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Abbreviations
D = MA degree thesis (Hungarian ‘szakdolgozat’) G = seminar (practical class; Hu ‘gyakorlat’) K = lecture (Hu ‘kollokvium’)
Sz = comprehensive examination (Hu ‘szigorlat’) V = exam (Hu ‘vizsga’)
Z = final examination (Hu ‘záróvizsga’) kon = consultation (Hu ‘konzultáció’)
k = obligatory unit (Hu ‘kötelező)
kv = obligatory elective unit (freely chosen elective(s) necessary for the completion of a specialisation track; Hu ‘kötelezően választható’)
v = elective unit (opposite of obligatory; Hu ‘választható’)
Explanation of prerequisites
• A prerequisite code not enclosed in brackets: ‘strong’ prerequisite; must be completed successfully at least one semester before the course in question for which it is a prerequisite
• A prerequisite code enclosed in brackets: ‘weak’ prerequisite; can be taken in the same semester with the course in question for which it is a prerequisite, but must be completed successfully for the course for which it is a prerequisite to be valid.
• A prerequisite code with a ‘=’ sign: We recommend that the specified course be taken simultaneously.
• *: Course that can be taken only after the background courses have been completed.
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HEORY OF
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H
OST INSTITUTE:
Institute of PhilosophyG
ENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THEMA
PROGRAMME INL
OGIC ANDT
HEORY OFS
CIENCE:
MA programme title:
Logic and Theory of ScienceEducation level and qualification received by those who have successfully
completed the MA program:
Duration of the program:
4 semestersCredits required for graduation:
120 creditsForeign language requirements:
The prerequisites for the MA degree include either (a) a combined (written as well as oral) state exam at the advanced level (C1) for one foreign language (alternatively a high school final examination or a certificate at the advanced level); or (b) an additional combined (written as well as oral) state exam at the intermediate level (B2) (alternatively, a high school final examination or a certificate at the intermediate level) in a language different from the one used to fulfill the language requirement for the bachelor’s degree.
MA
THESIS AND FINAL EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS:
Thesis writing:
Requirements concerning the MA thesis that go beyond those regulated by the Humanities Faculty are specified in the thesis regulations of the Institute of Philosophy.
Formal requirements:
Length: minimum 100,000 characters, maximum 200,000 characters at a spacing of 1.5 and font size 12. One copy must be submitted bound, another stapled. MA theses should also be submitted electronically either on a CD at the secretary of the Institute of Philosophy, or in pdf format via the course code for thesis writing within the elearning system.
The title page of the thesis must include the name of the author; the title of the MA thesis in Hungarian as well as in the language of the degree program; the name of the university, the faculty as well as the major; and the date of submission of the thesis.
Requirements concerning the content of the thesis:
The thesis consists of papers as chapters on a choice of topic related to several lecture course topics. The thesis should incorporate the required readings for these lecture courses as well as the core foreign-language literature on the chosen topic.
Assessment:
Assessment is on a five-grade scale. During the evaluation, the referee must take into account whether the author has adhered to the prescribed requirements concerning content and form. The factors relevant for grading are: scientific achievement, familiarity with the literature as well as the ability to apply it in a professional manner, structured presentation and apt application of the results, potential topics for further research.
Requirements for the MA degree:
The final examination is conducted orally.
The most central part of the examination is the defense of the MA thesis. Students must prove that they have mastered the training requirements as well as the most important bits of knowledge prescribed in the curriculum, and they must also show that they are capable of explaining the thesis in conversation, in a nuanced and precise manner.
Beyond the defense, the final examination also covers a detailed account of two lecture-course subjects that had previously been chosen by the student.
Evaluation and grading of final examination:
Assessment is on a five-grade scale. The examiners evaluate the expertise of the examinee in scientific areas related to the MA thesis topic, and also assess the professional background of the examinee along with his/her ability to carry out scientific discourse.
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REREQUISITES FOR THE FINAL EXAMINATION:
The prerequisites for the final examination are:• the completion of the study unit list and exams specified in the curriculum for the major (with the exception of the thesis, the required foreign language state exam, and the final examination)
• with the exception of the credits for thesis work, the fulfillment of all training and completion requirements, and as a result of these, the receipt of a final examination for the major
• a certificate stating that the student has returned all property borrowed from the university.
