After completing the study module students master the subfields of philosophy that they have chosen for their fields of specialization. They can critically evaluate and participate in the discussion that is going on in those fields.
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A student chooses one field of the six alternatives, on which he or she focuses and in which he or she prepares his or her master’s thesis. In addition, the student takes courses in at least one subfield of philosophy that is different from the main subfield.
The sub-fields are
FILS1a Modern and Contemporary Philosophy FILS1b History of Logic, Philosophical Logic, and Philosophy of Language FILS1c Metaphysics and Philosophy of Mind FILS1d Epistemology and Philosophy of Science FILS1e Ethics and Social Philosophy FILS1f Philosophy of Culture and Art
Modes of study
Option
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Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
FILS1a Modern and Contemporary PhilosophyEssay
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Esimerkkejä alueeseen liittyvistä yleisteoksista:
Cottingham, John, 1988. The Rationalists. New York: Oxford University Press.
Woolhouse, R.S. 1988. The Empiricists. New York: Oxford University Press.
Coffa, J. Alberto . (Wessels, Linda (ed.)). 1991.The Semantic Tradition From Kant to Carnap. To the Vienna Station. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Critchley, Simon & Schroeder, William R. (eds.). 1998. A Companion to Continental Philosophy. Oxford: Cambridge.
Cutrofello, Andrew. 2005. Continental Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction. Oxford: Routledge.
Floyd, Juliette & Shieh, Sanford (eds.). 2001. Future Pasts: The Analytic Philosophy in the Twentieth Century. New York: Oxford University Press.
Glock, Hans-Johann. 2008. What is Analytic Philosophy? Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Luft, Sebastian & Overgaard, Søren (eds.). 2012. The Routledge Companion to Phenomenology. London: Routledge.
Martinich, A.P. & Sosa, David (eds.). 2001. A Companion to Analytic Philosophy. Oxford: Blackwell.
Soames, Scott. 2003. Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century, Vols 1-2. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Williams, Caroline. 2001. Contemporary French Philosophy. London: The Athlone Press.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Further information
Opintojakso voidaan suorittaa esseillä, soveltuvilla luennoilla ja työseminaareilla sekä kirjatenteillä. Jokaisesta suorituksesta on käytävä erikseen etukäteen sopimassa vastaavan opettajan kanssa.
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Study materials
Cottingham, John, 1988. The Rationalists. New York: Oxford University Press.
Woolhouse, R.S. 1988. The Empiricists. New York: Oxford University Press.
Coffa, J. Alberto . (Wessels, Linda (ed.)). 1991.The Semantic Tradition From Kant to Carnap. To the Vienna Station. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Critchley, Simon & Schroeder, William R. (eds.). 1998. A Companion to Continental Philosophy. Oxford: Cambridge.
Cutrofello, Andrew. 2005. Continental Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction. Oxford: Routledge.
Floyd, Juliette & Shieh, Sanford (eds.). 2001. Future Pasts: The Analytic Philosophy in the Twentieth Century. New York: Oxford University Press.
Glock, Hans-Johann. 2008. What is Analytic Philosophy? Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Luft, Sebastian & Overgaard, Søren (eds.). 2012. The Routledge Companion to Phenomenology. London: Routledge.
Martinich, A.P. & Sosa, David (eds.). 2001. A Companion to Analytic Philosophy. Oxford: Blackwell.
Soames, Scott. 2003. Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century, Vols 1-2. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Williams, Caroline. 2001. Contemporary French Philosophy. London: The Athlone Press.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Further information
The study module can be done in parts with essays, lectures, seminars or book examinations.
FILS1b History of Logic, Philosophical Logic, and Philosphy of LanguageEssay
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Esimerkkejä alueeseen liittyvistä yleisteoksista:
Haaparanta, Leila (ed.). 2009. The Development of Modern Logic. New York: Oxford University Press.
Jacquette, Dale (ed.). 2002. Philosophy of Logic. Oxford: Blackwell.
Kneale, William &Kneale, Martha. 1962 (1984). The Development of Logic. Clarendon Press: Oxford.
