Our BA Philosophy will feed your intellectual curiosity and challenge your thinking. You’ll acquire the skills required to dig deeper into ideas and question received wisdom.At Essex, we take philosophy back to its roots in everyday existential, social, and political problems. We embrace the relevance of philosophy to other forms of enquiry - political, cultural, legal, medical, aesthetic – and bring this to bear on urgent issues in public life, such as the controversial issues raised by mental health legislation or public policy regarding end of life care.We cover a wide range of topics from the meaning of life to capitalism and its critics, from ancient philosophy to current trends in European thought and we have particular strengths in the areas of: Ethics, Political philosophy, Philosophy of religionEuropean philosophy (including critical theory, phenomenology, and existentialism)We know that the world of work is changing.