MASc Philosophy, Logic, and Artificial Intelligence

This new Master's course examines the very idea of reasoning, and its philosophical foundations, from the perspectives of Logic and Artificial Intelligence. Students will study a rigorous selection of modules which will stimulate advanced philosophical and critical thinking, alongside developing deep technical understanding. Students will graduate with a range of transferable skills, equipped for a range of jobs in the technological sector. This course is suitable for those with undergraduate degrees in other disciplines, but requires both logico-mathematical and philosophical aptitude.About this degreeOur new taught master's in Philosophy, Logic, and Artificial Intelligence explores reasoning and its philosophical foundations from the perspective of logic and artificial intelligence.Logic is the area of inquiry which begins by considering the idea of an argument whose reasoning is water-tight. Since philosophy consists in giving and assessing arguments, logic has always been a core area of philosophy, for philosophers to both draw upon and also to study. To systematise the key ideas in logic, we need to shift into a more formal register, adopting the tools of mathematics and computer science. And those tools have also led to the creation of various techniques in artificial intelligence, providing us with a potential model of learning and non-water-tight reasoning.

A minimum of an upper second-class UK Bachelor's degree (or a international qualification of an equivalent standard.) Further specification: Mathematics A level (or equivalent) at grade A or above. (This can be satisfied with an undergraduate degree with suitable mathematical content.) Evidence should be included within the application to demonstrate suitable mathematical skills and computational thinking.