MMUBS MRes - Philosophy of Knowledge

Introductory Page About this part of the course

• As a word file, As a text file, As a web page, As a pdf file
  

Session Materials Including Slides (by academic year)

• 2016-2017

• 2015-2016

• 2014-2015

• 2013-2014

• 2012-2013

• 2011-2012

Reading List for Philosophy:

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Some OK Web Resources

• Stanford Dictionary of Philosophy
• Routledge Dictionary of Philosophy Online, in particular:
  
• Epistemology
• Philosophy of Science
• Philosophy of the Social Sciences
  
• In our time Radio 4 discussions, in particular:
• Common Sense Philosophy - "There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it"
• Karl Popper - his ideas challenged our approach to the philosophy of science
• Relativism - the battle against transcendent knowledge
• Pragmatism - a practical philosophy fit for 20th century America
• Empiricism - the English philosophy?
• Wittgenstein - a philosophy of linguistics
• Logical Positivism
• Encyclopedia Britannica, in particular:
  
• Epistemology
• Philosophy of Science
• Another reading list for a similar course
  

Contact Details for me, Bruce Edmonds:

• Position: Professor of Social Simulation
  
• Department: Centre for Policy Modelling
  
• Room: 2.11 (Opposite the faculty office, next to the Computer Teaching Labs on the 2nd floor)
  
• Internal phone number: 6479
• External phone number: (0161) 247 6479
• Email: bruce@edmonds.name
• Web page: http://bruce.edmonds.name