D
EGREE CERTIFICATEThe degree certificate states the mathematical average (rounded to the closest whole number) of the grade of the thesis and the grades received at the final examination.
P
ROGRAM DIRECTOR:
T
ANEGYSÉGLISTA
Code
BMI- Name of Study Unit
S em es te r W h en O ff er ed T yp e o f G ra d e O b l. / E le c. H o u rs / S em es te r C re d it s P re re q u is it e( s) Id ea ll y ta k en u p in … s em es te r Host
I.
B
ACKGROUNDC
OURSES:
26
CREDITSLOTD-101E
Foundations of logic,
seminar 1 G k 45 3 1 Logika
LOTD-102E Foundations of logic, lecture 2 K k 45 3 2 Logika
LOTD-103E Foundations of mathematics 1-2 K k 45 3 1 Logika
LOTD-104E Introduction to Algebra 1-2 G k 45 3 1 Logika
LOTD-105E Contemporary Metaphysics 1-2 K k 45 3 1 Logika
LOTD-106E Philosophy of Mind 1-2 G k 45 3 1 Logika
LOTD-107E
Logic and Philosophy of
Science Seminar I 1 G k 45 4 1 Logika
LOTD-108E
Logic and Philosophy of
Science Seminar II. 2 G k 60 4 2 Logika
Total: 375 26
II.
C
OREC
OURSES:
40
CREDITSLOTD-201E Introduction to the
Philosophy of Social Science 1 K k 45 4 1 Logika
LOTD-202E Theories of Meaning 2-3 K k 45 4 2 Logika
LOTD-203E Metatheory 1. 2-3 K k 45 4 2 Logika
LOTD-204E Metatheory 2. 3-4 K k 45 4 3 Logika
LOTD-205E Philosophy of Science 1. 1-2 K k 45 4 1 Logika
LOTD-206E Philosophy of Science 2. 2-3 K k 45 4 2 Logika
LOTD-207E
Basic Problemsof
Metaphysics 2-3 G k 45 4 3 Logika
LOTD-208E Science and Metaphysics 3-4 K k 45 4 (207) 4 Logika
LOTD-209E
Logic and Philosophy of
Science Seminar III. 3 G k 45 4 3 Logika
LOTD-210E
Logic and Philosophy of
Science Seminar IV. 4 G k 60 4 4 Logika
III.
S
PECIALISATIONT
RACKS:
28
CREDITSL
OGIC ANDP
HILOSOPHY OFM
ATHEMATICS TRACKLogic and models (4 credits)*:
LOTD-301E
Advanced and Abstract
Model Theory 3-4 K kv 45 4 3 Logika
LOTD-302E
Logical Fundatuins of Physical Theories – Special Relativity
3-4 K kv 45 4 3 Logika
Applications of Logic I. (4 credits)*:
LOTD-311E
Proof Theory and Logic
Programming 3-4 K kv 45 4 4 Logika
LOTD-312E Non-standard Analysis 3-4 K kv 45 4 4 Logika
LOTD-313E
Logical Foundations of
General Relativity 3-4 K kv 45 4 4 Logika
Applications of Logic II. (4 credits)*:
LOTD-321E
Static and Dynamic Theories
of Meaning 3-4 K kv 45 4 3 Logika
LOTD-322E
Foundations of Mathematics in First-order versus Higher-order Logic
3-4 K kv 45 4 3 Logika
Set Theory and Foundations of Mathematics (4 credits)*:
LOTD-331E
Alternative Set Theories
3-4 K kv 45 4
203 3 Logika
LOTD-332E
Resolving Apparent
Circularities in Foundations 3-4 K kv 45 4 203 3 Logika
LOTD-333E
Paradoxes, Circularity,
Wellfoundedness 3-4 K kv 45 4 203 3 Logika
Algebra and logic (4 credits)*:
LOTD-341E Algebraic logic 3-4 G kv 45 4 104 3 Logika
LOTD-342E
Structuralism, Categories,
and Algebraic Logic 3-4 G kv 45 4 104 3 Logika
Extensions of first-order logic (4 credits)*:
LOTD-351E Absoluteness of Logics 3-4 G kv 45 4 203 4 Logika
LOTD-352E Theory of Definitions. Applications in the Methodology of Sciences. 3-4 G kv 45 4 4 Logika
LOTD-353E Computability 3-4 G kv 45 4 4 Logika
Contemporary Philosophies of Mathematics (4 credits)*:
LOTD-361E
Physicalist Account of
Mathematics 3-4 G kv 45 4 4 Logika
LOTD-362E Frege Arithmetic 3-4 G kv 45 4 4 Logika
Total: 315 28
*Students are required to complete one of the units within this area of study!
