Philosophy (Conversion) (Taught)

This Masters is designed for students who don't already have a degree in Analytic Philosophy. It will provide you with an in-depth knowledge of analytic philosophy, including such core areas as metaphysics, ethics, social and political philosophy, the history of philosophy, philosophy of the mind and philosophy of mathematics and language. If you so wish, this Masters can provide you with a fast-track route into a PhD in Philosophy.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

• If you want to do a PhD in Philosophy but don't already have a Philosophy degree, then the MSc (conversion) will allow you to apply straightaway for the PhD.

• Students will be embedded in a vibrant philosophical research community. Glasgow hosts the interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience bringing together philosophers and scientists to work on the nature of the mind. The Centre has philosophy specialists not only in perceptual experience but also virtual reality, emotions and hedonics.

• Philosophy is also home to one of the largest and most active epistemology research communities in the world, the COGITO Epistemology Research Centre. COGITO brings together specialists in contemporary epistemology, as well as at the intersection of epistemology with philosophy of language and mind, ethics, political philosophy and philosophy of gender and race. In addition, we host the Forum for Quine and the History of Analytic Philosophy, which builds on our local expertise and research links with other UK universities.

• Philosophy at the University has an illustrious history of original thinkers going against the grain of orthodoxy. Its past professors include such giants of empiricism as Adam Smith and Thomas Reid.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

The Philosophy MSc has three components:

1. INTRODUCTION TO ANALYTICAL PHILOSOPHY (40 credits)

2. A choice of four of the following courses (20 credits each):
CONTEMPORARY ETHICS
DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
EMOTIONS
EPISTEMOLOGY
EXTERNALISM AND REFERENCE
FORMAL LOGIC
HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY 1
HISTORY OF MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
LIBERALISM
METAPHYSICS
MORAL EPISTEMOLOGY
MORAL PHILOSOPHY
PAIN AND PLEASURE
PHILOSOPHY OF ART
PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE
PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS
PHILOSOPHY OF MIND
PHILOSOPHY OF PERCEPTION
PHILOSOPHY OF PSYCHOLOGY
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
THE PHILOSOPHY OF DAVID LEWIS
THE STRUCTURE OF THE WORLD
VIRTUE EPISTEMOLOGY
WITTGENSTEIN

3. A dissertation on a topic of your choice guided by individual support from an expert supervisor (60 credits).