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 - flexible • Short courses
Reasoning enables us to acquire knowledge, to persuade others and to evaluate their arguments. But only if we reason well. We shall be learning how to recognise, evaluate, construct and analyse arguments, and how to recognise common fallacies.
- Wed 15 Jan 2025 – 28 Mar 2025
Online - flexible • Short courses
The theory of knowledge is one of the most central areas of philosophy. In this online course you will cover the key issues in epistemology while also learning to think for yourself and develop your own answers to the core questions in this area.
- Wed 15 Jan 2025 – 28 Mar 2025
Online - flexible • Short courses
Do you think reproductive cloning is morally permissible? Do you check food labels to exclude buying any with GM ingredients? Would you worry if the government introduced compulsory depositing of DNA in the national DNA bank?
- Mon 20 Jan 2025 – 04 Apr 2025
Online - flexible • Short courses
In this introduction to ethics, we shall examine four important ethical theories, applying them to two practical questions: the rights of animals and euthanasia. There will be plenty of opportunity to engage in debate and test your own thinking.
- Mon 20 Jan 2025 – 04 Apr 2025
Online - flexible • Short courses
This course introduces key issues in the philosophy of science, including debates about the nature of the scientific method, theories of confirmation, the demarcation of science from non-science, the rationality of theory change, and scientific realism.
- Mon 20 Jan 2025 – 04 Apr 2025
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Philosophy
Short courses, summer schools and graduate courses in philosophy and ethics at the University of Oxford.MSt in Practical Ethics
A highly interdisciplinary course focusing on the application of rigorous philosophical analysis to real-life ethical problems