Philosophy (research master)
Radboud Universiteit

Deze opleiding
locatieNijmegen |
diplomaMA |
typeonderzoek, 120 EC |
start1 februari, 1 september |
taalvolledig Engels |
opleidingsduur2 jaar voltijd |
accreditatiesNVAO |
croho-code60128 |
numerus fixusnee |
honoursnee |
De tweejarige Engelstalige onderzoeksmaster wijsbegeerte is bedoeld voor talentvolle en gemotiveerde studenten. De opleiding heeft een internationaal karakter en is van hoog academisch niveau. Door het relatief kleine aantal studenten is de begeleiding optimaal. Als student heb je de keuze uit zeven specialisaties die zijn gekoppeld aan het onderzoek dat binnen de Faculteit der Filosofie wordt verricht. In het eerste studiejaar kies je twee masterseminars uit een aanbod van acht. Daarnaast volg je een cursus over de methodologie van het filosofisch onderzoek en de vaardigheidstraining Oral presentation and academic writing. In de loop van de opleiding neem je actief deel aan vier researchseminars. Tijdens deze seminars worden wetenschappelijke producten van studenten, stafleden en gastonderzoekers besproken. Verder schrijf je een researchpaper en een scriptie. Het is de bedoeling dat je scriptie de kwaliteit en vorm heeft van een publicabel artikel. De masteropleiding wijsbegeerte bereidt je voor op een loopbaan als onderzoeker of op een onderzoeksgerichte functie in de publieke of private sector.
Waarom aan de Radboud Universiteit?
- Breed aanbod van specialisaties en research seminars.
- Intensieve, persoonlijke begeleiding
- Nadruk op onderzoeksvaardigheden
- Uitstekende voorbereiding op eventueel promotieonderzoek doordat de afsluitende thesis bestaat uit een publicabel artikel en een voorstel voor promotieonderzoek.
- 55% van de afgestudeerden slaagt er een promotieplek te bemachtigen.
Studieprogramma

