Philosophy of Psychology

King’s College London

Master

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    London

Overview
This course will suit students with an undergraduate philosophy degree and those converting to philosophy from another subject (for instance, psychology) at undergraduate level. For philosophy graduates, it will consolidate and augment their existing knowledge, with a special emphasis on philosophy of psychology and philosophy of mind. For conversion students, it is designed to introduce them to key texts, concepts and arguments from right across the philosophical spectrum.
The course information sheet is a printable version of the information on this web page, which you can download here.

Key benefits
Open to Philosophy graduates, but also fully accessible to those converting in from other subjects (such as Psychology).
Trains students to a high level in Philosophy of Psychology and related fields in a short period of time.
Offers a wide selection of other optional topics, both current and historical, covering the entire philosophical spectrum from aesthetics to logic and everything in between.
Located in the heart of London.

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Location

Start date

London
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Strand, WC2R 2LS

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Subjects

  • Greek
  • Psychology
  • Philosophy
  • Ethics
  • Greek Philosophy
  • Logic
  • Aesthetics

Course programme

Year 1 Required Modules

    You are required to take:

    • Dissertation (60 credits - on a topic in the philosophy of psychology)

Optional Modules

You are also required to take 120 credits from a range of optional modules. You are encouraged, but not required to take teh following modules for this course:

  • Philosophy of Mind (20 credits)
  • Philosophy of Mind II: Special Topics (20 credits)
  • Philosophy of Psychology I (20 credits)
  • Philosophy of Psychology II (20 credits)

Other optional modules may typically include:

  • Early Modern Philosophy (20 credits)
  • Aesthetics (20 credits)
  • The Concept of Mental Disorder (20 credits)
  • Epistemology (20 credits)
  • Epistemology II: Special Topics (20 credits)
  • Ethics (20 credits)
  • Ethics II: Special Topics (20 credits)
  • Ethics of Science & Technology (20 credits)
  • First-Order Logic (20 credits)
  • Foundations of Analytic Philosophy (20 credits)
  • Fondations of Phenomenology (20 credits)
  • Gender & Philosophy (20 credits)
  • General Philosophy (40 creditst)
  • Greek Philosophy I: Plato (20 credits)
  • Greek Philosophy II: Aristotle (20 credits)
  • Greek Philosophy III: Special Topics (20 credits)
  • Indian Philosophy I: The Orthodox Schools (20 credits)
  • Indian Philosophy II: The Heterodox Schools (20 credits)
  • Kant I: Critique of Pure Reason (20 credits)
  • Kant II: Moral Philosophy (20 credits)
  • Mathematical Logic: Limitatative Results (20 credits)
  • Medieval Philosophy (20 credits)
  • Metaphysics (20 credits)
  • Metaphysics II (20 credits)
  • Methodology of the History of Philosophy (20 credits)
  • Modal Logic (20 credits)
  • Nineteenth-century Continental Philosophy (20 credits)
  • Perspective on Death & Killing (20 credits)
  • Philosophy of Biology (20 credits)
  • Philosophy of Language (20 credits)
  • Philosophy of Mathematics (20 credits)
  • Philosophy of Medicine (20 credits)
  • Philosophy of Physics (20 credits)
  • Philosophy of Religion (20 credits)
  • Philosophy of Science (20 credits)
  • Political Philosophy (20 credits)
  • Political Philosophy II: Special Topics (20 credits)
  • Set Theory (20 credits)
  • Twentieth-century Continental Philosophy (20 credits)

You may also take up to 40 credits from a range of master's modules offered across King's College London (including up to 20 credits from Graduate Language Modules offerred by King's Modern Language Centre) or exceptionally at University College London or Birkbeck, subject to approvals.

King's reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change.

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