Department of Philosophy - University of York...APPLIED ETHICS Brief details: This module introduces students to a range of important debates in applied ethics, such as: global poverty,

Department of Philosophy

Guide to Philosophy Modules for Second Year

Students in 2019/20

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Guide to Second Year Modules for 2019 - 20

Contents

Section 1 – Introduction 2 Modules 2

Key Ideas modules 2

Second Year Option Modules 2

Electives 2

Languages for All 3

Changing modules 3

Maximum numbers on modules 4

Section 2 – Degree Programmes Structures 4 Philosophy Single Subject 5

English and Philosophy 14

Philosophy and Linguistics 21

French/German and Philosophy 26

History and Philosophy 31

Mathematics and Philosophy 36

Philosophy and Sociology 41

Physics with Philosophy 49

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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, 2019-20. All current first year students, whatever their 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 will need to register their module selections via an online system which will be made available between 10 am on Monday 25th February and 5 pm on Monday 4th March 2019. More information about this will be sent out shortly and students should check their University of York email account regularly for any updates.

Advice from Supervisors

You 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 Drop-in Feedback and Advice Time sessions or at other times by special arrangement. These sessions are available at: Staff Contact Information Spring 2019 and are also posted on the display stand near the Philosophy office.

If you are a joint student and your supervisor is not in Philosophy you can discuss your choices with Rob Trueman ([email protected]) who is the Associate Programme Leader for Undergraduate Programmes.

Modules All 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

They are designed to aid development of core philosophical skills.

Second Year Options (10 credits)

Second year options give you an opportunity to broaden your knowledge of the discipline by taking

shorter, more focused modules dealing with a particular area, topic or skill.

Lecture-based Modules

These modules are designed to introduce a specialist area of Philosophy and are generally taught by weekly lectures, with four additional 1.5 hour seminars during the term.

Reading Group Modules

These modules provide an opportunity for close study of a philosophical text and are generally taught by a weekly 90-minute reading group to discuss set reading.

Elective Modules – (Please note that only students on the Philosophy Single Subject programme may

substitute a Philosophy module for an elective in their second year)

https://www.york.ac.uk/media/philosophy/documents/Drop%20in%20Feedback%20and%20Advice%20Time%20Sessions%20Spring%202019.pdf

mailto:[email protected]

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Within the University Elective Module scheme the opportunity exists 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: http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/sro/electives.htm), see your supervisor or joint programme adviser, and then enquire in the relevant department whether space is available. Forms for elective registration are available online at: http://www.york.ac.uk/philosophy/current/undergraduate/modules/#tab-4 and also from Carol Dixon in the Philosophy Office to whom the form must be returned on completion by the Department offering the elective. Please note: as there is no guarantee that there would be a place available on an elective of your choice or that it would be compatible with your timetable, when choosing your modules for 2019/20 you should ensure that you select 120 credits of modules from your degree programme. If it is subsequently confirmed that a place is available on the elective and 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: www.york.ac.uk/inst/ltc/lfa. LFA modules are taught over the Autumn and Spring Terms and then assessed in the Summer Term. They require considerable commitment and cannot be dropped after Week 3 of the Autumn Term. If you are considering taking an LFA module, you should be sure to discuss it with your supervisor first.

Please note that in the second year only students on the Philosophy Single Subject programme may replace a Philosophy module with an LFA module to count for credit.

Please also note that if you choose to take an LFA module that is below the level appropriate to your stage (ie, below second year level) 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. 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 take a specific elective or LFA module.

The University imposes an upper limit on the number of credits you may take as Electives or LFA modules. You may take up to 20 credits of electives in your second year.

Changing Modules

Autumn and Spring Terms

You 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.

Summer Term

Due to the restricted number of teaching weeks in the Summer Term, Second Year 10-credit modules taken in the Summer Term cannot be changed once term has started.

Requests for changes should be sent to Carol Dixon ([email protected])

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.

http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/sro/electives.htm

http://www.york.ac.uk/philosophy/current/undergraduate/modules/#tab-4

http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/ltc/lfa

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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

All other modules are normally subject to a maximum number cap:

Lecture-based modules: 45

Reading group modules: 30

Section 2 – Degree Programme Structure

Your 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 which 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)

Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term

*Key Ideas Module (20) *Key Ideas Module (20)

*Key Ideas Module (20) *Key Ideas Module (20)

Option Module (10)

A further Option Module in any one of the terms (10)

LFA, elective**, or *Key Ideas Module (20)

Students may replace one Key Ideas module and one Option Module with either History of Political Thought (30) or Contemporary Political Philosophy (30)

