FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Philosophy Lecture Year Plan for 2023-24

 This year plan contains details of undergraduate lectures, graduate classes, and other regular events.
 The three columns on the right indicate the term in which the event will take place. The number of lectures or classes
for that event in any term is found in the column for that term.
 As at Michaelmas Term, the Faculty is in the process of reverting to live in-person lectures and classes, which will be in
the majority. Rarely events will be online, or a lecture recording will be used. You should not assume that recordings of
lectures will be made. You are expected to attend in person.
 This information is believed correct as at 3 October 2024, but changes may occur before and during the academic year.
Before you make plans for any particular term, it is wise to check the lecture lists online near to the start of term. You
are advised to double-check any degree-specific lists (eg the combined PPE lecture list) against the Faculty lists.
 Errors/queries can be addressed here.

Undergraduate Lectures: Lectures for the First Public Examination (“Prelims” / “Mods”)
Lecture Lecturer(s) MT HT TT
General Philosophy Prof Alex Kaiserman 8
Introduction to Logic Prof Volker Halbach 8
Moral Philosophy: Mill, Utilitarianism Dr Jeremy Fix 8
Elements of Deductive Logic Prof Alex Paseau 8
Early Greek Philosophy Prof Marion Durand 8
Lucretius: De Rerum Natura IV Prof Alex Bown 8
Plato: Euthyphro and Meno Dr Stefan Sienkiewicz 16
Alan Turing on Computability and Intelligence Prof Peter Millican 8
Frege: Foundations of Arithmetic Prof James Studd 8
The Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence Dr Henrique Gomes 8

Undergraduate Lectures: Core Lectures for the Honour Schools (“Finals”)1

Lecture Lecturer(s) MT HT TT
101 Early Modern Philosophy: Descartes Prof Paul Lodge 8
101 Early Modern Philosophy: Leibniz Prof Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra 8
101 Early Modern Philosophy: Spinoza Dr Hannah Laurens 4
101 Early Modern Philosophy: Hume Prof Peter Kail 8
101 Early Modern Philosophy: Locke Prof Paul Lodge 8
101 Early Modern Philosophy: Berkeley Prof Peter Kail 8
102 Knowledge and Reality: Epistemology Prof Bernhard Salow 8
102 Knowledge and Reality: Metaphysics Prof Nicholas Jones 8
Prof Tom Sinclair (MT) and Prof
8 8
103 Ethics Alison Hills (HT)
104 Philosophy of Mind Dr Alex Geddes and Prof Will
8 8
Davies
106b Philosophy of Social Science Prof Alex Prescott-Couch 8

1
Lectures for Philosophy in the Supplementary Subject in History and Philosophy of Science, an optional paper in the natural sciences schools, are
listed at the end of this section. The History lectures for this option are normally offered in Michaelmas Term.
Undergraduate Lectures: Core Lectures for the Honour Schools (“Finals”)
Lecture Lecturer(s) MT HT TT
107 Philosophy of Religion Prof Mark Wynn 8
108 Philosophy of Logic and Language Prof Paul Elbourne 8
109 Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Criticism Prof Louise Hanson 8
110 Medieval Philosophy: Aquinas Prof Cecilia Trifogli 8
112 The Philosophy of Kant Prof Anil Gomes 8
113 Post-Kantian Philosophy: Sartre Prof Joseph Schear 8
113 Post-Kantian Philosophy: Nietzsche Dr Jack Wearing 8
113 Post-Kantian Philosophy: Heidegger Prof Stephen Mulhall 8
113 Post-Kantian Philosophy: Schopenhauer Prof William Mander 8
115 / 130 Plato: Republic Prof Luca Castagnoli and Prof
16
Dominic Scott
116 / 132 Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics Dr Stefan Sienkiewicz 16
120 Intermediate Philosophy of Physics: Dr Owen Maroney 16
Quantum Mechanics
120 Intermediate Philosophy of Physics: Prof James Read 12
Special Relativity
121 Advanced Philosophy of Physics Prof Adam Caulton and Dr Owen 16 8
Maroney
122 Philosophy of Mathematics Prof Beau Mount 8
124 / 106a Philosophy of Science Dr Henrique Gomes 12
125 Philosophy of Cognitive Science Prof Philipp Koralus 8
127 Philosophical Logic Prof James Studd 10
128 Practical Ethics / 103 Applied Ethics Dr Umut Baysan 8
129 The Philosophy of Wittgenstein Prof Bill Child 8
131 / 137 Plato on Knowledge, Language, &
Prof Michail Peramatzis 6 6
Reality in the Theaetetus & Sophist
133 / 138 Aristotle on Nature, Life and Mind Dr Hannah Laurens 12
134 / 136 / 139 Knowledge and Scepticism in
Prof Luca Castagnoli 12
Hellenistic Philosophy
135 Latin Philosophy Prof Simon Shogry 8
198 Special Subject: Feminist Theory Prof Amia Srinivasan 8
198 Special Subject: The Ethics of Artificial Dr Linda Eggert and Prof John
8
Intelligence and Digital Technology Tasioulas
198 Special Subject: Indian Philosophy Dr Jessica Frazier 4 4
198 Special Subject: the Philosophy of Fiction
Prof Catharine Abell 8
and Literature
Protagoras (for Second Classical Language) Dr Stefan Sienkiewicz 4
Supplementary Subject in the History and
Dr Sophie Allen 8
Philosophy of Science: Philosophy of Science
Other Events
Lecture Lecturer(s) MT HT TT
Solving, Resolving, and Dissolving Dr Peter Hacker
8
Philosophical Problems, Part 1
Ethics of Paternalism: the limits of doing good Lorenzo Elijah and Kyle van
4
for others Oosterum
The Metaphysics of the Laws of Nature Daniel Gimmer 4
Parts of Speech Prof Ian Rumfitt 8
Moral Agency in Humans and Non-Humans Jen Semler and Virginie Simoneau-
4
Gilbert
Disputing about Taste Artur Harris 4
The Origin of Necessity Florent Dumont 4
Meta-Ethics: an introduction to reasons Sasha Arridge 4

