This offers a basic grounding in the work of a philosopher who is profoundly influential in all areas of contemporary philosophy. At the same time, you take one of Philosophy of Mind, Aesthetics, and Plato . You then choose the first stage of the courses in the three broad specialisms that dominate modern philosophy. Epistemology and Metaphysics is concerned with questions of knowledge and the nature of reality, as they are addressed within the Anglo-American tradition. Phenomenology treats of aspects of modern 'continental' philosophy, covering authors such as Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, and the early Heidegger.
Ethics addresses topics in the philosophy of value.
You begin your final year with a choice between Wittgenstein, Hegel and Aristotle . These courses provide an opportunity to work on philosophers who have had enormous influence on Western thought, but whose writings are too demanding to be studied in depth at an early stage in a degree. Philosophy of Language addresses fundamental questions in the contemporary Anglo-American tradition concerning the nature of language and its relation to the world. History, Language, and the Limits of Philosophy covers work in modern 'continental' philosophy, such as that of Nietzsche, the later Heidegger, and Derrida. Social and Political Philosophy considers the justification of social and political institutions through a study of major figures such as Hobbes, Rousseau, Hegel and Marx, as well as contemporary theorists.