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Department of Philosophy
Guide to Philosophy Modules for Second Year Students in 2021/22
Guide to Second Year Modules for 2021/22Contents
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 20
French/German and Philosophy 26
History and Philosophy 29
Mathematics and Philosophy 34
Philosophy and Sociology 38
Physics with Philosophy 44
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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, 2021-22. 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 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 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 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 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)The two 10-credit option modules run in the Autumn Term: PHI00113I- Who Counts as a Philosopher, and Spring Term: PHI00111I Philosophy and Society Podcast.
Elective modules – choosing a module outside the Philosophy Department2
Within 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 Louise Richardson 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 we can’t guarantee that there would be a place available on an elective or that it would fit 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 you later find 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.
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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.
Requests for changes should be emailed 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. Who counts as a philosopher? and Philosophy and Society Podcast are normally capped at
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)Typically, students will take 6 Key Ideas modules:
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
*Key Ideas Module (20) *Key Ideas Module (20)
*Key Ideas Module (20) *Key Ideas Module (20)
*Key Ideas Module (20)
*Key Ideas Module (20) in either Autumn Term or in Spring/Summer Term
*Students must take at least one Key Ideas module from each of the three bands below:
Value Theoretical HistoryAesthetics Intermediate Logic Hume’s EmpiricismApplied Ethics Metaphysics Kant’s Theoretical and
Practical PhilosophyEthical Theory Philosophy of Language Lived Experiences:
Introduction to Phenomenology
Feminist Philosophy Philosophy of Mind Nietzsche’s ExistentialismPolitics and Freedom: Anarchism and Conservatism
Philosophy of Science Rationalism: Spinoza and Leibniz
Religious Ethics
Alternative Options:1. Students may replace two Key Ideas modules with either POL00005I History of Political
Thought (30) or POL00004I Democracy and Social Justice (30) plus a further 10-credit module chosen from:
a. PHI00113I What Counts as a Philosopher? (Autumn Term) orb. PHI00111I Philosophy and Society Podcast (Spring/Summer Terms orc. A short Key Ideas module in either the Autumn or Spring Term ord. A 10-credit elective module.
2. Students may replace one Key Ideas module with 20 credits chosen from:a. PHI00113I What Counts as a Philosopher? (10-credit module) (Autumn Term)b. PHI00111I Philosophy and Society Podcast (Spring/Summer Terms) (10-credit
module) orc. A 20-credit elective or LFA module.
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NB
Students may not take more than 60 credits in a single term. Modules taking place across two terms share their credits across both terms.
You may only take 20 credits in electives or LFA modules in a single year.
MODULES AVAILABLE TO PHILOSOPHY SINGLE SUBJECT STUDENTS
Key Ideas Modules
Autumn Term 2021
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:If feminism is a political practice aimed at ending patriarchy, what is the point of feminist philosophy? This module explores how philosophy can help us tackle important questions around key feminist issues, and conversely, how feminist insights can serve to critique philosophical methods and theories.
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
6
PHI00116IBand:History
KANT’S THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHYThis module will consider Kant’s theoretical (metaphysics and epistemology) and practical (moral) philosophy.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00073IBand:Theoretical
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
PHI00118IBand:Value
POLITICS AND FREEDOM: ANARCHISM & CONSERVATISMBrief details:This module will investigate views about liberty, authority, value and justice, and explore the ways in which scepticism and an emphasis on liberty can be developed in very different directions.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00077IBand:History
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
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 2022
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
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
7
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
PHI00082IBand: Value
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
PHI00117I Band: History
LIVED EXPERIENCES: INTRODUCTION TO PHENOMENOLOGYBrief details:This module provides an introduction to phenomenology, the study of lived experience, and uses this to better understand experiences associated with, for instance, gender, race, and disability.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00074IBand:Theoretical
METAPHYSICSBrief details:This module is an advanced introduction to contemporary analytic metaphysics in which we examine several topics in detail. These topics could include the possibility of metaphysics, ordinary objects, properties, abstract entities, and modality amongst others.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00075IBand:History
NIETZSCHE AND EXISTENTIALISM Brief details:This module will provide an introduction to some key themes in Nietzsche’s philosophy.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00078IBand:Theoretical
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
PHI00080IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCEBrief details:This module will introduce several key themes in contemporary philosophy of science.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
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Alternative Options for Philosophy Single Subject Students (Please refer to the Philosophy Single Subject Guidance above for programme requirements.)
