Doctoral Programme in Logic and Philosophy of Science
Basic competencies:
The doctoral studies will grant, as a minimum, the acquisition by the doctoral student of the following basic competencies:
- Systematic understanding of a field of study and mastery of the skills and methods of research associated with that field.
- Ability to conceive, design or create, implement and adopt a substantial process of research or creation.
- Ability to contribute to the expansion of the frontiers of knowledge through original research.
- Ability to carry out a critical and assessment analysis and synthesis of new and complex ideas.
- Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and society in general about their areas of knowledge in the ways and languages commonly used in the CB6.
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Ability to promote, within academic and professional contexts, scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural advancement in a knowledge-based society.
Personal abilities and skills:
According to the RD 99/2011, the obtaining of the Doctoral degree should provide a high professional capacity in diverse areas, specially in those which require creativity and innovation. Doctors had obtained, at least, the following personal abilities and skills:
- Knowing how to navigate in contexts where there is little specific information.
- Finding the key questions that must be answered to solve a complex problem.
- Designing, creating, developing and launching new and innovative projects in their field of knowledge.
- Working both in a team and independently in an international or multidisciplinary context.
- Integrating knowledge, handling complexity, and making judgments with limited information.
- Execute criticism and intellectual defence of solutions.
Other competencies:
- Ability to acquire advanced knowledge in the areas of argumentation and logic, philosophy of language, philosophy of science and of technology.
- Ability to design a research project with which carry out a critical analysis and evaluation to prior contributions and in which they can apply their knowledge and work methodology.
- Ability to carry out a summary of novel and complex ideas that give place to a deeper knowledge in the researching environment where they work.
- Ability to elaborate material about their own research and broadcast the results.
Cross-disciplinary competences:
- Ability to present a scientific work.
- Ability to synthesise and analyse.
- Ability to solve problems.
- Ability to work in teams.
- Ability to generate novel ideas (creativity).
- Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team.