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• Researchers Humanities receive Veni grants News - 1 August 2014

  Three scholars of the Faculty of Humanities, Ahmad Al-Jallad, Thomas Fossen, and Tsolin Nalbantian, have received a Veni grant to implement their research plans over the coming years.

• Meet our staff Philosophical Perspectives on Politics and the Economy (MA)

• About the programme Philosophy of Humanities (MA)

  You will take courses at both the Leiden Institute for Philosophy and at other Humanities departments. Students in this two-year programme typically also enrol in one of the master’s programmes taught at the faculty of Humanities.

• About Centre for Intercultural Philosophy

  Leiden University Centre for Intercultural Philosophy (LUCIP) is a centre housed in the Institute for Philosophy at Leiden University.

• Meet our staff Moral and Political Philosophy (MA)

• Meet our staff Global and Comparative Philosophy (MA)

• Admission and Application Philosophy (MA) (60EC)

• A Cultural History of Thunderstorms Research project

  How did the invention and implementation of the lightning rod change the perception of thunderstorms on a scientific, technical, religious and artistic level, in the Netherlands and beyond, during the period 1752-1830?

• Meet our staff Philosophy of Law, Governance and Politics (MA)

• Analogy, Technical Reason, and Living Beings: The Role of Analogy in Representing Kant's Concept of Naturzweck Research output

  This dissertation concerns the role of analogy in Kant’s “Critique of the Teleological Power of Judgment”, especially the role of analogy for the formation of the concept of a natural end (Naturzweck). A ‘natural end’ is a ‘regulative concept’ of the reflective power of judgment, that is, a heuristic…

• Admission and application Philosophy of Humanities (MA)

  Find out how to apply for Philosophy of Humanities at Leiden University by following our step-by-step guide.

• Admission and Application Philosophy of knowledge (MA)

  Find out how to apply for Philosophy of Knowledge at Leiden University by following our step-by-step guide.

• About the programme Philosophy (MA) (60EC)

  The master’s in Philosophy is a one-year, English-taught programme. The programme offers five specialisations:

• Meet our staff Philosophy of knowledge (MA)

• LTP Colloquium with Jolien Francken Event - 4 December 2025

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• IPH and LUCAS Symposium Mimesis Event - 20 November 2025

  Conference

• About the programme Philosophy in World Traditions (MA)

• Meet our staff Philosophy of Humanities (MA)

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  Evert Jan van Leeuwen University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Admission and Application Philosophy (MA) (120EC)

• Meet our staff Philosophy in World Traditions (MA)

• About the programme Philosophy of Law, Governance and Politics (MA)

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  Martin Lipman University Lecturer Epistemology and Metaphysics

  Faculty of Humanities

• Enclosing Executive Secrecy, Arguments & Practices in the German Bundestag Research output

  Parliaments in democratic systems serve as the people’s representatives, legislators and overseers of the executive. They have the power to define the framework in which the executive can act and must report about its action. For parliaments to fulfil their roles, though, they depend on access to information.…

• About the programme Philosophy (MA) (120EC)

  Learn about the newest research from the researchers who are performing it.

• Research Philosophy of Law

  Research within the department of Philosophy of Law is mainly focused on the history of the philosophy of law.

• Towards an Interspecies Health Policy: Great Apes and the Right to Health Research output

  Many dangerous diseases such as COVID-19, Ebola and Q fever have jumped from animals to humans. But it is not only because of these diseases that we should include animals in our health policy, but also because of their right to health.

• CPP Colloquium 2021-2022 Event
• About the programme Philosophy of knowledge (MA)

  The programme consists of 60 EC, to be completed in one year.

• Research Areas Centre for the History of Philosophy

  The Centre is the proud home of several research programmes.

• Programme structure Philosophy: Global and Comparative Perspectives (BA)

  This Philosophy bachelor's programme offers perspectives from around the world. It will make you one of the next generation of students who will shape philosophy in the 21st century, ready to take on academic or professional challenges that call for critical thinking, analysis and argumentation skil…

• Hellenistic economic thought Research project

  This subproject of 'From Homo Economicus to Political Animal' analyzes Greek economic thinking of the Hellenistic period.

• State Secrecy and Democracy A Philosophical Inquiry Research output

  In the wake of controversial disclosures of classified government information by WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden, questions about the democratic status of secret uses of political power are rarely far from the headlines. Despite an increase in initiatives aimed at enhancing government transparency – such…

• Staring at the heavens: Astronomy in medieval Islam Research output

  University Lecturer Ahab Bdaiwi:

• Comparing Husserl’s Phenomenology and Chinese Yogacara in a Multicultural World Research output

  While phenomenology and Yogacara Buddhism are both known for their investigations of consciousness, there exists a core tension between them: phenomenology affirms the existence of essence, whereas Yogacara Buddhism argues that everything is empty of essence (svabhava). How is constructive cultural…

• Admission and Application Moral and Political Philosophy (MA)

  Find out how to apply for Moral and Political Philosophy at Leiden University by following our step-by-step guide.

• Admission and application Philosophy of Law, Governance and Politics (MA)

  Find out how to apply for Philosophy of Law, Governance and Politics at Leiden University by following our step-by-step guide.

• Admission and application Global and Comparative Philosophy (MA)

  Find out how to apply for Global and Comparative Philosophy at Leiden University by following our step-by-step guide.

• Admission and Application Modern European Philosophy (MA)

  Find out how to apply for Modern European Philosophy at Leiden University by following our step-by-step guide.

• Continuing your studies Philosophy: Global and Comparative Perspectives (BA)

  If you want to continue your academic education, the logical next step after obtaining your bachelor’s degree is to follow a master’s. You can do so in a university inside or outside the Netherlands, including several options right here at Leiden University!

• About the programme Moral and Political Philosophy (MA)

  The programme consists of 60 EC, to be completed in one year.

• Aristotelian semantics – truth and meaning in the Darwinian era Research project

  The leading argument of this doctoral thesis is that Aristotle’s text De Interpretatione is of methodical relevance for present-day philosophical thinking. In the era of science and technology, the status of philosophy has become problematic.

• 
  Zhewei Zhang PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• Education Philosophy of Law

  The Philosophy of Law Department is responsible for various courses both in the Bachelors and the Masters.

• Extracurricular Philosophy (MA) (120EC)

  Get the most out of your studies at Leiden University by taking part in our extracurricular activities.

• LTP Colloquium "The Right to Explanation, Narrative Identity, and Epistemic Injustice" Event - 6 November 2025

  Lecture

• Extracurricular Philosophy in World Traditions (MA)

  Get the most out of your studies at Leiden University by taking part in our extracurricular activities.

• Extracurricular Philosophy of Humanities (MA)

  Get the most out of your studies at Leiden University by taking part in our extracurricular activities.

• Extracurricular Philosophy of Law, Governance and Politics (MA)

  Get the most out of your studies at Leiden University by taking part in our extracurricular activities.

• Admission and application Philosophy in World Traditions (MA)

  Find out how to apply for Philosophy in World Traditions at Leiden University by following our step-by-step guide.