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 2018-19 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 puroposes.

To provide experience of presenting research ideas in a conference situation.

    Learning Outcomes

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

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

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

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

    Students will be aware of semantic development of philosophically significant terms.

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

    Syllabus
    1 
    1. Informal Logic.
    2. Library Session.
    3. Philosophy Through Words.

    Teaching and Learning Strategies

    Seminar - 10 x 1 hour seminars

    ''Philosophy through words'' component

    Online - Online logic sessions

    Logic component

    Other - Library session and graduate conference

    Library session and graduate conference

    Teaching Schedule
      Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
    Study Hours   10
    10 x 1 hour seminars
    		      5
    Online logic sessions
    15
    Library session and graduate conference
    		30
    Timetable (if known)   'Philosophy through words' component
          		      Logic component
    Library session and graduate conference
          		 
    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
    Coursework  1 hour logic test  1  50  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Logic test 
    Coursework  2,000 word essay  2  50  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Essay Notes (applying to all assessments) Logic: Online Test. Oral presentation of dissertation research topic at Graduate Conference (formatively assessed only) Part time students who are taking this module in Year 1 may postpone this component until Year 2 when they are preparing to write their dissertation. Philosophy Through Words component assessed by 2,000 word essay at the end of semester 2.  

    Recommended Texts
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