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Student Recruitment Team
Email:general-enquiries@open.ac.uk
Phone:0300 303 5303

Studying this MA in Philosophy will hone your ability to think clearly and logically, and develop your writing, research and analytical skills. You'll study texts from different periods and philosophical perspectives, including works by Plato, Friedrich Nietzsche, Michel Foucault and Hannah Arendt; and you'll investigate contemporary debates on environmental aesthetics, consciousness, global justice, emotion, and morality in politics. Finally, you'll undertake a substantial piece of independent research, writing a dissertation on a topic of your choice.
Key features of the course
Combines an in-depth study of philosophical texts and debates with a broad and diverse range of topics
Examines texts by philosophers working at different times and from different perspectives
Explores a variety of contemporary philosophical debates
Develops valuable transferable skills that are highly prized in the workplace, including communication, problem-solving and self-management
Provides excellent preparation for further study or research at doctoral level.
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PO Box 197
Milton Keynes
MK7 6BJ
Email:general-enquiries@open.ac.uk
Phone:0300 303 5303