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Philosophy
www.warwick.ac.uk/go/philosophy

Profile research Degrees MPhil, PhD TaughT courses Diploma in Philosophy MA in the Philosophy of Mind (part of the 1+3 Doctoral Programme in the Philosophy of Mind) MA in Continental Philosophy MA in Philosophy and Literature heaD of DeParTmenT Professor M Luntley, BA Warw, DPhil Oxf DirecTors of graDuaTe sTuDies Dr J Roessler, MA Tubingen, DPhil Oxf Professor N Eilan, BA Hebrew Univ, BPhil, DPhil Oxf PosTgraDuaTe aDmissions TuTors Professor S Houlgate, BA, MA, PhD Camb MA in Continental Philosophy Dr P Poellner, MA Edin, DPhil Oxf MA in Philosophy and Literature Dr M Soteriou, BA, MPhil, PhD Lond 1+3 Doctoral Programme in the Philosophy of Mind Dr P Poellner, MA Edin, DPhil Oxf Diploma in Philosophy number of PosTgraDuaTe sTuDenTs 70 number of sTuDenTshiPs anD awarD holDers 23 furTher informaTion Visit the Philosophy website at: www.warwick. ac.uk/go/philosophy Contact: Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL Tel: +44 (0)24 7652 4380/3421/50522 Fax: +44 (0)24 7652 3019 E-mail: D.S.Deely@warwick.ac.uk or S.H.Podmore@warwick.ac.uk

The DeParTmenT Internationally regarded as a centre of excellence in teaching and research, Warwick Philosophy Department has 17 members of staff and the largest graduate school in the UK outside Oxford. With research and publication on almost every front it has particular strengths in philosophy of mind and language, metaphysics and epistemology, social and political philosophy, and continental philosophy. It houses a new interdisciplinary research group in the Philosophy of Consciousness and Self Consciousness and its Centre for Philosophy, Literature and the Arts is a focus for distinguished visiting scholars from around the world. The Department hosts an annual graduate conference in philosophy of mind, and also has funded graduate fellowships and a graduate exchange with Columbia University, NY, in this area. The Department was awarded the top score of 24 for the quality of its teaching in the 2001 QAA and in the same year received a score of 5, recognising excellence in research, in the Research Assessment Exercise. The Department provides carefully designed induction programmes for MA students and students in the first year of research, along with specialist language courses in French, German and Ancient Greek. research inTeresTs Professor Keith Ansell-Pearson: 19th and 20th century continental philosophy; especially Nietzschestudies and post-Nietzsche; philosophical naturalism and superior empiricism. Dr Miguel Beistegui: German idealism; Heidegger; phenomenology. Professor Bill Brewer: Philosophy of mind, metaphysics and epistemology. Dr Stephen Butterfill: Philosophy of mind and psychology; causal understanding. Dr Diarmuid Costello: Theory of art; Post-Kantian continental aesthetics. Professor Naomi Eilan: Objectivity; space; consciousness and self-consciousness. Dr Angela Hobbs: Ancient Greek philosophy; ethics; moral psychology. Dr Christoph Hoerl: The phenomenology of conscious experience; space, time and memory; causal understanding. Professor Stephen Houlgate: Kant, Hegel, German Idealism; Nietzsche, Derrida; history of modern philosophy (especially Spinoza). Dr Eileen John: Philosophy and Literature; aesthetics. Professor Quassim Cassam: Kant, Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind.

