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Heythrop College

Bellarmine Institute

Programme of Studies

PHILOSOPHY

LICENTIATE IN PHILOSOPHY

(PhL)

Academic Years 2013-2015

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LICENTIATE IN PHILOSOPHY

OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAMME 1. The Programme

The PhL at the Bellarmine Institute is a specialised licentiate in Systematic Philosophy. The aim of this

degree is to help students deepen their knowledge of Philosophy and to introduce them to research in

Philosophy in the Christian tradition.

All programmes offered through the Bellarmine Institute conform to the requirements of the framework

for higher education qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (FHEQ) and the Framework

for Qualifications of the European Higher Education Area (FQ‐EHEA ‘Bologna’).1 For the purposes of this

document, credit values are expressed as ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System)

points. 2. Admission

To be admitted for the PhL, the following requirements must be met:

Applicants must have the necessary level of English.

Applicants must be registered for the two‐year University of London Heythrop College Master

of Philosphical Studies.

Applicants must have completed the Baccalaureate in Philosophy with prior philosophical studies in a non‐ecclesiastical Faculty of P h i l o s o p h y .

Applicants can be admitted to the PhL only after having satisfied the Dean that their preparation is compatible with that which is set forth in an Ecclesiastical Faculty of Philosophy, and after having filled any gaps with respect to the years and curriculum foreseen for the BacPhil.

The final grade of the applicant’s undergraduate philosophy degree must be at least upper second or equivalent.

Applicants must provide certificates and/or transcripts of previous studies issued and authenticated by the appropriate university, faculty, seminary, or some other appropriate educational institution.

Applicants are required to provide a letter of recommendation testifying to their good standing in the Church, their good character and moral integrity. In the case of seminarians or diocesan clergy, this should be from their Ordinary or from the Rector of their college; for members of Institutes of Consecrated Life or of Societies of Apostolic Life, this should be from their Superior or Major Moderator or Director of Studies; for other applicants, this should be from an ecclesiastical person who knows them well.

1 See: http://www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Documents/BolognaLeaflet.pdf

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3. Explanatory note on UK course structure, credit frameworks and the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS)

UK degrees are generally made up from fewer, ‘bigger’ courses than in Europe i.e. modules of 30 and 15 credits (15 and 7.5 ECTS). The European Framework for Qualifications sets out the overall expected credits for the award at each level:

Masters – 120‐240 (60‐120 ECTS) – the STL is 240 (120 ECTS)

Undergraduate level – min 360 (UK) 180 (ECTS) – STB is 360 (180 ECTS)

At master’s level, modules are awarded 15 ECTS as they cover a wider range of material as well as requiring extended in‐depth study of more specialist subjects and the written assignments are longer pieces of work. Students also receive one‐to‐one tutorials and supervision on the dissertation. The composition of these licentiate programmes reflects this practice.

At undergraduate level, modules are typically 7.5 ECTS for one term of study or 15 ECTS for a course which is taught over two terms. This reflects the number of teaching hours, the number of written assignments and the final assessment requirements.

Practice in the UK equates one ECTS credit with two UK credits. One UK credit equates to 10 notional study hours and one ECTS credit corresponds to 25 to 30 hours of work. The UK ‘notional’ study hours are based on the 2 formal teaching terms/semesters in a normal academic year. In addition to this students work during vacations on project work, written course work or dissertations and preparation for written assessment and examinations in the summer term.

Heythrop College has adopted the national credit framework that is audited by the Quality Assurance Agency in the UK (a member of ENQA) and which is compliant with the Bologna Process. The College was most recently audited by the QAA in 2011 and gained the result of “full assurance”. Credits from College courses of study are recognized by Heythrop’s more than 25 partner universities in Europe for students in the Erasmus programme at both undergraduate and master’s levels.

It is also important to note that the UK practice is that credit is awarded for the achievement of learning outcomes at the appropriate level and not on workload only. UK credit practice has been successfully self‐certified with the aid of independent European experts as in conformity with the Bologna Process.

4. Programme Structure

The PhL degree is spread over two academic years for full‐time students, or three academic years

for part‐time students. To complete the degree, students must attain a total of 125 ECTS points (250

UK credits). This comprises:

Five modules, each of which is worth 15 ECTS points; Language acquisition worth 5 ECTS points; Dissertation worth 30 ECTS points; Final oral comprehensive examination worth 15 ECTS points.

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5. Curriculum

5.1 Modules Students must take five modules in all, each of which is worth 15 ECTS points. Four of these modules

are compulsory and one is optional. The compulsory modules are:

PHHB401 Epistemology and Metaphysics

PHH412 Ethics OR PHH411 Political Philosophy

PHH505 Reason and Religion

RES402 Research Skills in Philosophy

The optional module is chosen from the following list:

CET502 Bioethics and Sexual Ethics

CTH403

PHH503

PHH504

PSY410

Augustine and his Legacy

Logic and Language

Mind and Psychology

Psychology and Religion

5.2 Language acquisition (LAB400)

Students must also acquire a knowledge of ancient Greek, or of a modern language other than the

languages studied during their first cycle, or else must acquire an advanced knowledge of one of the

languages previously studied. This language module carries 5 ECTS points.

For full‐time students, it is highly recommended that, during their first year, they take the language

module together with four philosophy modules, one of which will be the module on Research

Methods. During their second year, they should take the remaining module, after which they should

concentrate fully on their dissertation.

For part‐time students, it is highly recommended that they include in their first year of study the

module on Research Methods. Their overall study plan should be worked out in consultation with

the Dean.

5.3 Dissertation (PHH599) The dissertation carries 30 ECTS points. Its length will be between 20,000 and 25,000 words,

including footnotes or endnotes, but excluding the bibliography.

The student will work under the guidance of a supervisor.

Two bound copies are to be submitted by 15 May of the final year of study.

5.4 Final oral comprehensive examination The oral comprehensive examination counts for 15 ECTS points.

This examination lasts for one hour. Each of three examiners will question the student for

twenty minutes in three different areas. These areas will be indicated to students at the

beginning of Lent term of their final year of study. Students will receive a list containing five

theses for each section, and they should be ready to explain and critically evaluate each

thesis during the examination.

The oral comprehensive examination is normally held during the first week of June of the

student’s last year of study.

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6. Assessment

All requirements for each module need to be satisfied, including the end of year examinations. 7. Computation of Final Award for the STL (HEYTHROP) from 2013

All marks are those agreed by examiners in the Heythrop College Master’s programme in Religion

and Philosophy. Any adjustment made to these marks by external examiners (or for any other

agreed reason) will be valid also for the PhL computation.

Given the credit value of the various elements of this programme, each philosophy module mark

counts for 12% of the overall mark; the language module mark counts for 4% of the overall mark;

the dissertation mark counts for 24% of the overall mark; and the oral examination mark counts for

12% of the overall mark. Hence the computation shall be as follows:

Take the mark (out of 100) for each of the 5 modules and multiply each by 0.12 Take the mark for the dissertation (out of 100) and multiply by 0.24

Take the mark for the oral examination (out of 100) and multiply by 0.12

Take the mark for the language module (out of 100) and multiply by 0.04

The total gives the % mark for the degree.

Award classification

70% and above: SUMMA CUM LAUDE

60% to 69%: MAGNA CUM LAUDE

50% to 59%: CUM LAUDE

45% to 49%: CUM FRUCTU

40% to 44%: PASS

Below 40%: FAIL

8. The Board of Examiners

The final award is agreed by an examination board consisting of all of: The DEAN of the Faculty, any

three members of the Bellarmine Institute, a member of the Heythrop Faculty who is not a member

of the Institute (to be appointed by the Director).

The board is free to make adjustments to the final award according to criteria of good practice as

found in institutions of tertiary education, particularly those used by Heythrop College. These

criteria may include, but are not restricted to: Evidence of significant improvement in the final year,

evidence of unexpected deterioration in student performance owing to illness or other unavoidable

and grave reasons (such as bereavement of a relative), adjustments involving fractions of a % but

not more than .5%. The student is required to make known to the Institute and to provide evidence

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of valid reasons for deterioration in performance. This evidence should be of the same standard as

for Heythrop College: medical evidence or notification from a member of the faculty, and so forth.

