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Dr Rob Knowles

Darlithydd mewn Athroniaeth, Politics, Philosophy and International Relations

r.f.knowles@abertawe.ac.uk

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Mae Rob yn ddarlithydd mewn Athroniaeth ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe. Yn y gorffennol, bu ganddo swyddi addysgu ym Mhrifysgol Bryste, Prifysgol Leeds, Prifysgol Manceinion a Phrifysgol Caerhirfryn. Cwblhaodd gymrodoriaeth ôl-ddoethurol yr Academi Brydeinig ym Mhrifysgol Leeds yn 2019, ar ôl iddo gwblhau ei PhD ym Mhrifysgol Manceinion yn 2015. Ei feysydd arbenigedd ymchwil yw metaffiseg, epistemoleg, athroniaeth iaith ac athroniaeth mathemateg. Mae'n ymddiddori'n benodol mewn sut mae mathemateg yn hwyluso cynrychioli ac egluro'r byd ffisegol, beth yw maes pwnc mathemateg a sut mae gwybodaeth fathemategol yn bosib:

Meysydd Arbenigedd

Metaffiseg
Epistemoleg
Athroniaeth Iaith
Athroniaeth Mathemateg
Athroniaeth Gwyddoniaeth

Modiwlau a Addysgir

HUP105 Critical Reasoning

This module introduces students to the core elements of critical reasoning: how to identify, construct and analyse arguments; what makes an argument valid and sound; common errors in reasoning; and the basics of propositional logic. In studying these topics, students will cultivate core critical reasoning skills and apply these in analysing real-world textual examples.
HUP127 Fundamental Issues in Philosophy

. This module explores philosophical attempts to understand the world and our place within it. It does this by examining key questions and debates about the nature of reality (metaphysics) and our ability to understand it (epistemology). These issues include: how do objects persist through time, even when they undergo significant change? What is the relationship between the mind and the body? Can we experience the world in itself or is our knowledge of the world necessarily shaped by our language, culture and/or body? When are we justified in believing the things that we do?
HUP243 Philosophy and the Enlightenment

This module explores key philosophical ideas as they developed through the age of the Enlightenment. The primary aim is to introduce students to major Enlightenment philosophers in order to see how their theories reflected and contributed to the social and intellectual developments of the time. This will also reveal how their ideas shaped, and to continue to shape, Western philosophy and society more generally. We will examine debates about, among other things, the nature of truth, knowledge, reality, God and the self. The philosophers addressed include Descartes, Locke, Hume and Kant. We will also consider critiques of the Enlightenment, including romantic, feminist and critical race perspectives.
HUP243A Philosophy and the Enlightenment

This module explores key philosophical ideas as they developed through the age of the Enlightenment. The primary aim is to introduce students to major Enlightenment philosophers in order to see how their theories reflected and contributed to the social and intellectual developments of the time. This will also reveal how their ideas shaped, and to continue to shape, Western philosophy and society more generally. We will examine debates about, among other things, the nature of truth, knowledge, reality, God and the self. The philosophers addressed include Descartes, Locke, Hume and Kant. We will also consider critiques of the Enlightenment, including romantic, feminist and critical race perspectives.
HUP319 Reality and Cognition: Topics in Metaphysics and Epistemology

This module equips students with contemporary philosophical concepts and methods for thinking deeply about the nature of reality, and our capacity to make cognitive contact with it. It then invites them to apply these to topics of philosophical concern, including: the metaphysics of time; the metaphysics of gender; the metaphysics of disability; epistemic injustice; the metaphysics of virtual worlds; and the epistemology and metaphysics of science and mathematics.
PO-127 Disinformation, Ideology and Bias: Researching and examining political data

¿The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.¿ - Garry Kasparov This module addresses one of the central challenges of contemporary politics: understanding the nature and role of political information. Our focus is the development of high-level information literacy. Throughout the module, students are shown how to analyse a variety of real-world examples of political information including campaign videos, social media posts, speeches, and news coverage by applying key concepts from the study of political communication. The themes of the module are informational manipulation (disinformation, misinformation, and propaganda); the political analysis of media content (bias and ideology); and psychological modes of media influence (priming, framing, and agenda-setting). As such, the module aims to empower students with an applied understanding of how to navigate the political information environments within which they are embedded. The module also engages students with the social science methods that have been developed to analyse research questions about the nature and impact of today's media environment in the realm of politics. This allows students to develop the conceptual vocabulary and thinking skills necessary to critique the assumptions, methods, and evidential standards that underlie academic analyses of these topics.

Dr Rob Knowles

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Dolenni Ymchwil

Trosolwg

Meysydd Arbenigedd

Modiwlau a Addysgir

HUP105 Critical Reasoning

HUP127 Fundamental Issues in Philosophy

HUP243 Philosophy and the Enlightenment

HUP243A Philosophy and the Enlightenment

HUP319 Reality and Cognition: Topics in Metaphysics and Epistemology

PO-127 Disinformation, Ideology and Bias: Researching and examining political data