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Mind, Meaning and Rationality

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University Name
The Open University
Department
Department of Philosophy
Course Title
Mind, Meaning and Rationality
Qualification, duration, mode
PhD 36FT 72PT variableDL*MPhil 15FT 24PT variableDL
Months of entry
October
Entry requirements
PhD: The normal minimum entrance requirement is an upper second class honours degree or master's degree, relevant to the proposed area of study, from a recognised higher education institution in the UK. You should also have experience of academic research in the previous four years, normally in the form of either a master's degree in research methods, an undergraduate degree with a research element in the final year, or work-related experience with evidence through research reports. If you're not sure if you meet the entry requirements, please contact us (research-degrees-team@open.ac.uk).
MPhil: see http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/ for more information.
Funding
Please see The Open University website http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/ for more information.
Course description
The central aim of the Mind, Meaning and Rationality Research Group is to promote research in the philosophy of mind and epistemology, together with specific topics in other areas that relate closely to the themes of mind, meaning and rationality - for example, decision theory in ethics. These issues were chosen because they are important not only to philosophers, but also to people working in other disciplines, such as cognitive psychology, social psychology, economics and artificial intelligence. The Group is dedicated to promoting cross-disciplinary discussion and collaboration. It sponsors major interdisciplinary projects, working groups and one-off conferences and seminars.

Potential research projects

- Issues concerned with rationality and reasoning, including dual process theories of reasoning, the nature of belief, and the justification of belief.
- Practical reasoning and its relation to evaluation, motivation, emotion and action.
- Moral psychology and moral reasoning.
- The limits of rationality; theoretical and practical irrationality.
- Issues concerned with meaning including linguistic meaning, theories of mental content, intentionality and consciousness, and meaning in art.
Contact name
Professor Timothy Chappell
Telephone
+44 (0)1908 659214
Email
arts-philosophy-enqs@open.ac.uk
Web
http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/

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