MSc in Philosophy of Science
Programme code: TMPHYS
Department: Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
This information is for the 2016/17 session.
Full-year programme. Students must take three courses and a dissertation as shown.
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Paper |
Course number and title | |
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1 |
Philosophy of Science or | |
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Scientific Method and Policy (n/a 16/17) or | |
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Evidence and Policy (H) and one half unit from the list of approved courses for the Philosophy of Science programme | |
2 & 3 |
Courses to the value of two units from the following*: | |
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Philosophy of Science (if not taken under Paper 1) | |
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Scientific Revolutions: Philosophical and Historical Issues (n/a 16/17) | |
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Either PH405 Philosophy of the Social Sciences or PH413 Philosophy of Economics | |
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Set Theory and Further Logic | ||
Scientific Method and Policy (if not taken under Paper 1) (n/a 16/17) | ||
Business and Organisational Ethics (H) | ||
Genes, Brains and Society (H) | ||
Emotion, Cognition and Behaviour: Science and Policy (H) | ||
PH429 |
Global Justice (H) (withdrawn 16/17) | |
Einstein for Everyone: From Time Travel to the Edge of the Universe (H) | ||
Physics and the City: From Quantum Jumps to Stock Market Crashes (H) | ||
Effective Philanthropy: Ethics and Evidence (H) | ||
Rationality and Choice | ||
Evidence and Policy (H) (if not taken under Paper 1) | ||
4 |
Dissertation | |
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Students must also take PH445 Philosophical Research and Writing Seminar - Philosophy of Science (non-assessed) | |
Notes |
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* Subject to approval, students may take up to one unit of non-PH courses not listed above. |
