Continental Philosophy
A rigorous 4-year program covering the continental tradition from Plato through phenomenology, critical theory, and post-structuralism—culminating in an original book-length project.
Status: Year 1, Semester 1 — Started January 5, 2026
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Year 1: Philosophical Foundations
Building the base. You cannot understand what continental philosophy is responding to without understanding the tradition it inherits and critiques.
Semester 1: Ancient Philosophy
- Unit 1: Plato — Socratic Dialogues
- Unit 2: Plato — Republic
- Unit 3: Aristotle — Metaphysics
- Unit 4: Aristotle — Ethics
Semester 2: Modern Philosophy
- Unit 1: Descartes — Coming Soon
- Unit 2: Spinoza — Coming Soon
- Unit 3: Hume — Coming Soon
- Unit 4: Kant (Introduction) — Coming Soon
Year 2: The Continental Turn
The 19th century rupture. Philosophy becomes historical, embodied, suspicious of itself.
Semester 3: German Idealism and Its Critics
- Unit 1: Kant (Deeper) — Coming Soon
- Unit 2: Hegel — Coming Soon
- Unit 3: Marx — Coming Soon
- Unit 4: Nietzsche — Coming Soon
Semester 4: Phenomenology and Existentialism
- Unit 1: Husserl — Coming Soon
- Unit 2: Heidegger — Coming Soon
- Unit 3: Merleau-Ponty — Coming Soon
- Unit 4: Sartre — Coming Soon
Year 3: Critical Theory and French Thought
The 20th century's most powerful critical traditions.
Semester 5: The Frankfurt School
- Unit 1: Adorno & Horkheimer — Coming Soon
- Unit 2: Benjamin — Coming Soon
- Unit 3: Marcuse — Coming Soon
- Unit 4: Habermas — Coming Soon
Semester 6: Post-Structuralism and Contemporary Theory
- Unit 1: Foucault — Coming Soon
- Unit 2: Deleuze — Coming Soon
- Unit 3: Derrida — Coming Soon
- Unit 4: Contemporary Figures — Coming Soon
Year 4: Specialization and Integration
Pursuing your own questions with the full tradition behind you.
Semester 7: Psychoanalysis and Philosophy
- Unit 1: Freud — Coming Soon
- Unit 2: Lacan — Coming Soon
- Unit 3: Psychoanalysis and Social Theory — Coming Soon
- Unit 4: Critique of Positivist Psychology — Coming Soon
Semester 8: Independent Research
- Your book project or equivalent original work
- Drawing on the full program
- Structured writing with critical feedback
Program Structure
- Duration: 4 years part-time (10-15 hours/week)
- Per semester: 16 weeks, 4 units
- Writing: Weekly responses (500 words), unit essays (2,000 words), semester synthesis (5,000 words)
- Final project: Book-length work (Year 4)