Module Details

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Title RESEARCH SKILLS
Code PHIL703
Coordinator Dr SK McLeod
Philosophy
Stephen.Mcleod@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2019-20 Level 7 FHEQ Whole Session 15

Aims

To enhance skills in logic and reasoning. To acquaint students with philological issues raised by philosophical terminology. To enhance students' abilities to use library resources for research purposes. To provide experience of presenting research ideas in a conference situation.


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Students will be able to identify valid argument forms and detect fallacies.

(LO2) Students will be able to recognise common rhetorical devices and reconstruct professional philosophers' arguments from their prose.

(LO3) Students will be aware of factors involved in evaluating information sources.

(LO4) Students will be aware of DISCOVER and other sources of academic information.

(LO5) Students will be aware of semantic development of philosophically significant terms.

(LO6) Students will be aware of the sorts of semantic unities that underlie different traditions of philosophical thought.

(S1) Information skills - Information accessing:[Locating relevant information] [Identifying and evaluating information sources].

(S2) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills – oral.

(S3) Confidence in dealing with matters of logic.

(S4) Students will enhance their ability to identify and reflect critically upon the issues that underlie debates.

(S5) Students will develop confidence in considering previously unfamiliar ideas and approaches.

(S6) Students will enhance their ability to marshal ideas and arguments and present them in writing.


Syllabus

 

Informal Logic. Library Session. Philosophy Through Words.


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Seminar
Description: 10 x 1 hour seminars
Attendance Recorded: Yes
Notes: 'Philosophy through words' component

Teaching Method 2 - Online
Description: Online logic sessions
Attendance Recorded: Not yet decided
Notes: Logic component

Teaching Method 3 - Other
Description: Library session and graduate conference
Attendance Recorded: No
Notes: Library session and graduate conference


Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours   10

      5

15

30
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 120
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Logic test There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment.  1 hour logic test    50       
Essay There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment.  2,000 word essay    50       

Recommended Texts

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