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For the assessment criteria for PHIL course units, see the Philosophy Study Guide (available online at: http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/intranet/ug/handbooks/ which also provides further guidance concerning the assessment criteria. EXAMINATION One two-hour exam will be set at the end of semester one, in which you must answer two questions. This provides two thirds of your assessment for the course. You will not be able to reproduce material from your assessed essay in your exam. Past Exam Papers can be found on the Blackboard site for this course. ASSESSED ESSAYS One essay of 2,500 words (titles listed below) which provides one third of your assessment for this course. The word limit includes footnotes but excludes the bibliography. Students must state the word count at the end of the essay – failure to do so will result in a deduction of 2 marks. If an essay goes over the word limit by 10% or more, 5 marks will be deducted. The marker is not obliged to read anymore than the number of words specified above and may ignore any additional material if they choose. You are also required to keep an electronic version of your essay in case we would like to double-check your word count. Presentation Essays must be typed in at least 12 point in a readable font, and should be double spaced. They should include proper bibliography and references. Include your word count at the end of the essay. Bibliography and Referencing The lack of a proper bibliography and appropriate reference will potentially greatly affect the mark for the work and may be considered plagiarism, which is a serious offence. 82
Students should consult the University’s statement on plagiarism which can be obtained from the School of Social Sciences student intranet. There are a number of referencing systems available. One that is both simple and widely used is the Harvard system of referencing. On this system, the bibliography would be set out as follows: Putnam, Hilary (1975) ‘The Meaning of ‘Meaning’’ in his Philosophical Papers volume II (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press), pp.105-219. Quine, W.V.O. (1960) Word and Object (Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press). Ryle, Gilbert (1948) ‘It Was to Be’ Mind 47 pp.23-38. The system of referencing, then, has this pattern: Or: Surname, first name, date, title of book, location of publisher, name of publisher. Surname, first name, date, title of article, title of journal or collection, journal volume number, page numbers for the beginning and end of the article. Note that the title of the book or the journal should be italicised (or underlined.) The title of an article should be in quote-marks. (See the examples of Putnam and Ryle above.) If the bibliography contains more than one item by an author published in the same year, the convention is to write the date followed by a small case letter. For example, (1948a), (1948b), etc. Whenever you make a claim about what a philosopher says or believes – whether in direct or indirect speech – you must back it up with a reference. When giving a reference in your essay, simply write the author’s name, followed by the date, followed by the relevant page(s). The convention is to put the reference at the end of a sentence. For example: Ryle thought that the word ‘exists’ is ambiguous (Ryle (1949) pp.23-24). Quine argued against Ryle’s view (Quine (1960) p.61). Note that page numbers are given. Not including page references is very poor page referencing. The point of giving page references is to support your claim that Ryle or Quine say what you claim they said. The reader can check for him or herself that these philosophers said what you claimed they said without having to thumb through every page of the relevant books. For further details please see the referencing guide included in the Philosophy Study Guide. Handing in your essay Two copies of your essay should be handed to the SoSS Undergraduate Office, G.001, in the Arthur Lewis Building. You must also submit your essay electronically to ‘Turnitin’ via Blackboard. Further instructions on this will be made available on the Blackboard site for the course, see: https://login.manchester.ac.uk/cas/login 83
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SECOND YEAR COURSE OUTLINES 2012-20
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FACULTY OF HUMANITIES SCHOOL OF SOC
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Learning Outcomes On successful com
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TOTAL: 200 hours Prompt arrival at
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For further details please see the
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All reading lists are for guidance
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Makin, Gideon. The Metaphysicians o
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Beiser (ed.) Cambridge Companion to
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Sluga, Hans, Frege [an intermediate
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Required Readings 1. Russell, ‘De
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Klement, Kevin. ‘Russell’s Logi
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Putnam, ‘“Two Dogmas” Revisit
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Brain McLaughlin, ‘Anomalous Moni
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Loux, Michael and D. Zimmerman (eds
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