Continental Philosophy

Why study Continental Philosophy at Dundee?

This programme will enable you to both broaden and deepen your understanding of continental philosophy, in a supportive and intellectually stimulating environment.

You will work closely with an enthusiastic team of lecturers, and receive a high degree of individual supervision in an active research culture.

The Philosophy Programme at Dundee is one of the main centres in the UK for the study of European Philosophy. We have the highest number of specialist researchers and teachers on Nietzsche, existentialism, phenomenology and recent French and German philosophy in Scotland.

This course is a pathway on the MLitt in Humanities with Specialisation programme.

As a student in our School, you will be joining an active postgraduate community where students regularly participate in research seminars, reading groups and conferences.

Postgraduate Work-in-Progress Seminars are a forum for MLitt, MPhil and PhD students to present and discuss their work. Students are also encouraged to organise and participate in specialist reading groups. In recent years, staff and students have met to examine Kant's Critique of Judgement, Schopenhauer's World as Will and Representation, and Deleuze's Francis Bacon: the logic of sensation.

There are also regular research seminars, with papers given by invited international and UK speakers, reflecting the Philosophy Section's research specialisms in both continental and analytic fields.

The aim of this programme is to offer students the opportunity of advanced philosophical study. This course is ideal for students who wish to explore questions and debates within Continental philosophy more rigorously or prepare for doctoral work in Continental Philosophy. Students will broaden their intellectual horizons, deepen their critical responses, and develop their skills of research, reflection and presentation.

• All Philosophy PG courses
• All Humanities PG courses