This course covers key areas of analytic philosophy, and includes sections on topics such as Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, and Classic papers.

One two-hour session per week

Existing Introduction to Analytic Philosophy PHIL 5026

Introduction to Analytic Philosophy A

3000 word essay on one of the main Modules (60%)

1000 word essay on one of the Classic Papers (20%)

1000 word Dissertation Plan (20%)

The course aims to:

■ provide an introduction to a broad range of core topics in analytic philosophy, and a number of classic texts in the subject.

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

■ understand core topics in analytic philosophy, and central theories, arguments and lines of contemporary thought therein

■ assess critically and to compare profitably some principal contemporary arguments and positions concerning core topics, and apply this in three writing assignments.

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.