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Dr Hemdat Lerman: Philosophy of mind, metaphysics and epistemology. Professor Michael Luntley: Wittgenstein; the metaphysics of thought and reasons; perceptual knowledge, especially the role perceptually dependent knowledge bases play in expert performance. Dr Guy Longworth: Testimony, linguistic understanding and knowledge; phenomenology of speech perception and the semantics and metaphysics of aspect. Dr Fabienne Peter: Political philosophy; philosophy of economics; feminist theory. Dr Dawn Phillips: Wittgenstein (early and late); language and thought; photography and aesthetics. Dr Peter Poellner: Intentionality, subjectivity, value and modernity, Kant, Nietzsche, phenomenology. Dr Johannes Roessler: Self-awareness; perceptual knowledge; agency; knowledge of other minds; philosophy of psychology; Kant. Professor David Smith: History of Philosophy; Phenomenology; Metaphysics; Philosophy of Language; Philosophy of Mind and Action; Perception; Philosophy of Religion. Dr Matthew Soteriou: Philosophy of mind; epistemology and metaphysics. Dr Kai Spiekermann: Questions in political philosophy, ethics, game theory, and philosophy of the social sciences. Explaining the emergence and enforcement of social norms by applying game theoretical methods and computational modelling. Professor Andrew Williams: Contemporary political philosophy and ethics; distributive justice; international and intergenerational ethics. research Degrees 1+3 Doctoral Programme in the Philosophy of Mind (for full details see MA in the Philosophy of Mind entry under Taught Courses). Candidates may undertake full-time or part-time research leading to the degree of MPhil and PhD in Philosophy and Philosophy and Literature. entry specification Applicants for the MPhil and PhD are normally expected to have completed an MA before registration (except applicants for 1+3 Doctoral Programme). The period of research for the MPhil is at least one further year, and that for the PhD at least two further years. 1+3 Doctoral Programme in the Philosophy of Mind: Research applicants in mind and language, metaphysics and epistemology may apply for probationary research student status directly after their first degree. In this case they start with a specially designed research training year, to be followed by the normal period of study for the MPhil/PhD.

Candidates for an MPhil are required to submit a thesis of not more than 60,000 words, and for a PhD not more than 80,000 words. recent Theses q Role of perceptual experience in demonstrative thought q Concept Norm and Nature q Experience, Action and Affordance Perception q Moderate Moral Particularism q Musical Aesthetics q The Ethics of Communication q Irony and Philosophy q Intention, Voluntary Actions, Metaphysics and Epistemology of Conscious Experience q Understanding Truth q Kant and Nietzsche on Free Will q Antinomy of Representationalism q The Temporality of Consciousness

Diploma in Philosophy
full-time: 1 year Part-time: 2 years objecTives Primarily a conversion course designed for students whose first degree is not in Philosophy. A good pass can qualify a student for entry to the MA courses. enTry sPecificaTions A good honours degree. Candidates must meet standard University requirements for graduate entry. For sources of information on language requirements and application procedures, see How to Apply, page 254. course ouTline Students take four undergraduate modules, with additional graduate seminars or supervision, including History of Modern Philosophy; the three Options are chosen in consultation with the Course Director. assessmenT The Diploma is examined by either two essays, each of at least 3,000 words, or one essay of at least 6,000 words, for each of the four modules.

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MA in the Philosophy of Mind (part of the 1+3 Doctoral Programme)

For further information please visit: www.warwick. ac.uk/go/mind1plus3 See also: www.warwick.ac.uk/go/consciousnesscentre objecTives This doctoral programme provides a framework for in-depth study of central issues in the philosophy of mind and language, metaphysics and epistemology. The programme consists of a one taught first year (equivalent to the MA in Philosophy of Mind) followed by three research years leading to a PhD. enTry sPecificaTions A candidate is normally required to have graduated with at least an upper second class honours degree in Philosophy. Graduates in other subjects may be admitted to read for the degree if they can show evidence that they would profit by a study of philosophy at graduate level. They are normally required to follow a years qualifying course of study, such as the Diploma in Philosophy, in order to acquire the necessary background, before proceeding to the first year of this course. course ouTline Students in the taught year take two core modules, plus two research modules as follows: core modules Topics in Mind and Language Topics in Metaphysics and Epistemology research modules Problems of Modernity: Phenomenology and Lebensphilosophie in the Modernist Period Hegels Phenomenology of Spirit Hegels Logic Nietzsche Literature and Knowledge Kant and Philosophy of Mind Photography and Expression Justice and Equality Ways of Knowing Norms, Cooperation and Evolution Husserl and Sartre The Rationalists Wittgenstein Philosophies of Difference Topics in Continental Philosophy Consciousness and Reality Perception and its Objects The Core Modules will be taught as a weekly two-

hour class with supporting tutorials. They will address central themes in each topic. Each week a class discussion will focus on one or two key papers on the selected topic, which will be introduced by a student presentation, supported by a prior individual tutorial on that topic with the module tutor(s). assessmenT Each module taken in the first year of the Doctoral Programme is assessed by an essay of no more than 7,500 words; in suitable cases a double-weight essay of not more than 15,000 words may be submitted to replace two ordinary essays.

