Module Outlines
List updated for 2022/23. Please note: Module outlines are subject to change. If you have any questions in relation to a module, please contact philosophy@tcd.ie
This page contains links to all individual undergraduate modules taught by Department of Philosophy staff that are available for visiting students, arranged by year. For each module there is a brief module description, module outline and assessment requirements.
Only first and second year modules are available to visiting students with the exception of modules which are for single honours philosophy students only. Should a student wish to choose another module they need consult the Visiting Students Coordinator first.
Junior Fresher (1st Year)
- PIU11011: Topics in Philosophy IA
- PIU11012 and PIU11042: Topics in Philosophy IB
- PIU11013: Topics in Philosophy IIA
- PIU11014: Topics in Philosophy IB
- PIU11023 and PIU11021: Central Problems A
- PIU11031: History of Western Philosophy 1
Senior Fresher (2nd Year)
- PIU22011: History of Western Philosophy II
- PIU22012: History of Western Philosophy II B
- PIU22021 and PIU22023: Logic
- PIU22032: Philosophy of Science and Epistemology
- PIU22061: Texts I
- PIU22062: Texts II
- PIU22991: History, Philosophy, and Ethics of Science For the Life Sciences
- PIU22992: History, Philosophy and Ethics of Science
Junior Sophister (3rd Year)
- PIU33014 and PIU33012: Ancient Philosophy
- PIU33021 and 202122: Moral Philosophy
- PIU33043: Logic and Philosophy
- PIU33052 and PIU33054: Modern European Philosophy
- PIU33061 and PIU33062: Metaphysics: A Survey
- PIU33071, PIU33073 and PIU33173: Political Philosophy
- PIU33084 and PIU33082: Philosophy of Mind
- PIU33184: Philosophical Analysis
Senior Sophister (4th Year)
- PIU44013 and PIU44011: Ancient Philosophy
- PIU44041 and PIU44043: Metaphysics
- PIU44042 and PIU44044
- PIU44054 and PIU44052: Neurophilosophy
- PIU44092 and PIU44094: Post Kantian Philosophy
- PIU44103 and PIU44101: Theories of Rights
- PIU44121 and PIU33123: Self-Refutation Arguments
- PIU44152 and PIU44154: Medieval Philosophy
- PIU44162 and PIU44164: Philosophy of Place