Postgraduate Course: Philosophical Issues in Evolution MSc (PHIL11083)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will offer detailed seminars on key philosophical issues in evolution and evolutionary theory. No background in biology or life-sciences will be assumed, and the course is intended to be accessible to students with a wide range of philosophical interests and aptitudes.
Shared with UG course PHIL10106 Philosophical Issues in Evolution
Taught by Dr Alasdair Richmond.
Unfortunately due to high demand, this course is not available for auditing purposes.
Formative feedback:
- opportunity to submit a formative essay
- MSc-only advice session approximately two weeks before the hand-in date for summative essays |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
Students who take this course should be equipped to explore, discuss and analyse philosophical issues in the development, history and methodology of theories of evolution by mans of natural selection, and thereby acquire confidence in dealing with these issues. In particular, they should be enabled to explore critically topics that include the following:
* The mechanisms of evolution and the unit of natural selection
* The status of Darwinism as a scientific theory
* The conflict (or otherwise) between Darwinism and Design
* The explanatory scope of adaptationism
* The forces of contingency and convergence in natural selection
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Alasdair Richmond
Tel: (0131 6)50 3656
Email: A.Richmond@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Lynsey Buchanan
Tel: (0131 6)51 5002
Email: Lynsey.Buchanan@ed.ac.uk |
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