Students have the right to appeal decisions of the board in cases of administrative or clerical error.

Appeals are to be adjudicated by the Director (or an independent person appointed by the Director)

and at least two members of the Bellarmine Institute who were not party to the original decision.

No appeal regarding individual marks for modules will be allowed.

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FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY

Proposed List of “Qualified Teachers” (Constitution, section 3.3)

from which the Lecturers of the Faculty will be appointed

Professor Dr Rachel Blass

Rev Dr Louis Caruana SJ

Dr Fiona Ellis

Rev Dr Peter Gallagher SJ

Professor Dr Gwen Griffith Dickson

Rev Dr Patrick Riordan SJ

Rev Dr Paul Rout OFM

Rev Dr Terrance Walsh SJ

Rev Dr Francis John Selman

Rev Dr Stephen Wang

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MODULE OUTLINES

Please note that the following module outlines are presented in alpha‐numeric order. For a summary of

the compulsory modules and the list of optional modules, please refer to the Overview of the

Programme (above), section 4: Curriculum.

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BellarmineInstituteatHeythropCollege:LicentiateinPhilosophy(PhL):IndicativeModuleOutlineCTH403:AugustineandhisLegacy

Module Title Augustine and his Legacy

Module Code CTH403

Level 7 (UK FHEQ); second cycle (FQ‐EHEA)

ECTS Credit Equivalent 15 points

Module Type Optional

Module Pre‐requisites None

Module Supervisor(s) Rev Prof Richard Price

Module Aims To convey an understanding of key themes in Augustine and their influence on later Christian theology.

To develop the exegetical and critical skills of the students, within the context of a proper theological awareness.

Module Content Each session will centre on the discussion of a particular text of Augustine, from works including the Confessions, the City of God, the Good of Marriage, the Expositions of the Psalms, and selected writings on grace. Later sessions will proceed to the Augustinian inheritance in Luther, Calvin, and the French School.

Module Assessment Coursework element: Exegetical exercise 1,000‐1,500 words (15%); Essay 2,500‐3,000 words (25%)

End of year element: Essay: 4,000 words (60%)

To pass the module students need to achieve a module mark of 50 or above.

Select Bibliography: Essential Texts

The texts for discussion, week by week. These are mainly on the internet, but will otherwise be circulated.

Recommended Texts Allan Fitzgerald, Augustine through the Ages (Eerdmans 1999). Peter Brown, Augustine of Hippo (Faber, 1967 and 2000). Henry Chadwick, Augustine (Oxford University Press 2008). Leonore Stump & Norman Kretzmann, eds, The Cambridge

Companion to Augustine (Cambridge University Press 2001). Lucien Jerphagnon, Saint Augustin: Le pédagogue de Dieu (Paris:

Gallimar, 2002). Kurt Flasch, Augustin: Einführung in sein Denken (Stuttgart: Reclam,

2003).

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BellarmineInstituteatHeythropCollege:LicentiateinPhilosophy(PhL):IndicativeModuleOutlineCET502:BioethicsandSexualEthics

Module Title Bioethics and Sexual Ethics

Module Code CET502





Module Supervisor(s) Rev Dr Terrance Walsh SJ

Module Aims To enable students to apply the principles of moral theology to

various moral problems in the medical and sexual sphere, such as

IVF and embryo research, euthanasia, physician assisted suicide,

gene therapy, abortion, transplants, divorce and second marriage,

homosexual activity, civil unions, gay parenting, and co‐habitation.

Module Content This module is designed to enable students to apply the principles of

fundamental moral theology to such contemporary issues as IVF and

embryo research, euthanasia, physician assisted suicide, gene

therapy, abortion, transplants, divorce and second marriage,

homosexual activity, civil unions, gay parenting and co‐habitation.

Module Assessment Coursework: a book review (20%); an issue report (20%).

Essay: a 4000 word essay (60%).