NB Students may not take more than 60 credits in a single term

*Students must take at least one Key Ideas module from each of the three bands below:

Value: Aesthetics

Applied Ethics Ethical Theory

Feminist Philosophy Religious Ethics

Theoretical: Metaphysics

Intermediate Logic Philosophy of Language

Philosophy of Mind Philosophy of Science

History: Aristotle

Hume’s Empiricism Kant’s Copernican Revolution

Nietzsche Rationalism: Spinoza and Leibniz

**You may only take 20 credits in electives or LFA modules in a single year.

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MODULES AVAILABLE TO PHILOSOPHY SINGLE SUBJECT STUDENTS

Key Ideas Modules

Autumn Term 2019

MODULE CODE

MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT

CREDITS LINK FOR FURTHER DETAILS

PHI00091I Band: Value

AESTHETICS 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.

70% Essay 30% Exam

20 https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/PHI00091I/2019-20


ETHICAL THEORY 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.

70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00081I Band: History

HUME’S EMPIRICISM Brief 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% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00096I Band: Theoretical

INTERMEDIATE LOGIC (Autumn and Spring) Brief details: The module aims to introduce students to formal logic, in contrast to Reason &

50% Essay 50% Exam


https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/PHI00091I/2019-20




















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Argument which focuses on the logic of natural languages.


PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE Brief details: This module will investigate a range of key puzzles, problems, issues, and debates in philosophy of language.

70% Essay 30% Exam



RATIONALISM: SPINOZA & LEIBNIZ 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.

70% Essay 30% Exam



RELIGIOUS ETHICS Brief details: This module considers questions about the relationship between God and morality

70% Essay 30% Exam


Spring/Summer Terms 2020

MODULE CODE




APPLIED ETHICS Brief details: This module introduces students to a range of important debates in applied ethics, such as: global poverty, animal ethics, abortion, and euthanasia.

70% Essay 30% Exam



ARISTOTLE Brief details: This module introduces the key ideas in Aristotle’s

70% Essay 30% Exam

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philosophy, including, for example, his theory of substance and accident, hylomorphism, and efficient, formal, material and final causation.

2019-20


FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY Brief details: Feminist philosophers study issues in social and political philosophy, but also philosophy of language, metaphysics and epistemology. Are our conceptions of, for example, knowledge or value ‘gendered’ in problematic ways?

70% Essay 30% Exam



KANT’S COPERNICAN REVOLUTION Brief details: This module will provide an introduction to Kant’s theoretical philosophy (his theory of knowledge and metaphysics).

70% Essay 30% Exam



METAPHYSICS Brief details: This module will develop students’ knowledge and understanding of a representative range of key puzzles, problems, issues, and debates in metaphysics.

70% Essay 30% Exam



NIETZSCHE Brief details: This module will provide an introduction to some key themes in Nietzsche’s philosophy

70% Essay 30% Exam



PHILOSOPHY OF MIND Brief details: This module will

70% Essay 30% Exam

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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.

mes/module-catalogue/module/PHI00078I/2019-20


PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Brief details: This module will introduce several key themes in contemporary philosophy of science.

70% Essay 30% Exam


30-credit Politics Modules (available to Philosophy Single Subject Students only)

Autumn 2019, Spring 2020 and Summer Terms 2020

MODULE CODE

MODULE NAME ASSESSMENT CREDITS LINK FOR FURTHER DETAILS

POL00004I

CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Brief details: By what criteria do we decide that political arrangements are just or unjust? What would a just society be like?

Essay and Exam

30

https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/POL00004I/2019-20

POL00005I

HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT 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.

Essay and Exam

30




















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Second Year 10-Credit Option Modules

Autumn Term 2019

MODULE CODE

MODULE NAME YEAR ASSESSMEN

T


PHI00007I GOD AND MORALITY Brief details: This module investigates whether God must, or even can, provide a foundation for morality.

2 Essay 10 https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/PHI00007I/2019-20

PHI00042I IMAGINATION Brief details: This module examines the role of the imagination in epistemology, philosophy of mind and aesthetics from historical and contemporary perspectives.

2 Exam 10 https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/PHI00042I/2019-20

PHI00107I READING MARX Brief details: This module will provide a close reading of some of the key texts of Karl Marx, examining some of the most important elements of Marx'’ contribution to political philosophy.


PHI00019I READING PLATO Brief details: This module will promote engagement with Plato’s ideas through close textual study of a Platonic dialogue.


























