Explore the philosophy of Immanuel Kant in this ten-week course. Study his ideas on knowledge, morality, freedom, and aesthetics through his major works, and consider their continuing influence on ethics, politics, art, and contemporary debates.

Examine Descartes’ bold quest for certainty and his lasting influence on philosophy. Explore key ideas about the mind, self, and knowledge, and connect Descartes’ writings with modern debates on consciousness, identity, and the nature of reality.

Explore how science and philosophy have shaped each other from Ancient Greece to today. Examine thinkers from Aristotle to Popper and contemporary voices in physics, biology and society. Discover how science influences belief, politics and culture.

Explore key philosophical foundations of sociology and archaeology. This course examines identity, social causality, artefact ethics and the role of past and present in shaping human behaviour through theory, debate and lively discussion.

Unpack Plato’s timeless ideas on ethics, politics, knowledge and art. Through key texts like The Republic, reflect on questions of justice, wisdom and the good life—and discover how his philosophy still speaks to today’s personal and social challenges.

Sharpen your reasoning skills with this introduction to critical thinking. Learn to construct persuasive arguments, spot common fallacies, and evaluate everyday claims through practical exercises, informal logic, and contemporary debates.

Examine the philosophy of Hannah Arendt in this course. Explore her ideas on power, evil, truth, thought, and narrative while considering her analysis of totalitarianism, ethics, activism and their relevance to contemporary political life.