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Philosophical Methodology (ARTS90048)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25On Campus (Parkville)
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Overview
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This subject introduces students to central contemporary methodological approaches to philosophy, such as: apriori reasoning and analyticity, experimental philosophy, the phenomenological method, and feminist epistemology.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should have:
- Enhanced knowledge of the topic or area of scholarship taught in the module
- An ability to reflect upon their own research work in relation to the content of the module
- Enhanced engagement with leading-edge research in particular areas of the Humanities and Social Sciences today.
Generic skills
The subjects will contribute, through teaching and discussion with academic staff and peers, to developing skills and capacities including those identified in the University-defined Graduate Attributes for the PhD, in particular:
- The capacity to contextualise research within an international corpus of specialist knowledge
- An advanced ability to engage in critical reflection, synthesis and evaluation of research-based and scholarly literature, and
- An advanced understanding of key disciplinary and multi-disciplinary norms and perspectives relevant to the field.
Last updated: 8 November 2024