PPME1-Essay Module 1

Module Provider: Philosophy
Number of credits: 20 [10 ECTS credits]
Level:7
Terms in which taught: Autumn term module
Pre-requisites:
Non-modular pre-requisites:
Co-requisites:
Modules excluded:
Current from: 2021/2

Module Convenor: Prof Philip Stratton-Lake
Email: p.j.stratton-lake@reading.ac.uk

Type of module:

Summary module description:

• to build on your undergraduate studies, deepening your knowledge and understanding of a chosen topic in Philosophy
• to enable you to discuss research issues with practising researchers, and to make you aware of current research in Philosophy
• to develop your research skills and prepare you, where appropriate, for research degrees.

Aims:

• to build on your undergraduate studies, deepening your knowledge and understanding of a chosen topic in Philosophy
• to enable you to discuss research issues with practising researchers, and to make you aware of current research in Philosophy
• to develop your research skills and prepare you, where appropriate, for research degrees.

Assessable learning outcomes:

• to have engaged in specialized study of a specific topic in Philosophy and be acquainted with recent research on this topic
• to have developed research skills, especially the ability to plan and produce a substantial essay under supervision, as a foundation for further study

Additional outcomes:

Outline content:
Individual supervision on a topic in Philosophy including the following:
Philosophy of Mind
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Science
Wittgenstein
Philosophy of Language
Continental Philosophy
Ethics
Aesthetics
Philosophy of Law
Early Modern Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Religion
Philosophy of Religion
Kant
Plato and Aristotle

Brief description of teaching and learning methods:
Teaching is primarily by means of individual supervision, supplemented by classes according to student interest and staff research activity.
Students are entitled to one brief introductory supervision and three substantial supervisions for each essay. It is the student's responsibility to arrange the supervisions and to spread them fairly evenly throughout the term.

Summative assessment- Examinations:
N/A

Summative assessment- Coursework and in-class tests:
An essay of 5-6,000 words (20 credits)

Formative assessment methods:

Penalties for late submission:

The below information applies to students on taught programmes except those on Postgraduate Flexible programmes. Penalties for late submission, and the associated procedures, which apply to Postgraduate Flexible programmes are specified in the policy 􀀓Penalties for late submission for Postgraduate Flexible programmes􀀔, which can be found here: