9 ECTS credits
270 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4023885FNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.
The lecturers’ expertise allows students to conduct research into philosophical questions regarding various aspects of mathematical practice (including (visual) evidence, the role of diagrams, explanation, aesthetic aspects and argumentation). Philosophical questions on explanation and causality in physics and genetics can also be chosen as research topics.
This course is one of the eighteen research seminars that constitute the core of the master programme. Depending on initial qualifications, students enrol for three or five such research seminars.
Within the domain of the philosophy of mathematics and natural sciences:
- Ability to formulate original and innovative research problems based on the duly founded insight into the internationally recognised state-of-the-art in that domain.
- Ability to work out original solutions to the selected research problems, and argue for them clearly and convincingly.
- Ability to deepen one’s knowledge of this domain independently.
- Ability to report on research orally in a clearly-understood manner.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
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This offer is part of the following study plans:
Research Master of Philosophy: Standaard traject
Research Master of Philosophy: Verkort traject