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Philosophy summer courses in Europe
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Courses 2021
Political Theology of the Early Church from its Formation to Justinian
This summer course addresses an earlier neglected topic in the history of Late Antiquity and Early Christianity which has received increasing attention in the last decades: the com...
German Philosophy: From Kant to Habermas
online courseThe course will be based upon contemporary attempts at rethinking a global philosophical perspective. The focus is on the tension between the Enlightenment heritage of a universali...
Critical Theory in Philosophy
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. Critical theory, in the tradition of the Frankfurt School, aims to develop a philosophical understandi...
Methodology in the History of Philosophy
top course online courseThis summer school will offer an overview of different approaches to the study of the history of philosophy, and reflect on the methodological challenges in history of philosophy....
Arts, Ontology and Politics
The meaning of art is not obvious in contemporary visual culture. We can no longer take for granted that it is simply about creating beauty. Nor can we say it is about provoking cr...
American Social and Political Philosophy
The course is just one of 4 courses, that will be held during International Summer School in the Foundations of Democracy: American Law, Politics & Economy 2021. On Sunday, July...
The Posthuman & New Materialism
top course online courseThe course will continue the tradition of neo-materialist, critical feminist posthuman theory that Braidotti is known for. It focusses on the intersections and divergences between...
Past courses
Visions of The Occult: Introduction to Western Esotericism
top course online courseThe goal of Visions of the Occult is to offer an introductory overview of the study of Western esotericism. In this two-week online winter course, we will investigate the key thema...
The Big Currents of Philosophy
online courseGerman Idealism (Kant, Hegel) Pierre-Henri Tavoillot, philosophy, Faculty of Arts & Humanities Sorbonne Université Humanism, Transhumanism, Post-humanism Pierre-Henr...
Courses 2020
Philosophy, Science, Antiscience
“The belief in the value of scientific truth – Max Weber once remarked – is not derived from nature, but is a product of definite cultures”. In 1938, Robert K. Merton, one of the f...
The City Through a Philosopher’s Eye
In this course, students will be introduced to the practical world of philosophy and will learn how to look at the city through the perspective of the philosopher. This course will...
Philosophy of Mind and Ethics: Dilemmas and Thought Experiments
This module introduces key issues in contemporary analytic philosophy of mind and applied ethics. You will explore connections between abstract philosophical principles and matters...
Identity: Logic and Metaphysics
Due to the covid-19 outbreak, this course has been postponed to 2021. This 6-day research-oriented course is designed to familiarize participants with the latest advances in the...
The History and Philosophy of the Concepts of Scientific Law and Probability
Due to the covid-19 outbreak, this course has been postponed to 2021. The history and metaphysics of the concepts of laws of nature and objective probabilities are closely conne...
Critical Thinking
online courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, this course will be taught virtually in 2020. Do you want to improve your critical thinking skills? In everyday life we are constantly giving reaso...
Philosophy in Biology and Medicine
Please note: due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the 2020 edition of the Bordeaux Summer Schools has been postponed until 2021. This summer school is open to doctoral and post-doctora...
Courses 2019
Immerse Education Philosophy Summer School Programme - 16-18
Immerse Education is a residential academic programme with a diverse and enriching curriculum. Our 16-18 year old programmes are designed to provide a taster of what it’s like to s...
The big Currents of Philosophy
Stoicism Patrick Ghrénassia, philosophy, Faculty of Arts & Humanities Sorbonne Université Humanism, Transhumanism, Post-humanism Pierre-Henri Tavoillot, philosophy, Faculty of A...
Philosophy and Technology
Technology permeates human life at individual, social and global level. It affects the way we communicate, travel, do business, take care of health, practice politics, fight crime,...
Technology and Society
Technological innovation is a genuinely social process: people matter. New technologies are made and used by people. Conversely, technologies are shaping people, society, economy,...
Teaching Women Philosophers English and German Section
The Libori Summer School 2019 at the Center for the History of Women’s Philosophers will focus on “Teaching Women Philosophers.” This year, two parallel Libori Summer Schools will...
Medical Ethics - Moral Healthcare Dilemmas and Choices from a European Perspective
Those who are working in the medical professions are often confronted with decision making procedures that go far beyond the mere technological aspects that are involved in the cas...
Courses 2018
Summer School in Ontology
The school valorises the unavoidable pursuit of ontology, foregrounding the debate on this classical philosophical question. The school does not intend to endorse one particular ap...
The Animal (Nature/Science)
Established in 2013 and directed by Lorenzo Chiesa and Raffaello Palumbo Mosca, the Genoa School of Humanities (GSH) offers weekly series of seminars in English held by scholars of...
Philosophy and Critical Thinking in the 21st Century
Where do original insights come from? To what extent are humans ‘logical’ – and to what extent should humans be logical? What are the most common kinds of ‘thinking errors’ – and h...
Courses 2017
Political Philosophy: When Justice Isn't Fair
This course is will let you grapple with some of the key questions of political thought: What makes a just society? What does it mean to be free? Do we owe people who live on the o...
GSH 2017 Summer Seminars: "The Mother"
Established in 2013 and directed by Lorenzo Chiesa and Raffaello Palumbo Mosca, the Genoa School of Humanities (GSH) offers weekly series of seminars in English held by scholars of...
The right to be loved
Love and morality connect and conflict in various ways. On the one hand, both are manifestations of the deeply social nature of human beings, and in many traditions moral wisdom is...
Ontology (3rd Edition)
ISP/Ontology will provide a diverse and high-quality programme focusing on the classical questions of ontology. The course will foster a rich and lively intellectual exchange by ad...
Jewish Activism Summer School
The Jewish Activism Summer School is a program of the Universität Potsdam. We are It is a non-partisan project, unaffiliated with any political party. We , that seeks to expand y...
Courses 2016
Critical Political Philosophy & Economy
The course will be introduction & overview of critical social theory (from German & French philosophy, Frankfurt school, psychoanalysis & structuralism to existentialism, Marxism a...
Political Myth, Propaganda, and the Politics of Imagination
The first Antwerp summer school in philosophy and society addresses the topic of the role of political myth and propaganda in contemporary western society. The use of propaganda...
Decision Making between Personal Integrity and Social Responsibility
The goal of this course is to prepare future managers for confronting the difficult situations that arise when making decisions in the tension-filled area between social, environme...
Scientific World Conceptions 2016: Science, Values, and Democracy?
Science and democracy are key features of modern societies, but there have always been tensions between them, with implications for a wide range of public issues. This two-week cou...
Courses 2015
New Forms of Realism in Contemporary Philosophy
The Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities - Skopje in cooperation with the International Institute of Studies of Humanities and Social Sciences (based in Athens) announces th...