Reading Suggestions

Progressing to postgraduate study? We've put together a list of reading suggestions to help you get a head start on your studies before you arrive in Sheffield.

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MA Philosophy

1.	The Problems of Philosophy	Bertrand Russell	Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1912 / 1997
2.	An Unconventional History of Western Philosophy: Conversations between Men and Women Philosophers	Karen Warren	Rowan and Littlefield, 2009
3.	The Philosopher Queens: The Lives and Legacies of Philosophy's Unsung women	Rebecca Buxton and Lisa Whiting	Unbound Publishing, 2020
4.	UnMuted: Conversations on Prejudice, Oppression, and Social Justice	Myisha Cherry	Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019
5.	Barry Lam's Hi-Phi nation podcast	Link here

MA Cognitive Studies

1.	Mind as Machine: A History of Cognitive Science	Margaret Boden	Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006
2.	The Philosophy of Psychology	George Botterill, Peter Carruthers	Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999
3.	Mindware: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Cognitive Science	Andy Clark	Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001
4.	The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Science	Keith Frankish, William Ramsay	Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012
5.	The Computer and the Mind: An Introduction to Cognitive Science	Phillip N. Johnson-Laird	Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1993
6.	The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Cognitive Science	Eric Margolis, Richard Samuels and Stephen P. Stich	Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012
7.	An Introduction to the Philosophy of Psychology	Daniel Weiskopf	Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015

MA Political Theory

1.	Social and Political Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction	John Christman	Taylor & Francis, 2002
2.	Political Philosophy	Jean Hampton	Oxford: Westview, 1996
3.	Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Introduction	Will Kymlicka	Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002
4.	Issues in Political Theory	Catriona McKinnon	Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008
5.	Political Philosophy: A Beginner’s Guide for Students and Politicians	Adam Swift	Oxford: Polity, 2001
6.	An Introduction to Political Philosophy	Jonathan Wolff	Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006