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Suggested Curricular Streams

Suggested Curricular Streams

UCD School of Philosophy offers almost 40 modules. To help students find modules of interest, we have grouped these together into informal ‘streams’. Students who find a module in a given stream interesting might also want to explore other modules in that stream. Or mix-and-match modules from multiple streams to create your own unique journey through the subject. The choice is yours!

Note: Students who are not enrolled on a philosophy programme may also choose from our range of Structured Electives in the Social Sciences section of this page.

Level 1 Modules
  • Existentialism and Humanism
  • Introduction to Modern Philosophy
Level 2 Modules
  • Buddhism for Modern Minds
  • Introduction to Buddhist Philosophy
  • Phenomenology and Existentialism
  • Plato‘s Republic
  • Rationalism and Empiricism
  • What Was Philosophy?
Level 3 Modules
  • Aristotle: Ethics & Politics
  • History and Philosophy: Nazi Germany
  • Hume and Kant
  • Irish Enlightenment
  • Medieval Metaphysics
  • Phenomenology and History
  • The Philosophy of Nietzsche
  • Topics in Early Modern Philosophy
  • Wittgenstein

Level 1 Modules
  • Critical Thinking
  • Mind, Language and Meaning
Level 2 Modules
  • Body, Mind, World
  • Knowledge and Scepticism
  • Logic
  • Philosophy of Mind and AI
  • Philosophy of Social Science
  • Philosophy and Literature
  • Rationalism and Empiricism
Level 3 Modules
  • Applied Epistemology
  • Hume and Kant
  • Medieval Metaphysics
  • Philosophy of Fiction
  • Philosophy of Interpretation
  • Philosophy of Language
  • Philosophy of Perception and the Senses
  • Wittgenstein

Level 1 Modules
  • Existentialism and Humanism
  • Introduction to Modern Philosophy
Level 2 Modules
  • Art and Society
  • Body, Mind, World
  • Phenomenology and Existentialism
  • Philosophy and Literature
Level 3 Modules
  • Applied Epistemology
  • Critical Theory
  • History and Philosophy: Nazi Germany
  • Phenomenology and History
  • Philosophy of Interpretation

Level 1 Modules
  • Existentialism and Humanism
  • Introduction to Ethics
Level 2 Modules
  • Applied Ethics
  • Art and Society
  • Feminism and Gender Justice
  • Philosophy and Literature
  • Philosophy of Social Science
  • Plato‘s Republic
Level 3 Modules
  • Applied Epistemology
  • Aristotle: Ethics & Politics
  • History and Philosophy: Nazi Germany
  • Phenomenology and History
  • Philosophy of Fiction
  • Philosophy of Law

UCD School of Philosophy

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UCD Philosophy is ranked among the Top 100 Departments of Philosophy worldwide (QS World University Rankings 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023–2025)