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Qualification
MLitt - Master of Letters
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Location
University of Glasgow
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
23-SEP-24
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Duration
2 years
Course summary
Philosophy at the University of Glasgow is thriving. Our vibrant research environment includes an active community of postgraduate students and engaged staff who are internationally recognised for their contributions to a wide range of philosophical debates.
Overview
Our staff supervise a wide range of the core areas of philosophy, including:
- aesthetics
- ethics
- epistemology
- history of analytic and early modern philosophy
- logic and philosophy of logic
- metaphysics
- philosophy of language
- philosophy of mathematics
- philosophy of mind
- political philosophy.
Current areas of research, which may transcend and cut across these core areas, include:
- affect
- autonomy in moral and political philosophy
- causation and explanation
- cognitive penetration
- consent
- distributive justice
- ethical intuitionism
- end of life ethics
- knowledge-how
- imagination
- mental qualities
- moral psychology
- pain and suffering
- philosophy of emotion
- philosophy of perception
- philosophy of virtual and augmented reality
- social choice theory
- social epistemology
- totality
- virtue ethics and epistemology.
Our Degree of Master of Letters (Research) requires you to undertake a postgraduate course of special study and research that represents a distinct contribution to knowledge.
Thesis length: 40,000-70,000 words (including references, bibliography and appendices).
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University information
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University League Table
26th
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Campus address
University of Glasgow, The Fraser Building, 65 Hillhead Street, Glasgow, Glasgow, City Of, G12 8QQ, Scotland
Subject rankings
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Subject ranking
27th out of 47 13
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Entry standards
/ Max 212185 88%6th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10052.0 52%37th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 53.71 74%40th
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