Autumn 2021, Spring 2022 and Summer Terms 2022
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
POL00004I DEMOCRACY AND STRUGGLES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE (This module is run by the Politics Department)Brief details:Democracy and justice are appealing ideals that liberal democratic institutions aim to satisfy together. This module’s goal is to critically discuss whether liberal democracy is indeed fit for purpose. To pursue it, the module explores difficult questions around the meaning of democracy and justice and applies existing theoretical frameworks to concrete political issues.
40% Essay and 60% Exam
30
POL00005I HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT (This module is run by the Politics Department)Brief 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 2021
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
PHI00113I WHO COUNTS AS A PHILOSOPHER?Brief details: In this module, we will be thinking about the history of the philosophical canon, and the (often underacknowledged) intellectual contributions of women to the field of philosophy.
10% Group Presentation, 10% Peer Feedback Task, 80% Essay
10
9
Spring/Summer Terms 2022
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
PHI00111I 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
Second Year 10-Credit Short Key Ideas Modules
Autumn Term 2021
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
PHI00067IBand: Value
AESTHETICS (SHORT ) Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
PHI00110IBand:Value
FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY (SHORT)Brief details:If feminism is a political practice aimed at ending patriarchy, what is the point of feminist philosophy? This module explains how philosophy can help us tackle important questions around key feminist issues, and conversely, how feminist insights can serve to critique philosophical methods and theories.
100% Essay 10
PHI00095IBand:Theoretical
INTERMEDIATE LOGIC (SHORT)Brief details:The module aims to introduce students to formal logic, in contrast to Reason & Argument which focuses on the logic of natural languages.
100% Exam 10
PHI00086IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE (SHORT)Brief details:This module will investigate a range of key
100% Essay 10
10
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
puzzles, problems, issues, and debates in philosophy of language.
PHI00119IBand:Value
POLITICS AND FREEDOM: ANARCHISM & CONSERVATISM (SHORT)Brief details:This module will investigate views about liberty, authority, value and justice, and explore the ways in which scepticism and an emphasis on liberty can be developed in very different directions.
100% Essay 10
PHI00094IBand:Value
RELIGIOUS ETHICS (SHORT)Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
Spring Term 2022
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
PHI00084IBand:Value
APPLIED ETHICS (SHORT)Brief details:This module introduces students to a range of important debates in applied ethics, such as global poverty, animal ethics, abortion, and euthanasia.
100% Essay 10
PHI00083IBand: Value
ETHICAL THEORY (SHORT)Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
PHI00092IBand:Theoretical
METAPHYSICS (SHORT)Brief details:This module is an advanced introduction to contemporary analytic metaphysics in which we examine several topics in detail. These topics could include the possibility of metaphysics,
100% Essay 10
11
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
ordinary objects, properties, abstract entities, and modality amongst others.
PHI00093IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (SHORT)Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
PHI00085IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (SHORT)Brief details:This module will introduce several key themes in contemporary philosophy of science.
100% Essay 10
English and Philosophy
Year (Stage) 2 (60 credits in Philosophy)
Students may choose one of the following options:
Option 1
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
English Module (20) English Module* (20)
(English) Critical Practice (20)
Philosophy Key Ideas Module (20)
Philosophy Key Ideas Module (20)
*Philosophy Key Ideas (Short) Module (10)
*Philosophy Key Ideas (Short) Module (10)
*Either or both of the 10-credit Key Ideas (Short) modules may be replaced by PHI00113I Who Counts as a Philosopher? (Autumn 10 credits) and PHI00111I Philosophy and Society (Spring/Summer 10 credits) but priority will be given to Philosophy Single Subject students.
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Option 2
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
English Module (20) English Module (10)
English World Literature Module (30)
Philosophy Key Ideas Module (20)
Philosophy Key Ideas Module (20)
Philosophy Key Ideas (Short) Module (10)
Philosophy Key Ideas (Short) Module (10)
Option 3
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
English Module (10)
English World Literature Module (30)
(English) Critical Practice (20)
Philosophy Key Ideas Module (20)
Philosophy Key Ideas Module (20)
Philosophy Key Ideas (Module (20)
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MODULES AVAILABLE TO ENGLISH/PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS
Key Ideas Modules
Autumn Term 2021
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:If feminism is a political practice aimed at ending patriarchy, what is the point of feminist philosophy? This module explores how philosophy can help us tackle important questions around key feminist issues, and conversely, how feminist insights can serve to critique philosophical methods and theories.
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
PHI00116IBand:History
KANT’S THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHYThis module will consider Kant’s theoretical (metaphysics and epistemology) and practical (moral) philosophy.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00073IBand:
PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE Brief details:
70% Essay30% Exam
20
14
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
Theoretical This module will investigate a range of key puzzles, problems, issues, and debates in philosophy of language.
