BA in Philosophy

Philosophy is the investigation of very general and fundamental questions. Among other things, these questions explore knowledge, reality, mind, morality, logic, language, reasoning, politics, art and value.

Studying philosophy requires complex critical thinking, rigorous analysis and consideration of new perspectives.

Cambridge occupies a distinguished place in the history of philosophy. Here, in the early 20th century, Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein, Ramsey and others developed the analytic style of philosophy. This style of philosophy is now prominent in much of the world. Today, the course combines this more traditional, analytical style with study of the history of philosophy from Plato to the present day.

During the first year you’ll get a solid grounding in some of the central areas of analytic philosophy and history of philosophy.