Detailed biographies for each topic will be provided throughout the

module.

Recommended Texts Barton, S (ed): The Family: In Theological Perspective, T&T Clark,

1996.

Messer, N: Theological Issues in Bioethics: An Introduction with

Readings, DLT, 2002

Singer, P,: Rethinking Life & Death, OUP, 1995

Sowle Cahill, L: Sex Gender and Christian Ethics: CUP, 1996.

Sutton, A. Christian Bioethics: A Guide for the Perplexed: T&T Clark,

2008.

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BellarmineInstituteatHeythropCollege:LicentiateinPhilosophy(PhL):IndicativeModuleOutlineLAB400:SecondCycleLanguageAcquisition

Module Title Second Cycle Language Acquisition

Module Code LAB 400



Module Type Compulsory

Module Pre‐requisites Dependent on the level at which study is undertaken.

Module Supervisor(s) Rev Dr P. Gallagher SJ

Module Aims To enable students to acquire a knowledge of ancient Greek, or of a modern language other than the languages studied during their first cycle; or

To enable students to acquire an advanced knowledge of one of the languages previously studied.

Module Content Modules will be available from ab initio to native speaker level dependent on the target level of language acquisition and will be provided in conjunction with a number of approved language providers. All language modules will, at a minimum, develop skills to enable academic research in the target language.

Module Assessment Appropriate to the target level of language acquisition.

Select Bibliography Determined by provider

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BellarmineInstituteatHeythropCollege: Licentiate in Philosophy (PhL): IndicativeModuleOutlinePHH411:PoliticalPhilosophy

Module Title Political Philosophy

Module Code PHH411


Years available Every other year


Module Type Compulsory but may be substituted by PHH412: Ethics


Module Supervisor(s) Rev Dr P. Riordan SJ

Module Aims To introduce students to current debates in a range of

contemporary political issues.

To enable students to apply theories and concepts to the

selected issues in political philosophy.

Module Content The first lecture will introduce the module and the distinctive

approach adopted, linking it to mainstream approaches in political

philosophy. The actual themes chosen may vary from year to year

depending on interest and current issues. The following six are

proposed initially: political obligation; equality; cosmopolitanism;

war and terrorism; crime and punishment; religion and public

reason.

Module Assessment Coursework 1: a review (not more than 1000 words) of a recently

published journal‐article (counts for 10% of the module mark);

Coursework 2: a short essay of not more than 2000 words

(counts for 30%);

End‐of‐year essay: not more than 4000 words (counts for 60% of

the module mark).


A.J. Simmonds, Moral Principles and Political Obligations

(Princeton University Press, 1980).

R. Dworkin, Sovereign Virtue: the Theory and Practice of Equality

(Harvard University Press, 2000).

T. Pogge, World Poverty and Human Rights (2002).

P. Riordan, ‘Talk and Terror: the Value of Just‐War Arguments in

the Context of Terror’, in: S. Law (ed), Israel, Palestine and Terror

(Continuum, 2008), pp. 163‐74.

C.L. Ten, Crime, Guilt and Punishment (Clarendon Press, 1987).

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J. Rawls, ‘The idea of public reason revisited’, in The Law of

Peoples (Harvard University Press, 1999).

Recommended Texts M. Clayton & A. Williams (eds), The Ideal of Equality (Palgrave,

2000).

M. Ignatieff, The Lesser Evil (Edinburgh University Press, 2004).

N. Walker, Why Punish? (OUP 1991).

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BellarmineInstituteatHeythropCollege: Licentiate in Philosophy (PhL): IndicativeModuleOutlinePHH412:Ethics

Module Title Ethics

Module Code PHH412


Years available Every other year


Module Type Compulsory but may be substituted by PHH411: Political Philosophy



Module Aims To enable students to think critically about a range central issues in

metaethics and normative ethical theory

Module Content One half of the course will examine contemporary debates regarding the objectivity and epistemology of moral judgments. Topics will include:

intuitionism and the ‘naturalistic fallacy’; the nature of moral reasons and moral reasoning; the analogy with secondary qualities; non‐cognitivism; moral relativism.

