Practical Information
Study Program: See the course catalogue
Teaching language: English
Enrollment fee: 50 EUR
General information for foreign students: http://www.ugent.be/en/exchange/ and http://www.ugent.be/en/degree/
General information for Flemish students: http://www.ugent.be/nl/studenten
Helpdesk 'Student administration':
Contact the helpdesk of the Central Student Administration Office by telephone or e-mail:
tel. +32 9 264 36 09 and tel. +32 9 264 30 21
e-mail: admission.studadmin@UGent.be
Further information on the contents of the study:
Prof. dr. Erik Weber
Department of Philosophy and Moral Science
Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Gent
Aim
The curriculum is meant for masters in philosophy as well as for masters in a specific science. To philosophers it offers an advanced technical schooling in the three disciplines mentioned in the title as well as in the application of these techniques to scientific disciplines-these form the necessary basis for reflection. For other masters, the curriculum mainly aims at teaching them to apply the rather technical insights of the three meta-disciplines to their own discipline. So, as far as non-philosophers are concerned, the curriculum does not only aspire to form people who are able to do research in logic, history of science, and philosophy of science, relying on their previously obtained disciplinary training. It also seeks to form scientists who, thanks to a thorough training in the three meta-disciplines, perform better as scientists because they are able to locate presuppositions and to coin variants for them.
In the general courses, insights and techniques from logic, history of science, and philosophy of science are introduced in a systematic way. In the optional courses, these techniques are concretely applied to specific reading material and specific research tasks.
Structure
1 year, 60 study points
In the first semester, the students select three of the four packages that are offered (totalling up to 18 study points): logic, history of science, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of science. In these courses, the basis of these disciplines is studied at an advanced level. The optional courses (24 study points), followed during the second semester, rely on those courses. The optional courses aim at an in-depth exploration, in agreement with the contemporary international state of the art, of certain topics for which competent teachers are available. The fact that the students select three packages during the first semester enables them to combine the distinct viewpoints in performing the tasks required for the optional courses. Half of the study load is assigned to the C category, which makes it possible to assign to each student specific tasks that depend on the students earlier training and current aims. This also makes it possible to impose on the students the high demands made necessary by the intensive training that the curriculum aspires to offer. The dissertation (18 study points, 50 to 70 pages) comes to the equivalent of two publishable papers-the aim is actually to arrive at published papers. The structure of the curriculum allows for a good preparation of the (limited number of) students to the dissertation.
Admission
On the condition that they succeed in an entrance examination, the following are admitted to this postgraduate curriculum: those holding:
- a diploma of master (transformed curricula)
- a diploma of an academic training of the second cycle (old structure)
- a diploma of the second cycle of the two cycle higher education (old structure)
The aim of the entrance examination is to ascertain the prospected student's interests for and acquaintance with the methodology of his or her discipline. Candidates should contact prof. dr. E. Weber.
All candidates are expected to have an excellent motivation and a broad interest for methodological problems.
Useful links
Here are links to the research groups of some teachers in this postgraduate program:
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