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Philosophy See also Logic & Philosophy of Science page 152
MA (Single Honours Degree) Philosophy
MA (Joint Honours Degree) Philosophy and one of: Ancient History ArabicW Art History Biblical Studies Classical Studies Classics Comparative Literature
Economics English Film Studies
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FrenchW Geography GermanW Greek International Relations
ItalianW Latin Management Mathematics Mediaeval History
Modern History Psychology RussianW Scottish History Social Anthropology SpanishW Statistics Theological Studies
W Available With Integrated Year Abroad – see Modern Languages.
Entry Requirements The likely minimum grades currently required are shown below. (For Joint Honours degrees the subject with the higher entry requirements determines the likely minimum grades.)
SQA Highers: AABB GCE A-Levels: AAB International Baccalaureate Points: 35
Please note: • Obtaining these grades may not guarantee you a place. • We consider all aspects of every application, including the personal statement.
• Remember to confirm that you also meet the Faculty Entrance Requirements. Information on these and other qualifications pages 52-85.
Degree Structure For Arts Faculty information and other module choices, see page 13.
Features
• You do not need to have studied philosophy before coming to St Andrews.
• Philosophy can be pursued as a Single Honours degree course, but it also combines naturally with many other subjects, such as Classics, International Relations, Psychology, Divinity or Mathematics. There is a separate degree course in Logic & Philosophy of Science (see page 152).
• Philosophy staff at St Andrews work in a broad spectrum of disciplines, from logic and metaphysics to moral philosophy and beyond. As a result, we offer a wider variety of courses than you might find elsewhere, within a flexible modular system.
• Philosophy at St Andrews was rated equal first in the United Kingdom in the latest Research Assessment Exercise (2008), and top in Scotland (see page 5).
• St Andrews provides an excellent environment for any kind of philosophical activity. The class library with its views over St Andrews Bay is a particularly pleasant place to work.
• There is a lively undergraduate Philosophy Society that organises many talks, debates and social events throughout the academic year, and publishes its own philosophy journal, Aporia.
• There is an annual reading party in the Scottish Highlands for final-year students and staff.
• A philosophy degree from St Andrews is held in high regard throughout the academic world. In their final year, significant numbers of undergraduates secure places on graduate programmes at Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews or at leading universities in the United States.
Philosophy is an exploration of some of the oldest and most vexing questions asked by human beings. What differentiates truth from falsehood, and reality from appearance? How is the mind related to the body? Are we really free in our decisions and actions, or is freedom an illusion? Are the things we regard as valuable good in themselves, or good only by custom and convention? Can a work of art be immoral? What justifies some in exercising power over others? Do we need a rational justification for religious belief, and if so, does one exist?
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For over 2,500 years human beings have been trying to develop systematic answers to these questions. At St Andrews, we try to familiarise students with views put forward by the principal figures of the philosophical tradition, and provide them with the means of rationally and independently assessing their arguments. Learning philosophy is therefore as much about acquiring skills of criticism and analysis, clear thinking and principled debate, as it is about learning a specific subject matter.
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