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Spring Term 2020

MODULE CODE

MODULE NAME YEAR ASSESSMENT CREDITS LINK FOR FURTHER DETAILS

PHI00008I PHILOSOPHY OF TIME Brief details: This module will introduce students to some of the central philosophical questions concerning the nature of time.


PHI00105I PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE Brief details: The module aims to develop an understanding of the nature of our society and of our knowledge of it through philosophical examination of the social sciences.


PHI00101I READING SARTRE Brief details: This module will provide a close reading of selected passages from Sartre’s work on existentialism.




















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MODULE CODE


PHI00111I ENGAGING PHILOSOPHY II: PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIETY PODCASTS Brief 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.

2 Spring/ Summer Terms

Podcast 60% Podcast script 40%


Summer Term 2020

MODULE CODE


PHI00013I CAUSATION & LAWS Brief details: This module introduces the topics of causation, laws of nature and the relationship between these two subject matters of philosophical study.


PHI00071I HEGEL Brief details: An introduction to Hegel’s philosophy through his Phenomenology of Spirit


PHI00102I LIES, BULLSHIT, PERVERSIONS AND PROPAGANDA

2 Essay 10 https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/






















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Brief details: This module looks at papers in philosophy of language and social epistemology which deal with assertion and implicature, testimony, and the dissemination of (dis)information for political purposes.

module-catalogue/module/PHI00102I/2019-20

PHI00108I READINGS IN THE ETHICS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Brief details: Artificial intelligence is forcing us to confront new ethical questions. How much control should we cede to AI systems, and what impact will they have on our moral lives?


PHI00106I READING WILLIAM JAMES Brief details: This module will involve close readings of articles and chapters by the philosopher and psychologist, William James.


PHI00063I ROUSSEAU Brief details: This module provides students with an introduction to Rousseau’s philosophy through the close study of selections from his work























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English and Philosophy

Year (Stage) 2 (60 credits in Philosophy) Students may choose one of the following options:


English Module (20) English Module (20)

(English) Critical Practice* (20)

Philosophy Key Ideas Module

(20)

Philosophy Key Ideas Module (20) Philosophy Option Module (10)

Philosophy Option Module (10) in either Spring or Summer

* You may instead choose one 30 credit World Literature module in the Spring and Summer Term with one

10 credit Topic module in the Summer term and either Critical Practice (20 credits) or an Autumn term

module (20 credits)

MODULES AVAILABLE TO ENGLISH/PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS

Key Ideas Modules

Autumn Term 2019

MODULE CODE



PHI00091I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00082I


70% Essay 30% Exam












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PHI00081I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00096I

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% Essay 50% Exam


PHI00073I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00077I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00072I


70% Essay 30% Exam



























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MODULE CODE



PHI00079I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00066I

ARISTOTLE Brief details: This module introduces the key ideas in Aristotle’s philosophy, including, for example, his theory of substance and accident, hylomorphism, and efficient, formal, material and final causation.

70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00109I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00097I


70% Essay 30% Exam






















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PHI00074I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00075I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00078I

PHILOSOPHY OF MIND 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.

70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00080I


70% Essay 30% Exam






















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Spring Term 2020

MODULE CODE









MODULE CODE


PHI00111I ENGAGING PHILOSOPHY II: PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIETY PODCASTS Brief details: In this module, you will investigate the




























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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.

Summer Term 2020

MODULE CODE






PHI00102I LIES, BULLSHIT, PERVERSIONS AND PROPAGANDA Brief details: This module looks at papers in philosophy of language and social epistemology which deal with assertion and implicature,




















20

testimony, and the dissemination of (dis)information for political purposes.

























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Philosophy and Linguistics

Year (Stage) 2 (60 credits in Philosophy)


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)

Key Ideas module (20, Philosophy)

Key Ideas module (20) in the spring term, or two 10-credit

options, each of which must be taken in a different term ie,

chosen from Autumn, Spring or Summer

MODULES AVAILABLE TO PHILOSOPHY/LINGUISTICS STUDENTS

Key Ideas Modules


MODULE CODE


PHI00079I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00066I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00109I

FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY

70% Essay 30% Exam

20 https://www.york.ac.uk/stud












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Brief details: Feminist philosophers study issues in social and political philosophy, but also philosophy of language, metaphysics and epistemology. Are our conceptions of, for example, knowledge or value ‘gendered’ in problematic ways?

ents/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/PHI00109I/2019-20

PHI00097I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00074I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00075I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00078I

PHILOSOPHY OF MIND 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’

70% Essay 30% Exam


























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minds), intentionality and agency.

