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Year 1 Philosophy Modules 2023-24

The Philosophy Department run the following first year modules. If you are a Philosophy student, please consult the course handbook for details regarding which modules are core and optional.

Please note the information in the table below will be updated to indicate whether a module is full in the week commencing 16th September. Please check back then and if your desired module is marked as full and you did not pre-register for it, please do not select it on eVision, but add your name to the waiting list.

Module Name Term Taught Link to module catalogue Link to Moodle page Notes
PH107 Problems in Philosophy and Literature (15 CATS) 1 PH107 PH107

Module full. Please do not select if you did not pre-register.
A waiting list for places is available.

Core module for students on Philosophy and Literature (VQ72), and Philosophy, Literature and Classics courses (VQ52). Available as an option for other students on Philosophy courses.

PH144 Mind and Reality (15 CATS) 1 PH144 PH144

Module full. Please do not select if you did not pre-register.
A waiting list for places is available.

Not available to students taking PH133/4 Introduction to Philosophy (with or without Logic)

PH145 Plato and Descartes (15 CATS) 1 PH145 PH145

Not available to students taking PH133/4 Introduction to Philosophy (with or without Logic)

PH146 Reason, Argument and Analysis (15 CATS) 1 PH146 PH146  
PH148 Philosophy for the Real World: Knowledge, Ignorance and Bullshit (15 CATS) 1 PH148 PH148  
PH136 Logic 1: Introduction to Symbolic Logic (15 CATS) 2 PH136 PH136

Module full.

Not available to students taking PH133 Introduction to Philosophy (with Logic)

PH140 Ancient Philosophy 2 PH140 PH140 Module full.
A waiting list for places is available.
PH143 Existence, Experience, History: Key Topics in Continental Philosophy (15 CATS) 2 PH143 PH143 Module full.
PH149 Key Debates in Moral and Political Philosophy (15 CATS) 2 PH149 PH149

Not available to students taking PH133/4 Introduction to Philosophy (with or without Logic)

PH150 World Philosophies (15 CATS) 2 PH150 PH150  
PH133 Introduction to Philosophy (with Logic) (30 CATS) Full year PH133 PH133

Not available to students taking PH136 Logic 1, PH144 Mind and Reality, PH145 Plato and Descartes or PH149 Moral and Political Philosophy.

PH134 Introduction to Philosophy (without Logic) (30 CATS) 1 + 2 PH134 PH134 Not available to students taking PH144 Mind and Reality, PH145 Plato and Descartes or PH149 Moral and Political Philosophy.

Seminars will start in week 2 of the term in which the module is taught. You will need to sign-up for seminar groups when this becomes available in Tabula during week 1 of the term in which the module is taught. Please note you must have registered for the relevant module in eMR in order to access the seminar groups in Tabula. It usually takes 24 hours for you to be able to access seminar groups after you have registered on eMR.


Honours-Level Modules 2023-24

The majority of modules listed below are available to all honours level students (in years 2, 3 or 4) regardless of the module code. Any exceptions to this are clearly indicated.

Please note the information in the table below will be updated to indicate whether a module is full in the week commencing 18th September. Please check back then and if your desired module is marked as full and you did not pre-register for it, please do not select it on eVision, but add your name to the waiting list.

Module Name Term Taught Link to Module Catalogue Link to Moodle page Notes
PH210 Logic II: Metatheory (15 CATS) 1

PH210

TBC  
PH211 Ethics (15 CATS) 1 PH211 TBC  
PH244 Thought and Language (15 CATS) 1 PH244 TBC  
PH334 Nietzsche in Context (15 CATS) 1 PH334 TBC  
PH378 Philosophical Issues in Behavioural Science (15 CATS) 1 PH378 TBC  
PH382 Democracy and Authority (15 CATS) 1 PH382 TBC  
PH3A7 Philosophy of Evil (15 CATS) 1 PH3A7 TBC Module full. Please do not select if you did not pre-register.
A waiting list for places is available.
PH3B8 Appearance Matters (15 CATS) 1 PH3B8 TBC Module full. Please do not select if you did not pre-register.
A waiting list for places is available.
PH3B9 Vagueness (15 CATS) 1 PH3B9 TBC PH students should contact philosophyoffice@warwick.ac.uk to register
PH3C1 Freedom, Blame, and Moral Responsibility (15 CATS) 1 PH3C1 TBC  
PH3C2 Kant's Ethical Theory (15 CATS) 1 PH3C2 TBC  
PH380 Moral Pyschology (15 CATS) 2 PH380 TBC Module full.
PH212 Applied Ethics (15 CATS) 2 PH212 TBC Module full.
PH252 Epistemology (15 CATS) 2 PH252 TBC  
PH332 Sartre and Existentialism (15 CATS) 2 PH332 TBC Module full. Please do not select if you did not pre-register.
A waiting list for places is available.
PH335 Hegel in Context (15 CATS) 2 PH335 TBC Module full.
PH340 Logic III: Incompleteness and Undecidability (15 CATS) 2 PH340 TBC  
PH342 Philosophy of Maths (15 CATS) 2 PH342 TBC Module full. Please do not select if you did not pre-register.
A waiting list for places is available.
PH345 Computability Theory (15 CATS) 2 PH345 TBC  
PH358 Feminism (15 CATS) 2 PH358 TBC  
PH368 Philosophy of Religion (15 CATS) 2 PH368 TBC Module full. Please do not select if you did not pre-register.
A waiting list for places is available.
PH370 Montaigne's Essays (15 CATS) 2 PH370 TBC Module full. Please do not select if you did not pre-register.
A waiting list for places is available.
PH379 The Philosophy of Terrorism and Counterterrorism (15 CATS) 2 PH379 TBC Module full. Please do not select if you did not pre-register.
A waiting list for places is available.
PH384 Topics in Philosophy and Literature (15 CATS) 2 PH384 TBC Module full.
PH3B6 Moral Epistemology (15 CATS) 2 PH3B6 TBC Module full.
PH201 History of Modern Philosophy (30 CATS) 1 + 2 PH201 TBC

Module full.

Available to Year 2 students only.

PH313 Dissertation (30 CATS) Full Year PH313 TBC Finalists only. Not available to outside students.
Students must achieve 2.1 average in Year 2 to take this module.
PH353 Independent Project (15 CATS) Full Year PH353 TBC Finalists only. Not available to outside students.
PH385 Philosophy and Literature Dissertation (30 CATS) Full Year PH385 TBC

Available to finalists on the Philosophy and Literature course only.

Students must achieve 2.1 average in Year 2 to take this module.

PH386 Philosophy and Literature Independent Project (15 CATS) Full Year PH386 TBC

Available to finalists on the Philosophy and Literature course only.

Seminars will start in week 2 of the term in which the module is taught. You will need to sign-up for seminar groups when this becomes available in Tabula during week 1 of the term in which the module is taught. Please note you must have registered for the relevant module in eMR in order to access the seminar groups in Tabula. It usually takes 24-hours for you to be able to access seminar groups after you have registered on eMR.

Study Abroad students visiting Warwick for only part of the academic year should note their assessment method may differ to those taken by other students on the same module. Full details are available here: Assessment Methods for Part-Year Visiting Students