Philosophy - BA (Hons)

UCL (University College London)

This programme aims to provide an understanding of a range of central philosophical debates, as well as an understanding of the history of philosophy (Ancient, Modern and contemporary). All major areas of philosophy are available for study, including moral and political philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology and logic, as well as some continental philosophy. he first year provides a foundation for your studies in Years 2 and 3. Lectures will introduce you to political philosophy (questions about the state, liberty and justice), moral philosophy (questions about the definition of right action, moral motivation, the metaphysics of moral judgements), epistemology (about knowledge and belief), metaphysics (about the nature of things, reality, personal identity, free will), and introductory logic, which models principles of sound reasoning. All of these are compulsory for single-subject students.

Philosophy