The other half of the module will examine contemporary debates regarding normative theories:

deontology; utilitarianism; virtue ethics.

Module Assessment Coursework 1: a review (not more than 1000 words) of a recently published journal‐article (counts for 10% of the module mark);

Coursework 2: a short essay of not more than 2000 words (counts for 30%);

End‐of‐year essay: not more than 4000 words on any topic not covered in coursework (counts for 60% of the module mark)


Stratton‐Lake, Ethical Intuitionism (Clarendon 2002). J.L. Mackie, Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong (Penguin 1977). B. Williams, Moral Luck (CUP 1981). T. Honderich, Morality and Objectivity (Routledge 1985). T.M. Scanlon, What We Owe To Each Other (Belknap 1998).

Recommended Texts Copp, Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory (OUP 2007). Nussbaum, M.& Sen, A., Quality of Life (Clarendon 1995)

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BellarmineInstituteatHeythropCollege: Licentiate in Philosophy (PhL): IndicativeModuleOutlinePHHB410:EpistemologyandMetaphysics

Module Title Epistemology and Metaphysics

Module Code PHHB410





Module Supervisor(s) Rev Dr Louis Caruana SJ

Module Aims To provide an understanding of central arguments and ideas in epistemology and metaphysics;

To enable students to think critically about these arguments and ideas.

Module Content Such topics as:

The analysis of propositional knowledge: externalism,

contextualism, and worries about the analytic project;

Justification: foundationalism, coherentism, the justificatory role

of experience, the concept of entitlement;

Sense‐datum, intentionalist and disjunctivist approaches to

perception;

The sceptical argument from ignorance, the denial of closure,

and contextualist responses to sceptical argument;

Realism and antirealism;

Causation and Laws of Nature;

Persistence through time;

Freedom and determinism

Existence



End‐of‐year essay: not more than 4000 words (counts for 60% of the module mark)


N. Lemos, An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge, (CUP 2007).

M.J. Loux, Metaphysics, a contemporary introduction (Routledge 2002).

E.J. Lowe, A Survey of Metaphysics (OUP 2002).

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B. Miller, The Fullness of Being: A New Paradigm for Existence (University of Notre Dame Press 2002).

Recommended Texts Sosa, E., Kim, J., Fantl, J. & McGrath, M., Epistemology: An Anthology (Oxford, Blackwell, 2008).

Steup, M., & Sosa, E., Contemporary Debates in Epistemology (Oxford, Blackwell, 2005).

Crane, T. & Farkas K., Metaphysics: A Guide and Anthology (OUP 2004).

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BellarmineInstituteatHeythropCollege: Licentiate in Philosophy (PhL): IndicativeModuleOutlinePHH503:LogicandLanguage

Module Title Logic and Language

Module Code PHH503





Module Supervisor(s) Rev Dr Louis Caruana SJ

Module Aims To provide detailed knowledge of some key views of Frege, Russell and Kripke on meaning and reference;

To present the current state of debate as regards truth, theories of meaning, contextualism and interpretation;

To provide the skill of evaluating the major arguments in this domain.

Module Content Frege’s puzzle and his two solutions; Russell on descriptions and ordinary proper names; Kripke on names, rigidity and the necessary a posterior; Truth and meaning; Contextualism within the philosophy of language; Intention and interpretation.



End‐of‐year essay: not more than 4000 words on any topic not covered in coursework (counts for 60% of the module mark)


Lycan, W.J., Philosophy of Language (Routledge, 1999). Moore, A.W. (ed.) Meaning and Reference (OUP 1993). Morris, M., An introduction to the philosophy of language (CUP

2006).

Recommended Texts Kripke, S., Naming and Necessity (Harvard UP 1980) Martinich, A. P. (ed), The Philosophy of Language. 3rd ed. (OUP

1996). Preyer, G., & Peter, G. (eds.), Contextualism in Philosophy:

Knowledge, Meaning, and Truth (OUP 2005)

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BellarmineInstituteatHeythropCollege: Licentiate in Philosophy (PhL): Indicative ModuleOutlinePHH504:MindandPsychology

Module Title Mind and Psychology

Module Code PHH504






Module Aims To enable students to think critically about questions regarding the

nature of the mind, its relation to the body, and the philosophical

implications of contemporary theories in cognitive and evolutionary

psychology.

