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Diploma Seminar in Philosophy I

Class at Faculty of Humanities |
YBAJ042

Syllabus

* Mandatory:

GRONDIN, J. Introduction to Philosophical Hermeneutics. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994.

ECO, U., How to Write a Thesis. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2015.

* Recommended:

GADAMER, H-G. Truth and method. London: Bloomsbury, 2013.

HAYOT, E., The Elements of Academic Style: Writing for the Humanities. New York: Columbia University Press, 2014.

Annotation

Weekly schedule:

1) Choosing a topic

2) Research methods in humanities

3) Using critical editions

4) Primary and secondary sources

5) Journal databases

6) Preparing bibliography

7) Citational practices; avoiding plagiarism

8) Academic Genres

9) Presentation and discussion of students topics I

10) Presentation and discussion of students topics II

11) Thesis structure and work plan

12) Writing process

13) Formatting the thesis