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PH306D: CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH TOPICS IN PHILOSOPHY (2021-2022)

Last modified: 31 May 2022 13:05


Course Overview

This team-taught course is designed to expose students to topics of contemporary research interest. Each lecturer will teach 3-4 weeks of the course on topics related to their current research. The general theme of the course for this academic year is Knowledge, Mind and Genes. Accordingly, the lectures and seminars of the course will cover issues and problems of current epistemology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of life sciences. These are some of the questions that the course will investigate: Do our genes determine who we are? And how would they do that? What does it mean that all is physical? Are we just physical entities? Are our perceptual beliefs rational, considering that prejudices, desires and expectations can change the content of perception? Students will choose to write assessments from this broad spectrum of topics.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Term First Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Luca Moretti

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Either Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

  • PH356D Contemporary Research Topics in Philosophy (Studied)
  • PH406D Contemporary Research Topics in Philosophy (Studied)
  • PH456D Contemporary Research Topics in Philosophy (Studied)

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This team-taught course is designed to expose students to topics of contemporary research interest. Each lecturer will teach 3-4 weeks of the course on topics related to their current research. The general theme of the course for this academic year is Knowledge, Mind and Genes. Accordingly, the lectures and seminars of the course will cover issues and problems of current epistemology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of life sciences. These are some of the questions that the course will investigate: Do our genes determine who we are? And how would they do that? What does it mean that all is physical? Are we just physical entities? Are our perceptual beliefs rational, considering that prejudices, desires and expectations can change the content of perception? Students will choose to write assessments from this broad spectrum of topics.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

2500 word essay (50%)

2500 word essay (50%)

 

Resit: 3000 word essay (100%)

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
FactualRememberILO’s for this course are available in the course guide.

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