Senior Sophister

Year Convener: Professor Vasilis Politis

• SHP, TSM (pattern B) and PPES students taking only philosophy in the SS year must take 6 seminars in total – namely, 3 seminars in each of the Michaelmas and Hilary terms. These students are also required to write a thesis and to sit a general examination.
• TSM (pattern A) students, who are taking both subjects equally, must take 4 seminars in total, 2 in each of Michaelmas and Hilary terms and sit a general examination. There is no thesis option for TSM (pattern A) students.
• PPES students who are taking both subjects equally, must choose from the following pattern A options:

1. Either attend 2 research seminars, 1 in each of Michaelmas and Hilary terms, and write a thesis on a philosophically acceptable subject for which a supervisor is available,
2. or attend 4 research seminars, 2 in each of Michaelmas and Hilary terms, and sit a general examination.

Each seminar takes place once a week over a single term. Students taking a seminar are expected to prepare work in advance and to take an active role in discussion (including, for some seminars, being prepared to read out a discussion–starting paper during the seminar).

The courses are as follows:

Michaelmas Term

• PI4028 Philosophy of Language
• PI4029 Ethics
• PI4040 Epistemology
• PI4043 Wittgenstein

Hilary Term

• PI4007 Psychology/Philosophy
• PI4024 Ancient Philosophy
• PI4041 Post Kantian Philosophy
• PI4042 Metaphysics

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