7 Full-time Short courses in Philosophy

Atlas Summer Courses – Philosophy, Politics and Economics explores how ideas, power, and resources shape societies. Study ethics, political theory, international relations, and economic decision-making through tutorial-style learning in small groups while studying in Oxford.

This is an advanced residential intensive program dedicated to the study of the mind, epistemology, and contemplative sciences within the Indian and Tibetan Buddhist traditions. Conducted within a strictly secular and academic framework, the program combines conceptual rigor, methodological transparency, and dialogue with contemporary cognitive sciences, psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy.

This course invites you to explore one of the most intimate and puzzling questions in human life: what it means to be a self. We begin with the basics: you are a biological organism, a living body with a brain that keeps you alive. But you are also a person, a phase of abilities and experiences that emerges only when the brain develops the right capacities.

University College London (UCL)'s Ancient Philosophy Summer School intensive five-day summer school is open to anyone who wants to learn about ancient philosophy and its protagonists.

The Philosophy as Therapy - from Good Counsel to Consolations course offered by University of Cambridge focus on self, extends beyond self knowledge. Philosophy also offers consolations for fate, misfortune and death. These consolations require, not a great intellect (although this helps), but adherence to a set of practices.

The aim of the Philosophy of Music course offered by University of Sydney is to engage students in a lively discussion on what music is, how it works and how it differs from other forms of human expression. 

Drawing on key ideas from ethics, moral philosophy, and psychology, this Ethics - Philosophy and Psychology of Being course at the University of Roehampton delves into what it means to be a "good person" and how we can live in alignment with our ethical values.