PHI00118IBand:Value
POLITICS AND FREEDOM: ANARCHISM & CONSERVATISMBrief details:This module will investigate views about liberty, authority, value and justice, and explore the ways in which scepticism and an emphasis on liberty can be developed in very different directions.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00077IBand:History
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
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 Terms 2022
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
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
PHI00082IBand: Value
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
15
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
operation, and the role of character ethics.PHI00117I Band: History
LIVED EXPERIENCES: INTRODUCTION TO PHENOMENOLOGYBrief details:Lived Experiences provides an introduction to phenomenology, the study of lived experience, and uses this to better understand experiences associated with, for instance, gender, race, and disability.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00074IBand:Theoretical
METAPHYSICSBrief details:This module is an advanced introduction to contemporary analytic metaphysics in which we examine several topics in detail. These topics could include the possibility of metaphysics, ordinary objects, properties, abstract entities, and modality amongst others.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00075IBand:History
NIETZSCHE AND EXISTENTIALISM Brief details:This module will provide an introduction to some key themes in Nietzsche’s philosophy.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00078IBand:Theoretical
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
PHI00080IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCEBrief details:This module will introduce several key themes in contemporary philosophy of science.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
16
Second Year 10-Credit Option Modules
Autumn Term 2021
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
PHI00113I WHO COUNTS AS A PHILOSOPHER?Brief details: In this module, we will be thinking about the history of the philosophical canon, and the (often underacknowledged) intellectual contributions of women to the field of philosophy.
10% Group Presentation, 10% Peer Feedback Task, 80% Essay
10
Spring/Summer Terms 2022
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
PHI00111I 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
Second Year 10-Credit Short Key Ideas Modules
Autumn Term 2021
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
PHI00067IBand: Value
AESTHETICS (SHORT ) Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
PHI00110I FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY (SHORT) 100% Essay 1017
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
Band:Value
Brief details:If feminism is a political practice aimed at ending patriarchy, what is the point of feminist philosophy? This module explains how philosophy can help us tackle important questions around key feminist issues, and conversely, how feminist insights can serve to critique philosophical methods and theories.
PHI00095IBand:Theoretical
INTERMEDIATE LOGIC (SHORT)Brief details:The module aims to introduce students to formal logic, in contrast to Reason & Argument which focuses on the logic of natural languages.
100% Exam 10
PHI00086IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE (SHORT)Brief details:This module will investigate a range of key puzzles, problems, issues, and debates in philosophy of language.
100% Essay 10
PHI00119IBand:Value
POLITICS AND FREEDOM: ANARCHISM & CONSERVATISM (SHORT)Brief details:This module will investigate views about liberty, authority, value and justice, and explore the ways in which scepticism and an emphasis on liberty can be developed in very different directions.
100% Essay 10
PHI00094IBand:Value
RELIGIOUS ETHICS (SHORT)Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
18
Spring Term 2022
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
PHI00084IBand:Value
APPLIED ETHICS (SHORT)Brief details:This module introduces students to a range of important debates in applied ethics, such as global poverty, animal ethics, abortion, and euthanasia.
100% Essay 10
PHI00083IBand: Value
ETHICAL THEORY (SHORT)Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
PHI00092IBand:Theoretical
METAPHYSICS (SHORT)Brief details:This module is an advanced introduction to contemporary analytic metaphysics in which we examine several topics in detail. These topics could include the possibility of metaphysics, ordinary objects, properties, abstract entities, and modality amongst others.
100% Essay 10
PHI00093IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (SHORT)Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
PHI00085IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (SHORT)Brief details:This module will introduce several key themes in contemporary philosophy of science.
100% Essay 10
19
Philosophy and Linguistics
Year (Stage) 2 (60 credits in Philosophy)
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
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)
Philosophy Key Ideas module (20)
*Philosophy Key Ideas (Short) Module (10)
*Philosophy Key Ideas (Short) Module (10)
*These could be replaced by one 20-credit Philosophy Key Ideas module in Spring/Summer Term. Alternatively, either or both may be replaced by PHI00113I Who Counts as a Philosopher? (10 credits Autumn) and/or PHI00111I Philosophy and Society (10 credits Spring/Summer) but priority will be given to Philosophy Single Subject students.
MODULES AVAILABLE TO PHILOSOPHY/LINGUISTICS STUDENTS
Key Ideas Modules
Autumn Term 2021
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:If feminism is a political practice aimed at ending patriarchy, what is the point of feminist philosophy? This module explores how philosophy can help us tackle important
70% Essay30% Exam
20
20
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
questions around key feminist issues, and conversely, how feminist insights can serve to critique philosophical methods and theories.
