该学位使您可以访问本系提供的各种哲学主题和专业知识。这是哲学研究的极好准备，并且本身就是一门有吸引力的研究生课程。该计划专门设计用于培养学生进行哲学研究所需的能力和理解力，同时也获得众多雇主所重视的技能。教学的重点是两个主要的研讨会模块：宗教，伦理与实践哲学与形而上学，语言与心灵。此外，学生可以从哲学和艺术学院中选择三个选修模块。所有学生都写论文，这是在学术专家的指导下进行的一项扩展的独立研究。积极鼓励文学硕士学生参加该系的研究活动，并利用我们世界知名的演讲者计划。
This degree gives you access to the very wide range of philosophical topics and expertise available in the Department. It's an excellent preparation for research in philosophy, as well as being an attractive postgraduate course in itself. This programme also offers a specialist pathway focusing on public policy – see MA Philosophy (Public Policy).IntroductionThe course is designed to give you the competence and understanding to pursue doctoral research in philosophy, while also acquiring professional skills needed for a broad range of careers. Alongside your philosophy modules you will receive personalised subject-specific research and professional skills training through a practice-based skills module.The emphasis in the core philosophy modules is on frontier research. Religion, Ethics and Practical Philosophy and Metaphysics, Language and Mind are two team-taught modules in which the department’s top researchers will introduce you to their current area of work. Recent subjects include religious expression, empathy in medicine, social epistemology and linguistic idealism. You will also write a dissertation — an extended piece of independent research conducted under the guidance of an academic expert.You can use your elective modules to tailor the programme towards your philosophical interests – be that political and social philosophy, ethics and religion, or metaphysics and mind. Or you can add something new to your studies, like Indian philosophy or philosophy of film. Besides the MA-level electives, students can also choose a course from our third year undergraduate provision to take at MA level (for an indicative list please see here). Students following the Public Policy pathway have the option to take an elective from another department.You will actively participate in the research activities of the Department as part of your Research and Professional Skills module. You will have a chance to lead one of the fortnightly Insights workshops with a world-renowned visiting speaker and will contribute to the staff work-in-progress seminar, by giving feedback on the work of our academics. You will gain confidence and knowledge through being part of our research community.