36 monthsProgramme duration
23,000 GBPTuition Fee/year
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Programme overview
Main Subject
Philosophy
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
We're one of the leading philosophy research communities in the UK and welcome applications from enthusiastic and committed PhD students.
We offer:- experienced and expert supervision
- internationally recognised research publishing
- a highly inclusive and supportive environment
We're active across a mixture of established and emerging areas. Particular strengths include:
- Applied, Feminist and Social Philosophy
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Mind
- Logic and Language
- Philosophy of Science
- History of Philosophy
- Philosophy of Religion
- Epistemology
- Moral Philosophy
- Political and Legal Philosophy
This list is not exhaustive. Contact us to discuss your particular interests.
Current staff research and expertise
Get a feel for our current work – see our active staff research projects or find an expert in your area of philosophy.
We host to two active research groups that you are encouraged to get involved with:
- Nottingham Centre for Social Philosophy
- Political Epistemology Network
We also have seven active research clusters:
- Philosophy Without Borders
- Gender, Sex, Race and Social Identity
- Recreation, Play and Games
- South and East Asian Philosophy
- Science and Metaphysics
- Normative Philosophy
- Mind, Psychology and Mental Health
Current PhD research
Our current PhD students are exploring a diverse range of issues including:
- metaethics
- homelessness
- AI ethics
- moral responsibility
- philosophy of action
- medical ethics
- the nature of perception
- the philosophy of time
- social epistemology
- microaggressions
- environmental ethics
- truth
- health and trust
- Plato
Recently completed theses
- On Philosophers' Hallucinations: Naïve Realism and the Master Argument from Hallucination’ - Giorgio Mazzullo
- Hume’s moral sentiments and Humean moral aliefs - James Chamberlain
- Physical disability and well-being - Thomas Crawley
- Humean revisions to the best system account of lawhood - Mike Hughes
- Normativity and ethics: the error in the error theory - Kipros Lofitis
- Dispositionalism: a study on properties - Andrea Raimondi
- Weakness of will and its connection with practical reasons - Samaneh Keshavarz
Your department
- Department of Philosophy website
- Ranked 11th in the UK for our research outputs in the Research Excellence Framework 2021
Programme overview
Main Subject
Philosophy
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
We're one of the leading philosophy research communities in the UK and welcome applications from enthusiastic and committed PhD students.
We offer:- experienced and expert supervision
- internationally recognised research publishing
- a highly inclusive and supportive environment
We're active across a mixture of established and emerging areas. Particular strengths include:
- Applied, Feminist and Social Philosophy
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Mind
- Logic and Language
- Philosophy of Science
- History of Philosophy
- Philosophy of Religion
- Epistemology
- Moral Philosophy
- Political and Legal Philosophy
This list is not exhaustive. Contact us to discuss your particular interests.
Current staff research and expertise
Get a feel for our current work – see our active staff research projects or find an expert in your area of philosophy.
We host to two active research groups that you are encouraged to get involved with:
- Nottingham Centre for Social Philosophy
- Political Epistemology Network
We also have seven active research clusters:
- Philosophy Without Borders
- Gender, Sex, Race and Social Identity
- Recreation, Play and Games
- South and East Asian Philosophy
- Science and Metaphysics
- Normative Philosophy
- Mind, Psychology and Mental Health
Current PhD research
Our current PhD students are exploring a diverse range of issues including:
- metaethics
- homelessness
- AI ethics
- moral responsibility
- philosophy of action
- medical ethics
- the nature of perception
- the philosophy of time
- social epistemology
- microaggressions
- environmental ethics
- truth
- health and trust
- Plato
Recently completed theses
- On Philosophers' Hallucinations: Naïve Realism and the Master Argument from Hallucination’ - Giorgio Mazzullo
- Hume’s moral sentiments and Humean moral aliefs - James Chamberlain
- Physical disability and well-being - Thomas Crawley
- Humean revisions to the best system account of lawhood - Mike Hughes
- Normativity and ethics: the error in the error theory - Kipros Lofitis
- Dispositionalism: a study on properties - Andrea Raimondi
- Weakness of will and its connection with practical reasons - Samaneh Keshavarz
Your department
- Department of Philosophy website
- Ranked 11th in the UK for our research outputs in the Research Excellence Framework 2021
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