Reading lists for 2024-25 are currently being reviewed and updated. Links to Reading Lists Online point to draft lists for the new academic year that are currently under construction.
Current Philosophy students and staff can access online, Word and PDF versions of the course outlines and reading lists via the main Faculty Course Outlines and Reading Lists page (Raven protected) and each Moodle course page (Raven protected).
Links to the complete reading lists for those who are not registered on the Philosophy Moodle courses or those auditing courses are also available below.
For hints and tips for making the online reading lists work for you, see the Reading Lists Online LibGuide.
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Part IA
All papers at Part IA are compulsory for Philosophy Tripos students.
Paper 1 Metaphysics 2024-25
Paper 2 Ethics & Political Philosophy 2024-25
Paper 3 Meaning 2024-25
Paper 4 Set Texts 2024-25
Paper 5 Formal Methods 2024-25
Part IB
Paper 1 Knowledge, Language and World is the only compulsory paper for Philosophy Tripos students at Part IB.
Paper 1 Knowledge, Language and World 2024-25 (Compulsory)
Paper 2 History of Analytic Philosophy 2024-25
Paper 3 Ethics 2024-25
Paper 4 Greek and Roman Philosophy (borrowed from the Classics Tripos)
Paper 5 Early Modern Philosophy 2024-25
Paper 6 Epistemology and Metaphysics of Science (borrowed from the Natural Sciences Tripos)
Paper 7 Political Philosophy 2024-25
Paper 8 Experimental Psychology (borrowed from the Natural Sciences Tripos)
Paper 9 Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art 2024-25
Paper 10 Jurisprudence (borrow from the Law Tripos
Part II
There are no compulsory papers at Part II of the Philosophy Tripos.
Paper 1 Metaphysics 2024-25
Paper 2 Philosophy of Mind 2024-25
Paper 3 Ethics 2024-25
Paper 4 Kant 2024-25
Paper 5 Philosophy in the Long Middle Ages 2024-25
Paper 6 Philosophy of Science 2024-25
Paper 7 Mathematical Logic 2024-25
Paper 8 Philosophical Logic 2024-25
Paper 9 Wittgenstein and His Successors 2024-25
Paper 10 Political Philosophy 2024-25
Paper 14 Plato (borrowed from the Classics Tripos)
Paper 15 Aristotle's world from turtles to tragedies (borrowed from the Classics Tripos)
Paper 16 Philosophy, Politics and the Polis (borrowed from the Classics Tripos)
Further help and support
If you have any difficulties finding or accessing the readings you need or navigating your reading lists please contact the Library team and we will be very happy to help. If you have a Student Support Document from the Accessibility and Disability Resource Centre which recommends access to alternate library resources, the Cambridge University Libraries Accessibility Service can usually obtain or create accessible digital formats of publications held in the libraries for your own personal use. Email them direct or contact the Philosophy Librarian for further assistance. Further information about this and other accessible library services can also be found on the Cambridge University Libraries Accessibility Service LibGuide.