- seminar onderzoeksvaardigheden (twee semesters)
- research seminars op terrein van de specialisatie en naar eigen keuze
Tweede jaar:
- research seminar op terrein van de specialisatie
- research essay
- schrijven voorstel promotieonderzoek
- schrijven publicabel artikel
periode | |||||
Cognitiefilosofie | |||||
Geschiedenis van de wijsbegeerte | |||||
Metafysica | |||||
Sociale en politieke wijsbegeerte | |||||
Taalfilosofie en Logica | |||||
Wijsgerige antropologie | |||||
Wijsgerige ethiek |
specialisaties
specialisatie Metafysica
Metaphysics deals with basic philosophical questions such as: What is being? What is truth? What is the essence of something? Is reality one or many? In Nijmegen, the Department of Metaphysics and Epistemology focuses mainly on the question of how these metaphysical questions are affected by hermeneutical philosophy as it has been developed in the 19th and 20th century.
This specialisation covers the classic metaphysical tradition from Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas to Hegel, but more particularly the hermeneutic philosophical tradition of the 19th and 20th centuries. The hermeneutic tradition is studied from a metaphysical and ontological point of view, with particular attention to hermeneutic philosophers of the 19th century (Schleiermacher, Dilthey) as well as to the 20th-century authors who continued this tradition in a phenomenological framework (Heidegger, Gadamer, Ricoeur, Derrida).
Research in this line mainly focuses on the meaning and status of being, truth and subjectivity in the hermeneutic tradition. Those authors in the continental tradition who were critical of these hermeneutic developments in philosophy are also included.
specialisatie Wijsgerige antropologie
You will study ancient fundamental questions from the perspective of continental philosophy.
The specialisation in Metaphysics and Philosophical Anthropology looks at the age-old fundamental questions regarding being, truth and reality from a contemporary viewpoint with the help of modern philosophers. You’ll study the philosophical significance of questions related to approaches in phenomenological, psychoanalysis and gender and feminist theory. You’ll gain insight into how to ask questions that are significant for the contemporary age and examine them in the light of major thinkers from the continental philosophical tradition. Of course, you’ll also examine these questions in the light of major thinkers from the hermeneutic tradition and from the continental tradition who were critical of these hermeneutic developments in philosophy. But again, with a contemporary aim: What new and original insights can these philosophers of the past give us today?
specialisatie Wijsgerige ethiek
In this Philosophy Research specialisation you will study moral conflicts and ethical issues in contemporary Western culture and how politics is a way of coping with these dilemmas.
During your studies you will unravel the ethical presuppositions that underlie contemporary socio-cultural debates. How fundamental concepts such as freedom, power, justice, and so on are judged and how words and phrases are being used in political debates, has an essential impact on the outcome of a debate. As a social and political philosopher you’ll be geared towards pinpointing where these—often unconscious—assumptions are at work. This will enable you to make people aware of them.Key authors for this specialisation are: Aristotle, Arendt, Foucault, Hobbes, Kant, Machiavelli, Marx, Rawls, Schmitt, Spinoza, Žižek, Heidegger, Gadamer, Levinas, Habermas and Taylor.
specialisatie Sociale en politieke wijsbegeerte
In Social and Political Philosophy you study 'the political' as an essential but conflict-ridden aspect of the human condition, and politics as a way of coping with this.
Social and political philosophy is part of a practical philosophy that aims for fundamental questions regarding human society: What is a political order? How do institutions come into being? What are the differences between a community and a society? In what type of society should we live? Studying Social and Political Philosophy means studying 'the political' as an essential but conflict-ridden aspect of the human condition, and how politics is a way of coping with the issues resulting from this. As a student in our Research Master Philosophy you will learn all the tools for a career in academics.
In Nijmegen we pay a lot of attention to interpreting, problematising and actualising classical texts that are part of the European political philosophy - from Plato to Habermas. At the same time we focus on actual discussions on the crisis and conceptualisation of democracy. Also important are studies concerning spacial and metaphorical imaginations (city, garden, desert) in core political philosophical texts. Regarding these different fields our research in Nijmegen does not only want to take a descriptive perspective; we offer a normative perspective as well.
specialisatie Taalfilosofie en logica
Philosophy of Language and Logic involves the study of linguistic expressions such as words, sentences and texts, where the emphasis is on the context in which these expressions are being interpreted.
Philosophy of Language and Logic involves the study of linguistic expressions such as words, sentences, texts and dialogues, where the emphasis is on the context in which these expressions are being interpreted Language is an immensely complicated tool. We talk all the time. Language is our main form of social interaction. In the Master's specialisation in Philosophy of Language and Logic you'll explore the richness of language from a social perspective.
In its teaching, the section "Philosophy of Language and Logic" focuses on the development of analytical philosophy from Frege onwards and the rise of modern semantics in the last decades of the 20th century. Its main research interests are the context-dependence of interpretation and its relation to formal semantics and pragmatics, on the one hand, and philosophy of mind, on the other. Typical themes that are addressed are context-dependence and presupposition, dynamic theories of meaning, discourse and discourse structure, the analysis of propositional attitudes and their relation to mental states, and the relation between interpretation and psychological processes.
specialisatie Cognitiefilosofie
You will explore explicit connections to developments in cognitive neuroscience and linguistics and explore the richness of language and communication from a social and evolutionary perspective.
Traditionally, philosophy of mind is part of the analytical tradition in philosophy. Recently, however, a more phenomenological approach to typical questions in the philosophy of mind has provided a refreshing new look on old topics. The advance of cognitive neuroscience is also leaving its trace in the way old questions are posed and answered. Therefore, the research Master’s in Philosophy of Mind and Language combines traditional analytical theorising with insights from phenomenology and the empirical sciences. Language is without doubt one of our most complex achievements, but at the end of the day, it’s all about what we do with it, how we use language to understand, comfort, criticise, and manipulate each other. Language is an immensely complicated tool for doing all these things, and more. We talk all the time. Language is our main form of social interaction. In the Master’s specialisation in Philosophy of Mind Language you’ll explore the richness of language from a social and evolutionary perspective.
specialisatie Geschiedenis van de wijsbegeerte
This is a Master's specialisation that focuses on the entire history of philosophy, from antiquity to modern times.
You will explore issues in the history of philosophy and science from antiquity to the contemporary period. Our specialties are: ancient cosmologies; medieval natural philosophy; the Scientific Revolution and the birth of modern philosophy; idealism and phenomenology; the emergence and end of the metaphysical tradition; philosophy in the technological age. You will learn how to publish articles in academic peer-reviewed journals and apply for grants and PhD positions.
Onderwijs
taal van onderwijs | 100% en |
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avondonderwijs | n.v.t. |
afstandsonderwijs | n.v.t. |
onderwijsvormen
literatuurstudie, onderzoek, onderzoeksvoorstel, mondelinge presentatie, zelfstudie, seminarToelating en kosten
toelaatbare profielen
WO bachelor | toelaatbaar |
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toelatingseisen
vooropleiding
Bachelor of Master Filosofie
cijfergemiddelde
Gewogen gemiddelde van ten minste 7,5 voor de wijsgerige vakken van het tweede en derde bachelorjaar.
toelatingsgesprek
Geïnteresseerden kunnen contact opnemen met de coördinator van de Onderzoeksmaster Filosofie, prof. dr. C. Palmerino (c.palmerino@ftr.ru.nl).
studie kosten
bedrag | kostenpost |
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€ 700.00 | levensonderhoud |
€ 500.00 | studiematerialenper jaar |
€ 300.00 | visa/permitper jaar |
inbegrepen in collegegeld
examination |
De stad
studievereniging
Sophia
F.C. Sophia is de studievereniging van de opleiding filosofie. Voor een potje gekostumeerd weerwolven op lokatie ben je bij haar aan het juiste adres. Daarnaast organiseert ze tal van activiteiten voor studenten, waaronder maandelijkse borrels, maar ook studiereizen (in het verleden onder andere naar Rusland, Roemenië en Turkije), weekenden en tal van andere activiteiten.aan het woord: studenten en docenten



Caroline Boot


Frank van Caspel


Jonne Hoek


Michiel Nederlof


Anita van Rootselaar


Wout van Tongeren


Paulien Snellen


Rossen Stoyanov


Maddalena Tacchetti
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Na de studie

Beroepsperspectief / arbeidsmarkt
aansluitende masteropleidingen
instelling | opleiding | instroomeisen |
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UU | Leraar VHO filosofie full-time,part-time educational | geen aanvullende eisen |
Universiteit Leiden | Leraar VHO in Filosofie educational | geen aanvullende eisen |
Amsterdam UVA | Lerarenopleiding Filosofie part-time educational | geen aanvullende eisen |
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