Methodology of philosophical research WF-R-FI-SD-MET
This seminar is aimed at helping PhD student to prepare their first academic publications. Ech participant will be working on their own projects connected to their general PhD projects. On meeting we will be discussing step by step the methodological aspects of their work in progress.
Stages of work on publication
1. Identifying the object od study
2. Identifying and justifying the problem
3. Casting the problem in form of a question (questions)
4. Refering to existing solutions.
5. Formulating hypotheses
6. Providing arguments fr the hypotheses
7. Discussing possible criticism
8. Forming final conclutions and outlining further research
Some of these points may not be pertinent to all projects, but participants will be asked to apply as many as they reasonably can and to justify omitting some of them if they do so.
Subject level
Learning outcome code/codes
Learning outcomes
Knowledge: The participants are building a sufficient basis of knowledge - rich enough to reflect the state of art in relevant domain. Especially they know the latest publication in the corresponding fields.
Skills: The participants can use all available sources of scientific information in order to arrive at the diagnosis of current problems and state of research. They can critically examine classic and recent publications. They can see apparent and flawed argumentations as well as semantically defective statements. They can formulate cognitive goals - both short and long-term ones.
Competences: The participants acquire a reliable disposition to provide clear argumentation in philosophical discussions. Their attitude to the texts is critical, problems-oriented. They also have the readiness to take self-critical stance.
Assessment criteria
The method:
1. the analysis of paramount publications in relevant fields as well as learning about the standards of publications in leading scholarly journals
2. individual research, extending scholarship relating to individual projects
3. presenting partial results on the seminars
4. submitting the fragments of the works in progress for group discussion
The main assessment criterion is to submit complete or nearly complete article. Participation in seminar discussion as well as regular presentations one’s partial results will also be an important consideration.
Bibliography
There is no general readings for this course. Each participant is working on their own projects and relevant literature.
Additional information
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