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
PHI00116IBand:History
KANT’S THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHYThis module will consider Kant’s theoretical (metaphysics and epistemology) and practical (moral) philosophy.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00073IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE (compulsory module) Brief details:This module will investigate a range of key puzzles, problems, issues, and debates in philosophy of language.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00118IBand:Value
POLITICS AND FREEDOM: ANARCHISM & CONSERVATISMBrief details:This module will investigate views about liberty, authority, value and justice, and explore the ways in which scepticism and an emphasis on liberty can be developed in very different directions.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00077IBand:History
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
RELIGIOUS ETHICSBrief details:The aim of this module is to introduce students to a number of issues in religious ethics. In
70% Essay30% Exam
20
21
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
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.
Spring/Summer 2022
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
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
PHI00082IBand: Value
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
PHI00117I Band: History
LIVED EXPERIENCES: INTRODUCTION TO PHENOMENOLOGYBrief details:Lived Experiences provides an introduction to phenomenology, the study of lived experience, and uses this to better understand experiences associated with, for instance, gender, race, and disability.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00074IBand:Theoretical
METAPHYSICSBrief details:This module is an advanced introduction to contemporary analytic metaphysics in which we examine several topics in detail. These topics could include the possibility of metaphysics, ordinary objects, properties, abstract entities, and modality amongst others.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00075IBand:History
NIETZSCHE AND EXISTENTIALISM Brief details:This module will provide an introduction to
70% Essay30% Exam
20
22
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
some key themes in Nietzsche’s philosophy.PHI00078IBand:Theoretical
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
PHI00080IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCEBrief details:This module will introduce several key themes in contemporary philosophy of science.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
Second Year 10-Credit Option Modules
Autumn Term 2021
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
PHI00113I WHO COUNTS AS A PHILOSOPHER?Brief details: In this module, we will be thinking about the history of the philosophical canon, and the (often underacknowledged) intellectual contributions of women to the field of philosophy.
10% Group Presentation, 10% Peer Feedback Task, 80% Essay
10
Spring/Summer Terms 2022
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
PHI00111I 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
23
Second Year 10-Credit Short Key Ideas Modules
Autumn Term 2021
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
PHI00067IBand: Value
AESTHETICS (SHORT ) Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
PHI00110IBand:Value
FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY (SHORT)Brief details:If feminism is a political practice aimed at ending patriarchy, what is the point of feminist philosophy? This module explains how philosophy can help us tackle important questions around key feminist issues, and conversely, how feminist insights can serve to critique philosophical methods and theories.
100% Essay 10
PHI00095IBand:Theoretical
INTERMEDIATE LOGIC (SHORT)Brief details:The module aims to introduce students to formal logic, in contrast to Reason & Argument which focuses on the logic of natural languages.
100% Exam 10
PHI00119IBand:Value
POLITICS AND FREEDOM: ANARCHISM & CONSERVATISM (SHORT)Brief details:This module will investigate views about liberty, authority, value and justice, and explore the ways in which scepticism and an emphasis on liberty can be developed in very different directions.
100% Essay 10
PHI00094IBand:Value
RELIGIOUS ETHICS (SHORT)Brief 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
100% Essay 10
24
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
requirements of morality.
Spring Term 2022
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
PHI00084IBand:Value
APPLIED ETHICS (SHORT)Brief details:This module introduces students to a range of important debates in applied ethics, such as global poverty, animal ethics, abortion, and euthanasia.
100% Essay 10
PHI00083IBand: Value
ETHICAL THEORY (SHORT)Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
PHI00092IBand:Theoretical
METAPHYSICS (SHORT)Brief details:This module is an advanced introduction to contemporary analytic metaphysics in which we examine several topics in detail. These topics could include the possibility of metaphysics, ordinary objects, properties, abstract entities, and modality amongst others.
100% Essay 10
PHI00093IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (SHORT)Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
PHI00085IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (SHORT)Brief details:This module will introduce several key themes in contemporary philosophy of science.
100% Essay 10
French/German and Philosophy 25
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 Key Ideas Module (20 credits of Philosophy) in either the Autumn or Spring/Summer Terms.
*Please note that no more than the equivalent of 60 credits may be taken in a single term.
MODULES AVAILABLE TO FRENCH/GERMAN AND PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS
Key Ideas Modules
Autumn Term 2021
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:If feminism is a political practice aimed at ending patriarchy, what is the point of feminist philosophy? This module explores how philosophy can help us tackle important questions around key feminist issues, and conversely, how feminist insights can serve to critique philosophical methods and theories.