MA in Continental Philosophy
full-time: 1 year Part-time: 2 years objecTives This MA programme provides a forum for an advanced study of traditions and trajectories of thought in continental philosophy. There is an emphasis on seminal philosophical figures, such as Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, and Heidegger, and their conceptual innovations, as well as coverage of important movements such as existentialism and phenomenology and the principal ideas associated with them. Although there are no core courses students are encouraged to construct a programme of study that combines an appreciation of at least one or two of the major figures and movements with an exploration of more recent figures and developments, such as Deleuze, Derrida and deconstruction. A wide variety of options are on offer each year. enTry sPecificaTions As for the MA in the Philosophy of Mind. course ouTline students take six one-term modules from the following list: Photography and Expression Justice and Equality Nietzsche Topics in Mind and Language Topics in Metaphysics and Epistemology Ways of Knowing Hegels Phenomenology Hegels Logic Literature and Knowledge Norms, Cooperation and Evolution Problems of Modernity Kant and Philosophy of Mind Husserl and Sartre The Rationalists Wittgenstein

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Philosophies of Difference Topics in Continental Philosophy Consciousness and Reality Perception and its Objects Benjamin, Lukacs, Brecht, Adorno: The Search for Revolutionary Aesthetics Derrida and Literature To this list may be added those offered on the other Masters degrees in the Department of Philosophy. Students also write a dissertation on an agreed topic. assessmenT Each module is assessed by an essay of no more than 5,000 words; in suitable cases a doubleweight essay of not more than 10,000 words may be permitted to replace two ordinary essays.

philosophy and literature. Seminars will focus on Derridas reading of a series of canonic philosophical, theoretical and literary texts (including those of Plato, Mallarm, Kafka, Blanchot, Poe and Lacan, and Joyce) and will aim to clarify the methods, strategy relevance and importance of Derridas work. Specific essays by Derrida will be studied in relation of the literary texts they take as their object. interdisciplinary module. At the moment this module is: benjamin, luckacs, brecht, adorno; in search of revolutionary modernist aesthetics. The module will explore the aesthetic answers of four key Marxist thinkers to the problems of modernity. The literary work of Bertolt Brecht will provide the focal point. Beginning with the mutally influential relationship between Walter Benjamin and Brecht, the module will examine their attempts to develop a political aesthetics both in their theoretical writings as well as in Brechts plays and poems. This will be followed up by a discussion of Georg Lukcs concept of realism and the realism debate with Brecht. The module will close with Adornos essay On Enlightenment, which deals critically with both Brecht and Lukcs. A supervised dissertation of not more than 10,000 words. assessmenT Each one-term module is assessed by an essay of no more than 5,000 words; in suitable cases a doubleweight essay of not more than 10,000 words may be permitted to replace two ordinary essays. Students may also be permitted to substitute an extended dissertation for one or more modules. For more information please refer to the Graduate Study web pages at: www.warwick.ac.uk/go/philosophy/ gstudy/degrees/taughtdegrees/phillit/

MA in Philosophy and Literature

full-time: 1 year Part-time: 2 years nb: The syllabus of the MA in Philosophy and Literature is currently under review. Please check the website for the most recent version. objecTives The MA is designed primarily for those with a BA in Philosophy and at least one of the principal classical or modern literatures who wish to consider the interactions of their undergraduate disciplines. It draws both on the Universitys well-established strength in this area and on the widely acclaimed Centre for Research in Philosophy, Literature and the Arts. enTry sPecificaTions A candidate is normally required to have graduated with at least an upper second class honours degree in Philosophy and one of the Classical or Modern Literatures. Other candidates will be considered if suitable, but may be required to follow appropriate Philosophy BA modules. Research degrees in Philosophy and Literature are also offered (see page 189). course ouTline One core Philosophy module, Literature and Knowledge, plus two other modules from those available in the Department of Philosophy. Two literature modules. These shall include one appropriate graduate module from the Department of English and one from the Department of French Studies, specially designed for the MA. At the moment this module is: Derrida and literature The purpose of this module is to allow students to examine critically, and in some detail, the writings of Jacques Derrida on the relationship between