Lepore, Ernest & Smith, Barry C. (eds.). 2006. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Language. Oxford: Clarendon.
Loux, Michael J. (ed.). 1979. The Possible and the Actual: readings in the Metaphysics of Modality. Ithaca: Cornell.
Milgram, Elijah (ed.). 2011. Varieties of Practical Reasoning. Cambrige: The MIT Press.
Mohanty, J.N. 1999. Logic, Truth and the Modalities: From a Phenomenological Perspective. Dordrecht: Springer.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Further information
Opintojakso voidaan suorittaa esseillä, soveltuvilla luennoilla ja työseminaareilla sekä kirjatenteillä. Jokaisesta suorituksesta on käytävä erikseen etukäteen sopimassa vastaavan opettajan kanssa.
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English
Study materials
Haaparanta, Leila (ed.). 2009. The Development of Modern Logic. New York: Oxford University Press.
Jacquette, Dale (ed.). 2002. Philosophy of Logic. Oxford: Blackwell.
Kneale, William &Kneale, Martha. 1962 (1984). The Development of Logic. Clarendon Press: Oxford.
Lepore, Ernest & Smith, Barry C. (eds.). 2006. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Language. Oxford: Clarendon.
Loux, Michael J. (ed.). 1979. The Possible and the Actual: readings in the Metaphysics of Modality. Ithaca: Cornell.
Milgram, Elijah (ed.). 2011. Varieties of Practical Reasoning. Cambrige: The MIT Press.
Mohanty, J.N. 1999. Logic, Truth and the Modalities: From a Phenomenological Perspective. Dordrecht: Springer.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Further information
The study module can be done in parts with essays, lectures, seminars or book examinations.
Chalmers, David (ed.). 2002. Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Chalmers, David. 1996. The Conscious Mind. New York: Oxford University Press.
Haaparanta, Leila & Koskinen, Heikki J. 2012. Categories of Being: Essays on Metaphysics and Logic. New York: Oxford University Press.
Heidegger, Martin. 1927. Sein und Zeit (engl. Being and Time; suom. Oleminen ja Aika).
Kant, Immanuel. 1783. Prolegomena (engl., suom.)
Kim, Jaegwon &Sosa, Ernest (eds.). 1999. Metaphysics. Oxford: Blackwell.
Loux, Michael J. (ed.). Metaphysics: Contemporary Readings.
Loux, Michael J. & Zimmerman, Dean W. 2003. The Oxford Handbook of Metaphysics. New York: Oxford University Press.
Menary, Richard (ed.). 2010. The Extended Mind. Cambridge: The MIT Press.
Szabó Gendler, Tamar and Hawthorne, John (eds.). 2002. Conceivability and Possibility. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Walter, Sven, Beckermann, Ansgar & MacLaughlin, Brian (eds.). 2009. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mind. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Further information
The study module can be done in parts with essays, lectures, seminars or book examinations.
FILS1d Epistemologiy and Philosophy of ScienceEssay
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Esimerkkejä alueeseen liittyvistä yleisteoksista:
Bailer-Jones, Daniela. 2009. Scientific Models in Philosophy of Science. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.
Dancy, Jonathan, Sosa, Ernest &Steup, Matthias. 2010. A Companion to Epistemology. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Guala, Francesco & Steel, Daniel (eds.). 2010. The Philosophy of Social Science Reader. New York: Routledge.
Hendricks, Vincent F. 2006. Mainstream and Formal Epistemology. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Kornblith, Hilary (ed.). Epistemology: Internalism and Externalism.
Kourany, Janet. 2010. Philosophy of Science after Feminism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Mele, Alfred R. and Rawling, Piers. 2004. The Oxford Handbook of Rationality. New York: Oxford University Press.
Moser, Paul K. (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Epistemology.
Nersessian, Nancy. 2008. Creating Scientific Concepts. Cambridge: The MIT Press.
