Welcome to the Department of Philosophy

The Department of Philosophy is one of four departments constituting the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy. The Chair of Philosophy was established in 1837, but philosophy had been part of the college curriculum since the foundation of the college in 1592, with such notables as George Berkeley (1685-1753) and Edmund Burke (1729-1797) being members of the college.

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NEWS @ TCD PHILOSOPHY

Prospective research students can download the 2009 Handbook for further information on research degrees in philosophy at TCD

We are pleased to announce the inauguration of the Dublin Philosophy Graduate Programme.

The Trinity College Philosophy Department is a founder-member of the Irish Philosophical Research Network, Aporo.

The first meeting of Aporo took place on 24 October 2009 at Queen's University, Belfast, and was a workshop on Ontology: Emergence, Events and Explanation.

Prof. Peter Simons has taken up the Chair in Moral Philosophy, previously held by Prof. Bill Lyons. [read more]

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