这个跨学科的学位使您可以探索与关键主题相关的三个不同但密切相关的主题：心灵的本质。在核心模块中，您将审讯并使用科学，哲学和历史方法来了解思想是什么以及它如何工作。您将研究大脑的机制，儿童时期的发展，精神疾病，心理学史和知识的可能性。您还将有机会从各种各样的可选模块中进行选择，这些模块反映了整个大学的不同研究兴趣，从而增进了您的理解。他们将使您可以专注于自己感兴趣的主题，例如道德，艺术或宗教哲学。结合了哲学，心理学，思想和科学的历史，这种变化多样且令人兴奋的程度使您可以探索人类面临的一些最大问题–我们如何思
Combining philosophy, psychology, and the history of science, this varied, interesting and unique degree allows you to explore the most fundamental questions about our minds.You’ll study these different yet closely related specialisms and how they relate to the nature of the mind. By utilising scientific, philosophical, and historical methods, you'll understand what the mind is and how it works. Optional and compulsory modules will allow you to examine the mechanisms of the brain, childhood development, how mental illnesses have historically been conceptualised and treated, the history of psychology, and the philosophical question of what the relationship is between the mind and the brain.You’ll also be able to study a broader range of topics in philosophy and the history of science. These might include how science is communicated, moral philosophy, artificial intelligence, race and gender, and the history of scientific responses to global challenges such as pandemics and major advances in technology.Additional highlightsA flagship ‘Research in History and Philosophy of Science’ module in your second year, unique to Leeds, that will equip you with the research skills you need to successfully complete your final year research project, giving you access to cutting edge research and a variety of research methods from a range of staff members, and allow you to build relationships and a sense of community with peers on your course.A choice between two different kinds of research project in your final year. Both offer you the guidance of an individual supervisor, but one also offers the scaffolded support of an associated module, while the other allows you the freedom to pursue an independent research project of your choosing.The School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science has a vibrant body of international staff numbering over 80, with no fewer than 17 Professors across the School’s three disciplines, including two Fellows of the British Academy. Much staff research is internationally renowned and interdisciplinary, with collaborations not only across the natural sciences and social sciences, but also with policy organisations, professional bodies, national museums, charities and faith organisations.The School of Psychology has over 70 members of academic, research and support staff, including 12 Professors, and is renowned for high quality research, much of it in collaboration with government departments, research councils, the NHS and industry.Specialist facilitiesLeeds has world-class facilities for students of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific thought. The University libraries are among the largest in the UK and offer a course of workshops and webinars to help you make the most of their collections, digital resources and databases.The School of Psychology has excellent facilities including dedicated computer laboratories, EEG equipment for measuring the brain's electrical activity, and the human appetite research unit with its state-of-the-art facilities.Take a look around our libraries:Brotherton Library Laidlaw Library Edward Boyle Library