Philosophy has a very practical bearing on our everyday lives.
The courses are designed to help you form habits of clear and imaginative thought. We do this by presenting a range of contemporary and traditional philosophical thought, using key texts from the Western philosophical tradition. This tradition has strongly influenced our ways of thinking, our ethics, and our perception of social and political institutions. We need to know about this tradition to help our understanding of contemporary issues. In the School of Philosophy we are committed to presenting philosophicalissues as live, accessible and practical.