Postgraduate Course: Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Debates (PHIL11123)

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	The aim of this course is to offer MSc students an introduction to contemporary debates in philosophy of science. The course will run as a visiting speaker seminar series plus tutorials. The course will cover a range of key topics in philosophy of science and provide the springboard for the students to probe deeper into the subject matter covered in the seminars, through an analysis of further relevant sources in the tutorials, and in-depth investigation of a chosen topic for the coursework. The course is core to the MSc specialisation in Philosophy of Science. Formative feedback available; - opportunity to submit a formative essay by the week 6 (semester 2) closing deadline - tutorials
Course description	Here is the list of visiting speakers for 2014-2015. 18 September: Martin Kusch (Vienna) 2 October: Robin Hendry (Durham) 16 October: Nancy Cartwright (Durham/San Diego) 30 October: Chris Timpson (Oxford) 13 November: Margaret Morrison (Toronto) 27 November: Juha Saatsi (Leeds) 15 January: Eran Tal (Cambridge) 5 February: TBA 26 February: Sabina Leonelli (Exeter) 12 March: Johanna Wolff (Hong Kong) 26 March: Samir Okasha (Bristol)

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Full Year
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Revision Session Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 164 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	One essay of up to 2,500 words on a chosen topic related to one of the speakers' seminars and agreed with the Course Organiser. Assignment deadline: Monday 20th April 2014 by 12 noon Word limit: 2500 words maximum Return deadline: Tuesday 12th May 2015
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
To acquire a well rounded view of contemporary debates in philosophy of science and to enhance students' critical skills both orally (via Q&A at the speakers seminars) and in writing (via coursework assessment)