Module Content Indicative content includes:

The metaphysics of mind and the mind‐body problem;

Consciousness;

Functionalism and the computer model of mind;

Mental causation;

Nativism and modularity.

Module Assessment Coursework 1: a review (not more than 1000 words) of a recently

published journal‐article (counts for 10% of the module mark);

Coursework 2: a short essay of not more than 2000 words

(counts for 30%);

End‐of‐year essay: not more than 4000 words on any topic not

covered in coursework (counts for 60% of the module mark).

Select Bibliography: Recommended Texts

Crane, T. The Mechanical Mind

Heil, J. Philosophy of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction

Heil, J. Philosophy of Mind: A Guide and Anthology

Block, N. et al. The Nature of Consciousness

Stainton, R. Contemporary Debates in Cognitive Science

O’Connor, T. & Robb, D. Philosophy of Mind

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BellarmineInstituteatHeythropCollege: Licentiate in Philosophy (PhL): IndicativeModuleOutlinePHH505:ReasonandReligion

Module Title Reason and Religion

Module Code PHH505





Module Supervisor(s) Rev Dr Peter Gallagher SJ

Module Aims To foster knowledge and critical understanding of key topics in

the Philosophy of Religion.

To focus on both historical debates and current developments in

each topic covered by the syllabus.

To cover most of the Philosophy of Religion topics from the AS

and A2 Philosophy (AQA) syllabus for those hoping to teach

AS/A2 Philosophy.

To provide a good foundation in Philosophy of Religion for those

hoping to undertake research in this area.

To enable students to think critically about their own religious

presuppositions, and those of others.

To provide an opportunity for students to develop skills in

interpretation, analysis and communication superior to those

expected at third‐year undergraduate level.

Module Content Topics covered may include:

1. a. The Nature of Religion/Philosophy of Religion

1. b. The Cosmological Argument

2. The Design Argument

3. Religious Experience

4. The Ontological Argument

5. Voluntarist Theories of Religious Belief

6. Omniscience

7. a. Divine Omnipotence

7. b. Miracles

8. The Problem of Evil

9. a. Eternal Life

10. a. Morality and the ‘Death of God’

10. b. Verification and Religious Belief

11. Religious Belief and Language Games

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Module Assessment Coursework (40%): 1. A review of not more than 1,000 words of

a recently‐published article in the Philosophy of Religion (10%).

An essay of not more than 2,000 words on an argument for the

existence of God ‐ e.g. ‘The ontological argument makes an

unjustified leap from a concept to an objectively‐existing reality.’

Discuss with reference to any two versions of the argument you

have studied (30%).

End‐of‐year essay (60%): An essay of not more than 4,000 words

on a topic chosen from topics 5.‐11. inclusive – e.g. What

difficulties are associated with belief in the resurrection of the

body? Can they be overcome?


Descartes, Rene Meditations on First Philosophy, With Selections

from the Objections and Replies, trans. John Cottingham,

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1986.

Hume, David An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding, ed.

Charles W. Hendel, Bobbs‐Merrill Educational Publishing,

Indianapolis, 1955.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Beyond Good and Evil, trans. R. J.

Hollingdale, Penguin Books, London, 1973.

Recommended Texts One of the following:

Davies, B (ed) – Philosophy of Religion: A Guide and Anthology,

OUP, Oxford, 2000.

Eshleman, Andrew (ed) Readings in Philosophy of Religion: East

Meets West, Blackwell, Malden and Oxford, 2008

Meister, Chad (ed) The Philosophy of Religion Reader, Routledge,

New York and Abingdon, 2008.

Peterson, M, ‐ Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings, Oxford

University and others (eds) Press, Oxford, 2007.