L
OGIC INL
INGUISTICS TRACK
LOTD-401E Compositionality 3-4 K k 45 4 3 Logika
LOTD-404E Temporality in Natural Language 3-4 G k 45 4 3 Logika LOTD-405E Computational Knowledge Representation 3-4 G k 45 4 3 Logika
LOTD-406E Meaning and reference 3-4 G k 45 4 4 Logika
Applications of logic II. (4 credits)*:
LOTD-321E
Static and dynamic theories
of meaning 3-4 K kv 45 4 3 Logika
LOTD-322E
Foundations of Mathematics in First-order versus Higher-order Logic
3-4 K kv 45 4
203 3 Logika
Total: 315 28
*Students are required to complete one of the units within this area of study!
M
ODELS IN THES
OCIALS
CIENCES TRACKLOTD-501E
Max Weber and the Methodology of Social Sciences
3-4 K k 45 4 201 3 Logika
LOTD-502E
Types of Explanation in the
Social and Historical Sciences 3-4 K k 45 4
201,
(505) 3 Logika
LOTD-503E Rational Choice Theory 3-4 K k 45 4 4 Logika
LOTD-504E
Political Science with
Economic Methods 3-4 K k 45 4 (503) 4 Logika
LOTD-505E Methodological Individualism 3-4 K k 45 4 4 Logika LOTD-506E
Game Theory and the Social
Sciences – lecture 3-4 K k 45 4 203 4 Logika
LOTD-507E
Game Theory and the Social
Sciences - seminar 3-4 G k 45 4 203 3 Logika
Total: 315 28
F
OUNDATIONS OFP
HYSICS TRACKLOTD-601E
Quantum Mechanics as
Non-classical Probability Theory 3-4 G k 45 4 4 Logika
LOTD-602E
Empirical vs. Theoretical
Concepts of Physics 3-4 G k 45 4 3 Logika
LOTD-604E
No-go Theorems of
Quantum Mechanics 3-4 K k 45 4 4 Logika
LOTD-605E Interpretations of Quantum Theory - seminar 3 G k 45 4 3 Logika LOTD-606E Interpretations of Quantum Theory - lecture 4 K k 45 4 (601) 4 Logika
Logic and Models (4 credits)*:
LOTD-301E
Advanced and Abstract
Model Theory 3-4 K kv 45 4 3 Logika
LOTD-302E
Logical Fundatuins of Physical Theories – Special Relativity
3-4 K kv 45 4 3 Logika
Applications of Logic I. (4 credits)*:
LOTD-311E
Proof Theory and Logic
Programming 3-4 K kv 45 4 4 Logika
LOTD-312E Non-standard Analysis 3-4 K kv 45 4 4 Logika
313E General Relativity
Total: 315 28
*Students are required to complete one of the units within this area of study!
IV.
F
REEE
LECTIVES:
10
C
REDITSFreely chosen electives from the pool of MA courses offered by ELTE, Faculty of Philosophy (ELTE, BTK) - restrictions may apply (check with Institute/Department in charge of the course prior to taking up the course).
V.
T
HESIS,
F
INALE
XAMINATION:
20
CREDITS
LOTD-901E Thesis 4 D k 0 20 4 TH
LOTD-902E Final Examination 4 Z k 0 0 4 TH