Philosophy

Courses offered

BA (Hons) Classics (Literae Humaniores) BA (Hons) Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) BA (Hons) Psychology & Philosophy BA (Hons) Philosophy & Linguistics BA (Hons) Philosophy & Modern Languages BA (Hons) Philosophy & Theology BA (Hons) and MMathPhil Mathematics & Philosophy BA (Hons) and MPhysPhil Physics & Philosophy

Fellows

Dr Michail Peramatzis

Dr Natalia Waights Hickman

Dr Natalia Waights Hickman

Lecturers

Andrea Christofidou, BSc, MA, PhD

Course overview

The College admits undergraduates to read Philosophy as a component of the Classics (Literae Humaniores) and PPE courses, and in the various smaller Joint Schools when suitable applicants present themselves.  Philosophy cannot be read as a single-subject course.  For PPE Finals, Philosophy can be studied with either Politics or Economics, or both; those with strong philosophical leanings can take up to five papers in the subject. In Joint Schools candidates may also concentrate on Philosophy, the same wide range of Philosophy options as in PPE being available; the papers they are required to offer, however, vary from School to School.

In Literae Humaniores, Philosophy can be combined with Ancient History and/or Greek and Latin Literature. Again the full range of Philosophy options is available, and up to five can be taken. Candidates taking two or more options must study at least one ancient text.

Applying

In selecting undergraduates to read Philosophy we are looking, above all, for people with enquiring and critical minds and with plenty of imagination; it does not matter whether students have studied philosophy before. The courses themselves involve wide reading, but the object is not to stock students' minds with the teachings of great philosophers, but for them to learn to analyse the structure of philosophical arguments and to evaluate them.

Further information is available on the university website at www.ox.ac.uk/courses and on the department website at www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk

Further advice on A-levels and equivalent qualifications for students interested in applying to Oxford is available at www.ox.ac.uk/courses

For information about international qualifications please go to www.ox.ac.uk/intquals