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BellarmineInstituteatHeythropCollege: Licentiate in Philosophy (PhL): Indicative ModuleOutlinePHHB599:PhLDissertation

Module Title PhL Dissertation

Module Code PHHB599





Module Supervisor(s) Appointed by the Programme Convenor

Module Aims The dissertation provides the opportunity for the student to work

independently on philosophical issues and to gain a significant depth

of understanding in a specific area of philosophy. It is intended to

foster the capacity of further sustained independent study.

Module Content The dissertation involves a substantial independent investigation of a topic selected by the student with the approval of the supervisor. Usually, it will build on one or more of the student’s previous modules.

Module Assessment The length of the dissertation will be between 20,000 and

25,000 words, including footnotes or endnotes, but excluding

the bibliography.

The student will work under the guidance of a supervisor.

Two bound copies are to be submitted by 15 April of the final

year of study.

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BellarmineInstituteatHeythropCollege: Licentiate in Philosophy (PhL): Indicative ModuleOutlinePSY410:PsychologyandReligion

Module Title Psychology and Religion

Module Code PSY410






Module Aims To introduce psychology of religion as a psychological discipline

and to consider its relationship to other relevant areas of study;

To review the contributions of scholars representing a wide

range of theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of

religion and religious development;

To assist students to apply psychological theories and research

findings to the understanding of phenomena associated with

religious belief and practice.

Module Content The nature of psychology of religion, including its historical

roots, its methods, and problems that face the field

Key thinkers such as William James, Sigmund Freud; Erich

Fromm C.G. Jung; Gordon Allport, and B.F. Skinner.

Motivational approaches (e.g., clinically based approaches to the

need for religion and psychological structures that sustain belief)

Social‐psychological approaches (e.g., characteristics of believers

and belief)

Behavioural and biological approaches (e.g. neuroscientifc

correlates of religious experience).

Module Assessment Coursework: Critical Analysis of a Theoretical/Research Paper

(20%); A comparative analysis of two papers (20%)

Essay: An Essay of 4,000 words (60%)

Select Bibliography: Recommended Texts

Wulff, D.M. (1997) Psychology of Religion. Classic and

Contemporary. 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Hood, R.W. , Hill, PC., & Spilka,B. (2009). The Psychology of

Religion. New York: Guilford

Reading materials for each topic will be provided.

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BellarmineInstituteatHeythropCollege: Licentiate in Philosophy (PhL): Indicative ModuleOutlineRES402:ResearchSkillsinPhilosophy

Module Title Research Skills in Philosophy

Module Code RES402






Module Aims To enable students to conduct advanced research in philosophy

Module Content The module is divided into two parts. The first part is taught jointly

with Research skills in theology; the second is specific to philosophy

Generic

Library and IT induction

Academic writing

Research methodology

Project and time management

Academic speaking and listening

Research proposal design

Dissertation workshop

ULRLS tutorial online

Personal progress

Philosophy

Research proposal discussion

Student seminar, to include 1 presentation and feedback

Metaphilosophy

Module Assessment All assessment is coursework. There is no ‘end of year’ assessment.

Research proposal first draft: 1000 words

Oral presentation with PowerPoint (30 minutes): on topic related to‘Editor’s introduction’

Editor’s introduction (50% of mark): 2500 words

Full research proposal (50% of mark): 2500 words

Select Bibliography None

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BellarmineInstituteatHeythropCollege: Licentiate in Philosophy (PhL): Indicative AssessmentOutlineFinalOralComprehensiveExamination

Title Final oral comprehensive examination

Assessment Code TBC



Type Compulsory: examination module

Supervisor(s) Programme Convenor

Aims In this examination, the student must show that he or she has acquired a solid formation as explained in Sapientia Christiana, article 61.

One of the main aims of this examination is to offer an opportunity to the student to formulate a synthetic overview of the material studied during the course of two years.

Content The areas for examination will be indicated to students at the beginning of Lent term of their final year of study. Students will receive a list containing five theses for each section, and they should be ready to explain and critically evaluate each thesis during the examination.

Assessment The oral comprehensive examination is normally held during the first week of June of the student’s last year of study.

This examination lasts for one hour. Each of three examiners will question the student for twenty minutes in three different areas.