BA (Hons) Philosophy Bachelor's degree at the University of Leeds

This module introduces you to central issues in philosophy of mind, epistemology, and metaphysics which concern the self and its relationship to the rest of the world.

This module introduces you to some of the key themes, debates and ideas in moral and political philosophy.

This introductory module aims to provide you with an understanding of how western philosophy has developed as a distinct approach to philosophical enquiry by examining a selection of thinkers who influenced its development, potentially going back as far as the Ancient Greeks and extending to the 18th century.

This introductory module offers you a foundation in some of the formal and informal reasoning skills used in philosophy.

This taster module introduces you to some of the key themes, debates and ideas in philosophy of religion.

This taster module takes you through different ways in which academic philosophy can illuminate real world issues. This might be approached through a wide range of different areas of philosophy such as moral and political philosophy, applied ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of law or philosophy of mind. The particular approach will change annually.

This taster module introduces you to key themes, debates and ideas in the philosophy of mind.

This taster modules introduces you to key themes, debates and ideas in the philosophy of science.

This taster module introduces you to a cluster of philosophically interesting issues around the topic of race.

A year-long compulsory module designed to develop your research skills by learning about exciting current research being done by our staff. It will enable you to develop valuable independent research skills and help you build a strong sense of community with others on your course.

This module offers an intermediate level exploration of some of the central concepts, issues, theories, and debates in an area of moral philosophy called 'normative ethics', thereby providing you with a framework for thinking seriously about moral matters, and to assist you in developing your philosophical and analytical skills.

This module offers an intermediate level exploration of central concepts, theories, and debates in political philosophy, such as liberty, equality and human rights. It broadly investigates how we should live together and what we owe one another as political actors.

This module offers an intermediate level exploration of a selection of themes, debates and ideas in epistemology, including for instance issues concerning human knowledge and associated epistemological concepts such as having a good reason ('justification') for belief.

This module offers an intermediate level exploration of a selection of themes, debates and ideas in metaphysics (the study of fundamental reality). Its main concern is with ontology, the study of what, in the most general, abstract terms, exist.

This module offers an intermediate level text-based exploration of some of the most influential philosophical thinkers in the modern period (17th and 18th century). These might include, for instance, Leibniz, Hume, Locke or Berkeley.

This module offers an intermediate level course in the principles and methods of formal logic. It will be of interest to anyone who wants to know how we can rigorously establish conclusions.

This module offers an intermediate level exploration of a selection of themes, debates and ideas in the philosophy of religion including, for instance, philosophical considerations that bear on rational (dis-) belief in God and common arguments for and against the existence of God.

This module will equip you with the tools needed to be a sophisticated consumer of science, by evaluating controversies about the status of scientific theories and whether we should trust scientific experts.

This final year project option allows you the freedom to design and carry out a piece of extended independent research with the individualised support of a supervisor with research expertise in your chosen area.

This final year project option allows you to carry out a piece of extended independent research with the additional support of a scaffolding module, as well as the individualised support of a supervisor with research expertise in your chosen area.

This advanced level module allows you to delve into the applied ethics of issues in biomedicine and biomedical research.

This advanced level module examines key ethical aspects of the international order: centrally, war, terrorism, and international justice.

This specialist research module allows you to delve into philosophical themes, debates and ideas around love and intimate relationships.

This advanced level module looks at philosophy that is particularly relevant to women's lives, ranging over most subfields of philosophy including metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics.

this specialist module explores key themes in continental philosophy and its contrasts with analytic philosophy.

This advanced level module involves the study of the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, a key figure in the history of Western philosophy and Enlightenment thinking.

this specialist module explores key theoretical concepts currently employed in explaining the fundamental nature of human language and communication.

This specialist research module examines a selection of philosophical issues at the heart of some of the central pillars of modern physics.

This specialist research module examines philosophical issues concerning the nature and values of art, aesthetic appreciation, the nature of aesthetic knowledge and justification.

This specialist research module allows you to delve into some of the major metaethical theories, issues, and debates.

this specialist module explores central topics in the philosophy of mind, such as dualism, mental causation, emotion and self-deception.

this specialist module explores philosophical issues around work and play, such as the nature, value and future of work and play, games and gamification, and the relation of these to a good and meaningful life.

This specialist module explores non-Western philosophical traditions such as Chinese, Indian, African, and Islamic thought. It examines how they ask distinctive questions, use different methods, and develop their own visions of human life and the cosmos, and how they challenge Western assumptions.