Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research
- The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Foreword
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Theory and Research on Undergraduate Research
- Part II Implementation, Approaches, Methods
- Part III Disciplines
- 17 Introduction
- Part III.1 STEM
- Part III.2 Health
- Part III.3 Social Sciences
- Part III.4 Humanities
- 32 Undergraduate Research in History
- 33 Undergraduate Research in English
- 34 Undergraduate Research in Philosophy
- 35 Undergraduate Research in Theology and Religious Studies
- Part III.5 Arts & Design
- Part III.6 Disciplines A–Z
- Part IV International Perspective
- Part V Avenues for Developing Undergraduate Research
- Index
- References
34 - Undergraduate Research in Philosophy
from Part III.4 - Humanities
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 August 2022
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research
- The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Foreword
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Theory and Research on Undergraduate Research
- Part II Implementation, Approaches, Methods
- Part III Disciplines
- 17 Introduction
- Part III.1 STEM
- Part III.2 Health
- Part III.3 Social Sciences
- Part III.4 Humanities
- 32 Undergraduate Research in History
- 33 Undergraduate Research in English
- 34 Undergraduate Research in Philosophy
- 35 Undergraduate Research in Theology and Religious Studies
- Part III.5 Arts & Design
- Part III.6 Disciplines A–Z
- Part IV International Perspective
- Part V Avenues for Developing Undergraduate Research
- Index
- References
Summary
Philosophy, like other disciplines in the humanities (and social sciences), is one of the “soft disciplines” with a low paradigm consensus. With the plurality of ideas about what counts as philosophy and what methods are appropriate to it, it comes a special challenge in articulating any broadly acceptable vision for how best to implement undergraduate research in philosophy. Although philosophical research involves much collaboration, including layers of peer review feedback and multiple presentations of works in progress, it continues to culminate almost exclusively in the single-authored manuscript.Certainly, a common perception among philosophers has been that one’s own research is most efficiently and successfully undertaken by oneself without the drag of overseeing more or less novice, apprentice collaborators. Where the undergraduate mentee takes on research that is not connected to one’s own, the drag productivity is expected to be even greater.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research , pp. 329 - 336Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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