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Philosophy

SCQF Level 07 (1 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
PHIL07002 SS1 Introducing Philosophy (Credit Plus) Semester 1 10

SCQF Level 08 (6 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
PHIL08016 SV1 Greats: From Plato to the Enlightenment Semester 2 20
PHIL08017 SV1 Knowledge and Reality Semester 2 20
PHIL08004 SV1 Logic 1 Semester 2 20
PHIL08014 SV1 Mind, Matter and Language Semester 1 20
PHIL08015 SV1 Morality and Value Semester 1 20
PHIL08005 SV1 Philosophy of Science 1 Semester 1 20

SCQF Level 10 (85 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
PHIL10117 Aesthetics Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10066 Aesthetics (2nd Semester Repeat) Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10114 SV1 Ancient Aesthetics Semester 2 20
PHIL10101 SV1 Ancient Ethics Semester 2 20
PHIL10049 SV1 Ancient Theories of Existence Semester 2 20
PHIL10168 SV1 Ancient Theories of Knowledge Semester 1 20
PHIL10103VV1 Ancient Theories of Mind Semester 1 20
PHIL10017 SV1 Applied Ethics Semester 2 20
PHIL10130 Aristotle Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10159 SV1 Belief, Desire and Rational Choice Semester 1 20
PHIL10159VV1 Belief, Desire and Rational Choice Semester 1 20
PHIL10111 British Idealism and Immaterialism Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10154 Conditionals Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10026 SS1 Dissertation in Philosophy Full Year 40
PHIL10135 Distributive Justice Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10147 Environmental Ethics Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10145 Epistemology in the Early Modern World Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10167 SV1 Ethics of Artificial Intelligence Semester 2 20
PHIL10022 SV1 Feminism Semester 1 20
PHIL10022VV1 Feminism Semester 1 20
PHIL10163 SV1 Food for Thought: The Ethics of Food Choices Semester 2 20
PHIL10104 Formal Issues in Philosophy of Religion Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10140 Formal Methods in Philosophy Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10137 Formal Semantics for Philosophers Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10090 Free Will and Moral Responsibility Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10126 SV1 Free Will and Moral Responsibility (Semester Two) Semester 2 20
PHIL10170 SV1 Freedom and the State: The Social Contract Semester 2 20
PHIL10116 History of Analytic Philosophy Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10067 History of Modern Philosophy Texts (British) Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10142 History of Modern Philosophy Texts (European) Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10089 History of Modern Philosophy: metaphysics and ethics Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10169 SV1 Kant Semester 1 20
PHIL10169VV1 Kant Semester 1 20
PHIL10157 Kant's Critical Philosophy Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10160 SV1 Knowledge, Ignorance and Power Semester 1 20
PHIL10160VV1 Knowledge, Ignorance and Power Semester 1 20
PHIL10162 SV1 Logic 2: Modal Logics Semester 1 20
PHIL10162VV1 Logic 2: Modal Logics Semester 1 20
PHIL10133 SV1 Logic, Computability and Incompleteness Semester 2 20
PHIL10019 SV1 Meta-Ethics Semester 1 20
PHIL10019VV1 Meta-Ethics Semester 1 20
PHIL10164 Metaphysical and Epistemological Issues in Feminism Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10155 Metaphysics Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10077 Metaphysics of Mind Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10023 Moral Psychology Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10078 Normative theory Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10148 SV1 Perception and Action: From Inner Zombies to the Predictive Brain Semester 2 20
PHIL10158 SV1 Phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty Semester 2 20
PHIL10106 SV1 Philosophical Issues in Evolution Semester 2 20
PHIL10151 SS1 Philosophy Dissertation Preparation Course Full Year 0
PHIL10056 SS1 Philosophy Work (Year Abroad, MEL) Flexible 40
PHIL10105 Philosophy and Quantum Theory Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10064 Philosophy and the Environment Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10005 Philosophy of Language Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10166 SV1 Philosophy of Law Semester 2 20
PHIL10052 SV1 Philosophy of Mathematics Semester 1 20
PHIL10052VV1 Philosophy of Mathematics Semester 1 20
PHIL10081 Philosophy of Psychology Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10007 SV1 Philosophy of Religion Semester 2 20
PHIL10149 Philosophy of Science (Honours) Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10144 SV1 Philosophy of Time (S1) Semester 1 20
PHIL10144VV1 Philosophy of Time (S1) Semester 1 20
PHIL10125 SV1 Philosophy of Time Travel Semester 2 20
PHIL10127 Philosophy of Time Travel ( S1) Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10152 SV1 Philosophy of Well-Being Semester 1 20
PHIL10152VV1 Philosophy of Well-Being Semester 1 20
PHIL10115 SV1 Philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment Semester 1 20
PHIL10115VV1 Philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment Semester 1 20
PHIL10143 SV1 Philosophy: Fun and Games Semester 1 20
PHIL10143VV1 Philosophy: Fun and Games Semester 1 20
PHIL10093 SV1 Political Philosophy Semester 1 20
PHIL10093VV1 Political Philosophy Semester 1 20
PHIL10156 SV1 Puzzles and Paradoxes Semester 2 20
PHIL10091 Rawls Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10138 SV1 Realism, relativism, and reality Semester 1 20
PHIL10138VV1 Realism, relativism, and reality Semester 1 20
PHIL10150 Reason and Experience: 17th Century Philosophy Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10139 Scepticism Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10171 SV1 Science, Nature, and Social Values Semester 2 20
PHIL10082 SV1 Self, Agency and the Will Semester 2 20
PHIL10074 Semantic Externalism Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10131 Social Cognition Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10134 SV1 The Computational Mind Semester 1 20
PHIL10134VV1 The Computational Mind Semester 1 20
PHIL10047 SV1 The Early Continentals: Hegel and Nietzsche Semester 1 20
PHIL10047VV1 The Early Continentals: Hegel and Nietzsche Semester 1 20
PHIL10099 SV1 The Nature of Moral Understanding Semester 1 20
PHIL10099VV1 The Nature of Moral Understanding Semester 1 20
PHIL10095 The Nature of Value Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10146 The Philosophy of David Hume Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10153 SV1 The Philosophy of Fiction Semester 2 20
PHIL10161 SV1 The Philosophy of Simone Weil Semester 2 20
PHIL10014 SV1 The Philosophy of Wittgenstein Semester 1 20
PHIL10014VV1 The Philosophy of Wittgenstein Semester 1 20
PHIL10112 The Structure of Being Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10086 SV1 The rationalists: Spinoza and Leibniz Semester 2 20
PHIL10072 SV1 Themes in Epistemology Semester 1 20
PHIL10072VV1 Themes in Epistemology Semester 1 20
PHIL10024 SV1 Theories of Mind (Philosophy Hons) Semester 1 20
PHIL10024VV1 Theories of Mind (Philosophy Hons) Semester 1 20
PHIL10165 SV1 Theory of Virtue Semester 1 20
PHIL10120 Topics in Ancient Cosmology Not delivered this year 20
PHIL10062 Topics in Hellenistic Philosophy Not delivered this year 20
HIST10257 Intellectual History from Montesquieu to Marx Not delivered this year 20