Stanford, P. Kyle. 2010. Exceeding Our Grasp: Science, History and the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Williamson, Timothy. 2000. Knowledge and Its Limits. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Woodward, James. 2003. Making Things Happen: A Theory of Causal Explanation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Wray, K. Brad. 2011. Kuhn’s Evolutionary Social Epistemology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ylikoski, Petri & Kokkonen, Tomi. 2009. Evoluutio ja ihmisluonto. Helsinki: Gaudeamus.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Further information
Opintojakso voidaan suorittaa esseillä, soveltuvilla luennoilla ja työseminaareilla sekä kirjatenteillä.
Jokaisesta suorituksesta on käytävä erikseen etukäteen sopimassa vastaavan opettajan kanssa.
In
English
Study materials
Bailer-Jones, Daniela. 2009. Scientific Models in Philosophy of Science. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.
Dancy, Jonathan, Sosa, Ernest &Steup, Matthias. 2010. A Companion to Epistemology. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Guala, Francesco & Steel, Daniel (eds.). 2010. The Philosophy of Social Science Reader. New York: Routledge.
Hendricks, Vincent F. 2006. Mainstream and Formal Epistemology. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Kornblith, Hilary (ed.). Epistemology: Internalism and Externalism.
Kourany, Janet. 2010. Philosophy of Science after Feminism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Mele, Alfred R. and Rawling, Piers. 2004. The Oxford Handbook of Rationality. New York: Oxford University Press.
Moser, Paul K. (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Epistemology.
Nersessian, Nancy. 2008. Creating Scientific Concepts. Cambridge: The MIT Press.
Stanford, P. Kyle. 2010. Exceeding Our Grasp: Science, History and the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Williamson, Timothy. 2000. Knowledge and Its Limits. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Woodward, James. 2003. Making Things Happen: A Theory of Causal Explanation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Wray, K. Brad. 2011. Kuhn’s Evolutionary Social Epistemology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Further information
The study module can be done in parts with essays, lectures, seminars or book examinations.
FILS1e Ethics and Social PhilosophyEssay
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Finnish
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Esimerkkejä alueeseen liittyvistä yleisteoksista:
Gasché, Rodolphe. 2008. Europe, or the Infinite Task. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press.
Goodin, Rober E; Pettit, Philip; Pogge, Thomas W. 2012 (second edition). A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Hampshire, Stuart. 1991. Innocence and experience. Cambridge (MA): Harvard University Press.
Honneth, Axel. 1996. The Struggle for Recognition. The Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts. Cambridge (Mass): The MIT Press.
Jonas, Hans. 1979. The Imperative of Responsibility. In Search of Ethics for the technological Age. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Klosko, George. 2011. The Oxford Handbook of the History of Political Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Kymlicka, Will. 2002. Contemporary political philosophy. An introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Sandel, Michael, 1998. Liberalism and the limits of justice. Cambridge University Press.
Singer, Peter (ed.). 1991. A Companion to Ethics, Oxford: Blackwell.
Skorupski, John. 2010. The Routledge Companion to Ethics (Routledge Philosophy Companions). London: Routledge.
Young, Iris Marion. 1990. Justice and the Politics of Difference. Princeton (N.J.): Princeton University Press.
Zimmerman, Michael E.; Callicott, J. Baird; Clark, John; Warren, Karen J., Klaver, Irene J. 2004. Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Radical Ecology (4. edition). Upper Saddle River (N.J.): Prentice Hall.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Further information
Opintojakso voidaan suorittaa esseillä, soveltuvilla luennoilla ja työseminaareilla sekä kirjatenteillä.
Jokaisesta suorituksesta on käytävä erikseen etukäteen sopimassa vastaavan opettajan kanssa.
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English
Study materials
Gasché, Rodolphe. 2008. Europe, or the Infinite Task. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press.
Goodin, Rober E; Pettit, Philip; Pogge, Thomas W. 2012 (second edition). A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Hampshire, Stuart. 1991. Innocence and experience. Cambridge (MA): Harvard University Press.
Honneth, Axel. 1996. The Struggle for Recognition. The Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts. Cambridge (Mass): The MIT Press.
