5/15/2023 0 Comments Courseforum uv![]() If you're really interested in the program, I suggest you take some time to look at course descriptions for the courses you'd like to take. There is a course 'Causality and Explanation', which would borderline between philosophy of science, epistemology and metaphysics, I guess. You should check out the link I posted above, you will find a list of all the courses currently taught. However, as far as I am aware, there aren't too much courses on philosophy of science. This would mean that you should be able to follow the introductory course in philosophy of science without too much trouble. Because of this, quite a few philosophy courses are meant to introduce these students in philosophical subjects such as philosophy of language, philosophy of science, etc. Since the Logic Master is very interdisciplinary, a lot of the students have hardly any background in philosophy at all, but instead have majored in mathematics, artificial intelligence, linguistics or similar subjects. I believe there is one introductory course in philosophy of science. ![]() But I have taken all the logic sequence up to inductive. Could I just start from scratch with Philosophy of Science? I have yet to take a class. I am very interested in this program as a lot of alumni from UCI's LPS work here. The Dutch regard the program equally to what others said: the place to study to study logic. I must say, most of this information is not first hand, but still rather reliable I think. I have no direct or indirect experience with this, but I imagine it can be very enlightening. You're forced to do so research projects, which means that you and maybe a couple other students approach a professor and decide on a topic and study it intensely for a couple of weeks. However, the professors are generally very approachable, regardless of your personal focus. Of course, 'soort zoekt soort' as the Dutch would say (I guess the English variant would be 'Birds of a feather flock together') philosophers spend most time with philosophers and the same goes for mathematicians etc. It's very hard work, don't be too keen on your free time (of course this is variable to personal background knowledge, intelligence, how many courses you take, etc.). Of course they couldn't accept 100 students, but still. Thus, if they think you're qualified, you're in (basically). The Master of Logic (MoL) has no maximum of students that can be allowed. I'm sure that international students can apply for housing via the university in some way or other, but Dutch students always complain that Amsterdam is the hardest place to find affordable housing. You would basically have +/- 10 courses remaining, which can be mathematical/philosophical/linguistic regardless of your chosen track.Īmsterdam can be a rough place to find housing (that is, housing that isn't over the top expensive). The master takes two years and only three courses are predetermined. You're very free meaning: you can basically follow any path you like. I wouldn't know too much about the computational/mathematical side, but I do know the following things (I'll just sum them up, take from 'em what you want): But if you are a EU student, it is relatively cheap-especially in comparison to UK/US programs. It is true that, if you're non-EU, it's rather expensive. You probably have already found this site, but just in case you have not, here is a recent list of all the courses taught and if you click on them you get (more or less) detailed descriptions: Also, I have a friend who is currently doing the Logic Master. I live in Amsterdam and I am thinking of applying to it next year (the philosophy track).
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