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

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)

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