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Philosophy

Course details: 1 Study option
Undergraduate
Course location: 28 Campuses

Course summary

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.

Philosophy at Cambridge enables you to look behind the curtain to ask the toughest questions that no other subject can address. Explore human thought, the basis of knowledge, the nature of reason, consciousness and cognition, as well as the foundations of value and political theory.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

Christ's
Jesus
Sidney Sussex
Homerton
Emmanuel
Fitzwilliam
St Catharine's
Downing
Hughes Hall
St John's
Lucy Cavendish
Trinity
Newnham
Selwyn
King's
Gonville & Caius
Peterhouse
Clare
Girton
Magdalene
Pembroke
Wolfson
Churchill
St Edmund's
Robinson
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Corpus Christi
Trinity Hall

Study options

BA (Hons) • Full-time • 3 Years

Start dates

10/2026

Application codes

Course code:: V500
Institution code:: C05

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Application codes

Course code:: V500
Institution code:: C05

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