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Philosophy MA, MPhil, PhD
This is a research programme within the Philosophy subject area.
Key facts
- Subject area: Philosophy
- Location: Canterbury
- School: School of European Culture and Languages
- Duration: MA one year full-time or two years part-time, MPhil two years full-time or three years part-time, PhD registration three to four years full-time or five to six years part-time.
- Start: At any time but preferably in September.
- Fees: More info
- Entry requirements: A first or second class honours degree in a relevant subject (or equivalent). Please also check our general entry requirements (including English language requirements).
Outline
The list below indicates the range of current research interests of members of staff. We can supervise postgraduate students for the degrees of MA, MPhil or PhD in any of these areas, as well as in other main fields of philosophy. We encourage you to contact us to discuss your plans at an early stage of your application.
Programme structure
For further information see the School site.
Funding
Every school at Kent offers one or two University postgraduate research scholarships, each available for three years, providing fees at the home/EU rate and a stipend up to £13,590 per annum (2011/12 rate).
Many schools offer scholarships in the form of Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTAs) whereby postgraduate research students receive financial support in return for teaching. The value of awards may vary, but often cover tuition fees at the home/EU rate and a substantial maintenance grant.
All postgraduate research students are eligible to apply for GTAs. See Graduate Teaching Assistantships.
There are student bursaries to cover the fees of postgraduate students mainly on research programmes. In these cases, students are expected to contribute to their subject area by doing up to six hours of teaching per week.
SECL bursaries are advertised in January for a September start.
The School also provides funds to research students for attending conferences, inter-library loans and minor expenses related to research.
Staff have received research finance from sources including the British Academy, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), the Leverhulme Trust, European Union funds and University sources, including SECL, the Simon Cohen Trust and Kent Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities.
For further details of postgraduate funding, see Postgraduate funding.
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Resources and facilities
The School has extensive facilities to support research, and the Templeman Library has excellent holdings in all our areas of research interest (see the Templeman Library website for details). The University of Kent's location is the best in Britain for students who need to visit not only the British Library in London but also the major libraries and research centres on the continent.
The School also provides excellent IT facilities.
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Research areas
The main research interests of the staff are in moral and political philosophy, philosophy of language and logic, causality and probability, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of Wittgenstein, modern European philosophy (particularly Kant and Hegel), Marxism, and the philosophy of mind.
Staff research
Dr David Corfield: Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
Philosophy of mathematics; philosophy of science; philosophy of psychology.
Dr Helen Frowe: Lecturer in Philosophy
Moral philosophy; political philosophy
Professor Laurence Goldstein: Professor of Philosophy; Head of the School of European Culture and Languages
Paradoxes; the philosophy of logic and language; the philosophy of Wittgenstein.
Dr Edward Kanterian: Lecturer in Philosophy
Kant's metaphysics and the philosophy of language
Dr Simon Kirchin: Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
Moral philosophy; aesthetics; particularism; moral realism; medical ethics.
Dr Julien Murzi: Lecturer in Philosophy
Philosophies of Language and Logic
Professor Sean Sayers: Professor of Philosophy
Social, moral and political philosophy; Hegel and Marx.
Dr Julia Tanney: Reader in Philosophy
Philosophy of mind; Wittgenstein; Ryle.
Professor Jon Williamson: Professor of Reasoning, Inference and Scientific Method
Philosophy of causality; philosophy of probability; logics and reasoning.
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Contact details
Admissions enquiriesT: +44 (0)1227 827272
E: information@kent.ac.uk
Professor Sean Sayers
Philosophy Section,
School of European Culture and Languages,
University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NF, UK
T: +44 (0)1227 827785
E: s.p.sayers@kent.ac.uk
Centre for English and World Languages
T: +44 (0)1227 824069
E: premasters@kent.ac.uk
W: www.kent.ac.uk/cewl/courses/GraduateDiplomas
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