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FAK3007 Seminar Participation in Philosophy, Part 2 7.5 credits

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Headings with content from the Course syllabus FAK3007 (Spring 2019–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

The course consists in active participation in the department's philosophy seminars.

Intended learning outcomes

After finishing the course the student should

- have further developed his or her ability to constructively criticize philosophical research papers and to propose improvements.

- have a good knowledge of what is required of a philosophical paper to make it publishable in international refereed journal.

- be able to point out what needs to be improved in drafts of such papers to make them publishable.

- be able to apply several of the major methods used in philosophical research, such as conceptual analysis, precise definitions, linguistic analysis, textual interpretation, counterexamples, argument analysis, and formalization.

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

Seminar participation in philosophy, part 1.

Recommended prerequisites

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Equipment

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Literature

Reading material will be distributed throughout the course. S. O. Hansson, Verktygslära för filosofer (latest edition) will be used as a handbook during the course.

Examination and completion

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Grading scale

P, F

Examination

  • SEM1 - Seminar, 7.5 credits, grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

Other requirements for final grade

The student's presence should correspond to at least 75 % of the seminars given during two academic years. The student should make at least four presentations of her or his own papers. Furthermore, the student should be well-prepared at the seminars and contribute to the seminars with comments on the papers presented.

Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination

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Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination

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Examiner

Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

Main field of study

This course does not belong to any Main field of study.

Education cycle

Third cycle

Add-on studies

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Contact

Tor Sandqvist (tor.sandqvist@abe.kth.se)

Postgraduate course

Postgraduate courses at ABE/Philosophy