Philosophy

Our degree offers students a broad range of topics covering everything from pre-Socrates to the present day - Philosophy without any gaps. Suited both to philosophy graduates to expand their philosophical grounding, and to students with first degrees in related subjects to introduce them to key concepts, arguments and texts from across the philosophical spectrum, while bringing them up to a high level in selected specialist areas.

Key benefits:

• Offers an amazing selection of optional topics with global reach, both current and historical, covering the entire philosophical spectrum from aesthetics to logic and everything in between.
• Open both to Philosophy graduates and to those converting into Philosophy from other subjects at undergraduate level, with pathways appropriate to their different needs.
• Located in the heart of London.
• The opportunity to study Philosophy without any gaps.

Minimum 2:1 undergraduate honours degree in Philosophy or any other field. Conversion students should show evidence of an interest in and aptitude for the subject.

MA

Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 180 credits.

Required Modules:

• You are required to write a dissertation of 12,000 words.

Optional Modules:

In addition, you are required to take 120 credits from a range of optional modules which may typically include:

• Early Modern Philosophy (20 credits)
• Foundations of Analytic Philosophy (20 credits)
• Foundations of Phenomenology (20 credits)
• Greek Philosophy I: Plato (20 credits)
• Greek Philosophy II: Aristotle (20 credits)
• Greek Philosophy III: Special Topics (20 credits)
• Indian Philosophy I: The Orthodox Schools (20 credits)
• Indian Philosophy II: The Heterodox Schools (20 credits)
• Kant I: Critique of Pure Reason (20 credits)
• Kant II: Moral Philosophy (20 credits)
• Medieval Philosophy (20 credits)
• Nineteenth-century Continental Philosophy (20 credits)
• Twentieth-century Continental Philosophy (20 credits)
• Aesthetics (20 credits)
• Epistemology (20 credits)
• Epistemology II: Special Topics (20 credits)
• Ethics (20 credits)
• Ethics II: Special Topics (20 credits)
• Ethics of Science & Technology (20 credits)
• First-Order Logic (20 credits)
• Gender & Philosophy (20 credits)
• General Philosophy (40 credits)
• Mathematical Logic: Limitative Results (20 credits)
• Metaphysics (20 credits)
• Metaphysics II (20 credits)
• Modal Logic (20 credits)
• Perspectives on Death & Killing (20 credits)
• Philosophy, Literature & Method (20 credits)
• Philosophy of Biology (20 credits)
• Philosophy of Language (20 credits)
• Philosophy of Medicine (20 credits)
• Philosophy of Mind (20 credits)
• Philosophy of Mind II: Special Topics (20 credits)
• Philosophy of Physics (20 credits)
• Philosophy of Psychology I (20 credits)
• Philosophy of Psychology II (20 credits)
• Philosophy of Religion (20 credits)
• Philosophy of Mathematics (20 credits)
• Philosophy of Science (20 credits)
• Political Philosophy (20 credits)
• Political Philosophy II: Special Topics (20 credits)
• Set Theory (20 credits)
• Topics in the Philosophy of Medicine (20 credits)
• The Concept of Mental Disorder (20 credits)

Up to 40 credits from a range of Master's modules offered across King's College London (including up to 20 credits from Graduate Language Modules offered by King's Modern Language Centre) or at University College London or Birkbeck, subject to approvals.

If you do not have a background in Philosophy, you are normally expected to take the 40-credit General Philosophy module. There are a limited number of spaces available on each optional module, and you will have the opportunity to discuss your choices with your personal tutor.

King's College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant courses of study. Therefore, modules offered may change.

Fees:

• Full time overseas fees:

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