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
70% Essay30% Exam
20
26
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
necessity.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
PHI00116IBand:History
KANT’S THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHYThis module will consider Kant’s theoretical (metaphysics and epistemology) and practical (moral) philosophy.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00073IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE (compulsory module)Brief details: This module will investigate a range of key puzzles, problems, issues, and debates in philosophy of language.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00118IBand:Value
POLITICS AND FREEDOM: ANARCHISM & CONSERVATISMBrief details:This module will investigate views about liberty, authority, value and justice, and explore the ways in which scepticism and an emphasis on liberty can be developed in very different directions.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00077IBand:History
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
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 202227
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
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
PHI00082IBand: Value
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
PHI00117I Band: History
LIVED EXPERIENCES: INTRODUCTION TO PHENOMENOLOGYBrief details:Lived Experiences provides an introduction to phenomenology, the study of lived experience, and uses this to better understand experiences associated with, for instance, gender, race, and disability.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00074IBand:Theoretical
METAPHYSICSBrief details:This module is an advanced introduction to contemporary analytic metaphysics in which we examine several topics in detail. These topics could include the possibility of metaphysics, ordinary objects, properties, abstract entities, and modality amongst others.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00075IBand:History
NIETZSCHE AND EXISTENTIALISM Brief details:This module will provide an introduction to some key themes in Nietzsche’s philosophy.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00078IBand:Theoretical
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
PHI00080IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCEBrief details:This module will introduce several key themes in
70% Essay30% Exam
20
28
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
contemporary philosophy of science.
History and Philosophy
Year (Stage) 2 (60 credits in Philosophy)
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Histories and Contexts (20-credit History option)
Explorations (30-credit History option)
Disciplines of History (10-credit Core History Module)
Philosophy Key Ideas (20) Philosophy Key Ideas (20)Philosophy Key Ideas (Short) Module (10)
Philosophy Key Ideas (Short) Module (10)
MODULES AVAILABLE TO HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS
Key Ideas Modules
Autumn Term 2021
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:If feminism is a political practice aimed at ending patriarchy, what is the point of feminist philosophy? This module explores how philosophy can help us tackle important questions around key feminist issues, and conversely, how feminist insights can serve to
70% Essay30% Exam
20
29
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
critique philosophical methods and theories.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
PHI00116IBand:History
KANT’S THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHYThis module will consider Kant’s theoretical (metaphysics and epistemology) and practical (moral) philosophy.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00073IBand:Theoretical
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
PHI00118IBand:Value
POLITICS AND FREEDOM: ANARCHISM & CONSERVATISMBrief details:This module will investigate views about liberty, authority, value and justice, and explore the ways in which scepticism and an emphasis on liberty can be developed in very different directions.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00077IBand:History
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
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
70% Essay30% Exam
20
30
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
framework for ethics, and whether features of religious faith are in tension with the requirements of morality.
Spring/Summer 2022
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
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
PHI00082IBand: Value
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
PHI00117I Band: History
LIVED EXPERIENCES: INTRODUCTION TO PHENOMENOLOGYBrief details:Lived Experiences provides an introduction to phenomenology, the study of lived experience, and uses this to better understand experiences associated with, for instance, gender, race, and disability.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00074IBand:Theoretical
METAPHYSICSBrief details:This module is an advanced introduction to contemporary analytic metaphysics in which we examine several topics in detail. These topics could include the possibility of metaphysics, ordinary objects, properties, abstract entities, and modality amongst others.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00075IBand:History
NIETZSCHE AND EXISTENTIALISM Brief details:This module will provide an introduction to some key themes in Nietzsche’s philosophy.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00078IBand:
PHILOSOPHY OF MINDBrief details:
70% Essay30% Exam
20
31
Theoretical 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.
PHI00080IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCEBrief details:This module will introduce several key themes in contemporary philosophy of science.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
Second Year 10-Credit Short Key Ideas Modules
Autumn Term 2021
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
PHI00067IBand: Value
AESTHETICS (SHORT ) Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
PHI00110IBand:Value
FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY (SHORT)Brief details:If feminism is a political practice aimed at ending patriarchy, what is the point of feminist philosophy? This module explains how philosophy can help us tackle important questions around key feminist issues, and conversely, how feminist insights can serve to critique philosophical methods and theories.
100% Essay 10
PHI00095IBand:Theoretical
INTERMEDIATE LOGIC (SHORT)Brief details:The module aims to introduce students to formal logic, in contrast to Reason & Argument which focuses on the logic of natural languages.
100% Exam 10
PHI00086IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE (SHORT)Brief details:This module will investigate a range of key puzzles, problems, issues, and debates in philosophy of language.
