Throughout the duration of the course, students will be working on a research project. This will allow students to develop the research skills and competence...

Throughout the duration of the course, students will be working on a research project. This will allow students to develop the research skills and competence that are needed in the modern world of research. This includes the capacity to design and implement a research study, to select and apply appropriate analytic methods, to integrate and understand the project’s research in the context of other research and theory, and to coherently describe this orally and in written form in a manner which effectively communicates the findings as well as explores the strengths and limitations of the project whilst demonstrating what has been learnt by conducting the project.



The empirical study may be a stand-alone study or part of a larger research project. It can be qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods in design, or it may also be a systematic review.

This course is an advanced exploration of one or more issues in syntactic theory. We will discuss seminal papers on and current approaches to some issue or...

This course is an advanced exploration of one or more issues in syntactic theory. We will discuss seminal papers on and current approaches to some issue or issues of current interest in generative grammar. Teaching will be delivered as a mix of lectures and student led seminars.
The main module objectives are:

To enable students to understand current issues in syntactic theory.
 To enable students to evaluate conflicting proposals critically.
 To enable them to formulate and test their own proposals.

This intermediate level module aims to introduce students to a range of problems, positions, and arguments in the philosophy of mind - the philosophical study...

This intermediate level module aims to introduce students to a range of problems, positions, and arguments in the philosophy of mind - the philosophical study of mental phenomena and their relation to the rest of reality. The first half of term (weeks 1-5) will focus on the mind-body problem - in particular the Problem of Consciousness. The theme for the second half of term (weeks 6-10) will be Self and Other - Where am I? Where is my mind? Can I know the minds of others? Weekly live online lectures will be accompanied by in-person seminars.

Provisional syllabus and readings:

(1) What is the mind?

* Rorty, Richard 1979 Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature Ch 1 ‘The Invention of the Mind’

(2) Mind-brain identity

* Smart, J.J.C 1959 ‘Sensations and brain processes’ Philosophical Review


(3) Consciousness I

* Nagel, Thomas 1974 ‘What is it like to be a bat?’ Philosophical Review


(4) Consciousness II

* Jackson, F. 1982. ‘Epiphenomenal Qualia’ The Philosophical Quarterly 32: 127-136


(5) Consciousness III

* Montague, Michelle 2017 ‘What Kind of Awareness is Awareness of Awareness?’ Grazer Philosophische Studien


(6) Where am I?

* Dennett, Daniel 1978 ‘Where am I?’ in his Brainstorms

(7) The Extended Mind

* Clark, Andy and David Chalmers 1998 ‘The Extended Mind’ Analysis

(8) The Extended Self

* Olson 2011 ‘The Extended Self’ Minds and Machines

(9) Other Minds I

* Duddington, Nathalie 1919 ‘Our Knowledge of Other Minds’ Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society


(10) Other Minds II

* Kripke, Saul 1982 Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language Postscript

Philosophy Area A