SCQF Level 11 (105 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
PHIL11136 SS1 Advanced Epistemology (Online) Semester 2 20
PHIL11134 SS1 Advanced Ethics (Online) Semester 2 20
PHIL11135 SS1 Advanced Philosophy of Mind & Cognitive Science (Online) Semester 2 20
PHIL11172 SV1 Advanced Topics in Epistemology I Semester 1 10
PHIL11171 SV1 Advanced Topics in Epistemology II Semester 2 10
PHIL11038 SS1 Advanced topics in Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition Semester 2 20
PHIL11029 Aesthetics Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11090 Ancient Aesthetics MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11092 SS1 Ancient Ethics MSc Semester 2 20
PHIL11016 Ancient Philosophy (survey) Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11052 SS1 Ancient Philosophy Dissertation (MSc/Dip) Full Year 60
PHIL11106 SS1 Ancient Philosophy Seminar I Semester 1 20
PHIL11107 SV1 Ancient Philosophy Seminar II Semester 2 20
PHIL11054 SS1 Ancient Theories of Existence (MSc) Semester 2 20
PHIL11173 SV1 Ancient Theories of Knowledge MSc Semester 1 20
PHIL11070 Ancient Theories of Mind MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11105 Applied Ethics MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11108 Aristotle MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11158 SV1 Belief, Desire and Rational Choice MSc Semester 1 20
PHIL11085 British Idealism and Immaterialism MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11146 SS1 CogLab 1: Seminars in Contemporary Cognitive Science Semester 1 10
PHIL11147 SS1 CogLab 2: Seminars in Contemporary Cognitive Science Semester 2 10
PHIL11036 SV1 Dissertation (MScR, Philosophy) Full Year 180
PHIL11138 SS1 Dissertation MSc Epistemology, Ethics and Mind (Online) Full Year 60
PHIL11179 SS1 Dissertation MSc Philosophy, Science and Religion (Online) Full Year 60
PHIL11104 SS1 Dissertation Mind, Language & Embodied Cognition (MSc Dip) Full Year 60
PHIL11040 SV1 Dissertation with Coursework (MScR, Philosophy) Full Year 140
PHIL11157 SS1 Dissertation: Part-Time MSc Epistemology, Ethics and Mind (Online) Flexible 60
PHIL11178 SS1 Dissertation: Part-Time MSc Philosophy, Science and Religion (Online) Flexible 60
PHIL11116 Distributive Justice MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11124 Environmental Ethics MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11131 SS1 Epistemology (Online) Semester 1 20
PHIL11127 Epistemology in the Early Modern World MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11129 SS1 Ethics (Online) Semester 1 20
PHIL11027 Feminism Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11163 Food for Thought: The Ethics of Food Choices MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11119 Formal Methods in Philosophy MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11118 Formal Semantics for Philosophers MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11067 Free Will and Moral Responsibility MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11170 SS1 Freedom and the State: The Social Contract MSc Semester 2 20
PHIL11140 Further Topics in Meta-Ethics Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11139 SS1 Further Topics in Normative Ethics and Political Philosophy Semester 1 20
PHIL11097 History of Analytic Philosophy MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11050 History of Modern Philosophy Texts (British) MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11077 History of Modern Philosophy Texts (European) MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11037 SS1 Introduction to Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition Semester 1 20
PHIL11168 SS1 Kant MSc Semester 1 20
PHIL11114 SV1 Logic, Computability and Incompleteness Semester 2 20
PHIL11043 SV1 Meta-Ethics (MSc) Semester 1 20
PHIL11165 Metaphysical and Epistemological Issues in Feminism MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11156 Metaphysics MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11066 SV1 Metaphysics of Mind MSc Semester 1 20
PHIL11113 Mind and Body in Early Modern Philosophy Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11164 SV1 Modal Logics MSc Semester 1 20