Jonas, Hans. 1979. The Imperative of Responsibility. In Search of Ethics for the technological Age. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Klosko, George. 2011. The Oxford Handbook of the History of Political Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Kymlicka, Will. 2002. Contemporary political philosophy. An introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Sandel, Michael, 1998. Liberalism and the limits of justice. Cambridge University Press.
Singer, Peter (ed.). 1991. A Companion to Ethics, Oxford: Blackwell.
Skorupski, John. 2010. The Routledge Companion to Ethics (Routledge Philosophy Companions). London: Routledge.
Young, Iris Marion. 1990. Justice and the Politics of Difference. Princeton (N.J.): Princeton University Press.
Zimmerman, Michael E.; Callicott, J. Baird; Clark, John; Warren, Karen J., Klaver, Irene J. 2004. Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Radical Ecology (4. edition). Upper Saddle River (N.J.): Prentice Hall.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Further information
The study module can be done in parts with essays, lectures, seminars or book examinations.
FILS1f Philosophy of Culture and ArtsEssay
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Finnish
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Esimerkkejä alueeseen liittyvistä yleisteoksista:
Adorno, Theodor & Horkheimer, Max (2008; 1. painos 1944) Valistuksen dialektiikka. Tampere: Vastapaino.
Benhabib, Seyla. 2002. The Claims of Culture. Equality and diversity in the Global Era. Princeton (N.J.): Princeton University Press.
Cassirer, Ernst. (1992, 1. painos 1944) An Essay on Man. An Introduction to a Philosophy of Human Culture. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press.
Cazeaux, Clive. 2000. The Continental Aesthetics Reader. London: Routledge.
Hamilton, Andy. 2007. Aesthetics and Music. Continuum.
Gadamer, Hans-Georg. 1960. Truth and Method. London : Sheed & Ward.
John, Eileen and McIver Lopes, Dominic. 2004. The Philosophy of Literature: Contemporary and Classic Readings - An Anthology (Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies). Malden (Mass.): Blackwell: Wiley-Blackwell.
Levinson, Jerrold. 2005. The Oxford Handbook of Aesthetics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
McKinnon, Catriona. 2006. Toleration. A Critical Introduction. London : Routledge.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Further information
Opintojakso voidaan suorittaa esseillä, soveltuvilla luennoilla ja työseminaareilla sekä kirjatenteillä.
Jokaisesta suorituksesta on käytävä erikseen etukäteen sopimassa vastaavan opettajan kanssa.
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English
Study materials
Adorno, Theodor & Horkheimer, Max. 1944. Dialektik der Aufklärung.
Benhabib, Seyla. 2002. The Claims of Culture. Equality and diversity in the Global Era. Princeton (N.J.): Princeton University Press.
Cassirer, Ernst. (1992, 1. painos 1944) An Essay on Man. An Introduction to a Philosophy of Human Culture. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press.
Cazeaux, Clive. 2000. The Continental Aesthetics Reader. London: Routledge.
Hamilton, Andy. 2007. Aesthetics and Music. Continuum.
Gadamer, Hans-Georg. 1960. Truth and Method. London : Sheed & Ward.
John, Eileen and McIver Lopes, Dominic. 2004. The Philosophy of Literature: Contemporary and Classic Readings - An Anthology (Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies). Malden (Mass.): Blackwell: Wiley-Blackwell.
Levinson, Jerrold. 2005. The Oxford Handbook of Aesthetics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
McKinnon, Catriona. 2006. Toleration. A Critical Introduction. London : Routledge.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Further information
The study module can be done in parts with essays, lectures, seminars or book examinations.
The study module can be done in parts with essays, lectures, seminars or book examinations. Jokaisesta suorituksesta on käytävä erikseen etukäteen sopimassa vastaavan opettajan kanssa. Suoritusvaihtoehtojen kohdalla on esimerkkejä eri osa-alueisiin liittyvistä yleisteoksista - opetusohjelmassa annetaan lisää tutkimuskirjallisuutta, jonka valinnasta sovitaan vastuuopettajan kanssa.