a rapidly growing body of work in empirical psychology that helps sheds light on those questions.


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PHI00119H COGNITIVE ANOMALIES, DECISION-MAKING, AND DEMOCRACYBrief details:Cognitive effects and biases (e.g. implicit bias, confirmation bias, choice blindness, 'group think', temporal discounting) impact on our ability to make good, rational

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decisions, both individually and as groups. This module will examine a selection of these effects, reflect on their implications for individual and collective judgements, and consider how they might be mitigated.


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PHI00058H PHILOSOPHY OF CHRISTIANITYBrief details:

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This module examines the implications and beliefs of a range of Christian doctrines which have philosophical importance.


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Philosophy and Sociology

Year (Stage) 3

Option 1 – 60 credits Philosophy/60 credits Sociology

Students take 60 credits of Philosophy third-year 20-credit modules; 60 credits of Sociology third-year 20-credit modules OR,

40 credits of Philosophy third-year 20-credit modules with the two associated 10-credit Philosophy Advanced Modules*; 60 credits of Sociology third-year 20-credit modules.

*(Students have the option of replacing the two 10-credit Philosophy Advanced Modules with an elective or LFA module. The taking of electives/LFA modules is subject to timetabling constraints.)


Students take four Philosophy 20-credit third-year modules; two Sociology 20-credit third-year modules OR,

Three Philosophy 20-credit third-year modules plus two of the associated 10-credit Philosophy Advanced Modules; two Sociology 20-credit third-year modules.


Students take two Philosophy 20-credit third-year modules; two Sociology 20-credit third-year modules plus the 40-credit Sociology dissertation.




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PHI00121H FURTHER TOPICS IN ETHICSBrief details:In this module there will be discussion of further topics in meta-

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ethics/normative ethics. Topics covered include the possibility of altruism, internal reasons, moral realism, error theory, expressivism, and consequentialism.


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PHI00013H PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS (compulsory for Physics/Phil; optional for other students)

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Brief details:To examine some of the philosophical and conceptual problems raised by classical, relativistic and quantum physics


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PHI00018H CONSCIOUSNESSBrief details:The module will focus on philosophical approaches to the understanding of consciousness.

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The topics to be covered will be consciousness and the explanatory gap; eliminativism; functionalism and qualia; higher order thought and availability for higher order thought theories of consciousness, representationalism about consciousness.


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Physics with Philosophy3 Year Bsc, and 4 Year MPhys

Year (Stage) 3 (40 credits in Philosophy)

Students take the core module Philosophy of Physics (20 credits) in the Autumn Term and choose a 20-credit Philosophy third year option module in either the Autumn or Spring Term. Students may replace the 20-credit Philosophy third year option module with the 10-credit Advanced Module in Philosophy of Physics in the Summer Term and an elective module.




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PHI00041H DISSERTATION (SHORT)Brief details:This module enables students to work independently on a well-defined philosophical problem, chosen by themselves with guidance

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from a supervisor.PHI00121H FURTHER TOPICS IN ETHICS

Brief details:In this module there will be discussion of further topics in meta-ethics/normative ethics. Topics covered include the possibility of altruism, internal reasons, moral realism, error theory, expressivism, and consequentialism.

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PHI00049H PHILOSOPHY OF ACTIONBrief details:This module aims to provide and

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understanding of the nature of action.

PHI00013H PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS (COMPULSORY FOR PHYSICS/PHIL; OPTIONAL FOR OTHER STUDENTS)Brief details:To examine some of the philosophical and conceptual problems raised by classical, relativistic and quantum physics

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This module investigates a number of philosophical issues and problems that arise in seeking to understand the nature and role of grief.


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Year (Stage) 4 (40 credits in Philosophy from the MA in Philosophy programme)

In the Autumn Term students take PHI00074M Reading Philosophy.In the Spring Term, students take one of the following Philosophy options, subject to availability:

PHI00088M The Phenomenon of Loneliness PHI00076M Property, Privacy, and Consent PHI00078M Non-Classical Logic PHI00070M Time, Tense, and Existence PHI00081M Advanced Topics in Buddhist Philosophy PHI00072M Science-Engaged Analytic Theology PHI00084M Advanced Topics in Ethics PHI00071M Social Justice and Political Economy PHI00089M The Nature of Grief PHI00087M Topics in Consciousness and Representation

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