Department of Philosophy

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Biblical Studies

Exploring what ancient Jewish and Christian texts meant to their original audiences, how they developed, and how they have inspired and influenced the traditions that came after them.

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Comparative and Historical Philosophy

 

Gender, Sex, Race and Social Identity

Focusing on the philosophy of sex, gender, race and social identity, from an avowedly anti-racist, and feminist perspective.

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A person in a crowd holding up a sign which reads "What lessens one of us lessens all of us".
 

Historical Theology and Religious History

Exploring how religious thought and expression have developed and changed through history.

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Islamic Studies

Explores the ebbs and flows of this tradition from the Qur’an and the Prophet Muhammad down to the present.

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Mind, Psychology, and Mental Health

Covering philosophy of mind in the broadest sense, the philosophy of psychology, including reflection on psychology as a discipline, and the philosophy of mental health.

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Normative Philosophy

Designed to facilitate research into normative philosophy of all kinds, including moral, social, and political philosophy.

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Philosophy Without Borders

Looking at philosophy beyond the academy: for example in schools, prisons, care homes, and with refugees and asylum seekers.

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Recreation, Play and Games

Looking at the philosophy of games, play, leisure, hobbies and anything we choose to do that is 'not work', covering ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, mind, perception, phenomenology, reasoning, spirituality and more.

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Religion, Science, Nature, and Technology

Explores the relationship between science and religion in great depth, from the history of environmental ethics to the development of tomorrow’s technologies.

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Science and Metaphysics

Focusing on research in philosophy of science, science, and metaphysics, and the overlaps between them.

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Theology, Philosophy and Culture

Exploring theology, mainly in the Christian and Islamic traditions, and the nexus of theology, philosophy and culture.

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