Online philosophy courses
Study from anywhere in the world with an online short course.
Our short online courses in philosophy include live-time weekly classes, lecture series, day and weekend schools, and flexible online courses.
Credit earned from some of these courses is transferable towards our Certificate of Higher Education – a part-time undergraduate course in which you study a main subject discipline, but also undertake study in other academic subjects.
Browse below to find the online philosophy course for you.
Upcoming courses
Online - live • Short courses
'What is truth?' is a perplexing and elusive question. A good first response is that truth and falsity are properties of what people say or think. But how is what we think related to actual facts? And what caused the recent corrosion of truth?
- Wed 23 Apr 2025 – 25 Jun 2025
- 10 meetings
- 6:30 – 7:30pm
Online - live • Short courses
Explore the ethical and economic issues arising from an unequal world with borders. Should we focus more on the poorest in the world and less on our fellow citizens? What are the implications for various policies such as trade, aid, tax and immigration?
- Thu 24 Apr 2025 – 26 Jun 2025
- 10 meetings
- 7:00 – 8:00pm
Online - live • Short courses
Taxation affects us all, and people often complain about it, but how can the system be improved? This introductory course for the lay person gives you the tools to analyse and assess potential tax system reforms.
- Fri 25 Apr 2025 – 27 Jun 2025
- 10 meetings
- 2:00 – 3:00pm
Online - flexible • Short courses
Political philosophy contains some of the greatest writings in the Western intellectual tradition. This online course introduces you to the central questions concerning the state, by means of classical and contemporary texts.
- Wed 07 May 2025 – 18 Jul 2025
Online - flexible • Short courses
An introduction to metaphysics, the most general investigation of reality. It has been at the centre of philosophy since the beginning of the Western tradition in ancient Greece, and many of its concerns are the same as those of Plato and Aristotle.
- Wed 07 May 2025 – 25 Jul 2025
Online - flexible • Short courses
The philosophy of mind is concerned with questions about the nature of mind and the relation between our minds and the physical world. This course provides an introduction to the mind body problem, one of the most intractable problems in philosophy.
- Mon 12 May 2025 – 25 Jul 2025
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