prospectus

184
www.kent.ac.uk/secl/philosophy
STAFF PROFILE
Lubomira Radoilska
Lecturer in Philosophy
Lubomira Radoilska’s research
is focused on developing a
new Aristotelian theory of
responsibility as distinctive kind
of agential success. Her current
projects are: Knowledge in
Action (supported by the Mind
Association) and Reassessing
Responsibility (supported by
the British Academy). Bringing
together research in ethics,
action theory, philosophy
of mind and epistemology,
Lubomira considers whether
knowledge and control
conditions on responsibility for
action can be reconciled with
an acknowledgement of the
role of habits and dispositions
in agency.
She has published two books
on autonomy and action in the
context of mental disorder
and addiction: Addiction and
Weakness of Will (2013) and
Autonomy and Mental Disorder
(2012).
Assessment
For the most up-to-date information,
see website details below.
Medical Humanities MA
www.kent.ac.uk/pg/3
Location: Canterbury
You are introduced to questions
asked about medicine from within
the humanities. For example,
you can examine the history of
Western medicine and consider
how medical practice
is presented in, and shaped by,
literature. You can reflect on what
is involved in classifying a disease
or an abnormal mental state, or
explore various ethical and legal
problems that arise within
medicine.
The programme is taught by
scholars from different disciplines
and is aimed primarily at people
with a humanities background,
although we also welcome people
with medical backgrounds and
current medical practitioners.
Course content
All students take one compulsory
module in the autumn, Medical
Humanities: An Introduction,
and then three optional modules,
within streamed options. Current
streams include: history, law
and ethics, literature and
philosophy.
Once the four coursework
modules are passed, you proceed
to the dissertation. This can be
focused within one subject stream
or be interdisciplinary.
Philosophy MA
www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2
Location: Canterbury
Our MA in Philosophy is designed
for those who wish to broaden
their study of philosophy and
make a gradual transition to
research. It is ideally suited
to students with previous
philosophical training who
would like to gain more training
in philosophical methodology,
and/or narrow down their interests
of specialisation in preparation
for an MPhil/PhD.
Course content
You engage with a wide
range of topics taught on the
undergraduate modules available
in Philosophy – from language,
logic, reasoning, politics, ethics
and metaphysics – undertaking
coursework to a postgraduate
level.
There are regular Philosophy
postgraduate seminars,
workshops and open lectures
on wide range of topics. Please
see: www.kent.ac.uk/secl/
philosophy/events for details.
Reasoning MA
www.kent.ac.uk/pg/193
Location: Canterbury
This programme offers a selection
of topics related to reasoning and
inference. It covers areas such
as cognitive science and artificial
intelligence (AI); scientific,
mathematical, logical, causal and
inductive reasoning; philosophy
of mind, logic and language.
The programme is suited to
students with philosophical
training who would like to pursue
their interests while developing
skills that make them attractive to
employers, or who would like to
study for a PhD in this area. The
programme is flexible, allowing
you to focus exclusively on
philosophical topics or to study
reasoning-related topics in
psychology, computing, statistics,
law, social policy, biosciences
and history.
Course content
You engage with a wide
range of topics taught on the
undergraduate modules available