100% Essay 10
PHI00119I POLITICS AND FREEDOM: ANARCHISM & 100% Essay 10
32
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
Band:Value
CONSERVATISM (SHORT)Brief details:This module will investigate views about liberty, authority, value and justice, and explore the ways in which scepticism and an emphasis on liberty can be developed in very different directions.
PHI00094IBand:Value
RELIGIOUS ETHICS (SHORT)Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
Spring Term 2022
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
PHI00084IBand:Value
APPLIED ETHICS (SHORT)Brief details:This module introduces students to a range of important debates in applied ethics, such as global poverty, animal ethics, abortion, and euthanasia.
100% Essay 10
PHI00083IBand: Value
ETHICAL THEORY (SHORT)Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
PHI00092IBand:Theoretical
METAPHYSICS (SHORT)Brief details:This module is an advanced introduction to contemporary analytic metaphysics in which we examine several topics in detail. These topics could include the possibility of metaphysics, ordinary objects, properties, abstract entities, and modality amongst others.
100% Essay 10
PHI00093I PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (SHORT) 100% Essay 10
33
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
Band:Theoretical
Brief 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.
PHI00085IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (SHORT)Brief details:This module will introduce several key themes in contemporary philosophy of science.
100% Essay 10
Mathematics and Philosophy
Year (Stage) 2 (60 credits in 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 taken in Spring/Summer (20) or one Short Key Idea module (10) taken in each of the Autumn and Spring Terms.
MODULES AVAILABLE TO MATHS AND PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS
Key Ideas Modules
Autumn/Spring Term 2021
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
PHI00096IBand:Theoretical
INTERMEDIATE LOGIC (compulsory module)(Autumn and Spring)Brief details:The module aims to introduce students to
50% Essay50% Exam
20
34
formal logic, in contrast to Reason & Argument which focuses on the logic of natural languages.
Spring/Summer 2022
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
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
PHI00082IBand: Value
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
PHI00117I Band: History
LIVED EXPERIENCES: INTRODUCTION TO PHENOMENOLOGYBrief details:Lived Experiences provides an introduction to phenomenology, the study of lived experience, and uses this to better understand experiences associated with, for instance, gender, race, and disability.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00074IBand:Theoretical
METAPHYSICSBrief details:This module is an advanced introduction to contemporary analytic metaphysics in which we examine several topics in detail. These topics could include the possibility of metaphysics, ordinary objects, properties, abstract entities, and modality amongst others.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00075IBand:History
NIETZSCHE AND EXISTENTIALISM Brief details:This module will provide an introduction to some key themes in Nietzsche’s philosophy.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00078IBand:Theoretical
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
70% Essay30% Exam
20
35
epistemology of mind (knowledge of our own and others’ minds), intentionality and agency.
PHI00080IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCEBrief details:This module will introduce several key themes in contemporary philosophy of science.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
Second Year 10-Credit Short Key Ideas Modules
Autumn Term 2021
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
PHI00067IBand: Value
AESTHETICS (SHORT ) Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
PHI00110IBand:Value
FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY (SHORT)Brief details:If feminism is a political practice aimed at ending patriarchy, what is the point of feminist philosophy? This module explains how philosophy can help us tackle important questions around key feminist issues, and conversely, how feminist insights can serve to critique philosophical methods and theories.
100% Essay 10
PHI00095IBand:Theoretical
INTERMEDIATE LOGIC (SHORT)Brief details:The module aims to introduce students to formal logic, in contrast to Reason & Argument which focuses on the logic of natural languages.
100% Exam 10
PHI00086IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE (SHORT)Brief details:This module will investigate a range of key puzzles, problems, issues, and debates in philosophy of language.
100% Essay 10
PHI00119IBand:Value
POLITICS AND FREEDOM: ANARCHISM & CONSERVATISM (SHORT)Brief details:This module will investigate views about liberty,
100% Essay 10
36
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
authority, value and justice, and explore the ways in which scepticism and an emphasis on liberty can be developed in very different directions.
PHI00094IBand:Value
RELIGIOUS ETHICS (SHORT)Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
Spring Term 2022
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
PHI00084IBand:Value
APPLIED ETHICS (SHORT)Brief details:This module introduces students to a range of important debates in applied ethics, such as global poverty, animal ethics, abortion, and euthanasia.
100% Essay 10
PHI00083IBand: Value
ETHICAL THEORY (SHORT)Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
PHI00092IBand:Theoretical
METAPHYSICS (SHORT)Brief details:This module is an advanced introduction to contemporary analytic metaphysics in which we examine several topics in detail. These topics could include the possibility of metaphysics, ordinary objects, properties, abstract entities, and modality amongst others.
