Philosophy and Modern Languages: University of Oxford

What is Philosophy and Modern Languages?

Philosophy and Modern Languages (PML) brings together some of the most important approaches to understanding language, literature and ideas.

The study of philosophy develops analytical rigour and the ability to criticise and reason logically. It allows you to apply these skills to questions ranging from how we acquire knowledge and form moral judgements to the nature of language, art and literature.

The study of a modern European language develops analytical and critical abilities as well as a high level of linguistic skills; the study of the literature written in that language contributes to an understanding of many aspects of European culture. It develops attention to stylistic and terminological detail and rhetorical strategies, and sensitivity to intratextual, cultural and historical context, which are also of great value for the study of philosophy.

Philosophy and Modern Languages at Oxford

The degree is constructed in the belief that the parallel study of these related disciplines significantly enhances your understanding of each, bringing added dimensions of under­standing and perspective.

The Philosophy Faculty is the largest philosophy department in the UK, and one of the largest in the world, with more than 70 full-time members, admitting more than 500 undergraduates annually to read the various degrees involving philosophy.

Oxford’s Modern Languages Faculty is also one of the largest in the country, with a total intake of more than 300 students a year, including those reading joint degrees. It possesses in the Taylor Institution Library the biggest modern languages research library in the country, together with an undergraduate lending library and a modern and excellently equipped Language Centre.

Department's general enquiry contact

Faculty of Philosophy

• Address: University of Oxford
  Faculty of Philosophy
  10 Merton Street
  Oxford
  OX1 4JJ
  United Kingdom
• Tel: +44 1865 276926
• Fax: +44 1865 276932
• Email: enquiries@philosophy.ox.ac.uk
• Website: http://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/

Modern Languages

• Address: 41 Wellington Square
  Oxford
  OX1 2JF
  United Kingdom
• Tel: + 44 1865 270750
• Fax: + 44 1865 270757
• Email: reception@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk
• Website: http://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/