MA Philosophy

University of Southampton

Postgraduate

In Southampton

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Southampton

  • Start date

    September

Introducing your course
Philosophy at Southampton is internationally renowned for its research in areas such as Aesthetics, Normativity and the History of Philosophy. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework Philosophy at Southampton achieved the 7th highest score in the UK for its published work, so you will be joining a very high-calibre team.
The MA in Philosophy is a flexible programme that can be tailored to your own interests, while providing you with a solid grounding in some of the central areas of philosophy. Whether you are simply intending to build on your undergraduate studies or planning to pursue advanced research, this programme has been designed to meet your needs.

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Southampton (Hampshire)
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University Road, SO17 1BJ

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Subjects

  • Credit
  • Philosophy
  • Aesthetics

Course programme

Year 1

The dissertation work begins with Semester Two's Research Skills module, in which you will explore the challenges of formulating a research project and present an analysis of some of the texts upon which your dissertation research will focus.

Semester OneCompulsory

PHIL6048Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Individually Negotiated Topic 1

PHIL6053Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Mind, Knowledge and Reality

PHIL6054Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

The Philosophy of Value

Optional

PHIL3011Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Kierkegaard

PHIL3037Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Wittgenstein's Later Philosophy

PHIL3042Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Fiction and Fictionalism

PHIL3047Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Schopenhauer

PHIL3049Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Puzzles and Paradoxes

PHIL3050Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Advanced Aesthetics: Aesthetic Creativity

PHIL3051Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Other Minds

Semester TwoCompulsory

PHIL6049Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Individually Negotiated Topic 2

PHIL6052Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Research Skills in Philosophy

Optional

PHIL3007Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Nietzsche

PHIL3009Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Heidegger

PHIL3020Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Philosophy of Mathematics

PHIL3034Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Philosophy of Sex

PHIL3038Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

The Ethics of Belief

PHIL3041Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Happiness and Wellbeing

PHIL3048Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Scepticism

Core [?]

A core module is a module which must be taken and passed.

PHIL6051Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 75

Dissertation

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