100% Essay 10
PHI00093IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (SHORT)Brief details:This module will introduce central issues in the philosophy of mind, including the metaphysics
100% Essay 10
37
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
of mind (the mind-body problem), the epistemology of mind (knowledge of our own and others’ minds), intentionality and agency.
PHI00085IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (SHORT)Brief details:This module will introduce several key themes in contemporary philosophy of science.
100% Essay 10
Philosophy and Sociology
Year (Stage 2) (60 credits in Philosophy)
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)
*Philosophy Key Ideas (short) Module (10 credits)
*Philosophy Key Ideas (short) Module (10 credits)
*Alternatively, you may take one 20-credit Philosophy Key Ideas Module in either the Autumn or Spring Term. You may also replace one or both 10-credit Key Ideas (Short) modules with PHI00113I Who Counts as a Philosopher? (Autumn 10 credits) and/or PHI00111I Philosophy and Society (Spring/Summer 10 credits) but priority will be given to Philosophy Single Subject students.
MODULES AVAILABLE TO PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIOLOGY STUDENTS
Key Ideas Modules
Autumn Term 2021
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
PHI00091IBand: Value
AESTHETICSBrief details:This module will introduce students to some of
70% Essay30% Exam
20
38
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
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.
PHI00109IBand:Value
FEMINIST PHILOSOPHYBrief details:If feminism is a political practice aimed at ending patriarchy, what is the point of feminist philosophy? This module explores how philosophy can help us tackle important questions around key feminist issues, and conversely, how feminist insights can serve to critique philosophical methods and theories.
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
PHI00116IBand:History
KANT’S THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHYThis module will consider Kant’s theoretical (metaphysics and epistemology) and practical (moral) philosophy.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00073IBand:Theoretical
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
PHI00118IBand:Value
POLITICS AND FREEDOM: ANARCHISM & CONSERVATISMBrief details:This module will investigate views about liberty, authority, value and justice, and explore the ways in which scepticism and an emphasis on liberty can be developed in very different directions.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00077I RATIONALISM: SPINOZA & LEIBNIZ 70% Essay 2039
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
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.
30% Exam
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 2022
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
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
PHI00082IBand: Value
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
PHI00117I Band: History
LIVED EXPERIENCES: INTRODUCTION TO PHENOMENOLOGYBrief details:Lived Experiences provides an introduction to phenomenology, the study of lived experience, and uses this to better understand experiences associated with, for instance, gender, race, and disability.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00074IBand:
METAPHYSICSBrief details:
70% Essay30% Exam
20
40
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
Theoretical This module is an advanced introduction to contemporary analytic metaphysics in which we examine several topics in detail. These topics could include the possibility of metaphysics, ordinary objects, properties, abstract entities, and modality amongst others.
PHI00075IBand:History
NIETZSCHE AND EXISTENTIALISM Brief details:This module will provide an introduction to some key themes in Nietzsche’s philosophy.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00078IBand:Theoretical
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
PHI00080IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCEBrief details:This module will introduce several key themes in contemporary philosophy of science.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
Second Year 10-Credit Option Modules
Autumn Term 2021
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PHI00113I WHO COUNTS AS A PHILOSOPHER?Brief details: In this module, we will be thinking about the history of the philosophical canon, and the (often underacknowledged) intellectual contributions of women to the field of philosophy.
10% Group Presentation, 10% Peer Feedback Task, 80% Essay
10
Spring/Summer Terms 2022
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PHI00111I 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
Second Year 10-Credit Short Key Ideas Modules
Autumn Term 2021
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MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
PHI00067IBand: Value
AESTHETICS (SHORT ) Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
PHI00110IBand:Value
FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY (SHORT)Brief details:If feminism is a political practice aimed at ending patriarchy, what is the point of feminist philosophy? This module explains how philosophy can help us tackle important questions around key feminist issues, and conversely, how feminist insights can serve to critique philosophical methods and theories.
100% Essay 10
PHI00095IBand:Theoretical
INTERMEDIATE LOGIC (SHORT)Brief details:The module aims to introduce students to formal logic, in contrast to Reason & Argument which focuses on the logic of natural languages.
100% Exam 10
PHI00086IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE (SHORT)Brief details:This module will investigate a range of key puzzles, problems, issues, and debates in philosophy of language.
100% Essay 10
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PHI00119IBand:Value
POLITICS AND FREEDOM: ANARCHISM & CONSERVATISM (SHORT)Brief details:This module will investigate views about liberty, authority, value and justice, and explore the ways in which scepticism and an emphasis on liberty can be developed in very different directions.