Graduate Classes
Class Class-giver(s) MT HT TT
BPhil Pro-Seminar: Theoretical Philosophy Prof Anil Gomes / Prof Gonzalo 16
Rodriguez-Pereyra / Prof Ofra
Magidor / Prof Tim Williamson
Ancient epistemology (MSt and BPhil students Prof Alex Bown and Prof Simon 16
only) Shogry
Aristotle on Knowledge, Belief, & other Mental Prof Michail Peramatzis 16
States in the Posterior Analytics &
Nicomachean Ethics VI
Hume Prof Peter Millican 16
Wittgenstein on Solipsism and the First Person Prof Bill Child 16
Pragmatics and Conversation Prof Natalia Waights Hickman 16
Self and Mind Dr Alex Geddes 16
Philosophy of Physics (spacetime, advanced Prof Adam Caulton and Dr Owen 16
quantum mechanics) Maroney
Sibley’s Aesthetics Prof James Grant 16
Advanced Political Philosophy: Legitimate Prof Cecile Fabre 16
Authority, Democracy and Justice (2nd year
BPhil only)
Political Philosophy Prof David Enoch (Law) 16
Feminism and Speech Dr Sebastien Bishop 16
AI ethics and safety Prof Hilary Greaves 16
BPhil Pro-Seminar: Practical Philosophy Prof Alison Hills / Prof Adrian 16
Moore / Prof Daniela Dover / Prof
Carissa Veliz
Plato: Symposium and Phaedrus Prof Dominic Scott 16
Medieval Philosophy Prof Cecilia Trifogli 16
German Idealism Prof Joseph Schear 16
Philosophy of Physics (thermal physics) Dr Owen Maroney 8
Philosophy of Science Dr Sophie Allen 16
Philosophical Logic Prof Volker Halbach and Prof Tim 16
Williamson
Property Versatility and its applications Prof Ofra Magidor 16
Feminist approaches to autonomy Dr Sebastien Bishop 16
Philosophy of Action Dr Carlos Nunez Jimenez 16
Philosophy and Literature Prof Stephen Mulhall 16
Reasons and Wrongs Prof Hilary Greaves and Prof Tom 16
Sinclair
Graduate Classes
Class Class-giver(s) MT HT TT
BPhil Pro-Seminar: History of Philosophy Ancient: Prof Marion Durand / Prof 16
Simon Shogry
Early Modern: Prof Paul Lodge / Prof
William Mander
Aristotle and Plotinus on process and Prof Ursula Coope 16
activity
Hegel and Critical Theory Dr Jack Wearing and Prof Paul Lodge 16
Topics in Indian philosophy of perception Prof Monima Chadha 16
and aesthetics
A topic in Philosophy of Mind Prof Mike Martin 16
The philosophy of mental health and Prof Edward Harcourt 16
mental illness
The Philosophy of Time Travel Prof Alex Kaiserman 16
The metaphysics of relations Prof Nicholas Jones and Prof Gonzalo 16
Rodriguez-Pereyra
Formal Semantics Prof Paul Elbourne 16
Philosophy of Mathematics Prof Ian Rumfitt and Dr Chris Scambler 16
Philosophy of Cognitive Science Prof Philipp Koralus 16
Decision Theory Prof Jean Baccelli 16
Non-realism in metanormativity and moral Dr Carlos Nunez Jimenez 16
psychology
TBC Prof Natalia Waights Hickman

Topics in value Prof Louise Hanson 16

Metaethics Dr Umut Baysan 16
Current Developments in Ethics Prof Daniela Dover 16