PHIL11030 Moral Psychology Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11062 Normative Theory MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11126 SS1 Perception and Action: From Inner Zombies to the Predictive Brain MSc Semester 2 20
PHIL11153 SS1 Phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty MSc Semester 2 20
PHIL11083 SV1 Philosophical Issues in Evolution MSc Semester 2 20
PHIL11177 SS1 Philosophical Methods I (Online) Semester 1 20
PHIL11176 SS1 Philosophical Methods II (Online) Semester 2 20
PHIL11001 SV1 Philosophy Dissertation (MSc Dip) Full Year 60
PHIL11022 Philosophy of Language Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11056 Philosophy of Law MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11045 SS1 Philosophy of Mathematics MSc Semester 1 20
PHIL11130 SS1 Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science (Online) Semester 2 20
PHIL11089 Philosophy of Psychology MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11026 Philosophy of Religion Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11159 SS1 Philosophy of Religion (Online) Semester 1 20
PHIL11133 SS1 Philosophy of Science (Online) Semester 2 20
PHIL11141 Philosophy of Science MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11174 SV1 Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Debates I Semester 1 10
PHIL11175 SV1 Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Debates II Semester 2 10
PHIL11081 SS1 Philosophy of Time MSc Semester 1 20
PHIL11128 Philosophy of Time MSc (Semester 1) Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11101 SS1 Philosophy of Time Travel MSc Semester 2 20
PHIL11103 Philosophy of Time Travel MSc (Semester 1) Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11155 Philosophy of Well-Being MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11100 SS1 Philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment MSc Semester 1 20
PHIL11160 SV1 Philosophy, Science and Religion 1: The Physical World (Online) Semester 1 20
PHIL11055 Political Philosophy MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11150 SV1 Puzzles & Paradoxes MSc Semester 2 20
PHIL11080 Rawls MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11120 SS1 Realism, Relativism, and Reality MSc Semester 1 20
PHIL11142 Reason and Experience: Seventeenth Century Philosophy MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11117 Scepticism MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11169 SS1 Science, Nature and Social Values MSc Semester 2 20
PHIL11088 SV1 Self, Agency and the Will MSc Semester 2 20
PHIL11065 Semantic Externalism MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11111 Social Cognition MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11115 SV1 The Computational Mind MSc Semester 1 20
PHIL11122 The Early Continentals: Hegel and Nietzsche MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11068 SV1 The Nature of Moral Understanding MSc Semester 1 20
PHIL11125 The Philosophy of David Hume MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11148 The Philosophy of Fiction MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11162 The Philosophy of Simone Weil MSc Not delivered this year 20
PHIL11020 SS1 The Philosophy of Wittgenstein Semester 1 20
PHIL11075 SV1 The Rationalists: Spinoza and Leibniz MSc Semester 2 20
PHIL11145 SS1 The Structure of Being MSc Semester 2 20
PHIL11064 SS1 Themes in Epistemology MSc Semester 1 20
PHIL11021 SS1 Theories of Mind (Philosophy MSc) Semester 1 20
PHIL11161 SS1 Theory of Virtue MSc Semester 1 20
PHIL11047 Topics in Hellenistic Philosophy MSc Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11181 Epicurus and Epicureanism Not delivered this year 20
THET11046 SV1 Philosophy, Science and Religion 2: Life and Mind (online) Semester 2 20

SCQF Level 12 (1 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
PHIL12001 SS1 PhD Philosophy Proseminar Full Year 0
Key
Available to all students - SV
Not available to visiting students - SS
Part-year visiting students only - VV
 
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