PHI00080I


70% Essay 30% Exam



Autumn Term 2019

MODULE CODE


T







































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Spring Term 2020

MODULE CODE


























25


MODULE CODE






Summer Term 2020

MODULE CODE






PHI00102I LIES, BULLSHIT, PERVERSIONS AND PROPAGANDA Brief details: This module looks at papers in philosophy of language and social epistemology


























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which deal with assertion and implicature, testimony, and the dissemination of (dis)information for political purposes.

























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French/German and Philosophy

Year (Stage 2) (60 credits in Philosophy)


French/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 20 credits of Philosophy made up of: a further Key Ideas Module (20), or one 10-credit option in the Spring Term and one 10-credit option in the Summer Term.

MODULES AVAILABLE TO FRENCH/GERMAN AND PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS

Key Ideas Modules


MODULE CODE


PHI00079I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00066I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00109I

FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY Brief details:

70% Essay 30% Exam

20 https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/progr













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Feminist philosophers study issues in social and political philosophy, but also philosophy of language, metaphysics and epistemology. Are our conceptions of, for example, knowledge or value ‘gendered’ in problematic ways?

ammes/module-catalogue/module/PHI00109I/2019-20

PHI00097I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00074I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00075I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00078I

PHILOSOPHY OF MIND 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.

70% Essay 30% Exam

























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PHI00080I


70% Essay 30% Exam



Spring Term 2020

MODULE CODE































30


MODULE CODE






Summer Term 2020

MODULE CODE






PHI00102I LIES, BULLSHIT, PERVERSIONS AND PROPAGANDA Brief details: This module looks at papers in philosophy of language and


























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social epistemology which deal with assertion and implicature, testimony, and the dissemination of (dis)information for political purposes.





PHI00063I ROUSSEAU Brief details: This module provides students with an introduction to Rousseau’s philosophy through the close study of selections from his work.




















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History and Philosophy



Histories and Contexts (20-credit History option)

Explorations (30-credit History option)

Using Primary Material (10-credit Core History Module)

Philosophy Key Ideas (20 credits)

Philosophy Key Ideas (20 Credits) 2x Philosophy Options

(10 credits each)

MODULES AVAILABLE TO HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS

Key Ideas Modules

Autumn Term 2019

MODULE CODE



PHI00091I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00082I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00081I

HUME’S EMPIRICISM Brief details: This module will introduce the key ideas in Hume’s

70% Essay 30% Exam

20 https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/PHI00081I/20















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philosophy, including, for example, impressions and ideas, causation, induction, external world scepticism, the self, liberty and necessity.

19-20

PHI00096I


50% Essay 50% Exam


PHI00073I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00077I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00072I


70% Essay 30% Exam























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Spring/Summer Term 2020

MODULE CODE



PHI00079I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00066I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00109I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00097I


70% Essay 30% Exam






















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PHI00074I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00075I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00078I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00080I


70% Essay 30% Exam



Summer Term 2020

MODULE CODE


PHI00013I CAUSATION & LAWS Brief details: This module introduces the topics

2 Exam 10 https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-

























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of causation, laws of nature and the relationship between these two subject matters of philosophical study.

catalogue/module/PHI00013I/2019-20



PHI00102I LIES, BULLSHIT, PERVERSIONS AND PROPAGANDA Brief details: This module looks at papers in philosophy of language and social epistemology which deal with assertion and implicature, testimony, and the dissemination of (dis)information for political purposes.
































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PHI00063I ROUSSEAU Brief details: This module provides students with an introduction to Rousseau’s philosophy through the close study of selections from his work.


Mathematics and Philosophy



Linear 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 (20), or two 10-credit options, each of which must be taken in a different term

MODULES AVAILABLE TO MATHS AND PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS

Key Ideas Modules

Spring/Summer Term 2020

MODULE CODE



PHI00079I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00066I

ARISTOTLE Brief details: This module introduces the key ideas in Aristotle’s philosophy, including, for example, his theory of substance and accident, hylomorphism, and

70% Essay 30% Exam


















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efficient, formal, material and final causation.

PHI00109I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00097I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00074I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00075I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00078I

PHILOSOPHY OF MIND Brief details: This module will introduce central issues in the philosophy of mind, including: the metaphysics of mind

70% Essay 30% Exam



























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(the mind-body problem), the epistemology of mind (knowledge of our own and others’ minds), intentionality and agency.

PHI00080I


70% Essay 30% Exam



Spring Term 2020

MODULE CODE































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MODULE CODE






Summer Term 2020

MODULE CODE






PHI00102I LIES, BULLSHIT, PERVERSIONS AND PROPAGANDA Brief details: This module looks at

2 Essay 10 https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/PHI
























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papers in philosophy of language and social epistemology which deal with assertion and implicature, testimony, and the dissemination of (dis)information for political purposes.

00102I/2019-20


























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Philosophy and Sociology

Year (Stage 2) (60 credits in Philosophy)


SOCIOLOGY: 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)

2 x Philosophy Option* Modules (10 credits each)

*Option modules could be taken in the Autumn and Spring Terms but only with the permission of the

Chair of the Philosophy Board of Studies.

MODULES AVAILABLE TO PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIOLOGY STUDENTS

Key Ideas Modules

Autumn Term 2019

MODULE CODE



PHI00091I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00082I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00081I

HUME’S EMPIRICISM Brief details: This module will

70% Essay 30% Exam

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introduce the key ideas in Hume’s philosophy, including, for example, impressions and ideas, causation, induction, external world scepticism, the self, liberty and necessity.

module-catalogue/module/PHI00081I/2019-20

PHI00096I


50% Essay 50% Exam


PHI00073I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00077I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00072I


70% Essay 30% Exam

























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MODULE CODE



PHI00079I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00066I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00109I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00097I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00074I

METAPHYSICS Brief details:

70% Essay 30% Exam

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This module will develop students’ knowledge and understanding of a representative range of key puzzles, problems, issues, and debates in metaphysics.

nts/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/PHI00074I/2019-20

PHI00075I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00078I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00080I


70% Essay 30% Exam





















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Autumn Term 2019

(A module from this group may only be taken with the approval of the Philosophy Chair of Board of Studies)

MODULE CODE


T


































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Spring Term 2020

(A module from this group may only be taken with the approval of the Philosophy Chair of Board of Studies)

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(This module may only be taken with the approval of the Philosophy Chair of Board of Studies)

MODULE CODE


PHI00111I ENGAGING PHILOSOPHY II: PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIETY PODCASTS



10 https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-























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Brief 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.

catalogue/module/PHI00111I/2019-20

Summer Term 2020

MODULE CODE






PHI00102I LIES, BULLSHIT, PERVERSIONS AND PROPAGANDA Brief details: This module looks at papers in philosophy of language and






















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social epistemology which deal with assertion and implicature, testimony, and the dissemination of (dis)information for political purposes.

























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Physics with Philosophy 3 Year BSc and Physics with Philosophy 4 year MPhys

Year (Stage 2) (40 credits in Philosophy) Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term

Lagrangian 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)

Either Philosophy Key Ideas module in the Autumn Term (20 credits) or Key Ideas (short) taken in the Autumn Term (10) and one Option module in any term or elective or LFA module

MODULES AVAILABLE TO PHYSICS WITH PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS

Key Ideas Modules

Autumn Term 2019

MODULE CODE



PHI00091I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00067I AESTHETICS (SHORT) Details as above

100% Essay 10 https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/PHI00067I/2019-20

PHI00082I


70% Essay 30% Exam

















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PHI00083I ETHICAL THEORY (SHORT) Details as above


PHI00081I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00096I


50% Essay 50% Exam


PHI00095I INTERMEDIATE LOGIC (SHORT) Autumn only Details as above

100% Exam 10 https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/PHI00095I/2019-20

PHI00073I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00086I PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE (SHORT) Details as above


PHI00077I

RATIONALISM: SPINOZA & LEIBNIZ Brief details: This module looks at Descartes’ discussion of substance, attribute, and the mind/body

70% Essay 30% Exam





































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relationship along with responses found it the works of Spinoza and Leibniz.

PHI00072I


70% Essay 30% Exam


PHI00094I RELIGIOUS ETHICS (SHORT) Details as above



Autumn Term 2019

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PHI00019I READING PLATO Brief details:

2 Essay 10 https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/































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This module will promote engagement with Plato’s ideas through close textual study of a Platonic dialogue.

manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/PHI00019I/2019-20

Spring Term 2020

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Summer Term 2020

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PHI00102I LIES, BULLSHIT, PERVERSIONS AND PROPAGANDA Brief details: This module looks at papers in philosophy of language and social epistemology which deal with assertion and implicature, testimony, and the dissemination of (dis)information for political purposes.






PHI00063I ROUSSEAU Brief details: This module provides students with an introduction to


























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Rousseau’s philosophy through the close study of selections from his work

Documents

Department of Philosophy - University of York...APPLIED ETHICS Brief details: This module introduces students to a range of important debates in applied ethics, such as: global poverty,