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Learning Objectives
- Preparation for admission to a highly competitive PhD program with a
good job placement record.
- Deep and broad knowledge of contemporary philosophical problems and
methods in at least three distinct areas of philosophy, including at
least two of epistemology, ethical theory, and metaphysics.
- Knowledge of the fundamental concepts of modern formal logic,
including sentence logic, quantification theory, identity, and
metatheory. Ability to apply formal methods to reasoning in philosophy,
when appropriate.
- Understanding of how to approach and comprehend dense historical and
contemporary philosophical texts.
- Discrimination in reviewing the literature on any given topic;
familiarity with available resources and how to navigate them.
- Oral articulation of philosophical positions, objections,
counter-arguments, and questions.
- Ability to handle professionally every stage of writing a
philosophical paper: choosing a topic, conducting a literature review,
constructing and organizing a solid and precise argument, taking care in
expression of ideas, anticipating and explicitly addressing objections,
soliciting critical feedback from a variety of sources, revising
repeatedly in response to criticism, writing an abstract, and preparing
an article for submission to a professional publication.
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