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My MSc thesis from 2016 critically evaluating the solution to the Ship of Thesis problem which denies that there ever was a ship to begin with (mereological nihilism). (drive.google.com)

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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Did you get a decent grade?

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Grading is different in the UK to the US but I got the equivalent of a high B, not enough to get funding for the PhD I wanted to write on thought experiments! (Required an A and I was 4% short.)

The main complaint was that I spent too much time doing an exegesis of what other philosophers thought and not enough time developing my own ideas. To be fair I think that makes for better content for sharing here since what professional philosophers think about this issue is probably more interesting than what this wannabe philosopher thought.

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Im actually from the Uk 😅

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Overall it would have been a 2:1 in undergrad terms but those don't apply to masters degrees where you either get a distinction (masters equivalent of a 1st), pass or fail.

Edit: grading is harsher for masters too. Like imagine shifting the marking requirements up by 1/2 a grade or so.