Philosophy - Philosophy of Contemporary Challenges Tilburg University

Overview

Choose the Philosophy - Philosophy of Contemporary Challenges program at Tilburg University and you will:

• Develop a philosophical perspective on society. Learn to question the conventional ideas of sociologists, economists, and other specialists about migration, democracy, justice, market forces, the environment, science, and technology. 

• Enrich yourself with skills that matter. You will analyze, synthesize, and critically question philosophical texts and problems in clear and concise ways and according to high academic standards. You will refine your presentation and writing skills and learn how to formulate to-the-point arguments and evaluate the claims made by others.

• Challenge yourself. All courses are taught by experts in the respective fields and revolve around state-of-the-art literature by contemporary thinkers. You learn to come to grips with these at a high academic level and apply them to contemporary challenges in society.

Career prospects

As a trained philosopher, you are able to analyze and reflect critically on social, political, and ethical issues. You can formulate well-founded and to-the-point proposals to solve societal problems. Major newspapers and magazines emphasize the wide variety of professions open for philosophers in the labor market. After graduating, you can also continue your career in various fields as an academic researcher who has already acquired an interdisciplinary background.

Graduates work or start for example as:

• PhD researcher at the University of Edinburgh
• Manager Resilience & Crisis Management at Deloitte
• Policy advisor Youth at a Dutch municipality