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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences : Philosophy

Postgraduate Course: The Structure of Being MSc (PHIL11145)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe study of the ontologies of Aristotle; Plato/Russell; David Lewis; David Armstrong; and more.

The coursework involves close and critical analysis of various historical and current views on central issues in the ontology of substances.


The course will be shared with the undergraduate course The Structure of Being (PHIL10112).

For courses co-taught with undergraduate students and with no remaining undergraduate spaces left, a maximum of 8 MSc students can join the course. Priority will be given to MSc students who wish to take the course for credit on a first come first served basis after matriculation.
Course description The course will focus on the ontology of what there is. Such topics as:
- subjects & essences;
- parts & wholes;
- properties; relations; tropes; states of affairs;
- matter & form hylomorphism
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  8
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 174 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) One 2500 word essay.

Assignment deadline: Monday 17th April 2017 by 12 noon
Word limit: 2500 words maximum (excluding references)
Return deadline: Tuesday 9th May 2017
Feedback The students are constantly encouraged to engage with the lecturer on the issues of the course and also to discuss questions with the lecturer on the topics of the course.

Students have the opportunity to submit a formative essay by week 6 deadline on Turnitin via Learn. The essay cannot be draft of summative essay but it can be on the same topic.

Formative essay deadline: Thursday 2nd March 2017 by 12 noon
Return deadline: Friday 24th March 2017
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. read, critically assess and discuss some of the most important texts on central issues in the ontology of substances.
  2. develop their skills in individual research through the writing of essays, and to develop their critical, analytic and communication skills normally achieved through informal discussion and oral presentations
Reading List
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/metaphysics/
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logical-atomism/
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wittgenstein-atomism/
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logical-empiricism/
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/quine/#QuiEpi
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/quine/#QuiEpi
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/realism/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Malet_Armstrong
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/functionalism/#EarAnt
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/functionalism/#EarAnt
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/279305/hylomorphism
http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/metaphysical-kit/
https://www.ualberta.ca/~koslicki/research_interests.html
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/states-of-affairs/

Additional Information
Course URL Please see Learn page
Graduate Attributes and Skills The critical thinking expected from the graduate students is of a higher level than of the undergraduates, as is their understanding of the problems at hand.
Additional Class Delivery Information The course will be taught be Prof Dory Scaltsas.
Keywordssubjects & essences; parts & wholes; properties; matter & form hylomorphism; realism; nominalism
Contacts
Course organiserProf Theodore Scaltsas
Tel: (0131 6)50 3649
Email:
Course secretaryMiss Lynsey Buchanan
Tel: (0131 6)51 5002
Email:
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