Philosophy

Welcome to the Department of Philosophy!

The Department of Philosophy consists of eight professorships, including six full professorships and a tenure-track professorship, as well as a strong non-professorial faculty, two senior professorships and many further people. Together, we cover all the core areas of theoretical and practical philosophy in research and teaching. The department is involved in significant research projects and offers a wide range of courses for a comprehensive training in philosophy in a variety of study programmes.

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12.01.2026 | Allgemein

Der denXte-Podcast "mitgedacht" geht in seine fünfte Staffel und sucht Themenvorschläge.

18.12.2025 | Philosophie III

Frisch erschienen: Folge 13 von "mitgedacht", dem denXte-Podcast zu Euren philosophischen Fragen.

27.11.2025 | Philosophie III

Frisch erschienen: Folge 12 von "mitgedacht", dem denXte-Podcast zu Euren philosophischen Fragen

12.11.2025 | Philosophie

Neben dem Berufs-Mentoring wird ab diesem Wintersemester das Fach-Mentoring für Philosophie-Studierende angeboten.

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Study

HHU offers Bachelor's and Master's programmes in philosophy, each in several variants and with attractive options to combine philosophy with other subjects.

Research

The department runs several of its own research facilities and is involved in collaborative projects. Colloquia and international conferences and workshops are held regularly.