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Philosophy

A small replica of 'The Thinker' - a bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin depicting a man hunched over on a rock in contemplation - set against a backdrop of wood panels.

Philosophers at Southampton work across the breadth of the subject. We have expertise in fields like aesthetics, ethics, epistemology, history of philosophy, language, logic and metaphysics.

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A mother feeds her baby from a bottle

Combating guilt around infant feeding

Health and wellbeing
Tackling unhelpful ways of thinking and talking about parental feeding choices.

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Southampton Ethics Centre

We aim to build on existing inter-disciplinary ethics teaching, and to nurture inter-disciplinary research and outreach.

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