100% Essay 10
PHI00094IBand:Value
RELIGIOUS ETHICS (SHORT)Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
Spring Term 2022
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PHI00084IBand:Value
APPLIED ETHICS (SHORT)Brief details:This module introduces students to a range of important debates in applied ethics, such as global poverty, animal ethics, abortion, and euthanasia.
100% Essay 10
PHI00083IBand: Value
ETHICAL THEORY (SHORT)Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
PHI00092IBand:Theoretical
METAPHYSICS (SHORT)Brief details:This module is an advanced introduction to contemporary analytic metaphysics in which we examine several topics in detail. These topics could include the possibility of metaphysics, ordinary objects, properties, abstract entities, and modality amongst others.
100% Essay 10
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PHI00093IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (SHORT)Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
PHI00085IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (SHORT)Brief details:This module will introduce several key themes in contemporary philosophy of science.
100% Essay 10
Physics with Philosophy
Year (Stage 2) (40 credits in 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)Plus one of the following options:
i. A further Philosophy Key Ideas module in the Autumn Term (20 credits); ii. Key Ideas (short) module taken in the Autumn Term (10) and a further Key Ideas (short)
module in the Spring Term (10); iii. A Key Ideas (short) module taken in either the Autumn or Spring Terms (10) and one
10-credit elective taken in one of the two remaining terms.
MODULES AVAILABLE TO PHYSICS WITH PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS
Key Ideas Modules
Autumn Term 2021
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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
70% Essay30% Exam
20
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visual arts, music, and literature.PHI00109IBand:Value
FEMINIST PHILOSOPHYBrief details:If feminism is a political practice aimed at ending patriarchy, what is the point of feminist philosophy? This module explores how philosophy can help us tackle important questions around key feminist issues, and conversely, how feminist insights can serve to critique philosophical methods and theories.
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
PHI00116IBand:History
KANT’S THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHYThis module will consider Kant’s theoretical (metaphysics and epistemology) and practical (moral) philosophy.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00073IBand:Theoretical
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
PHI00118IBand:Value
POLITICS AND FREEDOM: ANARCHISM & CONSERVATISMBrief details:This module will investigate views about liberty, authority, value and justice, and explore the ways in which scepticism and an emphasis on liberty can be developed in very different directions.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
PHI00077IBand:History
RATIONALISM: SPINOZA & LEIBNIZBrief details: This module looks at Descartes’ discussion of substance, attribute, and the mind/body
70% Essay30% Exam
20
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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 2022
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MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
PHI00080IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (compulsory module) Brief details:This module will introduce several key themes in contemporary philosophy of science.
70% Essay30% Exam
20
Second Year 10-Credit Short Key Ideas Modules
Autumn Term 2021
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
PHI00067IBand: Value
AESTHETICS (SHORT ) Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
PHI00110IBand:Value
FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY (SHORT)Brief details:If feminism is a political practice aimed at ending patriarchy, what is the point of feminist
100% Essay 10
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MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
philosophy? This module explains how philosophy can help us tackle important questions around key feminist issues, and conversely, how feminist insights can serve to critique philosophical methods and theories.
PHI00095IBand:Theoretical
INTERMEDIATE LOGIC (SHORT)Brief details:The module aims to introduce students to formal logic, in contrast to Reason & Argument which focuses on the logic of natural languages.
100% Exam 10
PHI00086IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE (SHORT)Brief details:This module will investigate a range of key puzzles, problems, issues, and debates in philosophy of language.
100% Essay 10
PHI00119IBand:Value
POLITICS AND FREEDOM: ANARCHISM & CONSERVATISM (SHORT)Brief details:This module will investigate views about liberty, authority, value and justice, and explore the ways in which scepticism and an emphasis on liberty can be developed in very different directions.
100% Essay 10
PHI00094IBand:Value
RELIGIOUS ETHICS (SHORT)Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
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Spring Term 2022
MODULE CODE
MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS
PHI00084IBand:Value
APPLIED ETHICS (SHORT)Brief details:This module introduces students to a range of important debates in applied ethics, such as global poverty, animal ethics, abortion, and euthanasia.
100% Essay 10
PHI00083IBand: Value
ETHICAL THEORY (SHORT)Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
PHI00092IBand:Theoretical
METAPHYSICS (SHORT)Brief details:This module is an advanced introduction to contemporary analytic metaphysics in which we examine several topics in detail. These topics could include the possibility of metaphysics, ordinary objects, properties, abstract entities, and modality amongst others.
100% Essay 10
PHI00093IBand:Theoretical
PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (SHORT)Brief 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.
100% Essay 10
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