No knowledge of Philosophy is presupposed by the course at Cambridge. It is essential, however, to have done some advance reading, and this list is provided for guidance. The aim has been to list mainly works of original philosophy and to list only such works as can (with more or less effort) be understood by people new to the subject.
PhD Reading Lists in Philosophy (Version 2 (20 June, 2017)) We have not strived to encompass entire fields of philosophy in anything like an encyclopedic manner (that would anyway have been both impossible and undesirable), but to provide in each case a sensible selection whetting the PhD student’s appetite for a field not her own and.Reading Ethics and Political Philosophy (REAPP) Bringing together the University's moral and political philosophers, REAPP acts as a hub for individual scholars to exchange ideas, develop projects and organise events and workshops.GRADUATE READING LIST II. Modern and Contemporary Philosophy. The texts on this list are obligatory readings for the Reading List Exam. Alternate editions of the same translations are in principle admissible. Editions with commentary or extensive explanatory notes are not admissible.
Philippa Foot, Virtues and Vices and Other Essays in Moral Philosophy Gottlob Frege, The Foundations of Arithmetic; Collected Papers on Mathematics, Logic and Philosophy: “Function and Concept,” “On Sense and Meaning,” “Concept and Object” Ian Hacking, Representing and Intervening: Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural.
The Philosophy Graduate Handbook is a supplement to descriptions of the program in the Graduate Bulletin. It contains details about department policies and practices. The PhD Comprehensive Exam Reading List indicates the topics covered by the comprehensive examination in the history of philosophy that every PhD student has to take. What You.
Welcome to the Department of Philosophy It is with considerable sadness that the Department announces the sudden and unexpected death of long serving staff member Dr David Efird. David was a distinguished philosopher and a much loved teacher, mentor and colleague.
Given that this is a reading list for philosophy, we will set aside some of the various ways of studying logic. For the most part philosophers study logic in three (general) ways: mathematical logic, philosophy of logic and philosophical logic.
Recommended philosophy reading - The Student Room Since many philosophy courses at university don't require philosophy to have been studied at sixth form, it's possible to pick it and have no idea of what philosophy is about.
Summer reading list Summer reading list Typically, those of you who ask us for preparatory reading have a number of different needs in mind, so we group our recommendations under headings that correspond to the most frequently asked questions.
Greek Ph.D. Reading List This list is intended to help you prepare for the Greek PhD preliminary examination. That exam is a test of your competence in Greek and your familiarity with the field of Greek literature, rather than a test on this list.
All graduate students in the Department of Classics have required reading. Please choose from the list below, for the required texts related to your program.
The ultimate psychology reading list.. Most psychologists don’t study either philosophy or the history of ideas, which is a great pity, but this book is an entertaining and painless way into asking rather fundamental questions. I used it as a core text for a final-year course; students would discuss some event in the book in relation to.
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Reading List for PhD candidates in Classical Philology Before taking the General Examinations, the candidate must have read, as a minimum, the following reading list in the original languages. Students may petition the graduate committee to make substitutions of items on the reading list in two categories.
Philosophy of Education: Values, Aims and Society. This module draws on work in ethics and political philosophy in order to provide an introduction to some central issues in philosophy of education. The focus of the module is the intertwining of educational ideas and values with political ideas and values.
The Department of Philosophy offers an accelerated degree program which allows students to earn both their B.A. degree and M.A. degrees in Philosophy within in a five-year time period. Graduates For graduates, we offer a Ph.D. that allows for specialization in all areas of the history of philosophy as well as many systematic areas.
Ethics Reading List. With a Speciality in Metaethics. The purpose of this list is to inform a graduate student contemplating focusing on metaethics as a major or minor atea fot his ot her comprehensi.ve examinations of some basic reading relevant to the subject. A student may use this information for one ot more of two purposes: To decide whether to take a comprehensive exam in this area, and.