PH501
Philosophical Problems Seminar
This information is for the 2025/26 session.
Course Convenor
Prof Anna Mahtani
Prof Richard Bradley
Availability
This course is compulsory on the MPhil/PhD in Philosophy. This course is not available as an outside option to students on other programmes.
Course content
In this course, we will read and carefully discuss together a range of classic papers in contemporary analytic philosophy that might not otherwise be covered in LSE Philosophy Department courses. Topics are selected from metaphysics, the philosophy of mind and action, ethics, epistemology, and the philosophy of language. This list is illustrative.
Teaching
15 hours of seminars in the Winter Term.
15 hours of seminars in the Autumn Term.
Indicative reading
Specific readings will be announced in a detailed syllabus at the start of the term.
Assessment
Essay
Key facts
Department: Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
Course Study Period: Autumn and Winter Term
Unit value: Non-credit bearing
FHEQ Level: Level 8
CEFR Level: Null
Total students 2024/25: 8
Average class size 2024/25: 8
Controlled access 2024/25: NoCourse selection videos
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