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Research in Philosophy – (M.A.)
University of Hertfordshire
School of Humanities
| Location: | Hatfield / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | ||
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Hertfordshire
A University of Hertfordshire research degree is an internationally recognised degree signifying high levels of achievement in research. It develops extensive subject expertise and independent research skills which are honed over an extended period, depending on the level of the award.
You would undertake a substantial, original research project for the duration of the degree, under the supervision and guidance of two or more academic members of staff. Your supervisory team provides guidance both in the selection of a research topic and in the conduct of the research. You are also supported by attendance at postgraduate seminar series to develop subject specific knowledge and research skills relevant to your field of research.
The degree is assessed solely on the basis of the final research output, in the form of a substantial written thesis which must be defended in a viva. During the course of the degree, you would be encouraged to present your work at major conferences and in refereed research publications.
Careers
Graduates with this degree will be able to demonstrate to employers a highly-valued ability to work independently on a substantial and challenging original project and to maintain that focus over an extended period, and will have developed much sought after, highly refined research skills.
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The research environment
The research interests of individual philosophy staff members are diverse and wide ranging, and are not limited to a single philosophical tradition, school or period of philosophy. The topics they pursue often drive them to engage in research that is highly interdisciplinary. The department has several major areas of concentration and strength.
Ethics, broadly construed, including the relation between narrative, literature and ethics; Kantian ethics; virtue ethics; philosophical and religious aspects of love and friendship; the moral status of animals and the environment; moral agency; moral psychology.
Metaphysics, with strengths in time, perception, consciousness, idealism and structural realism.
Philosophy and Ethics of Information.
Philosophy of mind, psychology and cognitive science, especially, on topics relating to information; representation; perception; consciousness; phenomenal consciousness; intersubjectivity; folk psychology and enactive, embodied, extended approaches to the mind, philosophy of AI. Research on these topics is both philosophically and empirically informed and focused.
The work of specific thinkers, including Kierkegaard, Sellars, and Wittgenstein.
The philosophical research culture at UH is sustained by regular activities: fortnightly research seminars, delivered by prominent external speakers, both national and international regular staff/postgraduate reading groups.
the Philosophy Society, run by students, organizes talks and events such as the annual Philosophy Weekend, which is held at Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park multi-disciplinary research student and staff conferences organised by the Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Research Institute (SSAHRI).
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
* An honours degree (normally at least 2:1 or above) in an appropriate discipline.
* IELTS entry requirement is normally 6.5, TOEFL 550 (213 CBT) or equivalent for overseas students.
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
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