Research course
Philosophy
Entry requirements
The normal minimum entrance requirement is an upper second class honours degree or masters degree.
Months of entry
October
Course content
Research is at the heart of the Philosophy discipline at the OU. Our full-time members of staff are all active researchers, specialising in a range of subjects across the disciplines. Staff regularly work with and consult for other institutions and multimedia broadcasters, particularly concerning value, reasons and norms (metaphysics and mind), and the history of philosophy (particularly the post-Kantian European philosophy.
Recently, members of the discipline have conducted research on a diverse range of topics, including:
- Helene Metzger (a French philosopher of Chemistry
- how our roles link to our responsibilities
- ‘epiphanies’ (instant moments of insight)
- ethical issues connected with sport; the philosophy of Nietzsche
- ethics of space exploration
- ‘engineering’ our concepts so as to help us think more clearly
- the capacity of art to give us knowledge
- the nature of mental states such as perception, imagination and belief
- concepts of race and 'obesity' in biology and medicine
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- PhD
- part time96 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- Distance learningis available for this qualification
- full time48 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- MPhil
- full time48 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- part time72 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- Distance learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- Graduate School
- research-degrees-office@open.ac.uk